1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3¶ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.49.4 thou shalt…: Heb. do not thou excel49.4 he went…: or, my couch is gone
5¶ Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.49.5 instruments…: or, their swords are weapons of violence 6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.49.6 digged…: or, houghed oxen 7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8¶ Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. 9Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
14¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 15And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16¶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.49.17 an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake 18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
19¶ Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20¶ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21¶ Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:49.22 branches: Heb. daughters 23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 26The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28¶ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. 31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. 32The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Ọ̀rọ̀ ìkẹyìn Jakọbu sí àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀
1Nígbà náà ni Jakọbu ránṣẹ́ pe àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ó sì wí pé, “Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, kí n le è sọ ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ iwájú fún un yín.
2“Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, kí ẹ sì tẹ́tí, ẹ̀yin ọmọ Jakọbu;
Ẹ fetí sí Israẹli baba yín.
3“Reubeni, ìwọ ni àkọ́bí mi,
agbára mi, ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ipá mi,
títayọ ní ọlá àti títayọ ní agbára.
4Ẹni ríru bí omi Òkun, ìwọ kì yóò tayọ mọ́,
nítorí pé ìwọ gun ibùsùn baba rẹ,
lórí àkéte mi, ìwọ sì bà á jẹ́
(ìwọ bá ọ̀kan nínú àwọn aya baba rẹ lòpọ̀).
5“Simeoni àti Lefi jẹ́ arákùnrin—
idà wọn jẹ́ ohun èlò ogun alágbára.
6Kí ọkàn mi má ṣe ni àṣepọ̀ pẹ̀lú wọn,
kí n má sì ṣe dúró níbí ìpéjọpọ̀ wọn,
nítorí wọ́n ti pa àwọn ènìyàn ní ìbínú wọn,
wọ́n sì da àwọn màlúù lóró bí ó ti wù wọ́n.
7Ìfibú ni ìbínú wọn nítorí tí ó
gbóná púpọ̀, àti fún ìrunú wọn nítorí tí ó kún fún ìkà.
Èmi yóò tú wọn ká ní Jakọbu,
èmi ó sì fọ́n wọn ká ní Israẹli.
8“Juda, àwọn arákùnrin rẹ yóò yìn ọ,
ọwọ́ rẹ yóò wà ní ọrùn àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ,
àwọn ọmọkùnrin baba rẹ yóò foríbalẹ̀ fún ọ.
949.9,10: Nu 24.9; If 5.5.Ọmọ kìnnìún ni ọ́, ìwọ Juda,
o darí láti igbó ọdẹ, ọmọ mi.
Bí i kìnnìún, o ba mọ́lẹ̀, o sì sùn sílẹ̀ bí i abo kìnnìún,
Ta ni ó tó bẹ́ẹ̀, kí o lé e dìde?
10Ọ̀pá oyè kì yóò kúrò ní Juda
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀pá-ìṣàkóso kì yóò kúrò láàrín ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀,
títí tí Ṣilo tí ó ni í yóò fi dé,
tí gbogbo àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò máa wárí fún un.
11Yóò má so ọmọ ẹṣin rẹ̀ mọ́ igi àjàrà,
àti ọmọ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́ ẹ̀ka tí ó dára jù.
Yóò fọ aṣọ rẹ̀ nínú wáìnì
àti ẹ̀wù rẹ̀ nù nínú omi-pupa ti èso àjàrà (gireepu).
12Ojú rẹ̀ yóò rẹ̀ dòdò ju wáìnì lọ,
eyín rẹ yóò sì funfun ju omi-ọyàn lọ.
13“Sebuluni yóò máa gbé ní etí Òkun,
yóò sì jẹ́ èbúté fún ọkọ̀ ojú omi,
agbègbè rẹ yóò tàn ká títí dé Sidoni.
14“Isakari jẹ́ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ alágbára
tí ó dùbúlẹ̀ láàrín agbo àgùntàn.
15Nígbà tí ó bá rí bí ibi ìsinmi òun ti dára tó,
àti bí ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ ti ní ìdẹ̀ra tó,
yóò tẹ èjìká rẹ̀ ba láti ru àjàgà,
yóò sì fi ara rẹ̀ fún iṣẹ́ ipá.
