Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
तब याकोब ने अपने बेटों को बुलाकर उनसे कहा: “तुम सब एक साथ आओ, ताकि तुम्हें बता सकूं कि तुम्हारे साथ अब क्या-क्या होगा.
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.
“याकोब के पुत्रो, सुनो तथा अपने पिता इस्राएल की बातों पर ध्यान दो.
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.
“रियूबेन, तुम तो मेरे बड़े बेटे, मेरे बल एवं मेरे पौरुष का फल हो, प्रतिष्ठा और शक्ति का उत्तम भाग तुम ही हो.
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.
जो अशांत पानी के समान उग्र हैं, इसलिये तुम महान न बनोगे, क्योंकि तुमने अपने पिता के बिछौने को अशुद्ध किया.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
“शिमओन तथा लेवी भाई-भाई हैं; उनकी तलवारें हिंसा का साधन हैं.
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).
ऐसा कभी न हो कि मुझे उनकी सभा में जाना पड़े, मैं उनकी सभाओं से न जुडूं, क्योंकि गुस्से में उन्होंने मनुष्यों को मार डाला तथा सनक में उन्होंने बैलों की नसें काट दी.
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.’
शापित है उनका क्रोध जो भीषण हैं और उनका ऐसा गुस्सा, जो निर्दयी और क्रूर है! मैं उन्हें याकोब में बांट दूंगा. और उन्हें इस्राएल में तितर-बितर कर दूंगा.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
“यहूदाह, तुम्हारे भाई तुम्हारी प्रशंसा करेंगे; तुम्हारा हाथ तुम्हारे शत्रुओं की गर्दन पर पड़ेगा; तुम्हारे पिता की अन्य संतान तुम्हारे सम्मान में झुक जाएंगे.
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].
यहूदाह तो जवान सिंह के समान है; हे मेरे पुत्र, तुम अपने शिकार पर खड़े शेर के समान हो जो आराम करने के लिए लेटता है, किसमें उसे छेड़ने का साहस है?
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.
यहूदाह से राजदंड कभी भी अलग न होगा और न ही उसके वंश से शासन का राजदंड, दूर होगा, जब तक वह न आ जाये और राज्य-राज्य के लोग उसके अधीन रहेंगे.
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].
अपने गधे को दाखलता से बांध देता है, तथा गधे के बच्चे को उत्तम दाखलता पर बांधेगा; उसने अपना वस्त्र दाखमधु में धोया है, तथा बाहरी वस्त्र दाखरस में धोया है.
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].
उसकी आंखें दाखमधु से चमकीली तथा, उसके दांत दूध से भी अधिक सफेद होंगे.
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].
“ज़ेबुलून सागर के किनारे रहेगा और इसका समुद्री तट जहाजों के लिए सुरक्षित होगा, और उसकी सीमा सीदोन देश तक फैल जायेगी.
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]!
“इस्साखार एक बलवंत गधा है, वह पशुओं के बाड़े के बीच रहता है.
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.
जब उसने देखा कि आराम करने की जगह ठीक है, कि भूमि सुखदाई है, तब उसने अपने कंधे को बोझ उठाने के लिए झुका दिया और वह बेगार का दास बन जायेगा.
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.
“दान अपने लोगों का न्याय इस्राएल के एक गोत्र जैसा करेगा.
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].”
दान मार्ग का एक सांप होगा, पथ पर एक सर्प! वह घोड़े की एड़ी को डसता है, और सवार अचानक गिर जाता है.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
“हे याहवेह, मैं आपके उद्धार की बाट जोहता हूं.
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].
“गाद पर छापामार छापा मारेंगे, किंतु वह भी उनकी एड़ी पर मारेगा.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
“आशेर का अन्न बहुत उत्तम होगा और वह राजसी भोजन उपलब्ध कराएगा.
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].
“नफताली छोड़ी हुई हिरणी के समान है जो सुंदर बच्चों को जन्म देती है.
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.
“योसेफ़ तो फल से भरी एक शाखा है जो सोते के पास लगी हुई फलवंत लता की एक शाखा है जो बाड़े के सहारे चढ़ी हैं.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
धनुष चलानेवाले ने धनुष चलाया और तीर छोड़ा और लगकर दर्द हुआ.
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.
परंतु उसका धनुष दृढ़ रहा, उसकी बांहें मजबूत रहीं, यह याकोब के सर्वशक्तिमान परमेश्वर की ओर से था, जो इस्राएल के चरवाहे तथा चट्टान हैं.
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).
तुम्हारे पिता के परमेश्वर की ओर से, जो तुम्हारे सहायक हैं तथा उस सर्वशक्तिमान से जो स्वर्गीय आशीषों से तुम्हें आशीषित करेंगे, वे आशीषें, जो नीचे गहराइयों से आती हैं, स्तनों तथा गर्भ की आशीषें देगा.
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].
तुम्हारे पिता की आशीषें तो मेरे पूर्वजों के पहाड़ों से बढ़कर हैं ये अनंत पर्वतों से संबंधित आशीषों से बढ़कर हैं. ये ही आशीषें योसेफ़ पर प्रकट होकर उसके सिर का मुकुट बनें, जो सब भाइयों से प्रतिष्ठित हुआ है.
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.”
“बिन्यामिन एक क्रूर भेड़िया है; सवेरे वह अहेर का सेवन करता है, शाम को वह लूट सामग्री बांटा करता है.”
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.
ये सभी इस्राएल के बारह गोत्र हैं उनके पिता ने उनके बारे में तब कहा जब वह उन्हें आशीष दे रहे थे, और उनमें से एक-एक को इन्हीं वचनों से आशीष दी.
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.
तब इस्राएल ने कहा, “मुझे मेरे पूर्वजों की उसी गुफ़ा में दफनाना, जो एफ्रोन हित्ती के खेत में है,
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.
कनान देश में उस कब्रस्थान में, जो माखपेलाह के खेत में, ममरे के पास है, जिसे अब्राहाम ने हित्ती एफ्रोन से खरीदा था.
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.
वहां उन्होंने अब्राहाम तथा उनकी पत्नी साराह को दफनाया था, वहीं उन्होंने यित्सहाक तथा उनकी पत्नी रेबेकाह को दफनाया तथा वहीं मैंने लियाह को भी दफनाया है;
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.”
वह खेत गुफा सहित हित्तियों से खरीदा है.”
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
जब याकोब अपने पुत्रों को ये आदेश दे चुके, तब उन्होंने अपने पैर अपने बिछौने पर कर लिए तथा आखिरी सांस ली, वे अपने पूर्वजों से जा मिले.
