Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Basa naa ma, Yakob denu roꞌe basa ana nara. Ara rema ma, nafadꞌe nae, “Ana nggare! Ima miꞌibꞌue deka mo au dei. Au ae ufadꞌe hei esa-esaꞌ dala masodꞌa na sia fai maꞌabui na.”
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.
Basa ma Yakob nafadꞌe memaꞌ ana nara nae, “Taꞌo ia! Yakob ana nara! Ima, mimbiriiꞌ rereoꞌ au. Rena ama ma Israꞌel oꞌolaꞌ na.
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! Ho ia, au ana ulu ngga! Au teteas ngga, ma lima ona ngga. Atahori fee hadat lenaꞌ neu nggo.
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.
Te rala ma nda matetuꞌ sa, nda mitaꞌ mae hihii-nanau ma bee sa boe, onaꞌ tasiꞌ ree na neu-nema. Aiboiꞌ ma, muu sungguꞌ mo sao ngga Bilha, de munggenggeo ama ma koi na. Naa de, ho panggat aꞌa ma mopo e.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Simeon ma Lewi! Hei ruꞌa nggi ona esaꞌ, huu ama akaꞌ mae mitati, tao miꞌisususaꞌ atahori.
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).
Hei maꞌahe tati miꞌetuꞌ sapi ra ei ua nara, fo ara sorereo reuꞌ a mamana nara. Hei deꞌulaka mara fai, hei miminasa seli ma henggu nisi mara, losa misa atahori ra. Naa de, au nda nau rena hei oꞌola mara sa. Au o nda nau sambor o hei dedꞌea ma sa.
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.’
De ia naa, au sumba-ndoo nasaborii mara, huu naseliꞌ ena. Ma nasa mara nda miꞌena sue-laiꞌ mbei sa boe. Dei fo mesaꞌ nggi lemba-dꞌoi deꞌulaka mara naa. Lamatualain mbia-nggari tititi-nonosi mara, fo ara leo nggari-nggari sudꞌiꞌ a bee reu sia rae Israꞌel.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Yahuda! Nara ma sosoa na nae ‘koa-kio’. Dei fo odꞌi-aꞌa mara koa ma fee hadat neu nggo. Boe ma ho tuni-ndeni musu mara, losa ara nda botiꞌ rala langga nara sa.
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].
Ho onaꞌ a meoaku manaseliꞌ, sangga nanaat ao ma. Meoaku mone lea ao na fo nae sungguꞌ, ma nda hambu atahori rambarani reti ngganggu sa. Meoaku ine nanea ana na, ma nda hambu atahori rambarani reti ngganggu sa. Atahori o ramatau nggo, de nda rambarani tao mataꞌ-mataꞌ neu nggo sa.
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.
Dei fo ho ia, toꞌu parendaꞌ. Tititi-nonosi mara boe o toꞌu parendaꞌ tungga-tungga, losa esa mana naena hak manaseliꞌ endoꞌ toꞌu parendaꞌ naa. Basa leo ra ramahere ma rena e.
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].
Dei fo musodꞌa no nemehoꞌot. Hii saa, naa, akaꞌ a sia. Mae tao saa o, dadꞌiꞌ a. Banda mara, no osi ra mbule-bꞌoa nara o nae na seli, losa leꞌa-nggari.
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].
Ho nana-nininu mara, maladꞌa-maladꞌaꞌ, nda basa-bꞌasa sa.
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].
Sebulon! Ho rae-oe mara loa na seli, deka noꞌ a tasiꞌ, natooꞌ no kota Sidꞌon. Ofai mia bee-bꞌee rema nggari nafuꞌ no leo nenee sia namo ma.
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]!
Isaskar! Ho ia, onaꞌ banda keledei maꞌadereꞌ, huu langga fatu ma nda nenelabꞌan sa. Mete ma keledei luꞌu sia dalaꞌ taladꞌa na, esa o nda bisa nafefelaꞌ e sa, fo laoꞌ nakandoo fai. Mete ma keledei nita kambo maloleꞌ sia seriꞌ na, naa, nda denu sa o, lemba nala neꞌefufuan fo lao neuꞌ ena. Ho, onaꞌ naa boe.
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.
