¹And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of 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.

²Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.

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

³Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.

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

⁴Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my bed.

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 violence their swords.

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

⁶My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.

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] violent; And their rage, 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 -- [as to] thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to 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 young lion; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stoopeth, he layeth himself down as a lion, And as a lioness: who will 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 scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.

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.

¹¹He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass's colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment 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.

¹²The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth [are] white with milk.

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

¹³Zebulun will dwell at the shore of the seas; Yea, he will be at the shore of the ships, And his side [toucheth] upon Sidon.

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

¹⁴Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.

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

¹⁵And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.

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

¹⁶Dan will judge his people, As another of the tribes of Israel.

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

¹⁷Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.

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 wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

¹⁸Ny famonjenao no andrasako, Jehovah ô!

¹⁹Gad -- troops will rush upon him; But he will rush upon the heel.

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

²⁰Out of Asher, his bread shall be fat, And he will give 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; A fruitful bough by a well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.

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

²³The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;

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

²⁴But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One 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,

²⁵From the ùGod of thy father, and he will help thee; And from the Almighty, and he will bless thee -- With blessings of heaven from above, With blessings of the deep that lieth under, With blessings of the breast 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 surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated 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 -- [as] a wolf will he tear to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty.

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

²⁸All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he 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 to them, I am gathered to 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 opposite to Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite along with the field for a possession of a sepulchre.

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 Rebecca 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 in it, 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 his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.

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.