創世記 49
1 雅各叫了他的兒子們來，說：「你們都來聚集，我好把你們日後必遇的事告訴你們。
And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, 'Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days.
2 雅各的兒子們，你們要聚集而聽， 要聽你們父親以色列的話。
'Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.
3 呂便哪，你是我的長子， 是我力量強壯的時候生的， 本當大有尊榮，權力超眾。
Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
4 但你放縱情慾，滾沸如水， 必不得居首位； 因為你上了你父親的床， 污穢了我的榻。
Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!
5 西緬和利未是弟兄； 他們的刀劍是殘忍的器具。
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence — their espousals!
6 我的靈啊，不要與他們同謀； 我的心哪，不要與他們聯絡； 因為他們趁怒殺害人命， 任意砍斷牛腿大筋。
Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.
7 他們的怒氣暴烈可咒； 他們的忿恨殘忍可詛。 我要使他們分居在雅各家裏， 散住在以色列地中。
Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.
8 猶大啊，你弟兄們必讚美你； 你手必掐住仇敵的頸項； 你父親的兒子們必向你下拜。
Judah! thou — thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand [is] on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee.
9 猶大是個小獅子； 我兒啊，你抓了食便上去。 你屈下身去，臥如公獅， 蹲如母獅，誰敢惹你？
A lion's whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?
10 圭必不離猶大， 杖必不離他兩腳之間， 直等細羅來到， 萬民都必歸順。
The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples.
11 猶大把小驢拴在葡萄樹上， 把驢駒拴在美好的葡萄樹上。 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 the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;
12 他的眼睛必因酒紅潤； 他的牙齒必因奶白亮。
Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk!
13 西布倫必住在海口， 必成為停船的海口； 他的境界必延到西頓。
Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] unto Zidon.
14 以薩迦是個強壯的驢， 臥在羊圈之中。
Issacher [is] a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;
15 他以安靜為佳，以肥地為美， 便低肩背重，成為服苦的僕人。
And he seeth rest that [it is] good, And the land that [it is] pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant.
16 但必判斷他的民， 作以色列支派之一。
Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;
17 但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺， 咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的墜落於後。
Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.
18 耶和華啊，我向來等候你的救恩。
For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!
19 迦得必被敵軍追逼， 他卻要追逼他們的腳跟。
Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last.
20 亞設之地必出肥美的糧食， 且出君王的美味。
Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he giveth dainties of a king.
21 拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿； 他出嘉美的言語。
Naphtali [is] a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.
22 約瑟是多結果子的樹枝， 是泉旁多結果的枝子； 他的枝條探出牆外。
Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;
23 弓箭手將他苦害， 向他射箭，逼迫他。
And embitter him — yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;
24 但他的弓仍舊堅硬； 他的手健壯敏捷。 這是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石－ 就是雅各的大能者。
And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.
25 你父親的上帝必幫助你； 那全能者必將天上所有的福， 地裏所藏的福，以及生產乳養的福，都賜給你。
By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; —
26 你父親所祝的福 勝過我祖先所祝的福， 如永世的山嶺，至極的邊界； 這些福必降在約瑟的頭上， 臨到那與弟兄迥別之人的頂上。
Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brethren.
27 便雅憫是個撕掠的狼， 早晨要吃他所抓的， 晚上要分他所奪的。」
Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'
28 這一切是以色列的十二支派；這也是他們的父親對他們所說的話，為他們所祝的福，都是按着各人的福分為他們祝福。
All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.
29 他又囑咐他們說：「我將要歸到我列祖那裏，你們要將我葬在赫人以弗崙田間的洞裏，與我祖我父在一處，
And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, 'I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite;
30 就是在迦南地幔利前、麥比拉田間的洞；那洞和田是亞伯拉罕向赫人以弗崙買來為業，作墳地的。
in the cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;
31 他們在那裏葬了亞伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉，又在那裏葬了以撒和他的妻子利百加；我也在那裏葬了利亞。
(there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah);
32 那塊田和田間的洞原是向赫人買的。」
the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from Sons of Heth.'
33 雅各囑咐眾子已畢，就把腳收在床上，氣絕而死，歸他列祖那裏去了。
And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.