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! Nara ma sosoa na ‘mana nggero’. Ho ia, mo tititi-nonosi mara, dei fo miꞌetuꞌ Israꞌel ra dedꞌea nda misilaꞌe esa saꞌ boe.
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].”
Ho ia onaꞌ mengge mana sungguꞌ sia dalaꞌ suu na. Mete ma atahori sae ndara tungga naa, aiboiꞌ na, mengge a ero ndara ei na, de atahori naa tudꞌa. Ho o muꞌutetee hahambuꞌ, naa mata muu.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
LAMATUALAIN! Au hule-huleꞌ fo fee masodꞌaꞌ neu basa hai.
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! Nara ma lii na naeꞌ a onaꞌ a ‘netati’. Dei fo mana rambok ra ratati ro nggo, te mutati musenggiꞌ se.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Aser! Dei fo osi mara mbule-bꞌoa nara malole na seli. Losa ho bisa tao kokis mataꞌ-mataꞌ, fo maneꞌ ra rema hasa sia nggo.
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! Ho ia, onaꞌ banda rusa ine mana nela fuiꞌ, huu nda hambu atahori ralalao nggo sa. Ho o bꞌonggi mala ana mara akaꞌ a meulauꞌ ra.
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! Ho onaꞌ hau huu mana malonggeꞌ nasodꞌa deka no oe mataꞌ. Ho dꞌana mara nama risiꞌ lutu naruꞌ.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Hambu atahori fua rala mera nara neu nggo, onaꞌ musu a busu nggo.
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.
Te Lamatualain fo au umuhereꞌ a, tulu-fali nggo. Ana tao lima ma maꞌadereꞌ, fo busu labꞌan baliꞌ se. Mae mia dꞌoo-dꞌooꞌ o, ho musenggiꞌ se, huu Lamatualain tulun nggo. Koasa Na memaꞌ manaseliꞌ tebꞌe. De au umuhena E, huu Ana mana nanea au.
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).
Dei fo Ana nanea nggo. Ana fee nggo papala-babꞌanggiꞌ mia lalai ma raefafoꞌ. Ana o fee papala-babꞌanggiꞌ fo bꞌonggi anaꞌ ao meulauꞌ hetar.
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].
Mbuku-leteꞌ ra nda mopo sa. Ma au papala-babꞌanggi ngga ia, naeꞌ lenaꞌ basa papala-babꞌanggi mia mbuku-leteꞌ ra! Basa papala-babꞌanggiꞌ ia ra, mbori-mboꞌa neu nggo, huu ho manaseliꞌ lenaꞌ odꞌi-aꞌa mara.
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! Mbarani ma onaꞌ busa fui mana ndoeꞌ. Feꞌe fefetuꞌ, ana neu sombu nala nanaat na ena. Te mete ma tetembaꞌ, ana neu babanggi sisa-sisa nara, fee ana nara. Tititi-nonosi mara o manaseliꞌ onaꞌ naa boe!”
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.
No taꞌo naa, Yakob nafadꞌe memaꞌ ana nara dala masodꞌa nara sia fai maꞌabui na, esa-esaꞌ no tititi-nonosi na. Basa se mana raꞌondaꞌ leo Israꞌel kasanahulu ruaꞌ ra.
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.
Basa boe ma, Yakob noꞌe ana nara fo helu nae, “Nda dooꞌ sa te, au mate. Mete ma au mate, naa hei musi miꞌoi au sia Baꞌi Abraham rates na. Rates naa sia luat, deka no kambo Makpela no Mamre sia rae Kanaꞌan. Maꞌahulu na, Baꞌi Abraham hasa luat naa no osi fo tao neu mamana rates. Ana hasa etu mia atahori Het, naran Efron.
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.
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.
Sia naa raꞌoi hita baꞌi Abraham no bei Sara, ma ama ngga Isak no ina ngga Ribka. Dadꞌi hei musi miꞌoi au sia naa, sia sao ngga Lea bobꞌoa na.
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.”
De hei afiꞌ liliiꞌ miꞌoi au sia luat fo baꞌi Abraham hasa nalaꞌ naa.”
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Yakob olaꞌ basa ma, ana sungguꞌ bali neu koi, ma mate e boe.
