ΨΑΛΜΟΙ - Salmi - Psalms 136

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1 τω δαυιδ επι των ποταμων βαβυλωνος εκει εκαθισαμεν και εκλαυσαμεν εν τω μνησθηναι ημας της σιων	1 A Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion.
2 επι ταις ιτεαις εν μεσω αυτης εκρεμασαμεν τα οργανα ημων	2 By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.
3 οτι εκει επηρωτησαν ημας οι αιχμαλωτευσαντες ημας λογους ωδων και οι απαγαγοντες ημας υμνον ασατε ημιν εκ των ωδων σιων	3 For, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs. And those who carried us away said: “Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”
4 πως ασωμεν την ωδην κυριου επι γης αλλοτριας	4 How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?
5 εαν επιλαθωμαι σου ιερουσαλημ επιλησθειη η δεξια μου	5 If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.
6 κολληθειη η γλωσσα μου τω λαρυγγι μου εαν μη σου μνησθω εαν μη προαναταξωμαι την ιερουσαλημ εν αρχη της ευφροσυνης μου	6 May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.
7 μνησθητι κυριε των υιων εδωμ την ημεραν ιερουσαλημ των λεγοντων εκκενουτε εκκενουτε εως ο θεμελιος εν αυτη	7 O Lord, call to mind the sons of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, who say: “Despoil it, despoil it, even to its foundation.”
8 θυγατηρ βαβυλωνος η ταλαιπωρος μακαριος ος ανταποδωσει σοι το ανταποδομα σου ο ανταπεδωκας ημιν	8 O daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.
9 μακαριος ος κρατησει και εδαφιει τα νηπια σου προς την πετραν	9 Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.