Ukulila Ngasemilanjeni yaseBhabhilon
Abathinjwa ngasemijelo yaseBhabhilon baxhoma iihadi zabo, ngenxa yokuba abasithimbileyo befuna ingoma echwayitayo yasekhaya. Bafunga ukuba abasoze bayilibale iYerusalem, ize indumiso iphele ngesiqalekiso esikrakra ngakuEdom neBhabhilon, esingaze sithanjiswe.
137 1Ngasemilanjeni yaseBhabhilon, apho sahlala phantsi salila, xa sayikhumbula iZiyon. 2Emingculubeni apho sazixhoma iihadi zethu. 3Kuba apho abasithimbileyo babesibiza iingoma, nabasibandezelayo bafuna uvuyo, besithi: “Sivumeleni enye yeengoma zaseZiyon!”
4Singayivuma njani ingoma kaBawo wethu ezweni lolunye uhlanga? 5Ukuba ndithe ndakulibala, Yerusalem, isandla sam sokunene masilibale ubugcisa baso. 6Ulwimi lwam malunamathele ekhuhlangubeni lomlomo wam, ukuba andithanga ndikukhumbule, ukuba andiyibeki iYerusalem ngaphezu kovuyo lwam oluphezulu.
7Khumbula, Bawo wethu, amaEdom ngemini yokuwa kweYerusalem, abesithi: “Yidilizeni! Yidilizeni! Ide ifike kweziseko zayo!” 8Ntombi yaseBhabhilon, omiselwe ukutshatyalaliswa, unoyolo lowo okubuyekezayo ngako oko usenze kuthi! 9Unoyolo lowo othabatha iintsana zakho azintlekeze eliweni! a a v9 UYesu wasisa emnqamlezweni isikhalo sokufuna ubulungisa, ethandaza esithi: “Bawo, baxolele” — waza wafundisa abantu bakhe ukuba bathande iintshaba zabo. Umsindo onyanisekileyo wabo babethinjelwe uziswa kuBawo wethu, yena yedwa onokuwuphendula.
