Genesis 49
1 Then Jacob summoned his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.
雅各叫了他的儿子们来，说：“你们都来聚集，我好把你们日后必遇的事告诉你们。
2 Assemble yourselves and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
雅各的儿子们，你们要聚集而听， 要听你们父亲以色列的话。
3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, and the the firstfruits of my virility, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
吕便哪，你是我的长子， 是我力量强壮的时候生的， 本当大有尊荣，权力超众。
4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will not have excel, because you went up to your father's bed, you went up and defiled my couch.
但你放纵情欲，滚沸如水， 必不得居首位； 因为你上了你父亲的床， 污秽了我的榻。
5 Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
西缅和利未是弟兄； 他们的刀剑是残忍的器具。
6 May I never enter their council. May my honor never be joined with their assembly. For in their anger they killed men, and for pleasure they hamstrung oxen.
我的灵啊，不要与他们同谋； 我的心哪，不要与他们联络； 因为他们趁怒杀害人命， 任意砍断牛腿大筋。
7 Cursed be their anger, for it has been fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
他们的怒气暴烈可咒； 他们的忿恨残忍可诅。 我要使他们分居在雅各家里， 散住在以色列地中。
8 Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.
犹大啊，你弟兄们必赞美你； 你手必掐住仇敌的颈项； 你父亲的儿子们必向你下拜。
9 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you rise up. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
犹大是个小狮子； 我儿啊，你抓了食便上去。 你屈下身去，卧如公狮， 蹲如母狮，谁敢惹你？
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. And it is he whom the peoples will obey.
圭必不离犹大， 杖必不离他两脚之间， 直等细罗来到， 万民都必归顺。
11 Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine. He will wash his garments in wine, and his robes in the blood of grapes.
犹大把小驴拴在葡萄树上， 把驴驹拴在美好的葡萄树上。 他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服， 在葡萄汁中洗了袍褂。
12 His eyes will be darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
他的眼睛必因酒红润； 他的牙齿必因奶白亮。
13 Zebulun will dwell at the seashore, and he will be a harbor for ships, and his border will be at Sidon.
西布伦必住在海口， 必成为停船的海口； 他的境界必延到西顿。
14 Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags.
以萨迦是个强壮的驴， 卧在羊圈之中。
15 When he sees a good resting place, that the land is pleasant, he will bend his back to the burden, and become a slave doing forced labor.
他以安静为佳，以肥地为美， 便低肩背重，成为服苦的仆人。
16 Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
但必判断他的民， 作以色列支派之一。
17 Dan will be a serpent on the road, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward.
但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺， 咬伤马蹄，使骑马的坠落于后。
18 I wait for your salvation, God.
耶和华啊，我向来等候你的救恩。
19 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will raid at their heels.
迦得必被敌军追逼， 他却要追逼他们的脚跟。
20 Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide royal delicacies.
亚设之地必出肥美的粮食， 且出君王的美味。
21 Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
拿弗他利是被释放的母鹿； 他出嘉美的言语。
22 Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a spring. His branches run over a wall.
约瑟是多结果子的树枝， 是泉旁多结果的枝子； 他的枝条探出墙外。
23 The archers will attack him with bitterness, and shoot at him, and harass him.
弓箭手将他苦害， 向他射箭，逼迫他。
24 Yet his bow will remain steady, and his arms will be made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
但他的弓仍旧坚硬； 他的手健壮敏捷。 这是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石— 就是雅各的大能者。
25 by the God of your father, who will help you, and El Shaddai, who will bless you with blessings of the sky above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
你父亲的 神必帮助你； 那全能者必将天上所有的福， 地里所藏的福，以及生产乳养的福，都赐给你。
26 The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, and the bounty of the everlasting hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
你父亲所祝的福 胜过我祖先所祝的福， 如永世的山岭，至极的边界； 这些福必降在约瑟的头上， 临到那与弟兄迥别之人的顶上。
27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey, and at evening he will divide the plunder."
便雅悯是个撕掠的狼， 早晨要吃他所抓的， 晚上要分他所夺的。”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed each one with his own individual blessing.
这一切是以色列的十二支派；这也是他们的父亲对他们所说的话，为他们所祝的福，都是按着各人的福分为他们祝福。
29 Then he instructed 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 Hethite,
他又嘱咐他们说：“我将要归到我列祖那里，你们要将我葬在赫人以弗 田间的洞里，与我祖我父在一处，
30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hethite as a burial place.
就是在迦南地幔利前、麦比拉田间的洞；那洞和田是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗 买来为业，作坟地的。
31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah. There they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah.
他们在那里葬了亚伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉，又在那里葬了以撒和他的妻子利百加；我也在那里葬了利亚。
32 The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the sons of Heth."
那块田和田间的洞原是向赫人买的。”
33 When Jacob finished instructing his sons, he drew his legs up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
雅各嘱咐众子已毕，就把脚收在床上，气绝而死，归他列祖那里去了。
