Genesis 49
1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
Mgbe ahụ, Jekọb kpọkọtara ụmụ ya ndị ikom niile nʼotu sị ha, “Zukọọnụ ka m gwa unu ihe ga-adakwasị unu nʼụbọchị dị nʼihu.
2 Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
“Zukọọnụ nụrụ, ụmụ ndị ikom Jekọb nụrụ okwu nna unu Izrel.
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
“Ruben, ọkpara m ka ị bụ, ume m, ihe ngosi mbụ nke ike m, onye nsọpụrụ kwesiri, onye mbụ nʼịdị ike.
4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
Onye na-agbanwe agbanwe dịka mmiri dị nʼiyi, ị gaghị abụkwa onye mbụ, nʼihi na ị banyere nʼihe ndina nna gị, i dinara nʼihe ndina m, merụọ ya.
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
“Simiọn na Livayị bụ ụmụnne. Mma agha ha bụ ngwa ihe ike.
6 May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
Ka obi m ghara isonye nʼizuzu ha, ka m ghara isonye nʼọgbakọ ha, nʼihi na ha gburu mmadụ nʼoge iwe ha, bipụkwa nkwonkwo ụkwụ ụmụ ehi na-echeghị echiche.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Ihe a bụrụ ọnụ ka iwe ha bụ, nʼihi na ọ dị njọ. Ọnụma ha, ọ jọbigara njọ oke. Aga m ekesa ha nʼetiti ụmụ Jekọb Kpasaa ha nʼetiti ndị Izrel.
8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
“Gị, Juda, ụmụnne gị ga-eto gị. Aka gị ga-adị nʼolu ndị iro gị. Ụmụ ndị ikom nna gị ga-akpọ isiala nye gị.
9 Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
Ị bụ nwa ọdụm, gị, Juda, i si nʼịchụ nta lọta, nwa m. Dịka ọdụm, ọ na-amakpu, na-edina ala, dịka nne ọdụm, onye ga-anwa anwa kpọtee ya?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
Mkpanaka eze agaghị esite nʼebe Juda nọ wezuga onwe ya, maọbụ mkpanaka onyendu esi nʼagbata ụkwụ ya pụọ, tutuu ruo mgbe eze ahụ nwe ya ga-abịa, irube isi nke mba niile ga-abụ nke ya.
11 He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Ọ ga-ekenye ịnyịnya ibu ya nʼosisi vaịnị, nʼalaka kachasị mma ka ọ ga-ekenye nwa ịnyịnya ibu ya. Ọ ga-asakwa uwe ya na mmanya. Uwe mwụda ya ka ọ ga-asụkwa nʼọbara mkpụrụ vaịnị.
12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
Anya ya ga-acha uhie uhie karịa mmanya vaịnị. Eze ya ga-enwupụkwa ọcha karịa mmiri ara ehi.
13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
“Zebụlọn ga-ebi nʼakụkụ osimiri. Ọ ga-abụ ebe izuike nye ụgbọ mmiri. Oke ala ya ga-agbatịpụ ruo Saịdọn.
14 Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
“Isaka dị ike dịka ịnyịnya ibu na-amakpu nʼetiti ọgba atụrụ.
15 He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
Mgbe ọ hụrụ otu ebe izuike ya si dị mma, hụ otu ala ya si maa mma, ọ ga-ehudata isi ya ibu ibu arụ; were onwe ya nye ịrụ ọrụ ike.
16 Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
“Dan ga-eme ka ikpe ziri ezi rute ndị ya aka dịka otu nʼime ebo Izrel.
17 He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
Dan ga-adị ka agwọ dị nʼakụkụ okporoụzọ, dịka ajụala dị nʼụzọ ọhịa, nke na-ata ịnyịnya nʼikiri ụkwụ, si otu a mee ka onye na-agba ịnyịnya dalaa azụ.
18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.
“O Onyenwe anyị, ana m ele anya nnapụta gị.
19 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
“Gad bụ onye usuu ndị o-ji-egbe-aga ga-abịakwasị, ma ọ ga-alụso ha ọgụ, chụọkwa ha ọsọ.
20 Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
“Asha ga-esi nʼubi ya wepụta nri gbara abụba, nke na-adị ndị eze mma.
21 Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
“Naftalị dịka nne ele a hapụrụ ahapụ, nke na-amụpụta ụmụ ele mara mma.
22 Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
“Dịka osisi vaịnị a kụrụ nʼakụkụ iyi, nke alaka ya na-awasa rigoro nʼelu mgbidi, na nke na-amị ezi mkpụrụ, otu a ka Josef dị.
23 The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
Ndị na-agbata ụta sitere nʼobi ilu lụso ya agha, ha gbara ya àkụ site nʼịkpọ asị.
24 Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Ma aka o ji jide ụta nke ya adaghị mba, ike agwụghị ogwe aka ya, nʼihi aka Onye dị ike nke Jekọb, nʼihi Onye ọzụzụ atụrụ, Oke Nkume Izrel,
25 by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.
nʼihi Chineke nna gị, onye na-enyere gị aka, nʼihi Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ka ọ gọzie gị, site na ngọzị nke eluigwe site nʼelu, ngọzị nke osimiri dị nʼokpuru ala, ngọzị nke ara na akpanwa.
26 The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
Ngọzị niile nke nna gị, dị ukwu karịa, ngọzị niile nke ugwu ukwu mgbe ochie, karịakwa ngọzị nke ugwu nta mgbe ochie, Ka ngọzị ndị a dị iche dịkwasị nʼisi Josef, dịkwasị nʼegedege ihu Josef, onye bụ onyendu nʼetiti ụmụnne ya.
27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
“Benjamin dịka nkịta ọhịa nke na-adọgbu anụ. Nʼụtụtụ, ọ na-eri anụ ọ dọgburu. Nʼanyasị ọ na-ekesakwa ihe o gbutere.”
28 These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
Ndị a bụ ebo iri na abụọ dị nʼIzrel. Ihe ndị a bụkwa ihe nna ha gwara ha mgbe ọ gọziri ha, nye onye ọbụla nʼime ha ngọzị nke ruuru ya.
29 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Emesịa, o nyere ha ndụmọdụ sị ha, “Nʼoge na-adịghị anya site ugbu a, aga m anwụ. Unu aghaghị ili m nʼebe e liri nna m ha, nʼala Kenan, nʼime ọgba ahụ dị nʼọhịa Efrọn, onye Het.
30 The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Nʼime ọgba dị nʼọhịa Makipela, nke dị nso na Mamre, nʼala Kenan, ọhịa Ebraham zụtara site nʼaka Efrọn onye Het, maka ili ozu.
31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
Nʼebe ahụ ka e liri Ebraham na Sera nwunye ya. Nʼebe ahụ kwa ka e liri Aịzik na Ribeka nwunye ya. Nʼebe ahụ ka m liri Lịa.
32 The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
Ebraham nna nna m zụrụ ala ahụ na ọgba dị nʼime ya site nʼaka ụmụ Het.”
33 When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
Mgbe Jekọb kwuchara okwu ndụmọdụ ikpeazụ ndị a nye ụmụ ya ndị ikom, ọ chịkọtara ụkwụ ya nʼelu akwa, kuo ume ikpeazụ. A chịkọtara ya na ndị ya.
