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。
Forsothe Jacob clepide hise sones, and seide to hem, Be ye gaderid that Y telle what thingis schulen come to you in the laste daies;
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。
be ye gaderid, `and here, ye sones of Jacob, here ye Israel youre fadir.
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。
Ruben, my firste gendrid sone, thou art my strengthe and the bigynnyng of my sorewe; thou ouytist to be the former in yiftis, the more in lordschip;
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。
thou art sched out as watir; wexe thou not, for thou stiedist on the bed of thi fader, and defoulidist his bed.
5 西缅和利未是弟兄； 他们的刀剑是残忍的器具。
Symeon and Leuy, britheren, fiytynge vessils of wickidnesse;
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。
my soule come not in to the councel of hem, and my glorie be not in the congregacioun of hem; for in her woodnesse thei killiden a man, and in her wille thei myneden the wal;
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。
curside be the woodnesse of hem, for it is obstynat, and the indignacioun of hem for it is hard; Y schal departe hem in Jacob, and I schal scatere hem 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。
Judas, thi britheren schulen preise thee, thin hondis schulen be in the nollis of thin enemyes; the sones of thi fadir schulen worschipe 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 whelp of lioun `is Judas; my sone thou stiedist to prey; thou restidist, and hast leyn as a lioun, and as a lionesse who schal reise hym?
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 septre schal not be takun awey fro Juda, and a duyk of his hipe, til he come that schal be sent, and he schal be abiding of hethene men;
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。
and he schal tye his colt at the vyner, and his femal asse at the vyne; A! my sone, he schal waische his stoole in wyn, and his mentil in the blood of grape;
12 他的眼睛必因酒红润； 他的牙齿必因奶白亮。
hise iyen ben fairere than wyn, and hise teeth ben whittere than mylk.
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。
Zabulon schal dwelle in the brenk of the see, and in the stondyng of schipis; and schal stretche til to Sydon.
14 以萨迦是个强壮的驴， 卧在羊圈之中。
Isachar, a strong asse,
15 他以安静为佳，以肥地为美， 便低肩背重，成为服苦的仆人。
liggynge bitwixe termes, seiy reste, that it was good and seiy the lond that it was best, and he vndirsettide his schuldre to bere, and he was maad seruynge to tributis.
16 但必判断他的民， 作以色列支派之一。
Dan schal deme his puple, as also another lynage in 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。
Dan be maad a serpent in the weie, and cerastes in the path, and bite the feet of an hors, that the `stiere therof falle bacward; Lord,
18 耶和华啊，我向来等候你的救恩。
Y schal abide thin helthe.
19 迦得必被敌军追逼， 他却要追逼他们的脚跟。
Gad schal be gird, and schal fiyte bifor hym, and he schal be gird bihynde.
20 亚设之地必出肥美的粮食， 且出君王的美味。
Aser his breed schal be plenteuouse, and he schal yyue delicis to kyngis.
21 拿弗他利是被释放的母鹿； 他出嘉美的言语。
Neptalym schal be an hert sent out, and yyuynge spechis of fairenesse.
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。
Joseph, a sone encreessynge, `a sone encresinge, and fair in biholdyng; douytris runnen aboute on the wal,
23 弓箭手将他苦害， 向他射箭，逼迫他。
but hise brithren wraththeden hym, and chidden, and thei hadden dartis, and hadden enuye to hym.
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。
His bowe sat in the stronge, and the boondis of his armes, and hondis weren vnboundun bi the hond of the myyti of Jacob; of hym a scheepherd yede out, the stoon 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。
God of thi fadir schal be thin helpere, and Almyyti God schal blesse thee with blessyngis of heuene fro aboue, and with blessyngis of the see liggynge binethe, with blessyngis of tetis, and of wombe;
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 blessyngis of thi fadir ben coumfortid, the blessyngis of his fadris, til the desire of euerlastynge hillis cam; blessyngis ben maad in the heed of Joseph, and in the nol of Nazarei among his britheren.
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。”
Beniamyn, a rauyschynge wolf, schal ete prey eerly, and in the euentid he schal departe spuylis.
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。
Alle these weren in twelue kynredis of Israel; her fadir spak these thingys to hem, and blesside hem alle by propre blessyngis,
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，
and comaundide hem, and seide, Y am gaderid to my puple, birie ye me with my fadris in the double denne, which is in the lond of Efron Ethei, ayens Manbre,
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 lond of Canaan, which denne Abraham bouyte with the feeld of Efron Ethei, in to possessioun of sepulcre.
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 thei birieden hym, and Sare his wijf, also Ysaac was biried there with Rebecca his wijf; there also Lia liggith biried.
32 那块田和田间的洞原是向赫人买的。”
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。
And whanne the comaundementis weren endid, bi whiche he tauyte the sones, he gaderide hise feet on the bed, and diede, and he was put to his puple.
