Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Poi Giacobbe chiamò i suoi figliuoli, e disse: “Adunatevi, e vi annunzierò ciò che vi avverrà ne’ giorni a venire.
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.
Adunatevi e ascoltate, o figliuoli di Giacobbe! Date ascolto a Israele, vostro padre!
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, tu sei il mio primogenito, la mia forza, la primizia del mio vigore, eminente in dignità ed eminente in forza.
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.
Impetuoso come l’acqua, tu non avrai la preeminenza, perché sei salito sul letto di tuo padre. Allora tu l’hai profanato. Egli è salito sul mio letto.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Simeone e Levi sono fratelli: le loro spade sono strumenti di violenza.
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).
Non entri l’anima mia nel loro consiglio segreto, non si unisca la mia gloria alla loro raunanza! Poiché nella loro ira hanno ucciso degli uomini, e nel loro mal animo han tagliato i garetti ai tori.
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.’
Maledetta l’ira loro, perch’è stata violenta, e il loro furore perch’è stato crudele! Io li dividerò in Giacobbe, e li disperderò in Israele.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Giuda, te loderanno i tuoi fratelli; la tua mano sarà sulla cervice de’ tuoi nemici; i figliuoli di tuo padre si prostreranno dinanzi a te.
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].
Giuda è un giovine leone; tu risali dalla preda, figliuol mio; egli si china, s’accovaccia come un leone, come una leonessa: chi lo farà levare?
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.
Lo scettro non sarà rimosso da Giuda, né il bastone del comando di fra i suoi piedi, finché venga Colui che darà il riposo, e al quale ubbidiranno i popoli.
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].
Egli lega il suo asinello alla vite, e il puledro della sua asina, alla vite migliore; lava la sua veste col vino, e il suo manto col sangue dell’uva.
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].
Egli ha gli occhi rossi dal vino, e i denti bianchi dal latte.
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].
Zabulon abiterà sulla costa dei mari; sarà sulla costa ove convengon le navi, e il suo fianco s’appoggerà a 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]!
Issacar è un asino robusto, sdraiato fra i tramezzi del chiuso.
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.
Egli ha visto che il riposo è buono, e che il paese è ameno; ha curvato la spalla per portare il peso, ed è divenuto un servo forzato al lavoro.
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 giudicherà il suo popolo, come una delle tribù d’Israele.
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 sarà una serpe sulla strada, una cerasta sul sentiero, che morde i talloni del cavallo, sì che il cavaliere cade all’indietro.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Io ho aspettato la tua salvezza, o Eterno!
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, l’assaliranno delle bande armate, ma egli a sua volta le assalirà, e le inseguirà.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Da Ascer verrà il pane saporito, ed ei fornirà delizie reali.
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].
Neftali è una cerva messa in libertà; egli dice delle belle parole.
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.
Giuseppe e un ramo d’albero fruttifero; un ramo d’albero fruttifero vicino a una sorgente; i suoi rami si stendono sopra il muro.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Gli arcieri l’hanno provocato, gli han lanciato dei dardi, l’hanno perseguitato;
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.
ma l’arco suo è rimasto saldo; le sue braccia e le sue mani sono state rinforzate dalle mani del Potente di Giacobbe, da colui ch’è il pastore e la roccia d’Israele,
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).
dall’Iddio di tuo padre che t’aiuterà, e dall’Altissimo che ti benedirà con benedizioni del cielo di sopra, con benedizioni dell’abisso che giace di sotto, con benedizioni delle mammelle e del seno materno.
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].
Le benedizioni di tuo padre sorpassano le benedizioni dei miei progenitori, fino a raggiunger la cima delle colline eterne. Esse saranno sul capo di Giuseppe, sulla fronte del principe de’ suoi fratelli.
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.”
Beniamino è un lupo rapace; la mattina divora la preda, e la sera spartisce le spoglie”.
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.
Tutti costoro sono gli antenati delle dodici tribù d’Israele; e questo è quello che il loro padre disse loro, quando li benedisse. Li benedisse, dando a ciascuno la sua benedizione particolare.
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.
Poi dette loro i suoi ordini, e disse: “Io sto per essere riunito al mio popolo; seppellitemi coi miei padri nella spelonca ch’è nel campo di Efron lo Hitteo,
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.
nella spelonca ch’è nel campo di Macpela, dirimpetto a Mamre, nel paese di Canaan, la quale Abrahamo comprò, col campo, da Efron lo Hitteo, come sepolcro di sua proprietà.
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.
Quivi furon sepolti Abrahamo e Sara sua moglie; quivi furon sepolti Isacco e Rebecca sua moglie, e quivi io seppellii 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.”
Il campo e la spelonca che vi si trova, furon comprati dai figliuoli di Heth”.
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Quando Giacobbe ebbe finito di dare questi ordini ai suoi figliuoli, ritirò i piedi entrò il letto, e spirò, e fu riunito al suo popolo.
