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 last days.
Ndipo Yakobo akawaita wanawe na kusema: “Kusanyikeni kunizunguka ili niweze kuwaambia lile litakalowatokea siku zijazo.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
“Kusanyikeni na msikilize, enyi wana wa Yakobo, msikilizeni baba yenu Israeli.
3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power [should be thine].
“Reubeni, wewe ni mzaliwa wangu wa kwanza, nguvu zangu, tunda la kwanza la nguvu zangu, umepita kwa heshima, umepita kwa uwezo.
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excellence; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou the one who ascended my couch.
Usiyezuiwa kama maji, basi hutakuwa mkuu tena, kwa kuwa ulipanda kwenye kitanda cha baba yako, kwenye kitanda changu na kukinajisi.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords.
“Simeoni na Lawi ni wana ndugu: panga zao ni silaha za jeuri.
6 Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their self-will they lamed the ox.
Mimi na nisiingie katika baraza lao, nami nisiunganike katika kusanyiko lao, kwa kuwa wamewaua watu katika hasira yao, walikata mishipa ya miguu ya mafahali kama walivyopenda.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Hasira yao na ilaaniwe, kwa kuwa ni kali mno, nayo ghadhabu yao ni ya ukatili! Nitawatawanya katika Yakobo Na kuwasambaza katika Israeli.
8 Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father's children shall bow down unto thee.
“Yuda, ndugu zako watakusifu; mkono wako utakuwa shingoni mwa adui zako; wana wa baba yako watakusujudia.
9 Like a lion's whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?
Ee Yuda, wewe ni mwana simba; unarudi toka mawindoni, mwanangu. Kama simba hunyemelea na kulala chini, kama simba jike: nani athubutuye kumwamsha?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Fimbo ya ufalme haitaondoka kwa Yuda, wala fimbo ya mtawala kati ya miguu yake, hadi aje yeye ambaye milki ni yake, ambaye utii wa mataifa ni wake.
11 He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass's colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;
Atamfunga punda wake katika mzabibu, naye mwana-punda wake kwenye tawi lililo bora zaidi; atafua mavazi yake katika divai, majoho yake katika damu ya mizabibu.
12 His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.
Macho yake yatakuwa mekundu kwa divai, meno yake yatakuwa meupe kwa maziwa.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the margin of the seas; and he shall be at the haven of ships; and his border shall be near to Zidon.
“Zabuloni ataishi pwani ya bahari na kuwa bandari za kuegesha meli; mpaka wake utapanuka kuelekea Sidoni.
14 Issachar is a strong-boned ass, couching down between the stables.
“Isakari ni punda mwenye nguvu ambaye amelala kati ya mizigo yake.
15 And when he saw the resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant, he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Aonapo palivyo pazuri mahali pake pa kupumzika na jinsi nchi yake inavyopendeza, atainamisha bega lake kwenye mzigo na kujitolea kwa ajili ya kazi ngumu.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
“Dani atahukumu watu wake kwa haki kama mmoja wa makabila ya Israeli.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder on the path, that biteth the horse in the heels, so that his rider falleth backward.
Dani atakuwa nyoka kando ya barabara, nyoka mwenye sumu kando ya njia, yule aumaye visigino vya farasi ili yule ampandaye aanguke chali.
18 For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.
“Ee Bwana, nautafuta wokovu wako.
19 Gad, troops will band against him; but he shall wound their heel.
“Gadi atashambuliwa ghafula na kundi la washambuliaji, lakini yeye atawageukia na kuwashinda kabisa.
20 Out of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall yield royal dainties.
“Chakula cha Asheri kitakuwa kinono, naye atatoa chakula kitamu kimfaacho mfalme.
21 Naphtali is [like] a fleet hind; he bringeth pleasant words.
“Naftali ni kulungu jike aliyeachiwa huru azaaye watoto wazuri.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.
“Yosefu ni mzabibu uzaao, mzabibu uzaao ulio kando ya chemchemi, ambao matawi yake hutanda ukutani.
23 And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.
Kwa uchungu wapiga mshale walimshambulia, wakampiga mshale kwa ukatili.
24 But his bow abode in strength, and his arm and his hands remained firm; from the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from there thou becamest the shepherd, the stone of Israel.
Lakini upinde wake ulibaki imara, mikono yake ikatiwa nguvu, na mkono wa Mwenye Nguvu wa Yakobo, kwa sababu ya Mchungaji, Mwamba wa Israeli,
25 From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;
kwa sababu ya Mungu wa baba yako, anayekusaidia, kwa sababu ya Mwenyezi, yeye anayekubariki kwa baraka za mbinguni juu, baraka za kilindi kilichoko chini, baraka za matitini na za tumbo la uzazi.
26 With the blessings of thy father that have excelled the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: these shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.
Baraka za baba yako ni kubwa kuliko baraka za milima ya kale, nyingi kuliko vilima vya kale. Baraka hizo zote na zikae juu ya kichwa cha Yosefu, juu ya paji la yule mkuu miongoni mwa ndugu zake.
27 Benjamin shall be as a wolf that rendeth: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.
“Benyamini ni mbwa mwitu mlafi mwenye njaa kuu; asubuhi hurarua mawindo yake, jioni hugawa nyara.”
28 All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve in number; and this is what their father spoke unto them, and wherewith he blessed them; every one according to his proper blessing blessed he them.
Haya yote ndiyo makabila kumi na mawili ya Israeli, na hivi ndivyo baba yao alivyowaambia alipowabariki, akimpa kila mmoja baraka inayomfaa.
29 And he charged them and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me near my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Ndipo alipowapa maelekezo haya: “Mimi niko karibu kukusanywa kwa watu wangu. Mnizike pamoja na baba zangu kwenye pango 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 field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession as a burying-place,
pango lililoko katika shamba la Makpela, karibu na Mamre huko Kanaani, ambalo Abrahamu alinunua kwa ajili ya mahali pa kuzikia kutoka kwa Efroni, Mhiti, pamoja na shamba.
31 (There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah, )
Huko ndiko Abrahamu na Sara mkewe walikozikwa, huko akazikwa Isaki na Rebeka mkewe, na huko nilimzika Lea.
32 Purchasing the field and the cave that is therein from the children of Heth.
Shamba hilo na pango lililoko ndani yake lilinunuliwa kutoka kwa Wahiti.”
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed; and he departed this life, and was gathered unto his people.
Baada ya Yakobo kumaliza kutoa maelekezo hayo kwa wanawe, akarudisha miguu yake kitandani, akapumua pumzi ya mwisho, na akakusanywa kwa watu wake.
