Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Ya: igobe da egefe huluane misa: ne sia: ne, ilima amane sia: i, “Gadenene gilisima. Na da dilima fa: no misunu hou olelemu.
2 “Gather around me in order that I can tell you what will happen in the future. My sons, come and listen to me. I am your father, [Jacob, whom God named] Israel.
Ya: igobe egefelali! Gilisima amola nabima! Dilia ada Isala: ili amo ea sia: nabima!
3 Reuben, you are my oldest son. You were born when I was young and energetic/strong. You are prouder and stronger than all the rest of my sons.
Liubene! Di da na magobo mano amola na gasa gala. Na da asigilaloba, di da na magobo mano lalelegei. Dia gasa da na mano huluane ilia gasa baligi dagoi.
4 But you were as uncontrollable as a flood [SIM]. So now you will not be my most important son, because you climbed up onto my bed, and had sex with [MTY] my (concubine/slave who had become one of my wives). Your doing that caused me, your father, to have great shame.
Di da gasa bagade hano neda: i agoane. Be dia hou da baligi bagade hame ba: mu. Bai di da dia eda diaheda: su fafai wadela: lesi. Di da na gidisedagi uda amola gilisili golai.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Simiane amola Lifai da eyalali amola olalali fi esala. Ela da ela gegesu liligi amoga gegenana, mi hanane gasa fisa.
6 I do not want to be with you when you make evil plans [DOU]. I do not want to join you in your meetings, because you killed people when you became very angry, and you (hamstrung/cut the tendons in the legs of) oxen just to (have fun/see them suffer).
Na da ela wamolegei sia: dasu gilisisu amoma hame gilisimu. Bai ela da ougiba: le, dunu medole lelegei amola ela da hedemusa: bulamagau gawali ili gasuga: igimusa: emo dina: fi dai.
7 God says, ‘I will (curse/cause bad things to happen to) them for being very angry, for acting very cruelly when they were very furious. I will scatter their descendants [MTY] throughout Israel land.’
Ela ougi da gia: i bagade amola dodona: gi gala. Amaiba: le, ela ougi amoma na da gagabui aligima: ne ilegesa. Na da ela fi afafane, Isala: ili soge huluane amola Isala: ili fi huluane amo ganodini ela fi da afafane esalebe ba: mu.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Yuda! Diolalali ili da dima nodomu. Di da dima ha lai dunu amo ilia galogoa gagusu. Diolalali ilia da dima begudumu.
9 Judah is like a young lion [SIM] that has returned to its den satisfied after eating the animals that it has killed. He is like a lion that lies down and stretches out after eating; no one would dare to disturb it [RHQ].
Yuda da laione wa: me defele esala. E da ohe fi fane legelalu, hi diasuga bu asili, golai dialebe ba: sa. Dunu huluane da e didilisimusa: beda: i bagade.
10 There will always be a ruler [MTY] from the descendants of Judah [MTY]. Each one will hold a scepter/staff to show that he has authority as a king. He will do that until the one to whom the scepter belongs comes, the one to whom the nations will bring tribute and show that they will obey him.
Yuda da Hina Bagadedafa amo ea dagulu gagui dagoi ba: mu. Egaga lalelegei manolali da eso huluane hina bagade dunu esalumu. Dunu fi eno da ema dabe ima: ne, gaguli misunu, amola nabasu hou hamoma: ne, ema begudumu.
11 The grapevines of Judah’s descendants will produce grapes very abundantly. As a result, they will not object to tying their young donkeys to the grapevines in order that the donkeys can eat the leaves of the grapevines. [Wine will be very plentiful, with the result that] they could wash their cloaks in wine that is as red as blood [MET].
E da ea dougi amo waini efe baligili ida: iwane gala amo ilima la: gisisa. E da ea abula amo waini hano (maga: me agoane ba: sa) amo ganodini dodofesa.
12 Their eyes will be red because of [drinking too much] wine, but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk [from the cows].
E da waini bagade nabeba: le, ea si da maga: me agoane ba: sa. E da dodo maga: me nabeba: le, ea bese da ahea: iai agoane ba: sa.
13 Zebulun, your descendants will live by the seashore where there will be a safe harbor for ships. Their land will extend north as far as Sidon [city].
Sebiulane da hano wayabo bagade bega: esalumu. Dusagai bagade da ea hano bega: hahawane misunu. Ea soge da asili, ea dagomusa: alalo da Saidone moilai bai bagade ba: mu.
14 Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys that are lying down on the ground between their loads, [so tired that they cannot get up]!
Isiga ea hou da dougi (amo da udigili ea baligiga legesu esa amo dogoa golai dialebe) ea hou hame baligisa.
15 They will see that their resting place is good, and that the land pleases them very much. But they will bend their backs to carry heavy loads and be forced to work for others.
Be e da helefisu soge hahawane ba: sa. Amola soge huluane da noga: idafa e da dawa: sa. Amaiba: le, e da dioi liligi gaguli masa: ne beguduli ahoa. Dunu eno da ema gasa fili logebeba: le, e da udigili hawa: hamosu dunu ba: mu.
16 Dan, although your tribe will be small, their leaders will rule their people just like the leaders of other tribes of Israel will rule their people.
Da: ne da ea fi ilima ouligisu dunu esalumu. Ea fi dunu ilia da Isala: ili dunu fi eno amo defele ba: mu.
17 Your descendants will be like snakes at the side of a road, like poisonous snakes lying beside a path. They will strike the heels of horses that pass by, causing the riders to fall backwards [as the horses rear up on their hind legs].”
