Pesalema 137
Go lela ga ditshwarwa kwa Babilone
1E rile re le fa dinokeng tsa
Babilone, ra dula gone,
ee, ra lela,
ka re gakologelwa Sione.
2Ra pega diharepe tsa rona
mo madubunokeng a a fa gare
ga tsone.
3Gonne ba ba re isitseng gone
re le ditshwarwa ba re: Re opele;
le ba ba re swafaditseng
ba re raya ba re: Re dire mokete;
ba re: “Re opelele sengwe sa difela
tsa Sione.”
4Kana, re ka opela jang sefela sa ga
Jehofa mo lefatsheng la seeng?
5A e re fa nka go lebala,
wena Jerusalema,
a seatla sa me se segolo
se lebale maatlametlo a sone.
6A loleme lwa me
lo ngaparele magalapa a me,
fa ke sa go gopole,
fa ke sa godise Jerusalema
godimo ga boitumelo jwa me
jo bogolo.
7Jehofa, a ko o gopole
motlha wa Jerusalema,
o sekise bana ba Etome ka ga one,
ba ba rileng: “O rutleng,
o rutleleng go fitlha kwa motheong
wa one.”
8Ao! Wena morwadia Babilone,
o na le go senngwa fela;
go tlaa nna sego
ene yo o tlaa go duelang fela
jaaka o diretse rona.
9Go tlaa nna sego ene
yo o tlaa tsayang dirathana tsa gago
a di phatlakanya mo lefikeng.
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