创世记 49
1 雅各叫了他的儿子们来，说：“你们都来聚集，我好把你们日后必遇的事告诉你们。
Then called Jacob unto his sons, —and said—Gather yourselves together, and let me tell you, that which shall befall you in the afterpart of the days.
2 雅各的儿子们，你们要聚集而听， 要听你们父亲以色列的话。
Assemble yourselves and hear ye sons of Jacob, —And hearken unto Israel your father!
3 吕便哪，你是我的长子， 是我力量强壮的时候生的， 本当大有尊荣，权力超众。
Reuben, my first-born, thou, My vigour, and the first-fruit of my strength, —Pre-eminence of elevation and pre-eminence of power:
4 但你放纵情欲，滚沸如水， 必不得居首位； 因为你上了你父亲的床， 污秽了我的榻。
Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have pre-eminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father, —Then, wast thou profane—My marriage-bed, he mounted!
5 西缅和利未是弟兄； 他们的刀剑是残忍的器具。
Simeon and Levi, are brethren, —Instruments of violence, are their agreements:
6 我的灵啊，不要与他们同谋； 我的心哪，不要与他们联络； 因为他们趁怒杀害人命， 任意砍断牛腿大筋。
Into their circle, do not thou enter my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join mine honour! For in their anger, they slew brave men, And in their wantonness, they ham-strung oxen.
7 他们的怒气暴烈可咒； 他们的忿恨残忍可诅。 我要使他们分居在雅各家里， 散住在以色列地中。
Accursed, be their anger, because fierce, And their wrath because cruel, —I divide them in Jacob, And I disperse them in Israel.
8 犹大啊，你弟兄们必赞美你； 你手必掐住仇敌的颈项； 你父亲的儿子们必向你下拜。
Judah, as for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee when thy hand is on the neck of thy foes, —The sons of thy father, shall bow them-selves down to thee:
9 犹大是个小狮子； 我儿啊，你抓了食便上去。 你屈下身去，卧如公狮， 蹲如母狮，谁敢惹你？
A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son hast thou come up! He hath stooped—hath crouched As a lion—or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?
10 圭必不离犹大， 杖必不离他两脚之间， 直等细罗来到， 万民都必归顺。
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet, —Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:
11 犹大把小驴拴在葡萄树上， 把驴驹拴在美好的葡萄树上。 他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服， 在葡萄汁中洗了袍褂。
Binding, to the vine, his ass, And to the choice vine his ass’s colt, He hath washed in wine his raiment, And in the blood of grapes, his mantle:
12 他的眼睛必因酒红润； 他的牙齿必因奶白亮。
Darker—his eyes, than wine, —Whiter—his teeth than milk!
13 西布伦必住在海口， 必成为停船的海口； 他的境界必延到西顿。
Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down, —Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part upon Zidon.
14 以萨迦是个强壮的驴， 卧在羊圈之中。
Issachar, an ass of strength, —couching between the pens;
15 他以安静为佳，以肥地为美， 便低肩背重，成为服苦的仆人。
Then beholdeth he rest, that it is good, And the ground that it is pleasant, —So he bendeth his shoulder to bear, And becometh a tributary servant.
16 但必判断他的民， 作以色列支派之一。
Dan, shall vindicate his people, —as one of the tribes of Israel;
17 但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺， 咬伤马蹄，使骑马的坠落于后。
It cometh to pass that, Dan, is a serpent upon the way, A horned viper, upon the path, —That biteth the heels of the horse, And his rider falleth backwards: —
18 耶和华啊，我向来等候你的救恩。
For thy salvation, have I waited O Yahweh!
19 迦得必被敌军追逼， 他却要追逼他们的脚跟。
Gad! a troop shall troop on him, —But, he, shall troop on the rear.
20 亚设之地必出肥美的粮食， 且出君王的美味。
Out of Asher, fatness, is his food, —So, he, setteth forth dainties for a king.
21 拿弗他利是被释放的母鹿； 他出嘉美的言语。
Naphtali, is a slender hind, —That putteth forth antlers of beauty.
22 约瑟是多结果子的树枝， 是泉旁多结果的枝子； 他的枝条探出墙外。
A fruitful bough, is Joseph, A fruitful bough over a fountain, —Branches creeping over a wall.
23 弓箭手将他苦害， 向他射箭，逼迫他。
So they attack him and have shot, —So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows.
24 但他的弓仍旧坚硬； 他的手健壮敏捷。 这是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石— 就是雅各的大能者。
But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands, —From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From thence, is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel:
25 你父亲的 神必帮助你； 那全能者必将天上所有的福， 地里所藏的福，以及生产乳养的福，都赐给你。
From the GOD of thy father who doth help thee And GOD Almighty who doth bless thee, Blessings of the heavens, above, Blessings of the abyss, couching beneath, —Blessings of breasts and womb:
26 你父亲所祝的福 胜过我祖先所祝的福， 如永世的山岭，至极的边界； 这些福必降在约瑟的头上， 临到那与弟兄迥别之人的顶上。
The blessings of thy father, have prevailed, Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age-abiding hills, —They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head of him who was set apart from his brethren.
27 便雅悯是个撕掠的狼， 早晨要吃他所抓的， 晚上要分他所夺的。”
Benjamin a wolf that teareth in pieces, In the morning, he eateth prey, And at eventide, he divideth spoil.
28 这一切是以色列的十二支派；这也是他们的父亲对他们所说的话，为他们所祝的福，都是按着各人的福分为他们祝福。
All these, are the twelve tribes of Israel, —And this, is that which their father spake to them when he blessed them, Each man severally according to the blessing wherewith he blessed them.
29 他又嘱咐他们说：“我将要归到我列祖那里，你们要将我葬在赫人以弗 田间的洞里，与我祖我父在一处，
Then commanded he them and said unto them—I, am about to be gathered unto my people, Bury me among my fathers, —within the cave, that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite:
30 就是在迦南地幔利前、麦比拉田间的洞；那洞和田是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗 买来为业，作坟地的。
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is over against Mamre, in the land of Canaan, —which Abraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace: —
31 他们在那里葬了亚伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉，又在那里葬了以撒和他的妻子利百加；我也在那里葬了利亚。
There, buried they Abraham, and Sarah his wife, There, buried they Isaac, and Rebekah his wife, —And there, buried I Leah: —
32 那块田和田间的洞原是向赫人买的。”
buying the field and the cave that is therein, from the sons of Heth.
33 雅各嘱咐众子已毕，就把脚收在床上，气绝而死，归他列祖那里去了。
So Jacob made an end of commanding his sons, and gathered up his feet into the couch, —and ceased to breathe and was gathered unto his people.