Da: ne da gasonasu sa: ya: be amo da logo bega: dialebe agoane ba: mu. Amo sa: ya: be da hosi ea emo gufi gasonasea, dunu da hosi da: iya fila heda: i da baligidudili dafamu.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Hina Gode! Na da Dia gaga: sudafa ba: ma: ne ouesala.
19 [Then Jacob continued telling his sons what would happen in the future. He said], “Gad, your tribe/descendants will be attacked by a group of bandits, but your tribe/descendants will pursue and attack them [MTY].
Ga: de! Wamolasu dunu gilisisu da Ga: dema doagala: musa: misunu. Be Ga: de da sinidigili ili se bobogemu.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
A: sie ea soge amoga ha: i manu ida: iwane ba: mu. E da ha: i manu hina bagade dunu moma: ne defele, amo sagale faimu. E da sagale nasu dunu noga: iwane ba: mu.
21 Naphtali, your descendants will be like deer [MET] that are (free to/not tied down and can) run wherever they wish. They will give birth to children who are good-looking like (fawns/baby deer) [MET].
Na: badalai da ‘dia’ ohe fi amo da udigili hehenane lala, amo defele ba: sa. Amo ‘dia’ da mano ida: iwane lalelegesa.
22 Joseph, you will have many descendants [MET]. Their children will be as many as the fruit on a vine near a spring of water, whose branches extend over a wall.
Yousefe da udigili lalebe dougi amo da gufi hano gadenene esalebe agoane ba: sa. Amola udigili lalebe hosi mano agologa esalebe agoane ba: sa.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Ema ha lai dunu da nimiwane ema doagala: musa: mabe. Ilia da dadiga gala: musa: ema se bobogesa.
24 But they will hold their bows steady and their arms will remain strong, because of the power [MTY] of my mighty God, because of Yahweh who guides and provides for me [MET] like a shepherd guides and provides for his sheep. The people of Israel will [ask Yahweh to protect them], [like people hide under] a huge [overhanging] to be protected.
Be e da ea dadi mae yaguguiwane gagusa. Amola Ya: igobe ea Gode Bagadedafa da Ea Gasaga ea loboga gasa iaha. Gode da Isala: ili fi ilima Fidisu amola Sibi Ouligisu esala.
25 God, the one whom I worship, will help your descendants. God Almighty will bless them by sending them rain from the sky and by giving them water from deep/far below the ground. He will give them many cattle and children [MET] (OR, and their cattle will have many offspring).
Dia ada amo ea Gode da dima Fidisu esala. Gode Bagadedafa da dima hahawane dogolegele fidilala amane. Gibu da gadodili osoboa daha. Gufi hano da osobo hagudu gala. Di da bulamagau bagohame amola mano bagohame gala. Amo da Gode Ea dima hahawane dogolegele fidisu.
26 The blessings that I want God to give you are great ones. They are greater than the blessings that come from the eternal mountains, greater than the ones that come from the everlasting hills. Joseph, I pray that these blessings will (be given to you/come upon your head), because you are the leader of your [older] brothers [and younger brother].
Eno da fage (widi, bali, gagoma, naisi) amola sogea amola hahawane dogolegele fidisu E da dima iaha da musa: hemonega hamoi goumi amola liligi ida: iwane gala amo mae mugululi dialalalumu agolo ganodini gala. Yousefe da amo hahawane dogolegele fidisu hou ba: ma: ne, na da Godema sia: ne gadosa. Yousefe ea hou da hisuba: le, e da yolalali ilima afafai dagoi ba: sa.
27 Benjamin, your descendants will be like [MET] vicious/fierce wolves: In the morning they will kill their enemies like a wolf devours (its prey/the animals that it has killed), and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they seized from their enemies.”
Bediamini da gasonasu wa: me (wufi) defele esala. Hahabe amola daeya, e da fane legesa amola gasonaha.”
28 Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were appropriate for him.
Gadodili dedei da Isala: ili fi fagoyale galu. Amo sia: dedei da Ya: igobe ea fada: i sia: , ea bogomu gadenenanoba, ea mano afae afae ilima asigibio sia: ma: ne sia: i.
29 Then Jacob said to his sons, “I will soon die. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people-group.
Ya: igobe da egefe ilima amane sia: i, “Na da wali bogole, na aowalali ilima gilisimu. Amaiba: le, na da: i hodo dilia na eda ilia uli dogosu amo gele gelabo amo Ifalone (Hidaide dunu) ea ifabi ganodini diala, amoga na da: i uli dogone salima.
30 That field is in the Machpelah area, east of Mamre [town], in Canaan. My grandfather Abraham bought it from Ephron to use as a burial place.
Amo soge da Ma: gafila amo Ga: ina: ne soge ganodini amola Ma: melei moilaiga eso maba gusudili amoga diala. A: ibalaha: me da amo gele gelabo, ifabi amola bogoi uli dogosu hamoma: ne, Ifalonema bidi lai dagoi.
31 That is where they buried him and his wife Sarah. That is where they buried my father Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And that is where I buried my wife Leah.
Amogai ilia da A: ibalaha: me amola idua Sela uli dogone sali. Amogai ilia da Aisage amola idua Lebega uli dogoi. Amola amogai na da Lia uli dogone sali.
32 That field and the cave in it were bought from the Heth people-group; so that is where I want you to bury me.”
Amo ifabi amola gele gelabo da Hidaide dunu amoga bidi lai. Amogai na da: i hodo uli dogone salima.”
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Ya: igobe da egefe ilima ea fada: i sia: huluane dagoloba, e da diaguduli, bogoi dagoi.
