Genesis 49
1 And Jacob calls to his sons and says, “Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which happens with you in the latter end of the days.
Yakob yɔ via ŋutsuwo katã ƒo ƒu, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miƒo ƒu ɖe ŋunye, eye magblɔ nu siwo ava adzɔ ɖe mia dzi le ɣeyiɣi si gbɔna me la na mi.
2 Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And listen to your father Israel.
Miɖo tom, Yakob ƒe viwo, miɖo to Israel, mia fofo.
3 Reuben! You [are] my firstborn, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
“Ruben, wòe nye nye viŋutsu tsitsitɔ, nye ɖekakpuimevi. Wòe nye ta le tsitsi kple bubu nu.
4 Unstable as water, you are not abundant; For you have gone up your father’s bed; Then you have defiled [it]: He went up my couch!
Ke mèdzea akɔ anyi o; èle abe ƒutsotsoe nyanyra ene; màgadze gbãtɔ azɔ o. Maɖiɖi wò, elabena ède asi srɔ̃nyewo dometɔ ɖeka ŋu, eye nèto esia me ɖi gbɔ̃m.
5 Simeon and Levi [are] brothers! Instruments of violence—their espousals!
“Simeon kple Levi ƒe nɔnɔme sɔ. Wonye ame siwo wɔa sesẽnu kple nu madzɔmadzɔ.
6 Into their secret, do not come, O my soul! Do not be united to their assembly, O my glory; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.
O, nye luʋɔ, ɖe ɖa le ame siawo ŋu. Nyematɔ ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖiwo dzi gbeɖe o. Elabena wowu ame aɖe le woƒe dɔmedzoe me, eye wode abi nyiwo ŋu dzodzro abe fefenu ene.
7 Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.
Woaƒo fi ade woƒe dɔmedzoe, elabena enu sesẽ, eye wòvɔ̃ɖi. Mama wo ɖe Yakob ƒe viwo dome, eye makaka woƒe dzidzimeviwo le Israel.
8 Judah! Your brothers praise you! Your hand [is] on the neck of your enemies, Sons of your father bow themselves to you.
“Yuda, nɔviwòwo akafu wò; àtsrɔ̃ wò futɔwo. Fofowòviwo ade ta agu na wò.
9 A lion’s whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, you have gone up; He has bent, he has crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causes him to arise?
Yuda nye dzatavi; si wu nu si wòlé la ɖuɖu nu. Etsyɔ akɔ anyi abe dzatatsu ene; eye abe dzatanɔ ene–ame kae ake atse anyɔe?
10 The scepter does not turn aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Until his Seed comes; And His [is] the obedience of peoples.
Atamkayi maɖe ɖa le Yuda o va se ɖe esime ame si tututu tɔ wònye la nava, ame si amewo katã abu.
11 Binding to the vine his donkey, And to the choice vine the colt of his donkey, He has washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;
Ede ka eƒe tedzivi ɖe wainti nyuitɔ ŋu, eye wònya eƒe awuwo le wain me.
12 Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk!
Eƒe ŋkuwo biã wu wain, eye eƒe aɖuwo fu wu notsi.
13 Zebulun dwells at a haven of the seas, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] to Sidon.
“Zebulon anɔ ƒuta, eye wòanye tɔdziʋuwo dzeƒe. Eƒe anyigba akeke ade keke Sidon.
14 Issachar [is] a strong donkey, Crouching between the two folds;
“Isaka nye tedzi agbatsɔlã sesẽ aɖe si le dzudzɔm le lãkpowo dome.
15 And he sees rest, that [it is] good, And the land, that [it is] pleasant, And he inclines his shoulder to bear, And is a servant for tribute.
Esi wòkpɔ ale si teƒea nya kpɔna kple ale si anyigba la nyoe la, elɔ̃ dze dɔ la dzi, eye wòsubɔ eƒe aƒetɔ kple ŋusẽ.
