Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
И призвал Иаков сыновей своих и сказал: соберитесь, и я возвещу вам, что будет с вами в грядущие дни;
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.
сойдитесь и послушайте, сыны Иакова, послушайте Израиля, отца вашего.
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.
Рувим, первенец мой! ты крепость моя и начаток силы моей, верх достоинства и верх могущества;
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.
но ты бушевал, как вода, - не будешь преимуществовать, ибо ты взошел на ложе отца твоего, ты осквернил постель мою, на которую взошел.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Симеон и Левий братья, орудия жестокости мечи их;
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).
в совет их да не войдет душа моя, и к собранию их да не приобщится слава моя, ибо они во гневе своем убили мужа и по прихоти своей перерезали жилы тельца;
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.’
проклят гнев их, ибо жесток, и ярость их, ибо свирепа; разделю их в Иакове и рассею их в Израиле.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Иуда! тебя восхвалят братья твои. Рука твоя на хребте врагов твоих; поклонятся тебе сыны отца твоего.
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].
Молодой лев Иуда, с добычи, сын мой, поднимается. Преклонился он, лег, как лев и как львица: кто поднимет его?
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.
Не отойдет скипетр от Иуды и законодатель от чресл его, доколе не приидет Примиритель, и Ему покорность народов.
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].
Он привязывает к виноградной лозе осленка своего и к лозе лучшего винограда сына ослицы своей; моет в вине одежду свою и в крови гроздов одеяние свое;
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].
блестящи очи его от вина, и белы зубы его от молока.
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].
Завулон при береге морском будет жить и у пристани корабельной, и предел его до Сидона.
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]!
Иссахар осел крепкий, лежащий между протоками вод;
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.
и увидел он, что покой хорош, и что земля приятна: и преклонил плечи свои для ношения бремени и стал работать в уплату дани.
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.
Дан будет судить народ свой, как одно из колен Израиля;
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].”
Дан будет змеем на дороге, аспидом на пути, уязвляющим ногу коня, так что всадник его упадет назад.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
На помощь твою надеюсь, Господи!
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].
Гад, - толпа будет теснить его, но он оттеснит ее по пятам.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Для Асира - слишком тучен хлеб его, и он будет доставлять царские яства.
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].
Неффалим - теревинф рослый, распускающий прекрасные ветви.
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.
Иосиф - отрасль плодоносного дерева, отрасль плодоносного дерева над источником; ветви его простираются над стеною;
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
огорчали его, и стреляли и враждовали на него стрельцы,
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.
но тверд остался лук его, и крепки мышцы рук его, от рук мощного Бога Иаковлева. Оттуда Пастырь и твердыня Израилева,
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).
от Бога отца твоего, Который и да поможет тебе, и от Всемогущего, Который и да благословит тебя благословениями небесными свыше, благословениями бездны, лежащей долу, благословениями сосцов и утробы,
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].
благословениями отца твоего, которые превышают благословения гор древних и приятности холмов вечных; да будут они на голове Иосифа и на темени избранного между братьями своими.
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.”
Вениамин, хищный волк, утром будет есть ловитву и вечером будет делить добычу.
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.
Вот все двенадцать колен Израилевых; и вот что сказал им отец их; и благословил их, и дал им благословение, каждому свое.
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.
И заповедал он им и сказал им: я прилагаюсь к народу моему; похороните меня с отцами моими в пещере, которая на поле Ефрона Хеттеянина,
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.
в пещере, которая на поле Махпела, что пред Мамре, в земле Ханаанской, которую пещеру купил Авраам с полем у Ефрона Хеттеянина в собственность для погребения;
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.
там похоронили Авраама и Сарру, жену его; там похоронили Исаака и Ревекку, жену его; и там похоронил я Лию;
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.”
это поле и пещера, которая на нем, куплена у сынов Хеттеевых.
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
И окончил Иаков завещание сыновьям своим, и положил ноги свои на постель, и скончался, и приложился к народу своему.
