1 Mosebog 49
1 Og Jakob kaldte ad sine Sønner og sagde: Samler eder, og jeg vil forkynde eder, hvad eder skal vederfares i de sidste Dage.
And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.
2 Kommer til Hobe og hører, Jakobs Sønner! og hører paa Israel, eders Fader.
Come near, O sons of Jacob, and give ear to the words of Israel your father.
3 Ruben, du er min førstefødte, min Magt og min første Kraft, ypperlig i Værdighed og ypperlig i Styrke!
Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:
4 Du bruser op som Vandet; du skal ikke være ypperlig; thi du besteg din Faders Leje, da besmittede du det; han har besteget min Seng.
But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.
5 Simeon og Levi ere Brødre; Volds Vaaben ere deres Sværd.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.
6 Min Sjæl skal ikke komme i deres hemmelige Raad, min Ære skal ikke forenes med deres Forsamling; thi i deres Vrede have de slaget Mænd ihjel, og i deres Egenraadighed have de lemlæstet Oksen.
Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.
7 Forbandet være deres Vrede, thi den var streng, og deres Hastighed, thi den var haard; jeg vil fordele dem i Jakob og adsprede dem i Israel.
A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.
8 Juda, dig skulle dine Brødre love, din Haand skal være paa dine Fjenders Nakke; for dig skulle din Faders Sønner bøje sig.
To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.
9 Juda er en ung Løve; du opsteg fra Rov, min Søn! han har bøjet sig, han laa som en Løve og som en Løvinde; hvem tør jage ham op?
Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
10 Der skal ikke vige Kongespir fra Juda og ikke Herskerstav fra hans Fødder, førend Silo skal komme, og Folkene skulle hænge ved ham.
The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
11 Han binder sit unge Asen til Vintræet og sin Asenindes Føl til Vinranken; han tor sit Klædebon i Vin, og sin Kjortel i Vindrueblod.
Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:
12 Han er rødere i Øjnene end Vin, og hvidere paa Tænderne end Mælk.
His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Sebulon skal bo ved Havets Strand, og han skal være ved Skibenes Strand, og hans Side ligger op til Sidon.
The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.
14 Isaskar skal være et knokkelstærkt Asen, som ligger imellem Kvægfoldene.
Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:
15 Thi han saa, at Hvilen var god, og at Landet var dejligt, og han har bøjet sine Skuldre til at bære og er bleven en skatskyldig Tjener.
And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.
16 Dan skal dømme sit Folk, som en af Israels Stammer.
Dan will be the judge of his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan skal være en Slange paa Vejen, en Hornslange paa Stien, som bider Hestens Hov, saa dens Rytter falder bag af.
May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.
18 Herre, jeg bier efter din Frelse!
I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.
19 Gad — en Skare skal trænge ind paa ham, men han skal trænge den tilbage.
Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.
20 Fra Aser kommer det fede, som er hans Brød; og han skal give kongelige Lækkerheder.
Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.
21 Nafthali er en frit løbende Hind, han, som giver dejlig Tale.
Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.
22 Josef er en Kvist paa det frugtbare Træ, en Kvist paa det frugtbare Træ ved Kilden; Grenene gaa op over Muren.
Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;
23 Og Bueskytterne forbitrede ham og skøde og hadede ham.
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
24 Og hans Bue blev dog stærk, og hans Hænders Arme smidige; det kom fra Jakobs mægtiges Hænder, hist fra, fra Hyrden, fra Israels Klippe.
But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:
25 Fra din Faders Gud — og han hjælpe dig! — og fra den Almægtige — og han velsigne dig! — komme Velsignelser fra Himmelen ovenfra og Velsignelser fra Dybet nedenfra, Brysters og Moderlivs Velsignelser.
Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
26 Din Faders Velsignelser ere mægtigere end mine Forfædres Velsignelser, indtil de evige Højes Grænser; de skulle komme paa Josefs Hoved og paa hans Isse, som er en Fyrste iblandt sine Brødre.
Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.
27 Benjamin skal røve som en Ulv; om Morgenen skal han æde Rov, og om Aftenen skal han uddele Bytte.
Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.
28 Alle disse ere de tolv Israels Stammer; og dette er det, som deres Fader talede til dem, da han velsignede dem, hver efter sin Velsignelse velsignede han dem.
These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.
29 Og han befalede dem og sagde til dem: Naar jeg er samlet til mit Folk, da begraver mig hos mine Fædre i den Hule, som er paa Efron den Hethiters Ager,
And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 i den Hule, som er paa den Ager Makpela, som er tvært over for Mamre i Kanaans Land, hvilken Ager Abraham købte af Efron den Hethiter til Begravelses Ejendom.
In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.
31 Der have de begravet Abraham og Sara, hans Hustru; der have de begravet Isak og Rebekka, hans Hustru; og der har jeg begravet Lea.
There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.
32 Den Agers Ejendom og den Hule, som er derpaa, er købt af Heths Børn.
In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.
33 Der Jakob var kommen til Ende med at byde sine Børn dette, da tog han sine Fødder til sig op paa Sengen og opgav sin Aand og blev samlet til sit Folk.
And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.
