By the Rivers of Babylon

¹NgaseMilanjeni yaseBhabheli Sahlala phantsi khona, salila, Sakuyikhumbula iZiyon."

²Emingculubeni phakathi kwayo Sazixhoma khona iihadi zethu."

³Ngokuba khona apho abathimbi bethu basibiza Izango zengoma; Abathuthumbisi bethu basibiza uvuyo, Besithi, Sivumeleni ingoma yaseZiyon."

⁴Singathini na ukuvuma ingoma kaYehova Emhlabeni wolunye uhlanga?"

⁵Ukuba ndithe ndakulibala, Yerusalem, Masinyele isandla sam sokunene."

⁶Ulwimi lwam malunamathele ekhuhlangubeni lam, Ukuba andithanga ndikukhumbule; Ukuba andithanga ndiyinyuse iYerusalem Ngaphezu kwemivuyo yam yonke."

⁷Bakhumbule, Yehova, oonyana bakaEdom, Umhla weYerusalem, Abo bathi, Yidilizeni, yidilizeni Kuse elusekweni lwayo."

⁸Ntombi inguBhabheli, wena unyashiweyo; Hayi, uyolo lwalowo ukubuyekezayo ukuphatha kwakho Osiphethe ngako!"

⁹Hayi, uyolo lwalowo ubabambayo abahlekeze abantwana bakho Engxondorheni!"