Genesis 49
1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Sēkope ki hono ngaahi foha, ʻo pehē, “Mou fakataha mai, koeʻuhi ke u fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻaia ʻe hoko kiate kimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui.
2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
“ʻAe ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope, mou fakakātoa ʻakinautolu ʻo fanongo: pea fakafanongo kia ʻIsileli ko hoʻomou tamai.
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
“Ko Lupeni, ko hoku ʻuluaki koe, ko hoku mālohi, mo e kamataʻanga ʻo hoku mālohi, ko e lelei mo e ngalingali ʻeiki, mo e fungani ʻoe mālohi.
4 Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
ʻOku ke ngaueue koe ʻo hangē ko e vai, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke hoko ʻo lelei; koeʻuhi naʻa ke ʻalu ki he mohenga ʻo hoʻo tamai; pea naʻa ke fakaʻuliʻi ia: naʻa ke ʻalu ki hoku tokotoʻanga.
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
“Ko Simione mo Livai ko e ongo tokoua; ʻoku ʻi heʻena fakakaukau ʻae ngaahi meʻa tautea fakamamahi.
6 My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
Ko hoku laumālie, ʻoua naʻa ke fie kau ki heʻena fakalilolilo; ko hoku ongoongolelei, ʻoua naʻa ke kau mo hona fakataha, he naʻa na tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻi heʻena ʻita, pea ʻi hona loto lahi, naʻa na holoki hifo ʻae ʻā maka.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Malaʻia ki heʻena ʻita, he naʻe kakaha ia: mo ʻena lili he naʻe taʻeʻofa ia: te u tufa ʻakinaua ʻi Sēkope, mo veteki ʻakinaua ʻi ʻIsileli.
8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
“Ko koe Siuta, ʻe fakamālō ki ai ʻa ho ngaahi tokoua; ʻe ʻi he kia ʻo ho ngaahi fili ʻa ho nima; ʻe punou kiate koe ʻae ngaahi fānau ʻa hoʻo tamai.
9 Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
Ko e ʻuhiki laione ʻa Siuta: ko hoku foha kuo ke ʻalu hake mei he tamatea: naʻa ne tulolo, ʻo tokoto ʻo hangē ko e laione, pea hangē ko e laione motuʻa; pea ko hai te ne ueʻi hake ia?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
E ʻikai mole ʻae tokotoko ʻoe pule ia Siuta, pe ha taha ke foaki ʻae fono mei hono vaʻe, kaeʻoua ke hāʻele mai ʻa Sailo; pea ʻe ʻiate ia ʻae tānaki fakataha ʻoe kakai.
11 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Te ne noʻotaki ʻene ʻuhiki ki he vaine, mo ʻene ʻuhiki ʻasi ki he vaine mātuʻaki lelei; te ne fō hono ngaahi kofu ʻi he uaine, mo hono ngaahi kofu ʻi he toto ʻoe kālepi.
12 His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
E kulokula hono mata ʻi he uaine, pea ʻe hinehina hono nifo ʻi he huʻahuhu.
13 “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
“E nofo ʻa Sepuloni ʻi he taulanga ki tahi; pea ko e taulanga ia ki he ngaahi vaka: pea ʻe aʻu atu ʻa hono ngataʻanga ki Saitoni.
14 “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
“Ko e ʻasi mālohi ʻa ʻIsaka, ʻoku tokoto ia ʻi he tauloto ʻoe kavenga ʻe ua.
15 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
Pea ʻe pehē ʻe ia ʻoku lelei ʻae fiemālie, pea ʻoku mata lelei ʻae fonua; pea ʻe fakapunou hifo hono uma ke haʻamo, pea ʻe hoko ia ko e tamaioʻeiki ki he tukuhau.
16 “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
“E fakamaau hono kakai ʻe Tani, ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha ʻae faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli.
17 Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
Ko e ngata fekai ʻa Tani ʻi he veʻehala, ko e ngata ia ʻi he hala, ʻoku ne uʻu ʻae mui vaʻe ʻoe hoosi, ko ia ʻe hinga ki mui ai ʻae tangata heka hoosi.
