Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.
Yakob frɛɛ ne mmammarima nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mommɛtwa me ho nhyia, na menka mo deɛ ɛbɛba mo so.
2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
“Yakob mmammarima, mommoaboa mo ho ano, na montie; montie mo agya Israel.
3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
“Ruben, wo na woyɛ mʼabakan. Wo na woyɛ me tumi ne mʼahoɔden nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛdi ɛkan a ɛboro animuonyam ne tumi so.
4 Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Woyɛ kirikiri sɛ asorɔkye, nanso worenkɔ so bio, ɛfiri sɛ, woforoo wʼagya mpa ne ne yere kɔdaeɛ, de guu mʼanim ase.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.
“Simeon ne Lewi yɛ anuanom. Wɔgyina hɔ ma basabasayɛ ne nsisie.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto 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.
Mma me nkɔka wɔn agyinatuo ho, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnam wɔn abufuo so akunkum nnipa, na wɔkunkumm anantwie de gyee wɔn ani.
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.
Nnome nka wɔn abufuo, ɛfiri sɛ, ano yɛ den, na ɛyɛ atirimuɔdensɛm! Ɛno enti, mɛbɔ wɔn asefoɔ ahwete Israelman mu nyinaa.
8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee.
“Yuda, wo nuammarimanom bɛyi wo ayɛ. Wobɛsɛe wʼatamfoɔ nyinaa. Wʼagya mmammarima bɛkoto wo.
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
Ao, Yuda, woyɛ gyata ba a woawe wʼatamfoɔ ɛnam awie. Wote sɛ gyata a wabutu. Hwan na ɔbɛtumi akɔka no?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Ahempoma remfiri Yuda nsam, na saa ara nso na ahempoma remfiri ne nan ntam, kɔsi sɛ, deɛ ɛyɛ ne dea a aman nyinaa bɛtie no no bɛba.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:
Ɔbɛsa nʼafunumu wɔ bobe dua mu. Ɔde nʼafunumu ba bɛsa bobe pa mman mu. Ɔbɛsi ne ntoma wɔ nsã mu, na wasi nʼatadeɛ nso wɔ bobesa kɔɔ mu.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Nʼaniwa aba bɛbiri asene bobesa. Ne se bɛyɛ fitaa asene nufosuo.
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.
“Sebulon bɛtena mpoano. Ɔbɛsisi ahyɛngyinabea ama ahyɛn. Nʼahyeɛ so bɛtrɛ akɔsi Sidon.
14 Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:
“Isakar yɛ afunumu hoɔdenfoɔ a ɔbutu hɔ rehome wɔ nnwankuo mu.
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 taskwork.
Sɛ ɔhunu sɛdeɛ nʼahomegyebea yɛ fa a, ne sɛdeɛ nʼasase no so dwo a, ɔbɛkuntunu agye adesoa, na wapene so sɛ akoa ama ɔhyɛ adwuma.
16 Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
“Dan bɛbu ne manfoɔ atɛn sɛ Israel mmusuakuo no baako.
17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.
Dan bɛyɛ sɛ ɔtweaseɛ a ɔda kwankyɛn; ɔbɛyɛ sɛ ahuritia a ɔnam tempɔn mu a ɔka ɔpɔnkɔ nantin, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma ne sotefoɔ ate ahwe nʼakyiri.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
“Ao, Awurade, wo nkwagyeɛ na meretwɛn.
19 Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
“Nnipa bɔnefoɔ bɛto ahyɛ Gad so, na ɔno nso bɛti wɔn ato ahyɛ wɔn so.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
“Aser aduane a ɔdi no bɛyɛ aduane pa. Na ɔbɛma ahennuane a ɛyɛ akɔnnɔ.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
“Naftali te sɛ ɔforoteɛ a wɔagyaa no a ɔwo mma ahoɔfɛfoɔ.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.
“Yosef yɛ ngo dua a ɛso aba, a ɛsi asutene ho, na ne mman tra afasuo.
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:
Agyantofoɔ kaa no hyɛeɛ, de abufuo to hyɛɛ ne so.
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 thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Nanso, ne bɛma no gyinaa pintinn, na ne basa mu yɛɛ den; esiane Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn a Yakob somm no no a ɔyɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ ne Israel botantim no;
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 coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
esiane Onyankopɔn a wʼagya somm no a ɔboa wo no; Otumfoɔ a ɔde ɔsoro nhyira bɛhyira wo; nhyira a ɛfiri asase ase pɛɛ; nhyira a ɛfiri nufoɔ ne yafunu mu no.
26 The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Wʼagya nhyira a wɔahyira no no bɛdɔɔso asene tete ntredee mmepɔ ne nkokoɔ a ɛtintim hɔ daa no so nnɔbaeɛ. Yeinom nyinaa mmra Yosef a ɔda mu fua a wɔpaa no firii ne nuanom mu no so.
27 Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.
“Benyamin yɛ pataku a ɔyɛ nam; ɔbɔ aporɔ anɔpa, kye nʼahaboa we, na ɛduru anwummerɛ a, ɔkyekyɛ ɛnam nkaeɛ no.”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Yei ne nhyira a Israel mmusuakuo dumienu no agya de hyiraa wɔn; obiara ne sɛdeɛ ɛfata no.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Yakob rebɛwuo no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn hyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Aka kakraa bi, na wɔrebɛfa me akɔka me mpanimfoɔ ho. Sɛ mewu a, monsie me wɔ ɔboda a ɛwɔ Hetini Efron afuo a wɔsiee me mpanimfoɔ mu no mu.
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.
Ɛno ne ɔboda ne afuo a ɛwɔ Makpela, a ɛbɛn Mamrɛ a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so no. Abraham tɔɔ saa ɔboda no firii Hetini Efron nkyɛn, de yɛɛ amusieeɛ.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah—
Saa ɔboda no mu na wɔsiee Abraham ne ne yere Sara. Ɛhɔ ara nso na wɔsiee Isak ne ne yere Rebeka, na mesiee Lea nso.
32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.
Me nana Abraham tɔɔ afuo no ne ɔboda a ɛka ho no nyinaa firii Hetifoɔ no nkyɛn.”
33 And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Ɛberɛ a Yakob kasa kyerɛɛ ne mma no wieeɛ no, ɔmaa ne nan so guu ne mpa so wuiɛ. Wɔkɔsiee no wɔ ne mpanimfoɔ nkyɛn.
