PESALEME YA 137
Dillo tsa ba ileng kgolehong Babilona.
1Mabopong a dinoka tsa Babilona re ne re dutse, re lla, ha re hopola Sione; 2ra feha diharepa tsa rona meduwaneng ya teng; 3hobane, teng, ba neng ba re isitse kgolehong, ba ne ba kopa dipina ho rona, mme batubi ba rona ba ne ba re qela difela tsa thabo, ba re: A le ke le re bineleng difela tsa Sione! 4Re ka bina difela tsa Jehova jwang lefatsheng la baditjhaba?
5Ha nka o lebala, Jerusalema, letsoho la ka le letona le ke le ntebale; 6leleme la ka le ke le kgomarele mahalapa a ka, ha nka o lebala, ha ke sa bee Jerusalema hore e be thabo ya ka ya pele ho dithabo tse ding!
7Jehova, o elellwe bana ba Edomo, kamoo ba itseng letsatsing la Jerusalema kateng: Qhaqhollang, qhaqhollang ho isa metheong ya hae! 8Moradi wa Babilona, ya tlang ho etswa dithako, ho lehlohonolo ya tlang ho busetsa ho wena seo o re entseng sona! 9Ho lehlohonolo motho ya tlang ho tshwara bana ba hao, a ba pshatlanye majweng!
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