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。
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:
2 雅各伯的兒子! 你們集合靜聽，靜聽你們父親以色列的話：
Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
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 honor, 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。
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
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。
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.
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 is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse 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 shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to 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 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?
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 staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
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。
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.
12 他的雙眼因酒而發紅，他的牙齒因乳而變白。
His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than 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 shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
14 依撒加爾是匹壯驢，臥在圈中；
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
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 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.
16 丹將如以色列的一個支派，衛護自己的人民。
Dan shall provide justice for 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。
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.
18 上主! 我期待你的救援!
I await Your salvation, O LORD.
19 加得要受襲擊者襲擊，但他要襲擊他們的後隊。
Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
20 阿協爾的食物肥美，將供給君王的佳餚。
Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
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 that 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, whose branches scale the wall.
23 弓手令他苦惱，向他射擊，與他對敵；
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
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；
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,
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。
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.
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 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.
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 devours the prey, in the evening he divides 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。
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.
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。
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.
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，
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.
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 Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, 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 in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
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 had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
