تكوين 49

١ 1 ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى يَعْقُوبُ أَبْنَاءَهُ وَقَالَ: «الْتَفُّوا حَوْلِي لأُنْبِئَكُمْ بِمَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَكُمْ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ.

Then Jacob called his sons, and he said to them: “Gather together, so that I may announce what will happen to you in the last days.

٢ 2 اجْتَمِعُوا وَاسْمَعُوا يَا أَبْنَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَأَصْغَوْا إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبِيكُمْ.

Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

٣ 3 رَأُوبَيْنُ أَنْتَ بِكْرِي وَقُوَّتِي وَأَوَّلُ مَظْهَرِ رُجُولَتِي، فَضْلُ الرِّفْعَةِ وَفَضْلُ الْعِزِّ

Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority.

٤ 4 لَكِنَّكَ فَائِرٌ كَالْمَاءِ لِذَلِكَ لَنْ تَظَلَّ مُتَفَوِّقاً، لأَنَّكَ اضْطَجَعْتَ فِي فِرَاشِ أَبِيكَ. صَعِدْتَ عَلَى سَرِيرِي فَدَنَّسْتَهُ.

You are being poured out like water, may you not increase. For you climbed onto your father’s bed, and you defiled his resting place.

٥ 5 شِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي أَخَوَانِ سُيُوفُهُمَا آلاتُ ظُلْمٍ.

The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.

٦ 6 فَيَا نَفْسِي لَا تَدْخُلِي فِي مَجْلِسِهِمَا، وَيَا رُوحِي لَا تَنْضَمِّي إِلَى مَجْمَعِهِمَا.

Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.

٧ 7 لأَنَّهُمَا فِي غَضَبِهِمَا يَقْتُلانِ النَّاسَ، وَفِي رِضَاهُمَا يُعَرْقِلانِ الثِّيرَانَ. مَلْعُونٌ سْخْطُهُمَا لأَنَّهُ عَنِيفٌ وَغَضَبُهُمَا لأَنَّهُ ضَارٍ. أُفَرِّقُهُمَا فِي يَعْقُوبَ وَأُشَتِّتُهُمَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Cursed be their fury, because it was obstinate, and their indignation, because it was harsh. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.

٨ 8 يَهُوذَا، إِيَّاكَ يَحْمَدُ إِخْوَتُكَ، وَتَكُونُ يَدُكَ عَلَى عُنُقِ أَعْدَائِكَ، وَيَسْجُدُ لَكَ بَنُو أَبِيكَ.

Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be at the necks of your enemies; the sons of your father will reverence you.

٩ 9 يَهُوذَا شِبْلُ أَسَدٍ، عَنْ فَرِيسَةٍ قُمْتَ يَا ابْنِي. ثُمَّ جَثَا وَرَبَضَ كَأَسَدٍ أَوْ كَلَبْوَةٍ، فَمَنْ يَجْرُؤُ عَلَى إِثَارَتِهِ؟

Judah is a lion’s young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him?

١٠ 10 لَا يَزُولُ صَوْلَجَانُ الْمُلْكِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَلا مُشْتَرِعٌ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ شِيلُوهُ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنْ لَهُ الأَمْرُ) فَتُطِيعُهُ الشُّعُوبُ.

The scepter from Judah and the leader from his thigh will not be taken away, until he who will be sent arrives, and he will be the expectation of Gentiles.

١١ 11 يَرْبِطُ بِالْكَرْمَةِ جَحْشَهُ، وَبِأَفْضَلِ جَفْنَةٍ ابْنَ أَتَانِهِ. بِالْخَمْرِ يَغْسِلُ لِبَاسَهُ وَبِدَمِ الْعِنَبِ ثَوْبَهُ.

Tying his young colt to the vineyard, and his donkey, O my son, to the vine, he will wash his robe in wine, and his cloak in the blood of the grape.

١٢ 12 تَكُونُ عَيْنَاهُ أَشَدَّ سَوَاداً مِنَ الْخَمْرِ، وَأَسْنَانُهُ أَكْثَرَ بَيَاضاً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ.

His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

١٣ 13 زَبُولُونُ يَسْكُنُ عِنْدَ سَوَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ، وَيُصْبِحُ مَقَرُّهُ مَرْفَأً لِلسُّفُنِ، وَتَمْتَدُّ تُخُومُهُ نَحْوَ صَيْدَا

Zebulun will live at the seashore and by the outpost of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.

١٤ 14 يَسَّاكَرُ حِمَارٌ قَوِيٌّ رَابِضٌ بَيْنَ الْحَظَائِرِ.

Issachar will be a strong donkey, reclining between the borders.

١٥ 15 عِنْدَمَا يَرَى خُصُوبَةَ مَرْتَعِهِ وَبَهْجَةَ أَرْضِهِ، تَسْتَكِينُ كَتِفَاهُ لِلأَثْقَالِ، وَيُسْتَعْبَدُ لِلْعَمَلِ الشَّاقِ.

