¹In Jakob skliče sinove svoje ter reče: Zberite se, da vam oznanim, kar se vam bo godilo v poznejših dnevih.

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.

²Zberite se in čujte, sinovi Jakobovi, poslušajte, pravim, Izraela, očeta svojega!

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

³Ruben, ti si prvenec moj, moč moja in začetek mogočnosti moje, prednji v visokosti in prednji v krepkosti!

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

⁴Vzkipel si kakor voda, ne boš imel prednosti, kajti vzpel si se na očeta svojega ležišče; tedaj si je onečastil. Šel je na postelj mojo!

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!

⁵Simeon in Levi sta brata: silovitosti orodje njiju meča.

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

⁶V skrivni njun posvet ne pridi duša moja, v njiju shod se ne druži slava moja; zakaj v jezi svoji sta ubila moža, in v razuzdanosti svoji sta ohromila junca.

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.

⁷Prokleta njiju jeza, ker silna je bila, in njiju togota, ker neusmiljena je bila: razdelim ju v Jakobu in ju razkropim v Izraelu.

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.

⁸Juda, tebe, da, tebe bodo slavili bratje tvoji; roka tvoja bode sovražnikom tvojim na tilniku, priklanjali se ti bodo očeta tvojega sinovi.

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

⁹Levov mladič je Juda; od plena, sin moj, si prišel kvišku. Počivajoč leži kakor lev in kakor levinja, kdo se ga drzne zbuditi?

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?

¹⁰Ne vzame se žezlo od Jude, niti vladarska palica izmed nog njegovih, dokler ne pride Šilo [T. j. pokoj; drugi tolmačijo: dokler ne pride v Silo.], in njemu bode pokorščina narodov.

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.

¹¹Priveže za trto osliča svojega in za plemenito trto oslice svoje mladiča ter pere v vinu obleko svojo in v krvi grozdja plašč svoj;

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;

¹²oči so mu žareče od vina in zobje beli od mleka.

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

¹³Zebulon bo prebival ob pristanišču morskem in pristanišče bo ladjam in stran njegova proti Sidonu.

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

¹⁴Isahar je osel močnih kosti, ležeč med ograjami.

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

¹⁵Ko bo videl, da je pokoj dober in da je prijetna dežela njegova, podstavi ramo svojo, da nosi tovor, in postane davku podvržen tlačan.

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.

¹⁶Dan bo sodil ljudstvo svoje kakor eden rodov Izraelovih.

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

¹⁷Dan bode kakor kača ob potu, gad ob stezi, ki pika konja v kopita, da se jezdec zvrne znak.

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

¹⁸Rešenje tvoje čakam, o GOSPOD!

¹⁸For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!

¹⁹Gad, bojna gneča bo pritiskala nanj, on pa jim bo pritiskal na pete.

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

²⁰Od Aserja pride maščoba, kruh njegov, in on bo dajal slaščice kraljeve.

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

²¹Neftali je košuta izpuščena, on govori besede lepe.

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

²²Sin rodovitnega drevesa je Jožef, sin rodovitnega drevesa ob studencu, mladike njegove se vzpenjajo čez zidovje.

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

²³Hudo so ga užalili in nanj streljali in ga preganjali lokostrelci:

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

²⁴vendar nepremičen ostane lok njegov in gibčni lahti rok njegovih, po rokah Mogočnega Jakobovega. Odtod je pastir, kamen Izraelov:

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.

²⁵od mogočnega Boga očeta tvojega, ki ti bo pomagal, in od Vsegamogočnega, ki te bo blagoslovil z blagoslovi nebes odzgoraj, z blagoslovi globine odspodaj, z blagoslovi prsi in maternice.

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; —

²⁶Blagoslovi očeta tvojega presegajo blagoslove prednikov mojih do meje hribov večnih; bivajo naj na glavi Jožefovi in na temenu Odličnega med svojimi brati.

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.

²⁷Benjamin je volk, ki trga; zgodaj uživa rop in na večer deli plen.

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

²⁸Vsi ti so dvanajsteri rodovi Izraelovi; in to jim je govoril njih oče, ko jih je blagoslavljal; vsakega izmed njih je blagoslovil, kakor mu je bil določen blagoslov.

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.

²⁹In zapove jim in jim reče: Ko bom zbran k ljudstvu svojemu, pokopljite me pri mojih očetih, v jamo, ki je na njivi Efrona Hetejca,

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;

³⁰v jamo, ki je na njivi Makpeli, nasproti Mamri v deželi Kanaanski, ki jo je kupil Abraham ž njivo vred od Efrona Hetejca v groba posest:

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;

³¹tam so pokopali Abrahama in Saro, ženo njegovo, tam so pokopali Izaka in Rebeko, ženo njegovo, in tam sem pokopal Lejo.

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

³²Kupljena je ona njiva in jama, ki je na njej, od Hetovih sinov.In ko je Jakob nehal zapovedovati sinom svojim, potegne noge svoje v posteljo in umrje, in zbran je bil k svojim ljudstvom.

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

³³In ko je Jakob nehal zapovedovati sinom svojim, potegne noge svoje v posteljo in umrje, in zbran je bil k svojim ljudstvom.

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