Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Llamó Jacob a sus hijos, y dijo “Reuníos, y os haré conocer las cosas que os han de suceder en los días postreros:
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.
Reuníos y oíd, hijos de Jacob, escuchad a Israel, vuestro 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.
Rubén, tú mi primogénito; mi vigor y el primer fruto de mi fuerza; el primero en dignidad, el primero en 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.
tú que hierves como el agua, no tendrás más la primacía; porque subiste al lecho de tu padre. Lo manchaste, porque subiste a mi lecho.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Simeón y Leví, hermanos; instrumentos inicuos son sus espadas.
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).
¡En su consejo no entres, oh alma mía; honra mía, no te reúnas con su asamblea! porque en su saña mataron hombres, y por su capricho desjarretaron toros.
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.’
¡Maldita su ira, porque fue violenta, y su furor, porque fue cruel! Los dividiré en Jacob, y los esparciré en 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.
A ti, Judá, te alabarán tus hermanos; tu mano pesará sobre la cerviz de tus enemigos; te adorarán los hijos de tu padre.
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].
Cachorro de león es Judá; —¡cómo te levantas, hijo mío, de la presa!— se encorva, echándose como un león, y cual leona, ¿quién le 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.
No se apartará de Judá el cetro, ni el báculo de entre sus pies, hasta que venga Schiloh: a Él obedecerán las naciones.
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].
Él ata a la vid su pollino, y a la cepa el pollino de su asna, lava en vino sus vestidos, y en sangre de uvas su manto.
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].
Sus ojos brillan por el vino, y sus dientes son blancos por la leche.
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].
Zabulón habita en la ribera del mar, en la ribera donde (aportan) las naves; y su flanco se extiende hacia Sidón.
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]!
Isacar es un asno huesudo, que descansa entre los apriscos.
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.
Viendo que el reposo es bueno, y la tierra amena; ofrece su hombro para cargas, y se somete a pagar tributos.
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 juzgará a su pueblo como cualquier otra tribu 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].”
Será Dan una culebra junto al camino, una víbora en la senda, que muerde los talones del caballo, para que caiga hacia atrás su jinete.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Espero tu salvación, Yahvé.
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].
A Gad lo atacan salteadores, mas él asalta su retaguardia.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Aser tiene pan con aceite, proporciona bocados dignos de reyes.
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].
Neftalí es un ciervo suelto; profiere palabras hermosas.
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.
Retoño fecundo es José, retoño de árbol fértil, al borde de una fuente; sus vástagos pasan el muro.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Le causan amarguras, le asaetean, le hostigan los flecheros,
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.
más su arco queda fuerte, y los brazos de sus manos son ágiles, por la ayuda del Fuerte de Jacob, por el Nombre del Pastor, la Roca 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).
El Dios de tu padre te ayudará, y el Todopoderoso te bendecirá con bendiciones celestiales de lo alto, bendiciones del abismo que yace abajo, bendiciones de los pechos y del seno.
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].
Las bendiciones de tu padre superan a las bendiciones de los montes eternos, y los tesoros de los collados perennes. ¡Vengan ellas sobre la cabeza de José, sobre el vértice del príncipe entre sus hermanos!
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.”
Benjamín es un lobo rapaz; por la mañana devora la presa, y a la tarde reparte los despojos.”
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 son las doce tribus de Israel; y esto es lo que les dijo su padre cuando los bendijo: a cada una la bendijo con la bendición que le correspondía.
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.
Y les dio orden, diciéndoles: “Yo voy a reunirme con mi pueblo; sepultadme con mis padres, en la cueva que está en el campo de Efrón el heteo,
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.
en la cueva que está en el campo de Macpelá, frente a Mamré, en el país de Canaán; en el campo que compró Abrahán a Efrón, el heteo, para sepultura propia;
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.
donde sepultaron a Abrahán y a Sara, su mujer, donde sepultaron a Isaac y a Rebeca, su mujer, y donde sepulté yo a Lía;
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.”
en el campo y la cueva que en él hay, que yo he comprado a los hijos de Het.” Y cuando acabó Jacob de dar estas órdenes a sus hijos, recogió sus pies en el lecho y expiró, y se reunió con su pueblo.
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
