Genesis 49
1 Then Jacob called his sons, and he said to them: “Gather together, so that I may announce what will happen to you in the last days.
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 Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, 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 Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority.
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 are being poured out like water, may you not increase. For you climbed onto your father’s bed, and you defiled his resting place.
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 The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.
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 go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.
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 fury, because it was obstinate, and their indignation, because it was harsh. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will 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 Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be at the necks of your enemies; the sons of your father will reverence you.
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 Judah is a lion’s young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him?
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 The scepter from Judah and the leader from his thigh will not be taken away, until he who will be sent arrives, and he will be the expectation of Gentiles.
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 Tying his young colt to the vineyard, and his donkey, O my son, to the vine, he will wash his robe in wine, and his cloak 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 are more beautiful 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 Zebulun will live at the seashore and by the outpost of ships, reaching as far as 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 will be a strong donkey, reclining between the borders.
依撒加爾是匹壯驢，臥在圈中；
15 He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute.
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 will judge his people just like any other tribe in Israel.
丹將如以色列的一個支派，衛護自己的人民。
17 Let Dan be a snake in the way, a viper in the path, biting the hooves of horses, so that his rider may 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 I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.
上主! 我期待你的救援!
19 Gad, being girded, will fight before him. And he himself will be girded backward.
加得要受襲擊者襲擊，但他要襲擊他們的後隊。
20 Asher: his bread will be fat, and he will provide delicacies to the kings.
阿協爾的食物肥美，將供給君王的佳餚。
21 Naphtali is a stag sent forth, offering words of eloquent beauty.
納斐塔里是隻被釋放的母鹿，發出悅耳的歌詠。
22 Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall.
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 But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.
弓手令他苦惱，向他射擊，與他對敵；
24 His bow sits in strength, and the bands of his arms and hands have been let loose by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob. From there he went forth as a pastor, the stone of Israel.
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 The God of your father will be your helper, and the Almighty will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the abyss that lies beneath, with the blessings 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 are strengthened by the blessings of his fathers, until the desire of the hills of eternity shall arrive. May they be at the head of Joseph, and at the summit of the Nazarite, among his brothers.
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 is a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will eat the prey, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.”
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 tribes of Israel. These things their father spoke to them, and he blessed each one with their proper blessings.
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 instructed them, saying: “I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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 opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought, along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial.
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 him, with his wife Sarah.” And there Isaac was buried with his wife Rebekah. There also Leah lies preserved.
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。
這塊田地和其中的山洞是由赫特人買來的。」
33 And having finished these commands by which he instructed his sons, he drew his feet onto the bed, and he passed away. And he 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。
