¹Zvino Jakove akadana vanakomana vake, akati, Unganai, ndi­kuudzei zvamuchaitirwa namazuva ano­tevera.

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.

²Unganai, munzwe imwi vanakomana vaJakove, Teererai Isiraeri, baba venyu.

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

³Rubheni, iwe uri dangwe rangu, simba rangu, nokutanga kwesimba rangu; Ukuru hwokukudzwa, noukuru hwesimba;

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

⁴Unotutuma semvura, haungavi noukuru; nekuti wakakwira kuuvato hwababa vako, Ukahusvibisa; wakakwira kumubhedha wangu.

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.

⁵Simioni naRevhi vana vamai vamwe; Minondo yavo inhumbi dzokurwa nesimba.

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

⁶Mweya wangu, rega kupinda pakurangana kwavo. Kukudzwa kwangu, rega kusanganiswa neungano dzavo; nekuti pakutsamwa kwavo vakauraya vanhu, Nokuda kwavo vakagura marunda emombe.

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.

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.

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.

⁹Judha mwana weshumba; Iwe mwanakomana wangu, wakwira uchibva pane zvakaurawa; Wakakotama, wakanyanga seshumba, Seshumbakadzi; ndianiko achamumutsa?

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?

¹⁰Tsvimbo youshe haingabvi kuna Judha, Kana mudonzvo, womubati pakati petsoka dzake, Kusvikira Shiro auya; Ndudzi dzose dzavanhu dzichamuerera iye.

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.

¹¹Unosungira sheche redhongi rake pamuzambiringa, Nomwana wedhongi rake pamuzambiringa wakaisvonaka; Wakasuka nguvo dzake newaini, Nezvokufuka zvake muropa ramazambiringa.

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.

¹²Meso ake achatsvuka newaini, Meno ake achachena nomukaka.

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

¹³Zebhuroni uchagara pamahombekombe egungwa; iye achava mahombekombe panopinda zvikepe; Muganhu wake uchasvika paSidhoni.

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

¹⁴Isakari idhongi rine simba, rinovata pasi, pakati pematanga emakwai;

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

¹⁵Akaona zororo kuti rakanaka, Nenyika kuti inofadza, Akarerekera fudzi rake kuti atakure, akava mubatiri wechibharo.

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.

¹⁶Dhani achatonga mhaka dzavanhu vake, Sorumwe rwamarudzi alsiraeri.

¹⁶“Dan will 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 will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.

¹⁸Ndakamirira ruponeso rwenyu imwi Jehovha.

¹⁹Gadhi achavambwa nehondo, Asi iye achavavamba pazvitsitsinho zvavo.

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

²⁰Asheri achava nezvokudya zvakakora; Iye achauya nezvinonaka zvinofanira madzishe.

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

²¹Nafutari isheche yemhembwe yakasununguka, Anotaura mashoko akanaka.

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

²²Josefa idavi rinobereka, Idavi rinobereka patsime; matavi ake anodarika madziro.

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

²³Vapfuri nouta vakamutambudza kwazvo, Vakamupfura, vakamuvenga;

²³The archers have severely grieved him, 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 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),

²⁵Mwari wababa vako achakubatsira; Wamasimbaose, achakuropafadza, Neropafadzo dzinobva kudenga kumusoro, Ropafadzo dzinobva pamvura yakadzika iri pasi, Ropafadzo dzamazamu nedzechizvaro.

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.

²⁶Ropafadzo dzababa vako Dzinopfuura ropafadzo dzamateteguru angu, kusvikira kumugumo wamakomo asingaperi; dzichagara pamusoro waJosefa, Pamusoro waiye aiva muchinda pakati pehama dzake.

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.

²⁷Bhenjamini ibere rinoparadza; Mangwanani achadya chakaurawa, Madeko achagovera zvaakapamba.

²⁷“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will 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 what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.

²⁹Akavaraira, akati kwavari, Ini ndobva ndosanganiswa na­vanhu vangu; mundondiviga kuna madzi­baba angu, mubako riri mumunda waEfuroni, muHeti,

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,

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 as a burial 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

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.