1Zvino Jakove akadana vanakomana vake, akati, Unganai, ndikuudzei zvamuchaitirwa namazuva anotevera.
1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.
2Unganai, munzwe imwi vanakomana vaJakove, Teererai Isiraeri, baba venyu.
2Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
3Rubheni, iwe uri dangwe rangu, simba rangu, nokutanga kwesimba rangu; Ukuru hwokukudzwa, noukuru hwesimba;
3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
4Unotutuma semvura, haungavi noukuru; nekuti wakakwira kuuvato hwababa vako, Ukahusvibisa; wakakwira kumubhedha wangu.
4Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
5Simioni naRevhi vana vamai vamwe; Minondo yavo inhumbi dzokurwa nesimba.
5Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.
6Mweya wangu, rega kupinda pakurangana kwavo. Kukudzwa kwangu, rega kusanganiswa neungano dzavo; nekuti pakutsamwa kwavo vakauraya vanhu, Nokuda kwavo vakagura marunda emombe.
6O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.
7Kutsamwa kwavo ngakutukwe, nekuti kwakanga kuri kukuru; Nehasha dzavo, nekuti dzakanga dzakaipa; Ndichavaparadzanisa pakati paJakove, nokuvaparadzira pakati paIsiraeri.
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.
8Iwe Judha, ucharumbidzwa nehama dzako; Ruoko rwako ruchava pamitsipa yavavengi vako, Vana vababa vako vachakotamira pamberi pako.
8Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
9Judha mwana weshumba; Iwe mwanakomana wangu, wakwira uchibva pane zvakaurawa; Wakakotama, wakanyanga seshumba, Seshumbakadzi; ndianiko achamumutsa?
9Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
10Tsvimbo youshe haingabvi kuna Judha, Kana mudonzvo, womubati pakati petsoka dzake, Kusvikira Shiro auya; Ndudzi dzose dzavanhu dzichamuerera iye.
10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
11Unosungira sheche redhongi rake pamuzambiringa, Nomwana wedhongi rake pamuzambiringa wakaisvonaka; Wakasuka nguvo dzake newaini, Nezvokufuka zvake muropa ramazambiringa.
11Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:
12Meso ake achatsvuka newaini, Meno ake achachena nomukaka.
12His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
13Zebhuroni uchagara pamahombekombe egungwa; iye achava mahombekombe panopinda zvikepe; Muganhu wake uchasvika paSidhoni.
13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon.
14Isakari idhongi rine simba, rinovata pasi, pakati pematanga emakwai;
14Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:
15Akaona zororo kuti rakanaka, Nenyika kuti inofadza, Akarerekera fudzi rake kuti atakure, akava mubatiri wechibharo.
15And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.
16Dhani achatonga mhaka dzavanhu vake, Sorumwe rwamarudzi alsiraeri.
16Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
17Dhani achava senyoka munzira, Semvumbi mugwara, Inoruma zvitsitsinho zvebhiza; Kuti mutasvi waro awire pasi neshure.
17Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward.
18Ndakamirira ruponeso rwenyu imwi Jehovha.
18I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
19Gadhi achavambwa nehondo, Asi iye achavavamba pazvitsitsinho zvavo.
19Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
20Asheri achava nezvokudya zvakakora; Iye achauya nezvinonaka zvinofanira madzishe.
20Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
21Nafutari isheche yemhembwe yakasununguka, Anotaura mashoko akanaka.
21Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
22Josefa idavi rinobereka, Idavi rinobereka patsime; matavi ake anodarika madziro.
22Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.
23Vapfuri nouta vakamutambudza kwazvo, Vakamupfura, vakamuvenga;
23The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecute him:
24asi uta hwake hwakaramba hune simba, Maoko ezvanza zvake akasimbiswa Namaoko oWamasimbaose waJakove (Ndipo panobva Mufudzi, neBwe raIsiraeri),
24But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
25Mwari wababa vako achakubatsira; Wamasimbaose, achakuropafadza, Neropafadzo dzinobva kudenga kumusoro, Ropafadzo dzinobva pamvura yakadzika iri pasi, Ropafadzo dzamazamu nedzechizvaro.
25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
26Ropafadzo dzababa vako Dzinopfuura ropafadzo dzamateteguru angu, kusvikira kumugumo wamakomo asingaperi; dzichagara pamusoro waJosefa, Pamusoro waiye aiva muchinda pakati pehama dzake.
26The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27Bhenjamini ibere rinoparadza; Mangwanani achadya chakaurawa, Madeko achagovera zvaakapamba.
27Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.
28Ava vose ndiwo marudzi ane gumi namaviri alsiraeri; ndizvo zvakataura baba vavo kwavari, akavaropafadza; vakaropafadza mumwe nomumwe nokuropafadzwa kwake.
28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29Akavaraira, akati kwavari, Ini ndobva ndosanganiswa navanhu vangu; mundondiviga kuna madzibaba angu, mubako riri mumunda waEfuroni, muHeti,
29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30bako riri mumunda weMakapera, pakatarisana neMamure, panyika yeKanani, riya rakatengwa naAbhurahamu pamwechete nomunda kuna Efuroni, muHeti, kuti zvive zvake, ive nzvimbo yake yokuviga;
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 for a possession of a burying-place.
31ndipo pavakaviga Abhurahamu naSara, mukadzi wake; ndipo pavakaviga Isaka naRabheka, mukadzi wake; ndipo pandakaviga Rea;
31there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah:
32munda uya nebako riri mukati mawo, zvakatengwa kuvana vaHeti.
32the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.
33Zvino Jakove akati apedza kuraira vanakomana vake, akadzosera tsoka dzake pauvato, mweya wake ukabuda, akasanganiswa navanhu vake
33And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.