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 ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى يَعْقُوبُ أَبْنَاءَهُ وَقَالَ: «الْتَفُّوا حَوْلِي لأُنْبِئَكُمْ بِمَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَكُمْ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ.

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

2 اجْتَمِعُوا وَاسْمَعُوا يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَأَصْغَوْا إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبِيكُمْ.

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

3 رَأُوبَيْنُ أَنْتَ بِكْرِي وَقُوَّتِي وَأَوَّلُ مَظْهَرِ رُجُولَتِي، فَضْلُ الرِّفْعَةِ وَفَضْلُ الْعِزِّ

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 لَكِنَّكَ فَائِرٌ كَالْمَاءِ لِذَلِكَ لَنْ تَظَلَّ مُتَفَوِّقاً، لأَنَّكَ اضْطَجَعْتَ فِي فِرَاشِ أَبِيكَ. صَعِدْتَ عَلَى سَرِيرِي فَدَنَّسْتَهُ.

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

5 شِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي أَخَوَانِ سُيُوفُهُمَا آلاتُ ظُلْمٍ.

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 فَيَا نَفْسِي لَا تَدْخُلِي فِي مَجْلِسِهِمَا، وَيَا رُوحِي لَا تَنْضَمِّي إِلَى مَجْمَعِهِمَا.

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 لأَنَّهُمَا فِي غَضَبِهِمَا يَقْتُلانِ النَّاسَ، وَفِي رِضَاهُمَا يُعَرْقِلانِ الثِّيرَانَ. مَلْعُونٌ سْخْطُهُمَا لأَنَّهُ عَنِيفٌ وَغَضَبُهُمَا لأَنَّهُ ضَارٍ. أُفَرِّقُهُمَا فِي يَعْقُوبَ وَأُشَتِّتُهُمَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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 يَهُوذَا، إِيَّاكَ يَحْمَدُ إِخْوَتُكَ، وَتَكُونُ يَدُكَ عَلَى عُنُقِ أَعْدَائِكَ، وَيَسْجُدُ لَكَ بَنُو أَبِيكَ.

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 يَهُوذَا شِبْلُ أَسَدٍ، عَنْ فَرِيسَةٍ قُمْتَ يَا ابْنِي. ثُمَّ جَثَا وَرَبَضَ كَأَسَدٍ أَوْ كَلَبْوَةٍ، فَمَنْ يَجْرُؤُ عَلَى إِثَارَتِهِ؟

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 لَا يَزُولُ صَوْلَجَانُ الْمُلْكِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَلا مُشْتَرِعٌ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ شِيلُوهُ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنْ لَهُ الأَمْرُ) فَتُطِيعُهُ الشُّعُوبُ.

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 يَرْبِطُ بِالْكَرْمَةِ جَحْشَهُ، وَبِأَفْضَلِ جَفْنَةٍ ابْنَ أَتَانِهِ. بِالْخَمْرِ يَغْسِلُ لِبَاسَهُ وَبِدَمِ الْعِنَبِ ثَوْبَهُ.

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

12 تَكُونُ عَيْنَاهُ أَشَدَّ سَوَاداً مِنَ الْخَمْرِ، وَأَسْنَانُهُ أَكْثَرَ بَيَاضاً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ.

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

13 زَبُولُونُ يَسْكُنُ عِنْدَ سَوَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ، وَيُصْبِحُ مَقَرُّهُ مَرْفَأً لِلسُّفُنِ، وَتَمْتَدُّ تُخُومُهُ نَحْوَ صَيْدَا

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

14 يَسَّاكَرُ حِمَارٌ قَوِيٌّ رَابِضٌ بَيْنَ الْحَظَائِرِ.

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 عِنْدَمَا يَرَى خُصُوبَةَ مَرْتَعِهِ وَبَهْجَةَ أَرْضِهِ، تَسْتَكِينُ كَتِفَاهُ لِلأَثْقَالِ، وَيُسْتَعْبَدُ لِلْعَمَلِ الشَّاقِ.

