Genesis 49

1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

1 雅各把他的儿子们都叫来，对他们说：“你们到我身边来，我要把你们将来的遭遇告诉你们。

2 Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

2 “雅各的儿子们啊， 你们要聚在一起听， 听你们父亲以色列的话。

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

3 吕便啊，你是我的长子， 是我年轻力壮时生的， 卓有尊荣和力量。

4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

4 可是，你必不再居首位， 因为你放纵情欲， 如沸腾不止的水， 你上了你父亲的床， 玷污了我的榻。

5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

5 “西缅和利未是兄弟， 他们依仗刀剑，残暴不仁。

6 May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

6 我的灵不可与他们同谋。 我的心不可与他们联合。 他们泄愤杀人， 随意砍断牛腿的筋。

7 Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

7 他们狂怒凶残，该受咒诅！ 我要使他们分散在雅各的子孙中， 散居在以色列各地。

8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

8 “犹大啊，你的兄弟们必赞美你， 你的手必掐住仇敌的颈项， 你父亲的儿子必向你下拜。

9 Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

9 我儿犹大是头小狮子， 他猎食回来，躺卧如雄狮， 蹲伏如母狮，谁敢惊扰他？

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

10 权杖必不离犹大， 御杖必伴他左右， 直到执掌王权的那位来到， 万民都必归顺他。

11 He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

11 “他把小驴拴在葡萄树旁， 把驴驹拴在上好的葡萄树旁； 他在葡萄酒中洗衣服， 在葡萄汁中洗外袍。

12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

12 他的眼睛比酒乌润， 他的牙齿比奶洁白。

13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

13 “西布伦必安居在海滨， 成为泊船的港口， 他的疆界必伸展到西顿。

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

14 “以萨迦是头壮驴， 卧在羊圈中。

15 He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

15 他见那地方好作安身之处， 地土肥美，就垂下肩头， 做了苦役。

16 Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

16 “但必治理他的人民， 作以色列的一个支派。

17 He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

17 他必成为路边的蛇， 道旁的毒蛇， 咬伤马蹄，使骑马的人坠落。

18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.

18 “耶和华啊， 我切切等候你的拯救。

19 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

19 “迦得必被强盗劫掠， 他却要反败为胜追赶他们。

20 Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

20 “亚设必有丰美的出产和供君王享用的美味。

21 Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

21 “拿弗他利是头自由的母鹿， 养育美丽的小鹿 。

22 Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

22 “约瑟是多结果子的枝条， 长在水泉旁， 他的枝条探出墙外。

23 The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

23 弓箭手凶猛地攻击他， 恶狠狠地射他。

24 Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

24 但他手持强弓， 双臂稳健有力， 因为雅各的大能者出手相助， 祂是以色列的牧者和磐石。

25 by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

25 你父亲的上帝必帮助你， 全能者必赐你天上的福气、 地下深渊蕴藏的福气， 使你子孙兴旺、牛羊满圈。

26 The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

26 你父亲的祝福高过亘古的峰峦， 多如永存的群山， 愿这一切祝福都临到约瑟头上， 临到这超越众弟兄的人身上。

27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

27 “便雅悯是匹贪婪的狼， 早晨吞吃猎物， 晚上瓜分战利品。”

28 These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

28 以上是以色列的十二支派，他们的父亲按着他们不同的福分给他们祝福。

29 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

29 雅各又嘱咐他们说：“我要离世了，你们要把我葬在赫人以弗仑田间的洞里，让我与祖先在一起。

30 The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

30 那洞穴在迦南的幔利附近的麦比拉田间，是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗仑买来作坟地的。

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

31 亚伯拉罕和他的妻子撒拉，以撒和他的妻子利百加都葬在那里，我把利亚也葬在了那里。

32 The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

32 那块田和田间的洞穴是向赫人买的。”

33 When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

33 雅各嘱咐完众子，把脚收到床上，咽了气，归到他祖先那里。