DIPESALEME 137
Kwa dinokeng tsa Babele
1Re ne re dutse fa dinokeng
tsa Babele,
ra ba ra lela, fa re gopola Sione.
2Re ne re pega diharepa tsa rona
mo megokareng ya teng.
3Gonne ke teng kwa batshwari
ba rona ba neng ba batla mafoko
a sefela mo go rona gona;
ba ba re thopileng ba senka
boitumelo mo go rona ba re:
“Re opeleleng sefela sengwe
sa Sione.”
4Kana re ne re ka opela
sefela sa Morena jang,
re le mo nageng e sele!
5Fa nka go lebala, wena Jerusalema,
a seatla sa me se se jang se lebale
tiro ya sona.
6A loleme lwa me lo kgomarele
magalapa a me, fa ke sa go gopole,
fa ke sa itumelele Jerusalema
bogolo go dilo tsotlhe!
7Morena, gopola Baetomo,
ba ka letsatsi la Jerusalema
ba rileng:
“Mo rutleng, mo phomeng
go fitlha mo motheong!”
8Morwadi Babele, wena mogateledi,
go sego yo o tla go busetsang
ditiro tsa gago tse o di re diretseng!
9Go sego ena yo o tla phamolang
masea a gago,
a a thubaganya mo lefikeng!
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