Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Jacob chamou seus filhos, e disse: “Reúnam-se, para que eu possa dizer-lhes o que lhes acontecerá nos próximos dias”.
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.
Reúnam-se, e ouçam, filhos de Jacob. Ouça Israel, seu pai.
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.
“Reuben, você é meu primogênito, minha força e o começo de minha força, Excesso de dignidade e excitação no poder.
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.
Boiling como a água, você não deve se sobressair, porque você foi para a cama do seu pai, depois a sujou. Ele foi até o meu sofá.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
“Simeon e Levi são irmãos. Suas espadas são armas de violência.
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).
Minha alma, não venha ao conselho deles. Minha glória, não se unam à sua assembléia; pois em sua raiva mataram homens. Em sua vontade própria, eles manietaram o gado.
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.’
Amaldiçoada seja a raiva deles, pois foi feroz; e sua ira, pois foi cruel. Vou dividi-los em Jacob, e os espalhe em 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.
“Judah, seus irmãos o elogiarão. Sua mão estará sobre o pescoço de seus inimigos. Os filhos de seu pai se curvarão diante de você.
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].
Judah é uma cria de leão. Da presa, meu filho, você subiu. Ele abaixou-se, agachou-se como um leão, como uma leoa. Quem o despertará?
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.
O ceptro não se afastará de Judá, nem o bastão do governante entre seus pés, até que ele venha a quem pertence. A obediência dos povos será para ele.
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].
Ligando seu potro à videira, o potro de seu burro para a videira escolhida, ele lavou suas peças de vestuário em vinho, suas vestes no sangue das uvas.
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].
Seus olhos ficarão vermelhos com vinho, seus dentes brancos com leite.
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].
“Zebulun habitará no paraíso do mar. Ele será para um refúgio de navios. Sua fronteira será em 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]!
“Issachar é um burro forte, deitado entre os alforges.
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.
Ele viu um lugar de descanso, que era bom, a terra, que era agradável. Ele se curva ao peso do peso, e se torna um servo fazendo trabalhos forçados.
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 irá julgar seu povo, como uma das tribos de Israel.
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 será uma serpente na trilha, uma víbora no caminho, que morde os calcanhares do cavalo, para que seu cavaleiro caia para trás.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Esperei por sua salvação, Yahweh.
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].
“Uma tropa vai pressionar o Gad, mas ele vai pressionar o calcanhar deles.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
“A comida do Asher será rica. Ele produzirá delicadezas reais.
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 é uma corça libertada, que carrega belos peões.
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.
“Joseph é uma videira frutífera, uma videira frutífera por uma fonte. Seus ramos correm sobre a parede.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
The os arqueiros o entristeceram gravemente, atirou nele, e o perseguiu:
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.
Mas seu arco permaneceu forte. Os braços de suas mãos foram tornados fortes, pelas mãos do Poderoso de Jacob, (de lá é o pastor, a pedra de 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).
mesmo pelo Deus de seu pai, que o ajudará, pelo Todo-Poderoso, que o abençoará, com as bênçãos do céu acima, bênçãos das profundezas que se encontram abaixo, bênçãos dos seios, e do útero.
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].
As bênçãos de seu pai prevaleceram sobre as bênçãos de meus antepassados, acima dos limites das colinas antigas. Eles ficarão na cabeça de José, sobre a coroa da cabeça daquele que está separado de seus irmãos.
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 é um lobo esfomeado. Pela manhã, ele devorará a presa. À noite, ele dividirá o saque”.
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.
Todas estas são as doze tribos de Israel, e foi isto que seu pai lhes falou, e os abençoou. Ele abençoou a todos de acordo com sua própria bênção.
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.
Ele os instruiu e lhes disse: “Vou ser reunido ao meu povo”. Enterrem-me com meus pais na caverna que está no campo de Efron, o hitita,
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.
na caverna que está no campo de Machpelah, que está antes de Mamre, na terra de Canaã, que Abraão comprou com o campo de Efron, o hitita, como local de sepultamento.
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.
Ali enterraram Abraão e Sara, sua esposa. Ali enterraram Isaac e Rebekah, sua esposa, e ali enterrei Leah:
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.”
o campo e a caverna que lá se encontra, que foi comprada dos filhos de Heth”.
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Quando Jacó terminou de carregar seus filhos, ele levantou os pés na cama, deu seu último suspiro e foi reunido ao seu povo.
