Psalmus 136
Psalm 136
Psalm 136
Salmo 136
詩篇 136
Salmo 136
1 Psalmus David, Jeremiæ.
Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.
||||we sat||we wept||we remembered|
2 In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra : 3 quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum ; et qui abduxerunt nos : Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.
|the willows||||we hung|instruments|||||||the captors||||of the songs|||they led away||||||of Zion|
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof: 2: 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; And that carried us, Sing us one of the songs.
4 Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena ?
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5 Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.
|||||forgetfulness|be given||
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand.
6 Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui ; si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.
Let it cling|||my throat||||I remember||||I will place|||||
6 The tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember thee If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.
7 Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem : qui dicunt : Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.
||||Edom's sons||||||Lay it waste||||foundation||
7 Remember, Lord, rule by day, he said, Down, down to the ground.
8 Filia Babylonis misera !
8 The daughter of Babylon!
beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.
|||||||you have given|
Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us.
9 Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.
||will hold||will crush||||
9 Blessed shall take and dash them against the rocks.