創世記 49
1 雅各伯叫了他的兒子們來說：「你們聚在一起，我要將你們日後所遇到的事告訴你們。
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 雅各伯的兒子! 你們集合靜聽，靜聽你們父親以色列的話：
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
3 勒烏本，你是我的長子，我的力量，我壯年的首生；你過於暴燥，過於激烈，
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
4 沸騰有如滾水。你不能佔據首位，因為你侵犯了你父親的床第，上去玷污了我的臥榻。
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 西默盎和肋未實是一對兄弟；他們的刀劍是殘暴的武器。
“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
6 我的心靈決不加入他們的陰謀，我的心神決不參與他們的聚會；因為他們在盛怒下屠殺了人，任意割斷了牛的腿筋。
My soul, do not come into their council. My glory, do not be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
7 他們的忿怒這樣激烈，他們的狂暴這樣凶狠，實可詛咒! 我要使他們分散在雅各伯內，使他們散居在以色列中。
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 猶大! 你將受你兄弟的讚揚；你的手必壓在你仇敵的頸上；你父親的兒子要向你俯首致敬。
“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 猶大是隻幼獅；我兒，你獵取食物後上來，屈身伏臥，有如雄獅，又如母獅，誰敢驚動﹖
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 權杖不離猶大，柄杖不離他腳間，直到那應得權杖者來到，萬民都要歸順他。
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 他將自己的驢繫在葡萄樹上，將自己的驢駒拴在優美的葡萄樹上；在酒中洗自己的衣服，在葡萄汁中洗自己的外氅。
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 他的雙眼因酒而發紅，他的牙齒因乳而變白。
His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
13 則步隆將居於海濱，成為船隻停泊的口岸，與漆冬毗連。
“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
14 依撒加爾是匹壯驢，臥在圈中；
“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
15 他覺得安居美好，地方優雅；便屈肩負重，成為服役的奴隸。
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 丹將如以色列的一個支派，衛護自己的人民。
“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 丹必似路邊的長蟲，道旁的毒蛇，咬傷馬蹄，使騎士向後跌下。
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 上主! 我期待你的救援!
I have waited for your salvation, LORD.
19 加得要受襲擊者襲擊，但他要襲擊他們的後隊。
“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
20 阿協爾的食物肥美，將供給君王的佳餚。
“Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
21 納斐塔里是隻被釋放的母鹿，發出悅耳的歌詠。
“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
22 若瑟是一株茂盛的果樹，一株泉旁茂盛的果樹；枝條蔓延牆頭。
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
23 弓手令他苦惱，向他射擊，與他對敵；
The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
24 但他的弓仍舊有力，他的手臂依然靈活；這是因了雅各伯的大能者之手，因了以色列的牧者和磐石之名；
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 這是因為你父親的天主扶助了你，全能者天主，以天上高處的祝福，以地下深淵蘊藏的祝福，以哺乳和生育的祝福，祝福了你。
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 你父親的祝福，遠超過古山岳的祝福，永遠丘陵的願望；願這些祝福都降在若瑟頭上，降在他兄弟中被選者的額上。
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 本雅明是隻掠奪的豺狼：早上吞食獵物，晚上分贓。」
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
28 以上是以色列十二支派，以及他們的父親對他們所說的話。他祝福了他們，以適合每人的祝福，祝福了他們。
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 以後雅各伯又囑咐他們，對他們說：「我快要歸到我親族那裏去，你們應將我葬在赫特人厄斐龍田裏的山洞裏，與我的祖先在一起。
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 這山洞是在客納罕地，面對瑪默勒的瑪革培拉的田內；這塊田原是亞巴郎由赫特人厄斐龍買了來作為私有墳地，
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 在那裏葬了亞巴郎和他的妻子撒辣，在那裏葬了依撒格和他的妻子黎貝加；我也在那裏葬了肋阿。
There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
32 這塊田地和其中的山洞是由赫特人買來的。」
the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
33 雅各伯給他的兒子們立完遺囑以後，便將腳縮到床上，斷氣而死，歸到他親族那裏去了。
When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
