1ودعا يعقوب بنيه وقال اجتمعوا لانبئكم بما يصيبكم في آخر الايام
1Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
2اجتمعوا واسمعوا يا بني يعقوب. واصغوا الى اسرائيل ابيكم.
2Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
3رأوبين انت بكري قوتي واول قدرتي فضل الرفعة وفضل العزّ.
3“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
4فائرا كالماء لا تتفضل. لانك صعدت على مضجع ابيك. حينئذ دنسته. على فراشي صعد.
4Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
5شمعون ولاوي أخوان. آلات ظلم سيوفهما.
5“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
6في مجلسهما لا تدخل نفسي. بمجمعهما لا تتحد كرامتي لانهما في غضبهما قتلا انسانا وفي رضاهما عرقبا ثورا.
6My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
7ملعون غضبهما فانه شديد وسخطهما فانه قاس. اقسمهما في يعقوب وافرقهما في اسرائيل.
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.
8يهوذا اياك يحمد اخوتك. يدك على قفا اعدائك يسجد لك بنو ابيك.
8“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
9يهوذا جرو اسد. من فريسة صعدت يا ابني. جثا وربض كاسد وكلبوة. من ينهضه.
9Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
10لا يزول قضيب من يهوذا ومشترع من بين رجليه حتى ياتي شيلون وله يكون خضوع شعوب.
10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
11رابطا بالكرمة جحشه وبالجفنة ابن اتانه غسل بالخمر لباسه وبدم العنب ثوبه.
11Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12مسود العينين من الخمر ومبيض الاسنان من اللبن.
12His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
13زبولون عند ساحل البحر يسكن وهو عند ساحل السفن وجانبه عند صيدون.
13“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
14يساكر حمار جسيم رابض بين الحظائر.
14“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
15فرأى المحلّ انه حسن والارض انها نزهة. فاحنى كتفه للحمل وصار للجزية عبدا.
15He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
16دان يدين شعبه كاحد اسباط اسرائيل.
16“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17يكون دان حية على الطريق افعوانا على السبيل يلسع عقبي الفرس فيسقط راكبه الى الوراء.
17Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18لخلاصك انتظرت يا رب
18I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
19جاد يزحمه جيش. ولكنه يزحم مؤخره.
19“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
20اشير خبزه سمين وهو يعطي لذّات ملوك.
20“Asher’s food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.
21نفتالي ايّلة مسيّبة يعطي اقوالا حسنة.
21“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
22يوسف غصن شجرة مثمرة غصن شجرة مثمرة على عين. اغصان قد ارتفعت فوق حائط.
22“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
23فمرّرته ورمته واضطهدته ارباب السهام.
23The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
24ولكن ثبتت بمتانة قوسه وتشددت سواعد يديه. من يدي عزيز يعقوب من هناك من الراعي صخر اسرائيل
24But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
25من اله ابيك الذي يعينك ومن القادر على كل شيء الذي يباركك تاتي بركات السماء من فوق وبركات الغمر الرابض تحت. بركات الثديين والرحم.
25even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
26بركات ابيك فاقت على بركات ابويّ. الى منية الآكام الدهرية تكون على راس يوسف وعلى قمة نذير اخوته.
26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
27بنيامين ذئب يفترس. في الصباح يأكل غنيمة وعند المساء يقسم نهبا
27“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil.”
28جميع هؤلاء هم اسباط اسرائيل الاثنا عشر. وهذا ما كلمهم به ابوهم وباركهم. كل واحد بحسب بركته باركهم.
28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
29واوصاهم وقال لهم انا انضم الى قومي. ادفنوني عند آبائي في المغارة التي في حقل عفرون الحثي.
29He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30في المغارة التي في حقل المكفيلة التي امام ممرا في ارض كنعان التي اشتراها ابراهيم مع الحقل من عفرون الحثي ملك قبر.
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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
31هناك دفنوا ابراهيم وسارة امرأته. هناك دفنوا اسحق ورفقة امرأته. وهناك دفنت ليئة.
31There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
32شراء الحقل والمغارة التي فيه كان من بني حثّ.
32the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
33ولما فرغ يعقوب من توصية بنيه ضم رجليه الى السرير واسلم الروح وانضمّ الى قومه
33When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.