16 Dan judges his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;
“Dan aɖu eƒe amewo dzi abe Israel ƒe to bubu ɖe sia ɖe ene.
17 Dan is a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, Which is biting the horse’s heels, And its rider falls backward.
Anye da si ɖua afɔkpodzi na sɔ le mɔ dzi, eye sɔdola dzea anyi la.
18 For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
Yehowa, wò ɖeɖe la ko mele mɔ kpɔm na.
19 Gad! A troop assaults him, But he assaults last.
“Adzoblasuwo ƒe ha adze Gad dzi, ke eya anya wo ɖe du nu.
20 Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he gives delicacies of a king.
“Aser la, nuɖuɖu siwo nyo na fiawo la aʋã nɛ fũu.
21 Naphtali [is] a doe sent away, Who is giving beautiful young ones.
“Naftali nye zinɔ si ɖea abla, eye wògblɔa nya viviwo la.
22 Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;
“Yosef nye kutsetseti aɖe si le tsi dzidzi to, eɖe alɔwo, eye wòɖo vɔvɔli ɖe gliwo dzi.
23 And embitter him indeed, they have striven, Indeed, archers hate him;
Ame siwo da aŋutrɔe, eye woti eyome la wɔ nuvevii.
24 And his bow abides in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From where is a shepherd, a son of Israel.
Gake eƒe asi li ɖe eƒe dati ŋu goŋgoŋ eye eƒe asi le tsɔtsɔm elabena Yakob ƒe Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ, alẽkplɔla la kple Israel ƒe Agakpe
25 By the God of your father who helps you, And the Mighty One who blesses you, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb—
Mia fofowo ƒe Mawu, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la nakɔ dziƒoyayrawo kple anyigbadziyayrawo ɖe dziwò duu, wòana nàdzi asɔ gbɔ,
26 Your father’s blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, To the limit of the perpetual heights They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brothers.
wòana nuɖuɖu kple seƒoƒowo nawɔ na wò fũu, eye wòatsɔ yayra siwo ade kekeke togbɛ siwo anɔ anyi tegbee ƒe liƒowo dzi la na wò. Yayra siawoe ava Yosef, ame si woɖe aboyoe le nɔviawo dome la dzi.
27 Benjamin! A wolf tears; In the morning he eats prey, And at evening he apportions spoil.”
“Benyamin nye amegaxi si léa nu. Evuvua eƒe futɔwo le ŋdi, eye wòmaa nu si wòlé la le fiẽ.”
28 All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father has spoken to them, and he blesses them; each according to his blessing he has blessed them.
Esiawoe nye yayra siwo wo fofo Israel kɔ ɖe via wuieveawo dzi.
29 And he commands them and says to them, “I am being gathered to my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite;
Eye wòɖo nu siawo na wo: “Esusɔ vie mayi tɔgbuinyewo gbɔ. Miɖim ɖe fofonyewo gbɔ ɖe kpeto la me le Efrɔn, Hititɔ la ƒe anyigba dzi,
30 in the cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;
ɖe kpeto si le Makpela ƒe anyigba si te ɖe Mamre ŋu le Kanaanyigba dzi la. Abraham ƒle teƒe sia abe ameɖiƒe ene le Efrɔn, Hititɔ la gbɔ kpe ɖe anyigba la ŋu.
31 (there they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah);
Afi ma woɖi Abraham kple srɔ̃a Sara ɖo. Afi ma woɖi Isak kple srɔ̃a Rebeka ɖo, eye afi ma ke meɖi Lea hã ɖo.
32 the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from sons of Heth.”
Enye kpeto si tɔgbuinye Abraham ƒle le Het ƒe viŋutsuwo si.”
33 And Jacob finishes commanding his sons, and gathers up his feet to the bed, and expires, and is gathered to his people.
Esi Yakob wu eƒe nyagblɔɖiawo na viawo nu la, emlɔ anyi azɔ ɖe eƒe abati dzi, eye wòku.