He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute.

١٦ 16 دَانٌ يَقْضِي لِشَعْبِهِ كَأَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Dan will judge his people just like any other tribe in Israel.

١٧ 17 دَانٌ يَكُونُ ثُعْبَاناً عَلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ وَأُفْعُوَاناً عَلَى السَّبِيلِ، يَلْسَعُ عَقِبَيِ الْفَرَسِ فَيَهْوِي رَاكِبُهُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ.

Let Dan be a snake in the way, a viper in the path, biting the hooves of horses, so that his rider may fall backward.

١٨ 18 إِنَّنِي انْتَظَرْتُ خَلاصَكَ يَا رَبُّ.

I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.

١٩ 19 جَادٌ يَقْتَحِمُهُ الْغُزَاةُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُطَارِدُ فُلُولَهُمْ وَيَقْحَمُهُمْ.

Gad, being girded, will fight before him. And he himself will be girded backward.

٢٠ 20 طَعَامُ أَشِيرَ دَسِمٌ، وَأَطَايبُهُ صَالِحَةٌ لِمَوَائِدِ الْمُلُوكِ.

Asher: his bread will be fat, and he will provide delicacies to the kings.

٢١ 21 نَفْتَالِي غَزَالَةٌ طَلِيقَةٌ يُرَدِّدُ أَقْوَالاً جَمِيلَةً.

Naphtali is a stag sent forth, offering words of eloquent beauty.

٢٢ 22 يُوسُفُ كَرْمَةٌ مُثْمِرَةٌ إِلَى جُوَارِ عَيْنٍ، تَسَلَّقَتْ أَغْصَانُهُ الْحَائِطَ.

Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall.

٢٣ 23 يُهَاجِمُهُ الرُّمَاةُ بِمَرَارَةٍ. وَيُطْلِقُونَ سِهَامَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِعَدَاوَةٍ.

But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنْ قَوْسُهُ ظَلَّتْ مَتِينَةً، وَتَشَدَّدَتْ سَوَاعِدُ يَدَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ سَوَاعِدِ عَزِيزِ يَعْقُوبَ، الرَّاعِي صَخْرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

His bow sits in strength, and the bands of his arms and hands have been let loose by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob. From there he went forth as a pastor, the stone of Israel.

٢٥ 25 بِفَضْلِ إِلَهِ أَبِيكَ الَّذِي يُعِينُكَ، بِفَضْلِ الْقَدِيرِ الَّذِي يُبَارِكُكَ بِبَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَبَرَكَاتِ الْغَمْرِ مِنْ تَحْتُ، وَبَرَكَاتِ الثَّدْيِ وَالرَّحِمِ.

The God of your father will be your helper, and the Almighty will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the abyss that lies beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

٢٦ 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.

The blessings of your father are strengthened by the blessings of his fathers, until the desire of the hills of eternity shall arrive. May they be at the head of Joseph, and at the summit of the Nazarite, among his brothers.

٢٧ 27 بَنْيَامِينُ ذِئْبٌ ضَارٍ، يَفْتَرِسُ ضَحِيَّتَهُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَيُفَرِّقُ الْغَنِيمَةَ فِي الْمَسَاءِ».

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will eat the prey, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.”

٢٨ 28 هَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً هُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. وَهَذَا مَا خَاطَبَهُمْ بِهِ أَبُوهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ؛ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِالْبَرَكَةِ الْمُنَاسِبَةِ لَهُ.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. These things their father spoke to them, and he blessed each one with their proper blessings.

٢٩ 29 ثُمَّ أَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلاً: «قَرِيباً أَنْضَمُّ إِلَى آبَائِي، فَادْفِنُونِي إِلَى جُوَارِهِمْ فِي مَغَارَةِ حَقْلِ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ.

And he instructed them, saying: “I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

٣٠ 30 الَّتِي فِي حَقْلِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ الْمُوَاجِهَةِ لِمَمْرَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ الْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ لِتَكُونَ مَدْفَناً خَاصّاً.

opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought, along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial.

٣١ 31 فِيهَا دُفِنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ سَارَةُ، ثُمَّ إِسْحاقُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ رِفْقَةُ، وَأَيْضاً دَفَنْتُ لَيْئَةَ.

There they buried him, with his wife Sarah.” And there Isaac was buried with his wife Rebekah. There also Leah lies preserved.

٣٢ 32 وَقَدِ اشْتَرَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْحَقْلَ وَالْمَغَارَةَ الَّتِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ.»

٣٣ 33 وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ تَوْصِيَةِ أَبْنَائِهِ تَمَدَّدَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ، وَضَمَّ رِجْلَيْهِ مَعاً، ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ رُوحَهُ وَلَحِقَ بِآبَائِهِ.

And having finished these commands by which he instructed his sons, he drew his feet onto the bed, and he passed away. And he was gathered to his people.