Iindumiso
137:1 Ngasemilanjeni yaseBhabheli, sahlala phantsi khona, salila;
yakhumbula iZiyon.
137:2 Iihadi zethu sazixhoma emingculubeni esazulwini sayo.
137:3 Ngokuba khona apho abathimbi bethu basibiza ingoma; kwaye
abasichithileyo bafuna uvuyo kuthi, besithi, Siculeleni enye yazo
iingoma zaseZiyon.
137:4 Singathini na ukuyivuma ingoma kaYehova ezweni lolunye uhlanga?
137:5 Ukuba ndithe ndakulibala, Yerusalem, Masibulibale ubuqhophololo bayo isandla sam sokunene.
137:6 Ukuba andithanga ndikukhumbule, Ulwimi lwam malunamathele ekhuhlangubeni lam;
ukuba andithanga ndiyinyuse iYerusalem ngaphezu kwemivuyo yam yonke.
137:7 Bakhumbule, Yehova, oonyana bakaEdom, Umhla weYerusalem; I-WHO
Wathi, Yidilizeni, yidilizeni Kuse elusekweni lwayo.
137:8 Ntombi yaseBhabheli, wena utshabalalayo; uya kuba noyolo, oko
uya kukuvuza njengoko usikhonze ngako.
137:9 Hayi, uyolo lwalowo ubathabathayo abahlekeze abantwana bakho phambi koYehova
amatye.