1 Mose 49
1 Jakob berief nun seine Söhne und sprach: "Versammelt euch, damit ich euch verkünde, was euch begegnet in der Folgezeit.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Schart euch zusammen! Ihr Jakobssöhne, hört! Auf euren Vater Israel hört jetzt!"
“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.
3 "Ruben! Mein Erstling du, du meine Kraft, du Erstling meiner Stärke! Aufrechter Pflock! Du starker Pflock!
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.
4 Des Wassers Überschwang sei nimmer dir zu eigen! Denn du erstiegest deines Vaters Bett, entweihtest mit Gewalt mein Lager."
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.
5 "Simeon und Levi! Das Brüderpaar. Des Unrechts Waffen waren ihre Schwerter.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 Nicht möchte meine Seele ihrem Plane beitreten! Nicht möchte mein Gemüt mit ihrem Anschlag sich befreunden! In ihrem Zorne mordeten sie Männer, verstümmelten in ihrer Laune Stiere.
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).
7 Verflucht ihr Zorn, der stark, ihr Grimm, so hart! Und so verteile ich in Jakob sie, zerstreue sie in Israel."
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.’
8 "Dich, Juda, sollen deine Brüder preisen! Am Nacken deiner Feinde deine Hand! Die Söhne deines Vaters neigen sich vor dir.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
9 Ein junger Leu ist Juda. Mein Sohn, vom Raube stiegest du empor. Er kauert, lagert wie der Leu, wie eine Löwin. Wer mag ihn reizen?
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].
10 Nicht weicht das Zepter je von Juda und nie der Herrscherstab von ihm, bis sein Ersehnter kommt, auf den die Völker hören.
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.
11 Sein Eselsfüllen bindet er an einen Weinstock und an die Edelrebe seiner Eselin Junges. Er wäscht in Wein sein Kleid, im Traubenblute sein Gewand.
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].
12 Von Wein die Augen fröhlich, die Zähne weiß von Milch."
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].
13 "Und Zabulon wohnt an dem Meeresstrand und fährt auf Schiffen, und seine Flanke reicht an Sidon."
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].
14 "Issakar ist ein starker Esel, der zwischen Höhen lagert.
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]!
15 Er fand, daß Ruhe etwas Schönes und daß das Land gar prächtig. So beugte er zum Tragen seinen Nacken und ward ein Fronknecht."
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 "Und Dan schafft seinem Volke Recht, wie einer nur von Israels Stämmen.
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.
17 Am Weg ist eine Schlange Dan und eine Hornviper am Pfad; sie beißt das Roß in seine Hinterfüße, und rückwärts stürzt sein Reiter.
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].”
18 Auf Deine Hilfe hoff ich, Herr."
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 "Den Gad umdrängt die Raubschar; doch schon drängt er dem Nachtrab nach."
[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].
20 "Von Asser stammt gar fette Speise; er liefert königliche Leckerbissen."
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 "Und Naphtali ist eine heilige Hirschkuh, die schöne Lämmer wirft."
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].
22 "Ein Stier ist Joseph, ein Stier an einer Quelle. Jungmänner ziehen gegen diesen Stier.
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.
23 Und ihn bedrängen Pfeilschützen, die ihn beschießen und ihm zusetzen.
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 Doch wird ihr Bogen unbiegsam, und ihrer Hände Arme zittern vor dem Jakobsfürsten und vor des Israelsohnes Hirten.
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.
25 Dir helfe deines Vaters Gott, und der Allmächtige segne dich mit Himmelssegen oben, mit Segnungen der Tiefe drunten, mit Segnungen an Brust und Schoß!
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).
26 Die Segenswünsche deines Vaters, sie übertreffen jene meiner Eltern, den Wunsch der alten Hirten. Gelangen mögen sie auf Josephs Haupt, ja auf den Scheitel des Geweihten unter seinen Brüdern!"
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].
27 "Ein räuberischer Wolf ist Benjamin; am Morgen frißt er Raub und abends teilt er Beute."
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.”
28 All diese sind die zwölf Stämme Israels, und dies war es, was ihr Vater zu ihnen gesprochen hat. Er segnete sie; jeden segnete er mit seinem besonderen Segen.
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.
29 Und er beschied sie und sprach zu ihnen: "Ich gehe nun zu meinem Volke ein. Begrabet mich bei meinen Vätern in der Höhle auf dem Feld des Chittiters Ephron,
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.
30 in jener Höhle auf dem Feld der Makpela, Mamre gegenüber im Lande Kanaan, auf jenem Feld, das Abraham von dem Chittiter Ephron zum Erbbegräbnis gekauft!
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 Dort hat man Abraham begraben und sein Weib Sara. Dort hat man Isaak begraben und sein Weib Rebekka; dort habe auch ich Lea begraben,
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.
32 auf jenem Felde und in der Höhle, die von den Söhnen Chets stammt."
That field and the cave in it were bought from the Heth people-group; so that is where I want you to bury me.”
33 Als Jakob die Aufträge an seine Söhne beendet hatte, zog er seine Füße auf dem Bett ein, verschied und ward zu seinen Vätern versammelt.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
