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.

¹Huan, Jakob in a tapate a sama hichibang in a gena, Ni nanungte a na tung ua thil hongtung dingte ka honhilh theihna ding in hong kihawm un,

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

²Nou Jakob tapate aw, hong kikhawm unla, ngaikhia un; na pa uh Israel thu ngaikhia un.

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

³Reuben, nang ka ta masa, ka thilhihtheih na ka hatna gah masapen na hi; san penna leh thuneih penna nanga ahi.

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.

⁴Himahleh tui banga kiplou na hi, tungnung penna na neikei ding; na pa lupnapi na kah jiak in: huchihlai in huai lah na hihbuah a: ka lupna ah a kah hi.

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

⁵Simeon leh Levi te na unau ahi uh; a namsaute uh sisan suahna vanzat ahi.

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.

⁶Ka kha aw, nangjaw a kikupna uah vakigolh ken; ka thupina, nang jaw a kikhopna uah tel ken; a heh un mi a that ua, a genhak un bawngtal tha a sat uhi.

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.

⁷A hehna un hamsia dong hen, hangsan tak ahi ngala; a thangpaihna un leng hamsia dong hen, hinse tak ahi ngala: Jakob te in amau ka kikhensak dinga, Israel te in ka hih dalh ding hi.

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.

⁸Juda, nang jaw na unauten honphat ding uh: na khut lah na doute ngawngah na nga dinga; na tapate lah na maah a kun ding uh.

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?

⁹Juda jaw humpinelkai nou ahi; ka tapa, na sa keih lah na paitouh santa: na kuna, humpinelkai bangin na boka, humpinelkainu mahbang ngalin: kuan ahia thousak ngam ding.

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.

¹⁰Lalchiang lah Juda akipan amang kei ding, vaihawmpa chiang lah a khe kala kipanin a mang sam kei ding, Silo a hongpai ma teng; nam chihin amah thu a mang ding uh.

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.

¹¹A sakolnou grep gui ah khih dinga, a sabengtungnou lah grep gui hoih chi-ah a khih ding hi. A puansilhte uain in a sawp dinga, a puan lah grep sisan in a sawp lai ding hi:

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

¹²A mit te lah uain suksanin a om ding ua, a hate lah nawitui sukngouin a om ding uhi.

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

¹³Zebulun tuipi geiah a teng dinga: long khawlna luipiau ahi ding; a gamgi lah Zidon ah ahi ding hi.

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

¹⁴Issakar bel sabengtung hat tak belam huang kala kual ahi.

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.

¹⁵Khawl lah hoihin a theia, gam leng hoihin a thei; huchiin banghiam khat po dingin a liangjang a niamsaka, kuli na semin sikhain a hongomta hi.

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

¹⁶Danin a mite, Israel nam laka nam khat hi samin, vai a hawmsak ding.

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.

¹⁷Dan bel lamlian gul, lampi a gul gial, a tunga tuang thalkiak ek khopa sakol khe a tu nakpa ahi ding.

¹⁸Aw Toupa, na hotdamna ka ngak gige hi.

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

¹⁹Gad, galin a sual ding ua, himahleh aman a khetul lam uah a sualzo ding hi.

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

²⁰Aser, a nek a hoh ding, kumpite nek chi kim taktak a piangsak ding hi.

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

²¹Naphtali zukpi khak ahi: thu hoih pipi a gen jel hi.

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

²²Joseph bel hiang gan nuam tak ahi, tuikhuk kianga hiang gah nuam tak; ahiang nawnsawnten suang bang a thuam uh.

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

²³Thalkapmiten amah nakpi takin a hihgenthei ua, a kap ua, a simmoh ua:

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),

²⁴Himahleh, amah thalpeu khauh takin a om gige, a khut thate lah Jakob Mi Hatpa khuta (huaia kipan belam chingmi, Isreal suangpa, a hongom a: )

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.

²⁵Na pa Pathian, nang honpanpihpa dinga-Bangkimhihtheipa, tunglam van vauljawlnate, nuailam bok gige tui thuktak vualjawlnate, nawite leh sul vualjawlnate, nangmah honvualjawl dingpa ngei hihhatin a om hi.

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.

²⁶Na pa vualjawlnate, honsuangte vualjawlna sangin khantawn tang tawpkhawk phain a thupi zo ta hi: huaite bel Joseph lu ah a om dinga, a unaute kiang akipan hihtuama ompa sip ah a om ding.

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

²⁷Benjamin bel ngia duhgawl ahi: jingsangin asa koih a ne dinga, nitaklamin a gallak a hawm ding, a chi a.

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.

²⁸Huaite tengteng Israel nam sawm leh nam nihte ahi uh: huai thute leng amaute vaualjawlna a kiang ua a pa uh thu gen ahi; vualjawlna a tan ding gun bang jel un a vualjawl chiat hi.

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,

²⁹Huan, amau thugou a siaha, a kiang uah, Ka chipihte kianga pia om ding ka hita: Hit mi Ephron lou a kokhuk, honsuangte kiangah honvui un.

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.

³⁰Kanan gam a Mamre maa Makpel lou a kokhuk, Abrahamin, kivuina mun gou dinga, Hit mi Ephron akipana a lou toh a lei ah:

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

³¹Hiailaiah Abraham leh a ji Sara a vui ua: huailaiah Isaak leh a ji Rebeka a vui ua; huailai mahah Lea ka vuia:

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

³²Lou leh a sunga kokhuk om lah Heth suante akipana lei ahi, a chi a.Huan, Jakobin a tapate kianga thugou a siah khitin a khete lupna ah a nga toua, a kha a khaha, a chipihte kiangah piin a om samta hi.

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.

³³Huan, Jakobin a tapate kianga thugou a siah khitin a khete lupna ah a nga toua, a kha a khaha, a chipihte kiangah piin a om samta hi.