Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Da berief Jakob seine Söhne und sprach: versammelt euch, damit ich euch verkündige, was euch in der Folgezeit widerfahren wird!
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.
Schart euch zusammen und hört zu, ihr Söhne Jakobs, ja höret zu eurem Vater Israel!
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.
Ruben! Mein Erstgeborener bist du, meine Kraft und der Erstling meiner Stärke - der erste an Hoheit und der erste an Macht.
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.
Du braustest auf wie Wasser - du sollst nicht der erste sein! Denn du bestiegst das Bett deines Vaters, verübtest damals Entweihung - mein Lager hat er bestiegen!
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Simeon und Levi, die Brüder, - Werkzeuge des Frevels sind ihre Schwerter.
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).
Ich will nichts zu schaffen haben mit ihren Entwürfen, nichts gemein haben mit ihren Beschlüssen. Denn in ihrem Zorn haben sie Männer gemordet und in ihrem Übermut Stiere verstümmelt.
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.’
Verflucht sei ihr Zorn, daß er so heftig war, und ihr Grimm, daß er sich grausam erzeigte! Ich will sie verteilen in Jakob und will sie zerstreuen in Israel.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Juda, dich, dich werden preisen deine Brüder! Es packt deine Hand das Genick deiner Feinde; vor dir werden sich beugen die Söhne deines Vaters.
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].
Ein Löwenjunges ist Juda - vom Raube bist du, mein Sohn, hinaufgestiegen. Er hat sich gestreckt, gelagert, wie ein Löwe und wie eine Löwin: wer darf ihn aufreizen?
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.
Nicht wird das Scepter von Juda weichen, noch der Herrscherstab aus seinen Händen, bis der kommt, dem es bestimmt ist, und die Völker sich ihm unterwerfen.
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].
Er bindet an den Weinstock sein Eselsfüllen und an die Edelrebe das Junge seiner Eselin. Er wäscht in Wein sein Kleid und in Traubenblut sein Gewand,
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].
die Augen trübe von Weinund die Zähne weiß von Milch.
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].
Sebulon wird am Meeresufer wohnen, am Gestade der Schiffe, während seine Flanke sich an Zidon lehnt.
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]!
Issachar ist ein knochiger Esel, gelagert zwischen den Pferchen.
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.
Und da er fand, daß Ruhe etwas Schönes, und sein Gebiet gar einladend sei, da beugte er seinen Nacken zum Lasttragen und wurde zum dienstbaren Fröner.
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.
Dan wird Recht schaffen seinem Volk, wie irgend einer der Stämme Israels.
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].”
Dan wird eine Schlange an der Straße sein, eine Hornviper am Wege, die das Roß in die Fersen beißt, so daß der Reiter rückwärts sinkt.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Auf dein Heil harre ich, Jahwe!
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].
Gad - Streifscharen scharen sich wider ihn; er aber drängt ihnen nach auf ihrer Ferse.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Ascher lebt in Überfluß - ja Königsleckerbissen liefert er.
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].
Naphthali ist eine freischweifende Hirschkuh; von ihm kommen anmutige Reden.
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.
Ein junger Fruchtbaum ist Joseph, ein junger Fruchtbaum am Quell. Seine Schößlinge ranken empor an der Mauer.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Es setzten ihm zu und schossen und es befehdeten ihn Pfeilschützen.
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.
Doch unerschütterlich hielt sein Bogen stand, und flink regten sich seine Hände, durch die Hilfe des Starken Jakobs, von dort her, dem Hirten, dem Steine Israels,
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).
vom Gott deines Vaters - er helfe dir! - und von Gott, dem Allmächtigen, - er segne dich mit Segensfülle vom Himmel droben, mit Segensfülle aus der Wassertiefe, die drunten lagert, mit Segensfülle aus Brüsten und Mutterschoß.
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].
Die Segnungen, die deinem Vater wurden, überragten die Segensfülle der ewigen Berge, die Pracht der ewigen Hügel. Möchten sie kommen auf das Haupt Josephs und auf den Scheitel des Fürsten unter seinen Brüdern!
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.”
Benjamin ist ein räuberischer Wolf: am Morgen verzehrt er Raub und abends verteilt er Beute.
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.
Das alles sind die Stämme Israels, zwölf an der Zahl, und das war es, was ihr Vater zu ihnen redete. Und er segnete sie, und zwar segnete er jeden einzelnen mit einem besonderen Segen.
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.
Und er gebot ihnen und sprach zu ihnen: Wenn ich eingegangen bin zu meinen Stammesgenossen, so bringt mich in die Gruft meiner Vorfahren, in die Höhle auf dem Grundstück des Hethiters Ephron,
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.
in die Höhle auf dem Grundstück Machpela, welches gegenüber Mamre liegt in Kanaan, dem Grundstück, welches Abraham vom Hethiter Ephron zum Erbbegräbnis gekauft hat.
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.
Dort haben sie Abraham und sein Weib Sara bestattet; dort haben sie Isaak und sein Weib Rebeka bestattet, und dort habe ich Lea bestattet,
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.”
auf dem Grundstück, das mit der Höhle darauf von den Hethitern erkauft wurde.
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Als aber Jakob mit den Aufträgen an seine Söhne zu Ende war, legte er sich zurück auf das Bett und verschied und ging ein zu seinen Stammesgenossen.
