Suencuek 49
1 Te phoeiah Jakob loh a carhoek tea khue tih, “Tun ngol uh lamtah, vuenvai ah nangmih taengah aka thoeng ham te nangmih taengah ka puen pawn ni,
Jacob 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.
2 Jakob ca rhoek loh a yaak uh tiha coi uh thae vaengah, “Na pa Israel kah ol te ya uh van lah.
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
3 Reuben nang he ka caming tih, ka thadueng neh, ka thahuem cuek, hlangrhuel boeimang, hlangtlung hlangrhuel la na om dae,
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
4 Na pa kah tih thingkong sola na yoeng tih, ka rhaenghmuen te na poeih phoeiah, tui banglana soetaenah dongah caknoi khaw na khueh mahpawh.
Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
5 Simeon neh Levi boeina, amih rhoi kah tubael tah kuthlahnah tumca ni.
“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
6 Amih rhoi kah tingtunnah dongah ka hinglu naepkhap pawh. Amah rhoi kah thintoek dongah hlanga ngawn rhoi tih vaito kaprhui haih hamte amih rhoi kah kolonah la a om dongah, kai kah thangpomnah loh amih rhoi a hlangping te bulbo boel saeh.
My 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.
7 Amih rhoi kah a thinpom khawa tlung dongah a thintoek te thae a phoei thil. Te dongah a mangkhakte Jakob taengah ka tael vetih Israel taengah khaw ka taekyak ni.
Cursed 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.
8 Judah nang he na manuca rhoek loh nang n'uem uh ni. Na kutte na thunkhaa rhawn dongla cu ni. Na pacaboeinate nang taengah bakop uh ni.
“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.
9 Judah he sathueng ca ni. Ka ca loh maeh kung lamkahna bal phoeiah, sathueng neh sathuengnu bangla aka yuel tih, aka kolte ulong aniha haeng eh.
Judah 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?
10 Judah lamkah mancai tah nong boel lamtah, a kho laklo lamloh taem saeh. Shiloha pha duela anih taengah, pilnam kah boengainah om saeh.
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
11 A laaktal, laaktalte misur dongah, a laak ca te cangsawt misur dongah pael saeh. A pueinakte misurtui dongah, a hnipup, hnipupte misur thii dongah til saeh.
Binding 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.
12 Na mik khaw musurtui lakah ling vetih, na note suktui lakah bok ni.
His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
13 Zebulun he tuitunli kah langkaeng ah khosa saeh lamtah, langkaeng kah sangphorhoek bangla a bawtnah loh Sidon due pha saeh.
“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
14 Issakhar he laak songrhuh bangla saelvong laklo ah na kol.
“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
15 Duemnah then neh khohmuen hlahmae te khawa hmuh dae, phueih te a laengpang ah a thueng tih aka thotat saldong la om ni.
He 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.
16 Dan he Israel koca pakhat vanbangla a pilnam kah lai a thui pah ni.
“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan he long taengkah rhul neh marhang dongkah aka ngol te a hnuk la bung saeh tila marhang khomik aka maeng tih, caehlong rhulthae bangla om ni.
Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18 BOEIPA nang kah khangnah ham ni ka lamtawn he.
I have waited for your salvation, LORD.
19 Gad he caem loh tloek cakhaw anihloh a khomika tloek pah ni.
“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
20 Asher ham caak bae vetih, manghai buhmonga tael ni.
“Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
21 Naphtali tah sayukrhuinu bangla khocaeh dangka vetih, ol thena thui ni.
“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
22 Joseph tah a ca loh thaihsu tih, a ca loh tuiphuet taengkah pungtai. Ngannu ngankhong loh pangbueng dongla luei.
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
23 Thaltang boei rhoek a konaeh uh dongah, a phaep uh tiha kah uh.
The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
24 Tedae Jakob kah samrhang kut rhang neh, Israel aka dawn lungnu rhang neh,
But 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),
25 Na pa kah Pathen loh nang m'bom tih Tlungthang loh nangte vaana sosang kah yoethennah, a laedil kah aka kol yoethennah nen khaw, a rhangsuk dongkah yoethennah nen khaw, a bung khuikah nen khaw yoethen m'paek dongah, a li khaw tangkuek la om tih, a kut bantha khaw caang.
even 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.
26 Na pa kah yoethennah he kai aka yom kah yoethennah lakah len. Khosuen som ah a saelongnah hil Joseph lu so neh a manuca hlangcoelh luki soah om saeh.
The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my 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.
27 Benjamin, uithang laihat loh, mincang ah maeha ngaeh, hlaem ah kutbuema tael,” a ti nah.
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
28 A pum boeih la Israel koca he hlai nit dongah a napa loh amih taengaha thui vaengah amah kah yoethennah neh amihte yoethen rhip a paek.
All 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 own blessing.
29 Te phoeiah amih tea uen tih, “Kai he ka pilnam taengla ka khum atah a parhoek neh Khitti Ephron lo kah lungko ah n'up uh.
He 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,
30 Kanaan kho Mamre hmai, Makpelah lo kah lungko te phuel khohut la Khitti Ephron taeng lamkah Abrahamloh a lai khohmuen ni.
in 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.
31 Ti ahte Abraham neh a yuu Saraha up uh tih Isaak neh a yuu Rebekah te pahoia up uh coeng. Leah khaw pahoi ka up coeng.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
32 Te dongah Kheth carhoek taeng lamkah te khohmuen boiva neh a khuikah lungko te,” a ti nah.
the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
33 Jakob loh a ca rhoek a uen tea khah phoeiah baiphaih dongla a khoa yueh. Te phoeiah pal tih a pilnam taengla khoem uh.
When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
