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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴Isahar je osel močnih kosti, ležeč med ograjami.

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.

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

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

¹⁶Dan bo sodil ljudstvo svoje kakor eden rodov Izraelovih.

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

¹⁸Rešenje tvoje čakam, o GOSPOD!

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

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

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

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

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

²¹Neftali je košuta izpuščena, on govori besede lepe.

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

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

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

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

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),

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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,

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,

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.

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:

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

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

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

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.

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.

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