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.

¹And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, `Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days.

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

²`Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.

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

³Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

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!

⁴Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father`s bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!

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

⁵Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence — their espousals!

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.

⁶Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.

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.

⁷Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

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

⁸Judah! thou — thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand [is] on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee.

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

⁹A lion`s whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?

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.

¹⁰The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples.

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.

¹¹Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;

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

¹²Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk!

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

¹³Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] unto Zidon.

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

¹⁴Issacher [is] a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;

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

¹⁵And he seeth rest that [it is] good, And the land that [it is] pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant.

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

¹⁶Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;

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.

¹⁷Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse`s heels, And its rider falleth backward.

¹⁸Ny famonjenao no andrasako, Jehovah ô!

¹⁸For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!

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

¹⁹Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last.

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

²⁰Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he giveth dainties of a king.

²¹NAFTALY dia dieravavy alefa; manao teny mahafinaritra izy.

²¹Naphtali [is] a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.

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

²²Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;

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

²³And embitter him — yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

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,

²⁴And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.

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.

²⁵By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; —

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.

²⁶Thy father`s blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brethren.

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

²⁷Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.`

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.

²⁸All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

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,

²⁹And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, `I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

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.

³⁰in the cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;

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,

³¹(there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah);

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.

³²the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from Sons of Heth.`

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.

³³And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.