¹A Jakob povolal svojich synov a riekol: Sídite sa, a oznámim vám, čo sa bude s vami diať v pozdejších dňoch.

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.

²Shromaždite sa a počujte, synovia Jakobovi, počujte Izraela, svojho otca!

²Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

³Rúben, ty si môj prvorodený, moja sila a počiatok mojej vlády, predné dôstojnosti a predné moci.

³“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

⁴Zkypenie u teba jako zkypenie vody; nebudeš vynikať, lebo si vystúpil na ložu svojho otca. Vtedy si poškvrnil moju posteľ vystúpiac na ňu.

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.

⁵Simeon a Lévi sú bratia; ich meče sú nástrojmi ukrutnosti.

⁵“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

⁶Nech nevojde moja duša do ich rady a moja sláva nech sa nepripojí k ich shromaždeniu, lebo vo svojom hneve zavraždili muža a vo svojej samovôli podrezali volovi žily.

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.

⁷Zlorečený ich hnev, pretože bol násilnícky, a ich prchlivosť, pretože bola tvrdá. Rozdelím ich v Jakobovi a rozptýlim ich v Izraelovi.

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.

⁸Júda, teba budú chváliť tvoji bratia. Tvoja ruka bude na šiji tvojich nepriateľov. Klaňať sa ti budú synovia tvojho otca.

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.

⁹Júda je ľvíča. Od lúpeže, môj synu, odišiel si hore. Sklonil sa, leží jako lev a jako ľvica; kto ho zobudí, aby vstal?!

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?

¹⁰Neuhne berla od Júdu ani palica zákonodarcu zpomedzi jeho kolien, dokiaľ neprijde Šílo, a jeho budú poslúchať národy.

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.

¹¹Priviaže svoje osľa na vinič a na výbornú révu syna svojej oslice; operie svoje rúcho vo víne a v krvi hrozna svoj odev.

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.

¹²Bude tmavších očí nad víno, a belších zubov nad mlieko.

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

¹³Zabulon, bude bývať smerom ku brehu mora a sám bude prístavom lodí, a jeho hranica sa potiahne na Sidon.

¹³“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

¹⁴Izachár, kostnatý osol silný, ktorý leží medzi dvoma ohradami.

¹⁴“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

¹⁵Keď uvidí odpočinok, že je dobrý, a zem, že je rozkošná, zohne svoje plece, aby niesol bremä a slúžiac bude dávať daň.

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.

¹⁶Dán, bude súdiť svoj ľud ako jedno z pokolení Izraelových.

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

¹⁷Dán bude hadom na ceste, jedovatým hadom rohatým na chodníku, ktorý štípe päty koňa, aby padol jeho jazdec nazad.

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.

¹⁸Na tvoje spasenie očakávam, Hospodine!

¹⁹Gád, zástup ho bude sovierať, ale naposledy on sovrie.

¹⁹“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

²⁰Z Asera? Jeho chlieb bude samá tučnota, a on bude dodávať rozkošné potraviny kráľovské.

²⁰“Asher’s food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

²¹Naftali, vypustená jelenica, ktorý dáva krásne reči.

²¹“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

²²Jozef je syn plodného stromu, syn plodného stromu nad prameňom; jeho letorasty vychádzajú na múr.

²²“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

²³Boli ho naplnili horkosťou; strieľali do neho a útočili na neho strelci, strieľajúci strely z lučišťa.

²³The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

²⁴No, jeho lučište zostalo v sile, a pružnými zostávajú ramená jeho rúk od rúk mocného Boha Jakobovho, odtiaľ pastier, kameň Izraelov,

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),

²⁵od silného Boha, Boha tvojho otca, ktorý ti bude pomáhať, a od Všemohúceho, ktorý ťa požehná požehnaním neba s hora, požehnaniami hlbiny, ktorá sa rozkladá pod zemou dole, požehnaniami pŕs a lona.

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.

²⁶Požehnania tvojho otca budú mocnejšie ako boly požehnania mojich predkov, a to až po hranice večných brehov; budú složené na hlavu Jozefovu, na temeno nazareja jeho bratov.

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.

²⁷Benjamin bude jako dravý vlk; ráno bude jesť lúpež a na večer rozdelí korisť.

²⁷“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil.”

²⁸To všetko sú pokolenia Izraelove, ktorých je dvanásť. A to je to, čo im hovoril ich otec, a požehnal ich, každého z nich požehnal podľa toho, jaké bolo ktorého požehnanie.

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.

²⁹A prikázal im a riekol im: Ja budem pripojený k svojmu ľudu. Pochovajte ma k mojim otcom, do jaskyne, ktorá je na poli Efrona Hetejského,

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,

³⁰v jaskyni, ktorá je na poli Machpela, ktorá je naproti Mamremu, v Kananejskej zemi, ktorú to jaskyňu kúpil Abrahám i s poľom od Efrona Hetejského, aby mu bolo vlastníctvom na pohrabište.

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.

³¹Tam pochovali Abraháma i Sáru, jeho ženu; tam pochovali Izáka i Rebeku, jeho ženu, a tam som ja pochoval Leu.

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

³²Pole i jaskyňa, ktorá je na ňom, je kúpou od synov Heta.

³²the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”

³³A keď prestal Jakob prikazovať svojim synom, vyložil svoje nohy na posteľ a zomrel a bol pripojený k svojmu ľudu.

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.