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 last days.
Kisha Yakobo akawaita wana wake, na kusema: “Jikusanyeni pamoja, ili niwaambie yatakayowapata nyakati zijazo.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father.
Kusanyikeni ninyi wenyewe na msikilize, enyi wana wa Yakobo. Msikilizeni Israeli, baba yenu.
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Reubeni, wewe ni mzaliwa wangu wa kwanza, nguvu zangu, na mwanzo wa uwezo wangu, aliyesalia katika heshima na nguvu.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed; then defiled you it: he went up to my couch.
Asiyezuilika kama maji yarukayo, hautakuwa na umaharufu, kwa sababu ulikwenda juu ya kitanda cha baba yako. Hata ukakitia unajisi; ulikipanda kwa kuvizia.
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Simoni na Lawi ni ndugu. Panga zao ni silaha za vurugu.
6 O my soul, come not you into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not you united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they dig down a wall.
Ee nafsi yangu, usiingie barazani pao; usiingie katika mikutano yao, kwani moyo wangu unaheshima kubwa kwa ajili yao. Kwani katika hasira yao waliua watu. Iliwapendeza kuwakata visigino ng'ombe.
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.
Hasira yao na ilaaniwe, kwani ilikuwa kali - na ukali wao, kwani ulikuwa ni katili. Nitawagawa katika Yakobo na kuwatawanya katika Israeli.
8 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before you.
Yuda, ndugu zako watakusifu. Mkono wako utakuwa shingoni mwa adui zako. Wana wa baba yako watainama mbele zako
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Yuda ni mwana simba. Mwanangu, umetoka katika mawindo yako. Alisimama chini, alijikunyata kama simba, kama simba jike. Je nana atakayejaribu kumwamsha?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.
Fimbo haitaondoka katika Yuda, wala fimbo ya utawala kutoka katika miguu yake, hata atakapo kuja Shilo. Mataifa yatamtii.
11 Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass’s colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Kumfunga punda wake kwenye mzabibu, na mwanapunda wake katika mzabibu mzuri, amefua mavazi yake katika divai, na kanzu yake katika damu ya vichala vya mzabibu.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Macho yake yatakuwa mausi kama mvinyo, na meno yake meupe kama maziwa.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be to Zidon.
Zabuloni atakaa katika fukwe ya bahari. Atakuwa bandari kwa ajili ya meli, na mpaka wake utakuwa hata Sidoni.
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Isakari ni punda mwenye nguvu, ajilazaye kati ya kondoo.
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.
Anaona mahali pazuri pa kupumzikia na nchi ya kupendeza. Atainamisha bega lake kwa mzigo na kuwa mtumishi wake.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dani atawaamua watu wake kama mojawapo ya makabila ya Israeli.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Dani atakuwa nyoka kando ya njia, nyoka mwenye sumu aumaye visigino vya farasi katika njia, hivyo aongozaye farasi huanguka nyuma.
18 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.
Ninaungoja wokovu wako, Yahwe.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Gadi - wapanda farasi watamshambulia, lakini yeye atawapiga katika visigino vyao.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Vyakula vya Asheri vitakuwa vingi, naye ataandaa vyakula vya kifalme.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words.
Naftali ni dubu jike asiyefungwa; atakuwa na watoto wa dubu walio wazuri.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Yusufu ni tawi lizaalo, tawi lizaalo karibu na kijito, ambaye matawi yake yako juu wa ukuta.
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Mpiga mishale atamshambulia na kumrushia na kumsumbua.
24 But his bow stayed in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel: )
Lakini upinde wake utakuwa imara, na mikono yake itakuwa hodari kwa sababu ya mikono ya Mwenyenguvu wa Yakobo, kwa ajili ya jina la Mchungaji, Mwamba wa Israeli.
25 Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Mungu wa baba yako atakusaidia na Mungu Mwenye enzi atakubariki kwa baraka mbinguni juu, baraka za vilindi vilivyo chini, na baraka za maziwa na tumbo.
26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors 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 that was separate from his brothers.
Baraka za baba yako ni kuu kuliko baraka za milima ya zamani au vitu vilivyotamaniwa vya milima ya kale. Na viwe katika kichwa cha Yusufu, hata juu ya taji ya kifalme kichwani pa ndugu zake.
27 Benjamin shall shred as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Benjamini ni mbwamwitu mwenye njaa. Wakati wa asubuhi atalarua mawindo, na jioni atagawa mateka.”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spoke to them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Haya ni makabila kumi na mbili ya Israeli. Hiki ndicho baba yao alichowambia alipowabariki. Aliwabariki kila mmoja kwa baraka iliyomstahili.
29 And he charged 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,
Kisha akawaelekeza na kuwaambia, “Ninakaribia kwenda kwa watu wangu. Mnizike pamoja na babu zangu katika pango lililoko katika shamba la Efroni Mhiti,
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 of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial plot.
katika pango lililo katika shamba la Makpela, karibu na Mamre katika nchi ya Kanaani, shamba Ibrahimu alilolinunua kwa Efron Mhiti kwa ajili ya eneo la kuzikia.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Pale walimzika Ibrahimu na Sara mkewe; pale wakamzika Isaka na Rebeka mkewe; na pale nikamzika Lea.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
Shamba na pango lililomo lilinunuliwa kutoka kwa watu wa Hethi.”
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered to his people.
Yakobo alipomaliza maagizo hayo kwa wanawe, akaiweka miguu yake kitandani, akakata roho, akawaendea watu wake
