Mose 1 49
1 Yakob yɔ via ŋutsuwo katã ƒo ƒu, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miƒo ƒu ɖe ŋunye, eye magblɔ nu siwo ava adzɔ ɖe mia dzi le ɣeyiɣi si gbɔna me la na mi.
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Miɖo tom, Yakob ƒe viwo, miɖo to Israel, mia fofo.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 “Ruben, wòe nye nye viŋutsu tsitsitɔ, nye ɖekakpuimevi. Wòe nye ta le tsitsi kple bubu nu.
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power [should be thine].
4 Ke mèdzea akɔ anyi o; èle abe ƒutsotsoe nyanyra ene; màgadze gbãtɔ azɔ o. Maɖiɖi wò, elabena ède asi srɔ̃nyewo dometɔ ɖeka ŋu, eye nèto esia me ɖi gbɔ̃m.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excellence; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou the one who ascended my couch.
5 “Simeon kple Levi ƒe nɔnɔme sɔ. Wonye ame siwo wɔa sesẽnu kple nu madzɔmadzɔ.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords.
6 O, nye luʋɔ, ɖe ɖa le ame siawo ŋu. Nyematɔ ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖiwo dzi gbeɖe o. Elabena wowu ame aɖe le woƒe dɔmedzoe me, eye wode abi nyiwo ŋu dzodzro abe fefenu ene.
Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their self-will they lamed the ox.
7 Woaƒo fi ade woƒe dɔmedzoe, elabena enu sesẽ, eye wòvɔ̃ɖi. Mama wo ɖe Yakob ƒe viwo dome, eye makaka woƒe dzidzimeviwo le Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 “Yuda, nɔviwòwo akafu wò; àtsrɔ̃ wò futɔwo. Fofowòviwo ade ta agu na wò.
Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father's children shall bow down unto thee.
9 Yuda nye dzatavi; si wu nu si wòlé la ɖuɖu nu. Etsyɔ akɔ anyi abe dzatatsu ene; eye abe dzatanɔ ene–ame kae ake atse anyɔe?
Like a lion's whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?
10 Atamkayi maɖe ɖa le Yuda o va se ɖe esime ame si tututu tɔ wònye la nava, ame si amewo katã abu.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Ede ka eƒe tedzivi ɖe wainti nyuitɔ ŋu, eye wònya eƒe awuwo le wain me.
He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass's colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;
12 Eƒe ŋkuwo biã wu wain, eye eƒe aɖuwo fu wu notsi.
His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.
13 “Zebulon anɔ ƒuta, eye wòanye tɔdziʋuwo dzeƒe. Eƒe anyigba akeke ade keke Sidon.
Zebulun shall dwell at the margin of the seas; and he shall be at the haven of ships; and his border shall be near to Zidon.
14 “Isaka nye tedzi agbatsɔlã sesẽ aɖe si le dzudzɔm le lãkpowo dome.
Issachar is a strong-boned ass, couching down between the stables.
15 Esi wòkpɔ ale si teƒea nya kpɔna kple ale si anyigba la nyoe la, elɔ̃ dze dɔ la dzi, eye wòsubɔ eƒe aƒetɔ kple ŋusẽ.
And when he saw the resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant, he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16 “Dan aɖu eƒe amewo dzi abe Israel ƒe to bubu ɖe sia ɖe ene.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Anye da si ɖua afɔkpodzi na sɔ le mɔ dzi, eye sɔdola dzea anyi la.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder on the path, that biteth the horse in the heels, so that his rider falleth backward.
18 Yehowa, wò ɖeɖe la ko mele mɔ kpɔm na.
For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.
19 “Adzoblasuwo ƒe ha adze Gad dzi, ke eya anya wo ɖe du nu.
Gad, troops will band against him; but he shall wound their heel.
20 “Aser la, nuɖuɖu siwo nyo na fiawo la aʋã nɛ fũu.
Out of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 “Naftali nye zinɔ si ɖea abla, eye wògblɔa nya viviwo la.
Naphtali is [like] a fleet hind; he bringeth pleasant words.
22 “Yosef nye kutsetseti aɖe si le tsi dzidzi to, eɖe alɔwo, eye wòɖo vɔvɔli ɖe gliwo dzi.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.
23 Ame siwo da aŋutrɔe, eye woti eyome la wɔ nuvevii.
And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.
24 Gake eƒe asi li ɖe eƒe dati ŋu goŋgoŋ eye eƒe asi le tsɔtsɔm elabena Yakob ƒe Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ, alẽkplɔla la kple Israel ƒe Agakpe
But his bow abode in strength, and his arm and his hands remained firm; from the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from there thou becamest the shepherd, the stone of Israel.
25 Mia fofowo ƒe Mawu, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la nakɔ dziƒoyayrawo kple anyigbadziyayrawo ɖe dziwò duu, wòana nàdzi asɔ gbɔ,
From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;
26 wòana nuɖuɖu kple seƒoƒowo nawɔ na wò fũu, eye wòatsɔ yayra siwo ade kekeke togbɛ siwo anɔ anyi tegbee ƒe liƒowo dzi la na wò. Yayra siawoe ava Yosef, ame si woɖe aboyoe le nɔviawo dome la dzi.
With the blessings of thy father that have excelled the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: these shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.
27 “Benyamin nye amegaxi si léa nu. Evuvua eƒe futɔwo le ŋdi, eye wòmaa nu si wòlé la le fiẽ.”
Benjamin shall be as a wolf that rendeth: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.
28 Esiawoe nye yayra siwo wo fofo Israel kɔ ɖe via wuieveawo dzi.
All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve in number; and this is what their father spoke unto them, and wherewith he blessed them; every one according to his proper blessing blessed he them.
29 Eye wòɖo nu siawo na wo: “Esusɔ vie mayi tɔgbuinyewo gbɔ. Miɖim ɖe fofonyewo gbɔ ɖe kpeto la me le Efrɔn, Hititɔ la ƒe anyigba dzi,
And he charged them and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me near my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 ɖe kpeto si le Makpela ƒe anyigba si te ɖe Mamre ŋu le Kanaanyigba dzi la. Abraham ƒle teƒe sia abe ameɖiƒe ene le Efrɔn, Hititɔ la gbɔ kpe ɖe anyigba la ŋu.
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession as a burying-place,
31 Afi ma woɖi Abraham kple srɔ̃a Sara ɖo. Afi ma woɖi Isak kple srɔ̃a Rebeka ɖo, eye afi ma ke meɖi Lea hã ɖo.
(There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah, )
32 Enye kpeto si tɔgbuinye Abraham ƒle le Het ƒe viŋutsuwo si.”
Purchasing the field and the cave that is therein from the children of Heth.
33 Esi Yakob wu eƒe nyagblɔɖiawo na viawo nu la, emlɔ anyi azɔ ɖe eƒe abati dzi, eye wòku.
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed; and he departed this life, and was gathered unto his people.
