By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
1Babilon nsubɔntene ho, ɛhɔ na yɛtenaa ase, aane, yɛsuiɛ, ɛberɛ a yɛkaee Sion.Under pastoral review
2Yɛde yɛn asankuo sensɛn wilo nnua a ɛwɔ ne mfimfini so.Under pastoral review
3Ɛfiri sɛ ɛhɔ na wɔn a wɔfaa yɛn nnommum no bisaa yɛn dwom; na wɔn a wɔsɛee yɛn no bisaa yɛn anigyeɛ, sɛ, Monto Sion nnwom no mu baako mma yɛn.Under pastoral review
4Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛato AWURADE dwom wɔ ananafoɔ asase so?Under pastoral review
5Sɛ me werɛ firi wo, Ao Yerusalem a, ma me nsa nifa werɛ mfiri ne nimdeɛ.Under pastoral review
6Sɛ mankae wo a, ma me tɛkrɛma mfam m'anom atifi; sɛ mamfa Yerusalem anni kan ansene m'anigyeɛ tire a.Under pastoral review
7Kae, Ao AWURADE, Edom mma wɔ Yerusalem da no; wɔn a wɔkaa sɛ, Mommubu no, mommubu no, kɔsi ne fapem mpo.Under pastoral review
8Ao Babilon babaa, wo a wɔbɛsɛe wo; anigyeɛ nka deɛ ɔbɛtua wo ka sɛdeɛ woayɛ yɛn.Under pastoral review
9Anigyeɛ nka deɛ ɔbɛfa wo mma nkumaa abɔ abotan so.Under pastoral review