16“Dani yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀
gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli.
17Dani yóò jẹ́ ejò ni pópónà
àti paramọ́lẹ̀ ní ẹ̀bá ọ̀nà,
tí ó bu ẹṣin jẹ ní ẹsẹ̀,
kí ẹni tí ń gùn ún bá à le è ṣubú sẹ́yìn.
18“Mo ń dúró de ìtúsílẹ̀ rẹ, Olúwa.
19“Ẹgbẹ́ ogun àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣin yóò kọlu Gadi,
ṣùgbọ́n yóò kọlu wọ́n ní gìgísẹ̀ wọn.
20“Oúnjẹ Aṣeri yóò dára;
yóò ṣe àsè tí ó yẹ fún ọba.
21“Naftali yóò jẹ́ abo àgbọ̀nrín
tí a tú sílẹ̀ tí ó ń bí ọmọ dáradára.
22“Josẹfu jẹ́ àjàrà eléso,
àjàrà eléso ní etí odò,
tí ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ gun orí odi.
23Pẹ̀lú ìkorò, àwọn tafàtafà dojú ìjà kọ ọ́,
wọ́n tafà sí í pẹ̀lú ìkanra,
24Ṣùgbọ́n ọrun rẹ̀ dúró ni agbára,
ọwọ́ agbára rẹ̀ ni a sì mu lára le,
nítorí ọwọ́ alágbára Jakọbu,
nítorí olùtọ́jú àti aláàbò àpáta Israẹli,
25nítorí Ọlọ́run baba rẹ tí ó ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́,
nítorí Olódùmarè tí ó bùkún ọ
pẹ̀lú láti ọ̀run wá,
ìbùkún ọ̀gbìn tí ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀,
ìbùkún ti ọmú àti ti inú.
26Ìbùkún baba rẹ pọ̀ púpọ̀
ju ìbùkún àwọn òkè ńlá ìgbàanì,
ju ẹ̀bùn ńlá àwọn òkè láéláé.
Jẹ́ kí gbogbo èyí sọ̀kalẹ̀ sí orí Josẹfu,
lé ìpéǹpéjú ọmọ-aládé láàrín arákùnrin rẹ̀.
27“Benjamini jẹ́ ìkookò tí ó burú;
ní òwúrọ̀ ni ó jẹ ẹran ọdẹ rẹ,
ní àṣálẹ́, ó pín ìkógun.”
28Gbogbo ìwọ̀nyí ni àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli méjìlá, èyí sì ni ohun tí baba wọn sọ fún wọn nígbà tí ó súre fún wọn, tí ó sì fún ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan ní ìbùkún tí ó tọ́ sí i.
Ikú Jakọbu
29Nígbà náà ni ó fún wọn ní àwọn ìlànà yìí, “Ọjọ́ ikú mi kù fẹ́ẹ́rẹ́. Kí ẹ sin mí sí ibojì pẹ̀lú àwọn baba mi ní inú àpáta ní ilẹ̀ Hiti ará Efroni. 3049.30: Gẹ 23.3-20.Ihò àpáta tí ó wà ní ilẹ̀ Makpela, nítòsí Mamre ní Kenaani, èyí tí Abrahamu rà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ilẹ̀ ìsìnkú lọ́wọ́ Efroni ará Hiti pẹ̀lú ilẹ̀ rẹ̀. 3149.31: Gẹ 25.9,10; Gẹ 35.29.Níbẹ̀ ni a sin Abrahamu àti aya rẹ̀ Sara sí, níbẹ̀ ni a sin Isaaki àti Rebeka aya rẹ̀ sí, níbẹ̀ sì ni mo sìnkú Lea sí. 32Ilẹ̀ náà àti ihò àpáta tí ó wà nínú rẹ̀ ni a rà lọ́wọ́ ará Hiti.”
3349.33: Ap 7.15.Nígbà tí Jakọbu ti pàṣẹ yìí fún àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ó gbé ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sókè sórí ibùsùn, ó sì kú, a sì ko jọ pọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀.