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

16 دَانٌ يَقْضِي لِشَعْبِهِ كَأَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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 دَانٌ يَكُونُ ثُعْبَاناً عَلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ وَأُفْعُوَاناً عَلَى السَّبِيلِ، يَلْسَعُ عَقِبَيِ الْفَرَسِ فَيَهْوِي رَاكِبُهُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ.

18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.

18 إِنَّنِي انْتَظَرْتُ خَلاصَكَ يَا رَبُّ.

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

19 جَادٌ يَقْتَحِمُهُ الْغُزَاةُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُطَارِدُ فُلُولَهُمْ وَيَقْحَمُهُمْ.

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

20 طَعَامُ أَشِيرَ دَسِمٌ، وَأَطَايبُهُ صَالِحَةٌ لِمَوَائِدِ الْمُلُوكِ.

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

21 نَفْتَالِي غَزَالَةٌ طَلِيقَةٌ يُرَدِّدُ أَقْوَالاً جَمِيلَةً.

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

22 يُوسُفُ كَرْمَةٌ مُثْمِرَةٌ إِلَى جُوَارِ عَيْنٍ، تَسَلَّقَتْ أَغْصَانُهُ الْحَائِطَ.

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

23 يُهَاجِمُهُ الرُّمَاةُ بِمَرَارَةٍ. وَيُطْلِقُونَ سِهَامَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِعَدَاوَةٍ.

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 وَلَكِنْ قَوْسُهُ ظَلَّتْ مَتِينَةً، وَتَشَدَّدَتْ سَوَاعِدُ يَدَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ سَوَاعِدِ عَزِيزِ يَعْقُوبَ، الرَّاعِي صَخْرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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 بِفَضْلِ إِلَهِ أَبِيكَ الَّذِي يُعِينُكَ، بِفَضْلِ الْقَدِيرِ الَّذِي يُبَارِكُكَ بِبَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَبَرَكَاتِ الْغَمْرِ مِنْ تَحْتُ، وَبَرَكَاتِ الثَّدْيِ وَالرَّحِمِ.

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 إِنَّ بَرَكَاتِ أَبِيكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ الْجِبَالِ الدَّهْرِيَّةِ، وَأَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَخَائِرِ التِّلالِ الْقَدِيمَةِ، فَلْتَحُلَّ جَمِيعُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِكَ يَا يُوسُفُ وَعَلَى جَبِينِ الَّذِي انْفَصَلَ عَنْ إِخْوَتِهِ.

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

27 بَنْيَامِينُ ذِئْبٌ ضَارٍ، يَفْتَرِسُ ضَحِيَّتَهُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَيُفَرِّقُ الْغَنِيمَةَ فِي الْمَسَاءِ».

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 هَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً هُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. وَهَذَا مَا خَاطَبَهُمْ بِهِ أَبُوهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ؛ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِالْبَرَكَةِ الْمُنَاسِبَةِ لَهُ.

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 ثُمَّ أَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلاً: «قَرِيباً أَنْضَمُّ إِلَى آبَائِي، فَادْفِنُونِي إِلَى جُوَارِهِمْ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ.

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 الَّتِي فِي حَقْلِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ الْمُوَاجِهَةِ لِمَمْرَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ الْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً خَاصّاً.

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

31 فِيهَا دُفِنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ سَارَةُ، ثُمَّ إِسْحاقُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ رِفْقَةُ، وَأَيْضاً دَفَنْتُ لَيْئَةَ.

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

32 وَقَدِ اشْتَرَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْحَقْلَ وَالْمَغَارَةَ الَّتِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ.»

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 وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ تَوْصِيَةِ أَبْنَائِهِ تَمَدَّدَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ، وَضَمَّ رِجْلَيْهِ مَعاً، ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ رُوحَهُ وَلَحِقَ بِآبَائِهِ.