1An den Flüssen Babels saßen wir und weinten, wenn wir an Jerusalem[1] dachten. (Neh 1,4; Hes 1,1)2An die Äste der Weiden hängten wir unsere Harfen. (Hes 26,13)3Denn die uns gefangen hielten, wollten, dass wir singen, und die uns peinigten, wollten Freudenlieder hören: »Singt doch eins der Lieder von Jerusalem!« (2Chr 29,27; Neh 12,46)4Doch wie können wir in einem fremden Land die Lieder des HERRN anstimmen?5Wenn ich dich jemals vergesse, Jerusalem, soll meine rechte Hand gelähmt werden.6Meine Zunge soll mir am Gaumen kleben, wenn ich nicht mehr an dich denke, wenn Jerusalem nicht mehr meine höchste Freude ist. (Hes 3,26)7HERR, denk doch daran, was die Edomiter an dem Tag taten, als die babylonischen Heere Jerusalem eroberten. Sie schrien: »Zerstört es! Macht es dem Erdboden gleich!« (Jer 49,7; Hes 25,12; Ob 1,10)8Babel, du selbst wirst zerstört werden. Der ist gut dran, der Vergeltung an dir übt für das, was du uns angetan hast. (Jes 13,1; Jes 47,1; Jer 50,1; Jer 51,1)9Der ist gut dran, der deine kleinen Kinder an den Felsen zerschmettert!
Psalm 137
New International Reader’s Version
von Biblica1We were sitting by the rivers of Babylon. We wept when we remembered what had happened to Zion.2On the nearby poplar trees we hung up our harps.3Those who held us as prisoners asked us to sing. Those who enjoyed hurting us ordered us to sing joyful songs. They said, ‘Sing one of the songs of Zion to us!’4How can we sing the songs of the LORD while we are in another land?5Jerusalem, if I forget you, may my right hand never be able to play the harp again.6If I don’t remember you, may my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth so I can’t sing. May it happen if I don’t consider Jerusalem to be my greatest joy.7LORD, remember what the people of Edom did on the day Jerusalem fell. ‘Tear it down!’ they cried. ‘Tear it down to the ground!’8People of Babylon, you are sentenced to be destroyed. Happy is the person who pays you back according to what you have done to us.9Happy is the person who grabs your babies and smashes them against the rocks.
1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.2On the willows[1] there we hung up our lyres.3For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”4How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? (Neh 2,3)5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! (Ps 76,5)6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! (Hi 29,10; Hes 3,26)7Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” (Hi 18,20; Jes 34,5; Jer 49,7; Kla 4,21; Hes 25,12; Hes 35,2; Am 1,11; Ob 1,8; Hab 3,13; Zef 2,14)8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! (Ps 28,4; Jes 13,1; Jes 21,9; Jes 47,1; Jer 25,12; Jer 50,1; Jer 51,1; Jer 51,24; Jer 51,56)9Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! (2Kön 8,12; Jes 13,16; Hos 10,14; Nah 3,10)