1 Mose 49
1 Und Jakob berief seine Söhne und sprach: Kommt zusammen, daß ich euch kundtue, was euch in künftigen Tagen begegnen wird!
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Versammelt euch und merket auf, ihr Söhne Jakobs, höret auf euren Vater Israel!
“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, du bist mein erstgeborner Sohn, meine Kraft und der Anfang meiner Stärke, von hervorragender Würde und vorzüglicher Kraft.
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 Du warst wie kochendes Wasser, du sollst nicht den Vorzug haben; denn du bist auf deines Vaters Bett gestiegen, hast dazumal mein Lager entweiht; er stieg hinauf!
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 Die Brüder Simeon und Levi Mordwerkzeuge sind ihre Messer!
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 Meine Seele komme nicht in ihren Kreis und meine Ehre vereine sich nicht mit ihrer Versammlung! Denn in ihrem Zorn haben sie Männer gemordet und in ihrer Willkür Ochsen verstümmelt.
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 sei ihr Zorn, weil er so heftig, und ihr Grimm, weil er so hartnäckig ist! Ich will sie verteilen unter Jakob und zerstreuen unter 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, werden deine Brüder loben! Deine Hand wird auf dem Nacken deiner Feinde sein; vor dir werden deines Vaters Kinder sich neigen.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
9 Juda ist ein junger Löwe; mit Beute beladen stiegst du, mein Sohn, empor! Er ist niedergekniet und hat sich gelagert wie ein Löwe und wie eine Löwin; wer darf ihn aufwecken?
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 Es wird das Zepter nicht von Juda weichen, noch der Herrscherstab von seinen Füßen, bis daß der Schilo kommt und ihm die Völkerschaften unterworfen sind.
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 Er wird sein Füllen an den Weinstock binden; und der Eselin Junges an die Edelrebe; er wird sein Kleid im Weine waschen und seinen Mantel in Traubenblut;
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 seine Augen sind dunkel vom Wein und seine 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 Sebulon wird an der Anfurt des Meeres wohnen und den Schiffen zur Anfurt dienen, und er lehnt sich an Sidon an.
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 Issaschar ist ein knochiger Esel, der zwischen den Hürden liegt;
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 und weil er sah, daß die Ruhe gut und das Land lieblich war, so neigte er seine Schultern zum Tragen und wurde ein fronpflichtiger Knecht.
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 Dan wird sein Volk richten als einer der Stämme Israels
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 Dan wird eine Schlange am Wege sein, eine Otter auf dem Pfad, die das Roß in die Fersen beißt, daß der Reiter rücklings stürzt.
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 O HERR, ich warte auf dein Heil!
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Den Gad drängt eine Schar; aber er drängt sie zurück.
[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 Für Asser ist sein Brot zu fett; aber er gibt königliche Leckerbissen.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Naphtali ist eine ausgelassene Hirschkuh und kann schöne Worte machen.
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 Joseph ist ein junger Fruchtbaum, ein junger Fruchtbaum an der Quelle; seine Zweige klettern über die Mauer hinaus.
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 Es haben ihn zwar die Schützen heftig beschossen und bekämpft;
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 aber sein Bogen blieb unerschütterlich und seine Arme und seine Hände wurden gelenkt von den Händen des Mächtigen Jakobs, vom Namen des Hirten, des Felsens Israels.
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 Von deines Vaters Gott werde dir geholfen, und Gott der Allmächtige segne dich mit Segnungen vom Himmel herab, mit Segnungen der Tiefe, die unten liegt, mit Segnungen von Brüsten und Mutterschoß!
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 Segnungen deines Vaters überragen die Segnungen meiner Eltern, sie reichen bis an die ewigen Hügel; mögen sie kommen auf Josephs Haupt, auf den Scheitel des Fürsten 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 Benjamin ist ein reißender Wolf; am Morgen verzehrt er Raub und am Abend teilt er sich in die 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 Diese alle sind Stämme Israels, ihrer zwölf; und das ist's, was ihr Vater zu ihnen geredet und womit er sie gesegnet hat; und zwar segnete er einen jeden mit einem 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 gebot ihnen und sprach: Ich werde zu meinem Volk versammelt werden; begrabet mich bei meinen Vätern in der Höhle auf dem Acker Ephrons, des Hetiters,
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 der Höhle Machpelah, Mamre gegenüber im Lande Kanaan, wo Abraham den Acker gekauft hat von Ephron, dem Hetiter, zum Erbbegräbnis.
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 Daselbst hat man Abraham und sein Weib Sarah begraben, desgleichen Isaak und sein Weib Rebekka, und dort habe ich auch 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 der Acker und seine Höhle wurde den Hetitern abgekauft.
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 aber Jakob seine Befehle an seine Söhne vollendet hatte, zog er seine Füße aufs Bett zurück, verschied und ward zu seinem Volke versammelt.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
