Esyonyimbo 137:1-9
137 Motwikala oko misike y’esyonyusi sye Babiloni.
Mutwalira omughulu twibuka e Sioni.
2 Motwahanika esyonanga* syetu,Oko miti y’emierebi eyabya omo kati-kati kagho.*
3 Kusangwa eyo, abatunyegha mubatubwira bati tubimbire olwimbo,Ababya bakatusekererya mubabugha bati tubatsanga-tsangaye:
“Mutwimbire olughuma lw’oko syonyimbo sye Sioni.”
4 Twangatoka tuti eriimba olwimbo lwa YehovaOmo kihugho ekite kyetu?
5 Yerusalema, namakwibirirwa,Okuboko kwaghe kw’amali kubye kukibirirwa.*
6 Olulimi lwaghe lumatire oko kyasasa kyagheNamatendikwibuka,Namatendihamya e YerusalemaEkikulu ky’oko myatsi eyikaleka inatsema.
7 Yehova, wibukeEbyo Abaedomu babugha omughulu e Yerusalema yawa:
“Musambuleyo! Musambuleyo erihika oko syofondasyo* syayo!”
8 Iwe mumbesa we Babiloni, iwe ukisiya iwaheribwa,Oyukakuhemba akakukolera ebyo watukoleraAkenditsema.
9 Oyukahamba abana baghuN’erihinolerabo oko mabwe, akenditsema.
Amaelezo awehikwa
^ Kutse “esyodungu.”
^ Eryahula e Babiloni.
^ Kutse alinga, “okuboko kwaghe kw’amali kukingiritane.”
^ Kutse “ebibanza.”
