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.

¹[Ny tso-dranon'Isiraely nanambarany izay ho toetry ny zanany mirahalahy avy] Ary Jakoba namory ny zananilahy ka nanao hoe: Mivoria ianareo, mba hanambarako aminareo izay ho tonga aminareo any am-parany.

²Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

²Miangòna, ka mandrenesa, ry zanakalahin'i Jakoba, eny, mihainoa an'Isiraely rainareo:

³Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

³Ry ROBENA, lahimatoako ianao, heriko sy voalohan'ny tanjako, manan-tombom-pisandratana, manan-tombon-kery.

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.

⁴Mandroadroatra toy ny rano ianao ka tsy hanan-tombo, fa niakatra tamin'ny fandrian'ny rainao ianao, tamin'izany no nandotoanao azy. Endrey, ny farafarako lahy, ka dia niakarany!

⁵Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

⁵SIMEONA sy LEVY dia mpirahalahy, fiadia-mandoza ny sabany;

⁶O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.

⁶Aza mankeo amin'izay iokoany, ry foko, ary aza miray amin'ny fiangonany. ry fanahiko; fa tamin'ny fahatezerany no namonoany olona, ary tamin'ny fahasahisahiany no nanatraingoany omby.

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.

⁷Ho voaozona anie ny fahatezerany, fa nasiaka izany, ary ny fahavinirany, fa loza izany; hampihahakahaka azy eny amin'i Jako­ba aho, ary hanely azy eny amin'Isiraely.

⁸Judah, 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.

⁸Ry JODA, hoderain'ny rahalahinao ianao, ny tananao ho ao amin'ny vozon'ny fahavalonao; hiankohoka eo anatrehanao ny zanaky ny rainao.

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?

⁹Zana-diona, Joda, avy niremby ianao, anaka; mamitsaka, mandry toy ny liona izy, ary toy ny liom-bavy, ka iza no hanaitra azy!

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.

¹⁰Ny tehim-panjakana tsy hiala amin'i Joda, na ny tehina fanapahana eo anelanelan'ny tongony, mandra-pahatongan'i Silo, ka hanoa Azy ny firenena.

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:

¹¹Mamatotra ny borikiny tanora eo amin'ny tahom-boaloboka izy. Ary ny zanaky ny borikivaviny eo amin'ny tahom-boaloboka tsara; nanasa ny fitafiany tamin'ny divay izy, ary ny akanjony tamin'ny ram-boaloboka.

¹²His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

¹²Mangamanga ny masony azon'ny divay ary fotsy ny nifiny azon'ny ronono.

¹³Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

¹³ZEBOLONA, ao amoron-dranomasina no honenany, dia ao amoron-dranomasina fitodian-tsambo; ary ny sisin-taniny hifanolotra amin'i Sidona.

¹⁴Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

¹⁴ISAKARA dia boriky henjana, mandry eo anelanelan'ny vala;

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.

¹⁵Ary hitany fa tsara ny fialan-tsasatra, sady mahafinaritra ny tany; dia nanongilana ny sorony hitondra entana izy ka tonga mpanompo mandoa hetra.

¹⁶Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁶DANA hitsara ny olony tahaka ny anankiray amin'ny firenen'ny Isiraely.

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.

¹⁷Dana ho menarana ao amoron-dalana, ho bibilava misy tandroka ao an-dalana izy, izay manaikitra ny kitrokelin'ny soavaly, ka potraka miantsilany ny mpitaingina azy.

¹⁸I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

¹⁸Ny famonjenao no andrasako, Jehovah ô!

¹⁹Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

¹⁹GADA, ny manao andiany hamoritra azy; fa izy kosa hamely ny otrika.

²⁰Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

²⁰ASERA dia avy ao aminy ny matavy fihinany, ary izy no ihavian'ny hanim-pin'andriana.

²¹Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

²¹NAFTALY dia dieravavy alefa; manao teny mahafinaritra izy.

²²Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

²²JOSEFA dia sampana mahavokatra, eny, sampana mahavokatra eo anilan-doharano; ny rantsany mananika mihoatra ny fefy.

²³The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

²³Nampahory azy ny mpitifitra, dia nitifitra azy sy nanenjika azy;

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:)

²⁴Kanefa mateza hery ny tsipìkany, ary mailamailaka ny sandrin-tànany, avy amin'ny tànan'Ilay Maherin'i Jakoba, dia avy ao amin'ny Mpiandry, Izay Vatolampin'ny Isiraely,

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:

²⁵Avy amin'ny Andriamanitry ny rainao, ka Izy hamonjy anao avy amin'ny Tsitoha, ka Izy hitahy anao: Dia fitahiana avy amin'ny lanitra any ambony, sy fitahiana avy amin'ny lalina, izay mamitsaka any ambany, ary fitahiana avy amin'ny nono sy ny kibo.

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.

²⁶Ny tso-dranon'ny rainao dia mihoatra noho ny havoana mandrakizay sy ny zavatra mahafinaritra amin'ny tendrombohitra fahagola; ho eo an-dohan'i Josefa izany, dia ho eo an-tampon-dohan'ilay nalaza tamin'ny rahalahiny.

²⁷Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

²⁷BENJAMINA dia amboadia mamiravira: Nony maraina homan-dremby izy, nony hariva mizara babo.

²⁸All 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.

²⁸Ireo rehetra ireo no firenen'ny Isiraely roa ambin'ny folo; ary izany no nolazain'ny rainy taminy sy nitsofany rano azy; samy araka ny tso-drano izay tokony ho azy avy no nitsofany rano azy.

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,

²⁹Dia nanafatra azy izy ka nanao taminy hoe: Izaho efa madiva hangonina ho any amin'ny razako; aleveno ao amin'ny razako aho, dia ao anatin'ny zohy izay any amin'ny sahan'i Efrona Hetita,

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.

³⁰ao anatin'ny zohy izay any amin'ny saha Makpela, izay tandrifin'i Mamre, any amin'ny tany Kanana, dia ilay novidin'i Abrahama mbamin'ny saha tamin'i Efrona Hetita ho tany fandevenana.

³¹There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

³¹Tao no nandevenany an'i Abrahama sy Saraha vadiny; ary tao koa no nandevenany an'Isaka sy Rebeka vadiny; ary tao koa no nandevenako an'i Lea,

³²The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

³²ny saha sy ny zohy ao anatiny izay novidiny tamin'ny taranak'i Heta.[Ny nahafatesan'i Jakoba sy ny nandevenana azy, ary ny nahafatesan'i Josefa] Ary rehefa vitan'i Jakoba ny hafatra nataony tamin'ny zananilahy rehetra, dia navonkiny teo am-parafara ny tongony, dia niala aina izy ka voangona any amin'ny razany.

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.

³³[Ny nahafatesan'i Jakoba sy ny nandevenana azy, ary ny nahafatesan'i Josefa] Ary rehefa vitan'i Jakoba ny hafatra nataony tamin'ny zananilahy rehetra, dia navonkiny teo am-parafara ny tongony, dia niala aina izy ka voangona any amin'ny razany.