1Ngasemifuleni yaseBabele sahlala khona, sakhala, lapho sikhumbula iSiyoni.
2Amahabhu* ethu sawaphanyeka eminyezaneni ephakathi kwalo.
3Ngokuba abasithumbileyo bacela ukuba sihlabelele igama, nabahluphi bethu bafuna injabulo, bethi: “Sihlabeleleni elinye lamagama aseSiyoni.”
4Siyakuhlabelela kanjani ihubo likaJehova kwelinye izwe na?
5Uma ngikhohlwa wena Jerusalema, masizikhohlwe isandla sami sokunene.
6Ulimi lwami malunamathele olwangeni lwami, uma ngingakukhumbuli, uma ngingaphakamisi iJerusalema phezu kwentokozo yami enkulu.
7Khumbula, Jehova, usuku lweJerusalema, ngenxa yabantwana bakwa-Edomi abathi: “Dilizani, dilizani, kuze kube sesisekelweni salo.”
8Ndodakazi yaseBabele, wena oyakubhujiswa, ubusisiwe oyakuphindisela kuwe izenzo zakho owazenza kithina.
9Ubusisiwe oyakubamba abancane bakho, abaphahlaze edwaleni.