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.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Kommer til Hobe og hører, Jakobs Sønner! og hører paa Israel, eders Fader.
“Gather around me in order that I can tell you what will happen in the future. My sons, come and listen to me. I am your father, [Jacob, whom God named] Israel.
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. You were born when I was young and energetic/strong. You are prouder and stronger than all the rest of my sons.
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 you were as uncontrollable as a flood [SIM]. So now you will not be my most important son, because you climbed up onto my bed, and had sex with [MTY] my (concubine/slave who had become one of my wives). Your doing that caused me, your father, to have great shame.
5 Simeon og Levi ere Brødre; Volds Vaaben ere deres Sværd.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
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.
I do not want to be with you when you make evil plans [DOU]. I do not want to join you in your meetings, because you killed people when you became very angry, and you (hamstrung/cut the tendons in the legs of) oxen just to (have fun/see them suffer).
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.
God says, ‘I will (curse/cause bad things to happen to) them for being very angry, for acting very cruelly when they were very furious. I will scatter their descendants [MTY] throughout Israel land.’
8 Juda, dig skulle dine Brødre love, din Haand skal være paa dine Fjenders Nakke; for dig skulle din Faders Sønner bøje sig.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
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 like a young lion [SIM] that has returned to its den satisfied after eating the animals that it has killed. He is like a lion that lies down and stretches out after eating; no one would dare to disturb it [RHQ].
10 Der skal ikke vige Kongespir fra Juda og ikke Herskerstav fra hans Fødder, førend Silo skal komme, og Folkene skulle hænge ved ham.
There will always be a ruler [MTY] from the descendants of Judah [MTY]. Each one will hold a scepter/staff to show that he has authority as a king. He will do that until the one to whom the scepter belongs comes, the one to whom the nations will bring tribute and show that they will obey him.
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.
The grapevines of Judah’s descendants will produce grapes very abundantly. As a result, they will not object to tying their young donkeys to the grapevines in order that the donkeys can eat the leaves of the grapevines. [Wine will be very plentiful, with the result that] they could wash their cloaks in wine that is as red as blood [MET].
12 Han er rødere i Øjnene end Vin, og hvidere paa Tænderne end Mælk.
Their eyes will be red because of [drinking too much] wine, but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk [from the cows].
13 Sebulon skal bo ved Havets Strand, og han skal være ved Skibenes Strand, og hans Side ligger op til Sidon.
Zebulun, your descendants will live by the seashore where there will be a safe harbor for ships. Their land will extend north as far as Sidon [city].
14 Isaskar skal være et knokkelstærkt Asen, som ligger imellem Kvægfoldene.
Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys that are lying down on the ground between their loads, [so tired that they cannot get up]!
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.
They will see that their resting place is good, and that the land pleases them very much. But they will bend their backs to carry heavy loads and be forced to work for others.
16 Dan skal dømme sit Folk, som en af Israels Stammer.
Dan, although your tribe will be small, their leaders will rule their people just like the leaders of other tribes of Israel will rule their people.
17 Dan skal være en Slange paa Vejen, en Hornslange paa Stien, som bider Hestens Hov, saa dens Rytter falder bag af.
Your descendants will be like snakes at the side of a road, like poisonous snakes lying beside a path. They will strike the heels of horses that pass by, causing the riders to fall backwards [as the horses rear up on their hind legs].”
18 Herre, jeg bier efter din Frelse!
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Gad — en Skare skal trænge ind paa ham, men han skal trænge den tilbage.
[Then Jacob continued telling his sons what would happen in the future. He said], “Gad, your tribe/descendants will be attacked by a group of bandits, but your tribe/descendants will pursue and attack them [MTY].
20 Fra Aser kommer det fede, som er hans Brød; og han skal give kongelige Lækkerheder.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Nafthali er en frit løbende Hind, han, som giver dejlig Tale.
Naphtali, your descendants will be like deer [MET] that are (free to/not tied down and can) run wherever they wish. They will give birth to children who are good-looking like (fawns/baby deer) [MET].
22 Josef er en Kvist paa det frugtbare Træ, en Kvist paa det frugtbare Træ ved Kilden; Grenene gaa op over Muren.
Joseph, you will have many descendants [MET]. Their children will be as many as the fruit on a vine near a spring of water, whose branches extend over a wall.
23 Og Bueskytterne forbitrede ham og skøde og hadede ham.
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
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 they will hold their bows steady and their arms will remain strong, because of the power [MTY] of my mighty God, because of Yahweh who guides and provides for me [MET] like a shepherd guides and provides for his sheep. The people of Israel will [ask Yahweh to protect them], [like people hide under] a huge [overhanging] to be protected.
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.
God, the one whom I worship, will help your descendants. God Almighty will bless them by sending them rain from the sky and by giving them water from deep/far below the ground. He will give them many cattle and children [MET] (OR, and their cattle will have many offspring).
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.
The blessings that I want God to give you are great ones. They are greater than the blessings that come from the eternal mountains, greater than the ones that come from the everlasting hills. Joseph, I pray that these blessings will (be given to you/come upon your head), because you are the leader of your [older] brothers [and younger brother].
27 Benjamin skal røve som en Ulv; om Morgenen skal han æde Rov, og om Aftenen skal han uddele Bytte.
Benjamin, your descendants will be like [MET] vicious/fierce wolves: In the morning they will kill their enemies like a wolf devours (its prey/the animals that it has killed), and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they seized from their enemies.”
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.
Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were appropriate for him.
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,
Then Jacob said to his sons, “I will soon die. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people-group.
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.
That field is in the Machpelah area, east of Mamre [town], in Canaan. My grandfather Abraham bought it from Ephron to use as a burial 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.
That is where they buried him and his wife Sarah. That is where they buried my father Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And that is where I buried my wife Leah.
32 Den Agers Ejendom og den Hule, som er derpaa, er købt af Heths Børn.
That field and the cave in it were bought from the Heth people-group; so that is where I want you to bury me.”
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.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
