Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Εκάλεσε δε ο Ιακώβ τους υιούς αυτού και είπε, Συνάχθητε, διά να σας αναγγείλω τι μέλλει να συμβή εις εσάς εν ταις εσχάταις ημέραις·
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.
συνάχθητε και ακούσατε, υιοί του Ιακώβ, και ακροάσθητε τον Ισραήλ τον πατέρα σας.
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.
Ρουβήν ο πρωτότοκός μου, συ ισχύς μου και αρχή των δυνάμεών μου, έξοχος κατά την αξίαν και έξοχος κατά την δύναμιν.
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.
Εξέβρασας ως ύδωρ· δεν θέλεις έχει την υπεροχήν· διότι ανέβης επί την κλίνην του πατρός σου· τότε εμίανας αυτήν· επί την κλίνην μου ανέβη.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Συμεών και Λευΐ οι αδελφοί, όργανα αδικίας είναι αι μάχαιραι αυτών·
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).
εις την βουλήν αυτών μη εισέλθης, ψυχή μου· εις την συνέλευσιν αυτών μη ενωθής, τιμή μου· διότι εν τω θυμώ αυτών εφόνευσαν ανθρώπους και εν τω πείσματι αυτών κατηδάφισαν τείχος.
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.’
Επικατάρατος ο θυμός αυτών, διότι ήτο αυθάδης· και η οργή αυτών, διότι ήτο σκληρά· θέλω διαμοιράσει αυτούς εις τον Ιακώβ, και θέλω διασκορπίσει αυτούς εις τον Ισραήλ.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Ιούδα, σε θέλουσι επαινέσει οι αδελφοί σου· η χειρ σου θέλει είσθαι επί τον τράχηλον των εχθρών σου· οι υιοί του πατρός σου θέλουσι σε προσκυνήσει·
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].
σκύμνος λέοντος είναι ο Ιούδας· εκ του θηρεύματος, υιέ μου, ανέβης· αναπεσών εκοιμήθη ως λέων και ως σκύμνος λέοντος· τις θέλει εγείρει αυτόν;
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.
Δεν θέλει εκλείψει το σκήπτρον εκ του Ιούδα ουδέ νομοθέτης εκ μέσου των ποδών αυτού, εωσού έλθη ο Σηλώ· και εις αυτόν θέλει είσθαι η υπακοή των λαών.
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].
Εις την άμπελον δένει το πωλάριον αυτού, και εις τον εκλεκτόν βλαστόν το παιδίον της όνου αυτού· θέλει πλύνει εν οίνω το ένδυμα αυτού και εν τω αίματι της σταφυλής το περιβόλαιον αυτού·
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].
Οι οφθαλμοί αυτού θέλουσιν είσθαι ερυθροί εκ του οίνου και οι οδόντες αυτού λευκοί εκ του γάλακτος.
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].
Ο Ζαβουλών θέλει κατοικήσει εν λιμένι θαλάσσης και θέλει είσθαι εν λιμένι πλοίων· το δε όριον αυτού θέλει εκταθή έως Σιδώνος.
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]!
Ο Ισσάχαρ είναι όνος δυνατός, κοιτώμενος εν τω μέσω των επαύλεων·
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.
Και ιδών ότι η ανάπαυσις ήτο καλή και ο τόπος τερπνός, έκλινε τον ώμον αυτού εις φορτίον και έγεινε δούλος υποτελής.
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.
Ο Δαν θέλει κρίνει τον λαόν αυτού, ως μία εκ των φυλών του Ισραήλ·
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].”
Ο Δαν θέλει είσθαι όφις επί της οδού, ασπίς επί της τρίβου, δάκνων τας πτέρνας του ίππου, ώστε ο ιππεύς αυτού θέλει πίπτει εις τα οπίσω.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Την σωτηρίαν σου περιέμεινα, Κύριε.
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].
Τον Γαδ θέλουσι πειρατεύσει πειραταί· πλην και αυτός εις το τέλος θέλει πειρατεύσει.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Του Ασήρ ο άρτος θέλει είσθαι παχύς· και αυτός θέλει δίδει βασιλικάς τρυφάς.
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].
Ο Νεφθαλί είναι έλαφος απολελυμένη, δίδων λόγους αρεστούς.
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.
Ο Ιωσήφ, κλάδος καρποφόρος, κλάδος καρποφόρος πλησίον πηγής, του οποίου οι βλαστοί εκτείνονται επί του τοίχου·
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Οι τοξόται επίκραναν αυτόν και ετόξευσαν κατ' αυτού, και εχθρεύθησαν αυτόν.
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.
Αλλά το τόξον αυτού έμεινε δυνατόν και οι βραχίονες των χειρών αυτού ενεδυναμώθησαν διά των χειρών του ισχυρού Θεού του Ιακώβ· εκείθεν ο ποιμήν, η πέτρα του Ισραήλ·
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).
και τούτο διά του Θεού του πατρός σου, όστις θέλει σε βοηθεί, και διά του Παντοδυνάμου, όστις θέλει σε ευλογεί, ευλογίας του ουρανού άνωθεν, ευλογίας της αβύσσου κάτωθεν, ευλογίας των μαστών και της μήτρας·
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].
Αι ευλογίαι του πατρός σου υπερίσχυσαν υπέρ τας ευλογίας των προγόνων μου έως των υψηλών κορυφών των αιωνίων ορέων· θέλουσιν είσθαι επί της κεφαλής του Ιωσήφ και επί της κορυφής του εκλεκτού μεταξύ των αδελφών αυτού.
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.”
Ο Βενιαμίν θέλει είσθαι λύκος άρπαξ· το πρωΐ θέλει κατατρώγει θήραμα, και το εσπέρας θέλει διαιρεί λάφυρα.
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.
Πάντες ούτοι είναι αι δώδεκα φυλαί του Ισραήλ, και τούτο είναι το οποίον ελάλησε προς αυτούς ο πατήρ αυτών και ευλόγησεν αυτούς· έκαστον κατά την ευλογίαν αυτού ευλόγησεν αυτούς.
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.
Και παρήγγειλεν εις αυτούς και είπε προς αυτούς, Εγώ προστίθεμαι εις τον λαόν μου· θάψατέ με μετά των πατέρων μου εν τω σπηλαίω τω εν τω αγρώ Εφρών του Χετταίου·
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.
εν τω σπηλαίω τω εν τω αγρώ Μαχπελάχ τω απέναντι της Μαμβρή εν τη γη Χαναάν, το οποίον ο Αβραάμ ηγόρασε μετά του αγρού παρά του Εφρών του Χετταίου διά κτήμα μνημείου·
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.
εκεί έθαψαν τον Αβραάμ και την Σάρραν την γυναίκα αυτού· εκεί έθαψαν τον Ισαάκ και την Ρεβέκκαν την γυναίκα αυτού· και εκεί έθαψα εγώ την Λείαν·
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.”
η αγορά του αγρού και του σπηλαίου του εν αυτώ έγεινε παρά των υιών του Χετ.
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Και αφού ετελείωσεν ο Ιακώβ παραγγέλλων εις τους υιούς αυτού, έσυρε τους πόδας αυτού επί την κλίνην και εξέπνευσε· και προσετέθη εις τον λαόν αυτού.
