Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
雅各伯叫了他的兒子們來說：「你們聚在一起，我要將你們日後所遇到的事告訴你們。
2 Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.
雅各伯的兒子! 你們集合靜聽，靜聽你們父親以色列的話：
3 Ruben, you [are] my firstborn, you my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed.
勒烏本，你是我的長子，我的力量，我壯年的首生；你過於暴燥，過於激烈，
4 You were insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for you went up to the bed of your father; then you defiled the couch, whereupon you went up.
沸騰有如滾水。你不能佔據首位，因為你侵犯了你父親的床第，上去玷污了我的臥榻。
5 Symeon and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.
西默盎和肋未實是一對兄弟；他們的刀劍是殘暴的武器。
6 Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they killed men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.
我的心靈決不加入他們的陰謀，我的心神決不參與他們的聚會；因為他們在盛怒下屠殺了人，任意割斷了牛的腿筋。
7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was wilful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
他們的忿怒這樣激烈，他們的狂暴這樣凶狠，實可詛咒! 我要使他們分散在雅各伯內，使他們散居在以色列中。
8 Juda, your brethren have praised you, and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father's sons shall do you reverence.
猶大! 你將受你兄弟的讚揚；你的手必壓在你仇敵的頸上；你父親的兒子要向你俯首致敬。
9 Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, you are gone up, having couched you lie as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?
猶大是隻幼獅；我兒，你獵取食物後上來，屈身伏臥，有如雄獅，又如母獅，誰敢驚動﹖
10 A ruler shall not fail from Juda, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and he is the expectation of nations.
權杖不離猶大，柄杖不離他腳間，直到那應得權杖者來到，萬民都要歸順他。
11 Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch [of it], he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.
他將自己的驢繫在葡萄樹上，將自己的驢駒拴在優美的葡萄樹上；在酒中洗自己的衣服，在葡萄汁中洗自己的外氅。
12 His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
他的雙眼因酒而發紅，他的牙齒因乳而變白。
13 Zabulon shall dwell on the coast, and he [shall be] by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.
則步隆將居於海濱，成為船隻停泊的口岸，與漆冬毗連。
14 Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.
依撒加爾是匹壯驢，臥在圈中；
15 And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labour, and became a husbandman.
他覺得安居美好，地方優雅；便屈肩負重，成為服役的奴隸。
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one tribe too in Israel.
丹將如以色列的一個支派，衛護自己的人民。
17 And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),
丹必似路邊的長蟲，道旁的毒蛇，咬傷馬蹄，使騎士向後跌下。
18 waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
上主! 我期待你的救援!
19 Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; but he shall plunder him, [pursuing him] closely.
加得要受襲擊者襲擊，但他要襲擊他們的後隊。
20 Aser, his bread [shall be] fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes.
阿協爾的食物肥美，將供給君王的佳餚。
21 Nephthalim is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit.
納斐塔里是隻被釋放的母鹿，發出悅耳的歌詠。
22 Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
若瑟是一株茂盛的果樹，一株泉旁茂盛的果樹；枝條蔓延牆頭。
23 Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached [him], and the archers pressed hard upon him.
弓手令他苦惱，向他射擊，與他對敵；
24 But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of your father;
但他的弓仍舊有力，他的手臂依然靈活；這是因了雅各伯的大能者之手，因了以色列的牧者和磐石之名；
25 and my God helped you, and he blessed you with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
這是因為你父親的天主扶助了你，全能者天主，以天上高處的祝福，以地下深淵蘊藏的祝福，以哺乳和生育的祝福，祝福了你。
26 the blessings of your father and your mother—it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
你父親的祝福，遠超過古山岳的祝福，永遠丘陵的願望；願這些祝福都降在若瑟頭上，降在他兄弟中被選者的額上。
27 Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food.
本雅明是隻掠奪的豺狼：早上吞食獵物，晚上分贓。」
28 All these [are] the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing.
以上是以色列十二支派，以及他們的父親對他們所說的話。他祝福了他們，以適合每人的祝福，祝福了他們。
29 And he said to them, I am added to my people; you shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Chettite,
以後雅各伯又囑咐他們，對他們說：「我快要歸到我親族那裏去，你們應將我葬在赫特人厄斐龍田裏的山洞裏，與我的祖先在一起。
30 in the double cave which is opposite Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron the Chettite, for a possession of a sepulchre.
這山洞是在客納罕地，面對瑪默勒的瑪革培拉的田內；這塊田原是亞巴郎由赫特人厄斐龍買了來作為私有墳地，
31 There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea;
在那裏葬了亞巴郎和他的妻子撒辣，在那裏葬了依撒格和他的妻子黎貝加；我也在那裏葬了肋阿。
32 in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, [purchased] of the sons of Chet.
這塊田地和其中的山洞是由赫特人買來的。」
33 And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.
雅各伯給他的兒子們立完遺囑以後，便將腳縮到床上，斷氣而死，歸到他親族那裏去了。
