Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called to his sons, and said, gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.
Llamó Jacob a sus hijos, y dijo “Reuníos, y os haré conocer las cosas que os han de suceder en los días postreros:
2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father.
Reuníos y oíd, hijos de Jacob, escuchad a Israel, vuestro padre.
3 Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
Rubén, tú mi primogénito; mi vigor y el primer fruto de mi fuerza; el primero en dignidad, el primero en poder;
4 Boiling over as water, thou shall not have the pre-eminence, because thou went up to thy father's bed, then thou defiled it; he went up to my couch.
tú que hierves como el agua, no tendrás más la primacía; porque subiste al lecho de tu padre. Lo manchaste, porque subiste a mi lecho.
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their swords.
Simeón y Leví, hermanos; instrumentos inicuos son sus espadas.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their council, to their assembly, my glory, be not thou united, for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they hocked an ox.
¡En su consejo no entres, oh alma mía; honra mía, no te reúnas con su asamblea! porque en su saña mataron hombres, y por su capricho desjarretaron toros.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
¡Maldita su ira, porque fue violenta, y su furor, porque fue cruel! Los dividiré en Jacob, y los esparciré en Israel.
8 Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee. Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies. Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
A ti, Judá, te alabarán tus hermanos; tu mano pesará sobre la cerviz de tus enemigos; te adorarán los hijos de tu padre.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, thou have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?
Cachorro de león es Judá; —¡cómo te levantas, hijo mío, de la presa!— se encorva, echándose como un león, y cual leona, ¿quién le despertará?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
No se apartará de Judá el cetro, ni el báculo de entre sus pies, hasta que venga Schiloh: a Él obedecerán las naciones.
11 Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
Él ata a la vid su pollino, y a la cepa el pollino de su asna, lava en vino sus vestidos, y en sangre de uvas su manto.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Sus ojos brillan por el vino, y sus dientes son blancos por la leche.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea, and he shall be for a haven of ships. And his border shall be upon Sidon.
Zabulón habita en la ribera del mar, en la ribera donde (aportan) las naves; y su flanco se extiende hacia Sidón.
14 Issachar is a strong donkey, couching down between the sheepfolds.
Isacar es un asno huesudo, que descansa entre los apriscos.
15 And he saw a resting place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant. And he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task work.
Viendo que el reposo es bueno, y la tierra amena; ofrece su hombro para cargas, y se somete a pagar tributos.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan juzgará a su pueblo como cualquier otra tribu de Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
Será Dan una culebra junto al camino, una víbora en la senda, que muerde los talones del caballo, para que caiga hacia atrás su jinete.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
Espero tu salvación, Yahvé.
19 Gad, a troop shall press upon him, but he shall press upon their heel.
A Gad lo atacan salteadores, mas él asalta su retaguardia.
20 Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Aser tiene pan con aceite, proporciona bocados dignos de reyes.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose. He gives goodly words.
Neftalí es un ciervo suelto; profiere palabras hermosas.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a fountain, his branches run over the wall.
Retoño fecundo es José, retoño de árbol fértil, al borde de una fuente; sus vástagos pasan el muro.
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him,
Le causan amarguras, le asaetean, le hostigan los flecheros,
24 but his bow abode in strength. And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
más su arco queda fuerte, y los brazos de sus manos son ágiles, por la ayuda del Fuerte de Jacob, por el Nombre del Pastor, la Roca de Israel.
25 even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
El Dios de tu padre te ayudará, y el Todopoderoso te bendecirá con bendiciones celestiales de lo alto, bendiciones del abismo que yace abajo, bendiciones de los pechos y del seno.
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my forefathers to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
Las bendiciones de tu padre superan a las bendiciones de los montes eternos, y los tesoros de los collados perennes. ¡Vengan ellas sobre la cabeza de José, sobre el vértice del príncipe entre sus hermanos!
27 Benjamin is a wolf that ravens. In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.
Benjamín es un lobo rapaz; por la mañana devora la presa, y a la tarde reparte los despojos.”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke to them and blessed them; every man according to his blessing he blessed them.
Todas estas son las doce tribus de Israel; y esto es lo que les dijo su padre cuando los bendijo: a cada una la bendijo con la bendición que le correspondía.
29 And he ordered them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Y les dio orden, diciéndoles: “Yo voy a reunirme con mi pueblo; sepultadme con mis padres, en la cueva que está en el campo de Efrón el heteo,
30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying place.
en la cueva que está en el campo de Macpelá, frente a Mamré, en el país de Canaán; en el campo que compró Abrahán a Efrón, el heteo, para sepultura propia;
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah,
donde sepultaron a Abrahán y a Sara, su mujer, donde sepultaron a Isaac y a Rebeca, su mujer, y donde sepulté yo a Lía;
32 the field and the cave that is in it, which was purchased from the sons of Heth.
en el campo y la cueva que en él hay, que yo he comprado a los hijos de Het.” Y cuando acabó Jacob de dar estas órdenes a sus hijos, recogió sus pies en el lecho y expiró, y se reunió con su pueblo.
33 And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
