Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Yakub memanggil anak-anaknya untuk berkumpul lalu berpesan kepada mereka, “Anak-anakku, aku hendak menyampaikan apa yang akan terjadi kepada kalian di masa mendatang.
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.
Berkumpullah, hai anak-anak Yakub, dengarkanlah Israel, ayahmu.
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, kamulah anak sulungku yang lahir ketika aku masih muda. Kamu yang seharusnya paling dihormati dan yang terkuat dari semua anakku.
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.
Tetapi kamu tidak dapat dikendalikan, bagaikan banjir yang tidak bisa dibendung. Kamu sudah melakukan dosa yang sangat memalukan dengan meniduri salah seorang istriku! Karena itu, kamu dan keturunanmu tidak akan menjadi yang terutama dan tidak akan memimpin adik-adikmu.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Simeon dan Lewi— kakak beradik yang menggunakan pedang untuk melakukan kekerasan—
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).
aku tidak mau terlibat dalam persekongkolan kalian ataupun bersepakat dengan kalian dalam rencana yang jahat. Kalian berdua sudah membunuh orang karena amarah dan melumpuhkan banteng sebagai hiburan.
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.’
Terkutuklah amarah kalian yang begitu keji dan tidak dapat dikendalikan. Aku akan menyebarkan keturunan kalian di antara suku-suku dari keturunanku yang lain, dan mencerai-beraikan keturunan kalian di antara bangsa 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.
Yehuda, saudara-saudaramu memujimu! Keturunanmu akan menaklukkan musuh-musuh. Anak-anakku yang lain akan tunduk kepadamu.
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].
Kekuasaan suku Yehuda bagaikan seekor singa muda yang beristirahat sesudah mencabik dan puas memakan mangsanya. Tidak ada seorang pun yang akan berani mengganggu kalian.
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.
Tongkat kerajaan tidak akan beralih dari suku Yehuda, dan keturunannya akan memerintah hingga tiba saatnya kelak datang seseorang yang berhak memiliki tongkat kerajaan itu. Dialah penguasa yang akan ditaati oleh segala bangsa.
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].
Dia akan mengikat keledainya pada pohon anggur pilihan dan mencuci pakaiannya dalam air anggur yang berwarna merah darah.
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].
Matanya indah, lebih gelap daripada air anggur, dan giginya kuat, lebih putih daripada susu.
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].
Zebulon, kamu dan keturunanmu akan hidup makmur di tepi laut dan berdagang dengan kapal-kapal dagang yang berlabuh di lepas pantai. Kalian akan menguasai perdagangan sampai ke batas wilayah Sidon.
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]!
Isakar, kamu dan keturunanmu akan seperti seekor keledai yang kuat tetapi malas. Kalian berbaring di antara keranjang-keranjang bebanmu,
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.
karena kalian melihat tempat bersantaimu itu baik keadaannya dan indah pemandangannya. Oleh sebab itu, kalian akan terpaksa membawa beban pada punggung kalian dan bekerja sebagai budak.
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.
Untuk Dan, kamu beserta keturunanmu akan memimpin dan mengadili suku kalian sendiri, serta hidup seperti suku-suku Israel yang lain.
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].”
Bagaikan ular-ular di pinggir jalan, ular-ular berbisa di tepi jalan setapak, para keturunanmu akan menggigit kaki kuda yang lewat sehingga penunggangnya terlempar ke belakang.”
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Lalu Yakub berdoa, “Ya TUHAN, aku menantikan keselamatan dari Engkau bagi keturunanku.”
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].
Sesudah itu, Yakub melanjutkan penyataan masa depan untuk anak-anaknya yang lain. “Gad, kamu dan keturunanmu akan diserang oleh perampok, tetapi kalian akan berbalik merampok mereka.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Asyer, kamu dan keturunanmu akan menghasilkan bahan makanan yang melimpah dan bermutu tinggi, yang pantas disajikan bagi para raja.
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].
Naftali, kamu dan keturunanmu akan seperti rusa yang bebas berlari, yang menghasilkan keturunan yang gagah.
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.
Yusuf, kamu dan keturunanmu akan seperti pohon yang subur di tepi mata air, dengan cabang-cabang yang tumbuh melewati tembok dan berbuah lebat.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Musuh-musuh akan menyerang kalian dengan busur panah mereka dan menganiaya kalian.
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.
Namun, busur kalian tetap kokoh dan lengan kalian tetap kuat. Kekuatan kalian adalah kekuatan dari Yang Mahakuasa, Allah dan Pelindung Yakub. Karena TUHAN bagaikan gembala dan gunung batu tempat perlindungan bagi seluruh Israel.
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).
Biarlah Allahku menolong kalian. Kiranya Allah Yang Mahakuasa memberkati kalian dengan air hujan dari langit dan mata air dari dalam bumi. Dialah yang akan memberkati kalian dengan banyak keturunan dan ternak berlimpah.
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].
Berkat-berkat dari aku, ayahmu, lebih besar dan lebih menguntungkan daripada kelimpahan hasil alam di gunung-gunung dan bukit-bukit yang sudah ada sejak purba kala. Biarlah semua berkat ini dilimpahkan atas kalian, keturunan Yusuf. Kalian akan memimpin di antara saudara-saudaramu sesama bangsa Israel.
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.”
Benyamin, kamu dan keturunanmu akan seperti seekor serigala yang ganas. Pada pagi hari kalian akan menghabisi musuh-musuh kalian, dan pada petang hari kalian akan membagi-bagikan jarahan.”
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.
Itulah nubuatan terakhir Yakub bagi kedua belas suku Israel. Dia memberkati mereka dengan berkat yang sesuai bagi mereka masing-masing.
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.
Kemudian Yakub menyampaikan ucapan terakhirnya kepada mereka, “Sudah dekat waktunya bagiku untuk menyusul nenek moyangku dalam kematian. Kuburkanlah aku bersama nenek moyangku di gua yang dibeli Abraham dari Efron orang Het.
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.
Gua itu berada di Makpela, tidak jauh dari Hebron di Kanaan. Abraham membeli ladang itu dari Efron untuk dijadikan sebagai kuburan keluarga.
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.
Abraham dan Sara istrinya dikuburkan di sana, juga Isak dan istrinya, Ribka. Di sanalah juga aku menguburkan Lea.
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.”
Lahan dan gua itu dibeli dari orang Het. Kuburkanlah aku di sana.”
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Sesudah menyampaikan pesan-pesan terakhirnya, Yakub berbaring lalu meninggal.
