Ukukhala Ngasemifuleni YaseBabiloni
Abadingisiwe ngasemiseleni yaseBabiloni baphanyeka amahabhu abo, ngoba abathumbi babo bafuna ingoma ejabulisayo yasekhaya. Bafunga ukuthi ngeke bayikhohlwe iJerusalema, futhi ihubo liphetha ngesiqalekiso esiluhlaza ngokumelene ne-Edomi neBabiloni, esingasithambisi neze.
137 1Ngasemifuleni yaseBabiloni, lapho sahlala phansi sakhala, lapho sikhumbula iZiyoni. 2Eminyezaneni ekhona lapho saphanyeka khona amahabhu ethu. 3Ngokuba lapho abasithumbayo babefuna izingoma kithi, nabasihluphayo babefuna injabulo, bethi: “Sihlabeleleni enye yezingoma zaseZiyoni!”
4Singayihlabelela kanjani ingoma kaBaba wethu ezweni lemzini? 5Uma ngikukhohlwa, wena Jerusalema, isandla sami sokunene masikhohlwe ubungcweti baso. 6Ulimi lwami malunamathele olwangeni lomlomo wami, uma ngingakukhumbuli, wena, uma ngingayibeki iJerusalema ngaphezu kwenjabulo yami enkulu.
7Khumbula, Baba wethu, ama-Edomi ngosuku iJerusalema elawa ngalo, indlela ababethi ngayo: “Idilizeni! Idilizeni! Kuze kufike ezisekelweni zayo uqobo!” 8Ndodakazi yaseBabiloni, omiselwe ukubhujiswa, ubusisiwe lowo okuphindiselayo ngalokho osenze kithi! 9Ubusisiwe lowo othatha izingane zakho ezincane aziphahlaze edwaleni! a a v9 UJesu wasiyisa esiphambanweni isikhalo sokufuna ubulungiswa, ethandaza ethi: “Baba, baxolele” — wafundisa abantu bakhe ukuba bathande izitha zabo. Ulaka oluqotho lwabadingisiwe lulethwa kuBaba wethu, onguyena yedwa ongaluphendula.