18 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
“Kuo u tatali ki hoʻo fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova.
19 “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
“Ko Kata, ʻe lavaʻi ia ʻe ha kongakau, ka te ne toki ikuna ʻamui.
20 “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
“E tupu ia ʻAseli ʻae mā lelei, pea ʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻakai fakaʻeiʻeiki.
21 “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
“Ko e hainiti ʻa Nafitali kuo vete ange: ʻoku ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea lelei.
22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
“Ko e vaʻa fua lahi ʻa Siosefa, ʻio, ko e vaʻa fua ia ʻoku ofi ki he vai; ʻoku kaka hake hono ngaahi vaʻa ʻi he funga ʻā.
23 The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
Kuo fakamamahi lahi ia ʻe he kau tangata fana, ʻo nau fanaʻi ia, mo fehiʻa kiate ia:
24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Ka naʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻene kaufana ʻi he mālohi, pea naʻe fakamālohi ʻae kupuʻi nima ʻo hono nima, ʻe he nima ʻoe Māfimafi ʻo Sēkope. ʻOku mei ai ʻae Tauhi, ko e Maka ʻo ʻIsileli:
25 even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
ʻIo, mei he ʻOtua ʻo hoʻo tamai, ʻaia te ne tokoniʻi koe; pea ʻi he Māfimafi, ʻaia te ne tāpuaki koe ʻaki ʻae ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoe langi mei ʻolunga, mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoe loloto ʻoku ʻi lalo, mo e tāpuaki ʻoe ngaahi huhu, pea mo e manāva:
26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
Ko e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa hoʻo tamai kuo māhilihili ia ki ʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa hoʻo ngaahi kui, ʻo aʻu ki he mātuʻaki ngataʻanga mamaʻo ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga taʻengata; te nau ʻi he ʻulu ʻo Siosefa, pea ki he tumuʻaki ʻoe ʻulu ʻo ia naʻe vaheʻi mei hono ngaahi tokoua.
27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
“E ʻuakai ʻa Penisimani ʻo hangē ko e ulofi: te ne kai ʻi he pongipongi ʻaia kuo ne maʻu, pea te ne tufa ʻi he pō ʻae koloa kuo vete.”
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.
Ko e ngaahi faʻahinga ʻe hongofulu ma ua eni ʻo ʻIsileli; pea ko eni ia naʻe lea ʻaki ʻe heʻenau tamai kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne tāpuaki ʻaki ʻakinautolu; naʻa ne tāpuaki ʻakinautolu taki taha, ʻo fakatatau ki hono tāpuaki ʻoʻona.
29 He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Pea fonosia ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne pehē: “E tānaki au ki hoku kakai ka mou tanu au mo ʻeku ngaahi tamai ʻi he ʻana ʻoku ʻi he ngoue ʻa ʻEfilone ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Heti.
30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
ʻI he ʻana ʻoku ʻi he ngoue ʻi Makipila, ʻaia ʻoku hanga atu ki Mamili, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ʻaia naʻe fakatau ʻe ʻEpalahame, mo e ngoue ʻa ʻEfilone ʻoe kau Heti, ko e potu maʻana ko e tanuʻanga.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
Naʻa nau tanu ʻi ai ʻa ʻEpalahame mo hono uaifi ko Sela; pea naʻa nau tanu ʻi ai ʻa ʻAisake mo hono uaifi ko Lepeka pea naʻaku tanu ʻi ai ʻa Lia.
32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
Naʻe fakatau ʻae ngoue mo e ʻana ʻoku ʻi ai, mei he fānau ʻa Heti.”
33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
Pea kuo fakaʻosi ʻe Sēkope ʻene fekau ki hono ngaahi foha, pea naʻa ne hamusi hake hono vaʻe ʻi he mohenga, pea tukuange ʻe ia hono laumālie, pea naʻe tānaki ia ki hono kakai.
