Kĩambĩrĩria 49
1 Ningĩ Jakubu agĩtũmanĩra ariũ ake, akĩmeera atĩrĩ: “Cookanĩrĩrai haha nĩgeetha ndĩmwĩre ũrĩa gũgekĩka kũrĩ inyuĩ matukũ-inĩ marĩa magooka.
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 “Ũnganai na mũthikĩrĩrie, inyuĩ ariũ a Jakubu; thikĩrĩriai Isiraeli ithe wanyu.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 “Rubeni, ũrĩ irigithathi rĩakwa, ũhoti wakwa, kĩonithania kĩa mbere kĩa hinya wakwa; ũkĩrĩte arĩa angĩ na gũtĩĩka, ũkamakĩra na hinya.
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 Wagagĩte ta maaĩ, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndũgũcooka gũkĩra arĩa angĩ, tondũ nĩwahaicire ũrĩrĩ wa thoguo, ũgĩthaahia ũrĩrĩ wakwa.
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 “Simeoni na Lawi nĩ a nyina ũmwe, hiũ ciao cia njora nĩ indo cia mbaara cia ũhinya.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords.
6 Ngoro yakwa ndũkanatoonye ndundu-inĩ yao, ndũkananyiitane na kĩũngano kĩao, nĩgũkorwo nĩmooragĩte andũ marakarĩte, na magatemanga ndegwa magũrũ macithuithie o ũrĩa mangĩendire.
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 Marakara mao mahiũ mũno, na mangʼũrĩ mao matarĩ tha, maronyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi. Ngaamaharagania thĩinĩ wa Jakubu na ndĩmahurunjĩre thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.
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 “Juda, ariũ a thoguo nĩmagagũkumia; nakuo guoko gwaku nĩgũgatooria thũ ciaku; ariũ a thoguo nĩmagakũinamĩrĩra.
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 Juda, we ũrĩ kĩana kĩa mũrũũthi, mũrũ wakwa; we ũcookaga kuuma ũguĩmi-inĩ ũhũũnĩte ũguĩmi waku. O ta mũrũũthi-rĩ, ethunaga na agakoma thĩ, o ta mũrũũthi wa mũgoma-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩthĩgĩrĩria kũmwarahũra?
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 Rũthanju rwa ũthamaki rũtikoima harĩ Juda, o na kana rũthanju rwa ũnene rũthenge gatagatĩ-inĩ ka magũrũ make, o nginya agooka ũrĩa mwene ruo, o we ũrĩa ũgaathĩkagĩrwo nĩ thĩ.
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 Akoohagĩrĩra ndigiri yake mũthabibũ-inĩ, nayo njaũ yake ya ndigiri amĩohagĩrĩre rũhonge-inĩ rũrĩa rwega mũno. Agaathambagia nguo ciake na ndibei, na kanjũ ciake na ũtune wa thabibũ.
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 Maitho make makaira gũkĩra ndibei, namo magego make merũhe gũkĩra iria.
His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.
13 “Zebuluni agaatũũra hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia iria, na atuĩke handũ hega ha gũikaragwo nĩ marikabu; mĩhaka yake ĩgaakinya o Sidoni.
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 “Isakaru nĩ ndigiri ĩrĩa ĩrĩ hinya ĩkomete gatagatĩ ka mĩrigo ĩĩrĩ.
Issachar is a strong-boned ass, couching down between the stables.
15 Rĩrĩa akoona ũrĩa ũhurũko wake ũrĩ mwega, na ũrĩa bũrũri wake wagĩrĩte-rĩ, no rĩo akainamĩrĩria kĩande gĩake akuue mĩrigo, na etĩkĩre kũruta wĩra ũtarĩ mũcaara.
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 “Dani agaaciirĩrĩra andũ ake na kĩhooto, arĩ ta mũhĩrĩga ũmwe wa Isiraeli.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dani agaatuĩka ta nyoka ĩrĩ mũkĩra-inĩ wa njĩra, atuĩke ta nduĩra ĩrĩ gacĩra-inĩ, ĩrĩa ĩrũmaga ndiira cia mbarathi, na tondũ ũcio mũmĩtwarithia akagũa na ngara.
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 “Wee Jehova-rĩ, njetereire kũhonokania gwaku.
For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.
19 “Gadi nĩagatharĩkĩrwo nĩ ikundi cia atunyani, nowe nĩagacitharĩkĩra aciingatithie.
Gad, troops will band against him; but he shall wound their heel.
20 “Irio cia Asheri nĩ cia kũguna mwĩrĩ; na akaaheanaga irio njega ingĩkenia mũthamaki.
Out of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 “Nafitali nĩ ta thiiya ya mũgoma ĩrekereirio, ĩrĩa ĩciaraga tũthiiya tũthaka.
Naphtali is [like] a fleet hind; he bringeth pleasant words.
22 “Jusufu nĩ mũthabibũ ũrĩa ũciaraga, mũthabibũ ũrĩa ũciaraga ũrĩ hakuhĩ na gĩthima, ũrĩa honge ciaguo itambagĩrĩra rũthingo.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.
23 Aikia a mĩguĩ nĩmamũtharĩkĩire marĩ na marũrũ; makĩmũikĩria mĩguĩ marĩ na ũũru mũingĩ.
And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.
24 No ũta wake ndwenyenyekire, moko make marĩ hinya magĩikara merũmĩtie nĩ ũndũ wa guoko kwa Mwene-Hinya wa Jakubu, na nĩ ũndũ wa Mũrĩithi, o we Ihiga rĩa Isiraeli,
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 nĩ ũndũ wa Ngai wa thoguo, ũrĩa ũgũteithagia, na tondũ wa Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, ũrĩa ũkũrathimaga na irathimo cia igũrũ, na irathimo cia kũrĩa kũriku mũhuro wa thĩ, o na irathimo cia nyondo na cia nda.
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 Irathimo cia thoguo nĩ makĩria ma irathimo cia irĩma iria cia tene, na nĩ makĩria ma ũtonga wa tũrĩma tũrĩa tũkũrũ. Ici ciothe nĩirekwo ihurũke mũtwe-inĩ wa Jusufu, o thiithi-inĩ wa ũcio ũhaana ta mwana wa mũthamaki harĩ ariũ a ithe.
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 “Benjamini ahaana ta njũũi ĩrĩa ngoroku; kĩroko-inĩ atambuuraga kĩrĩa aguĩmĩte, hwaĩ-inĩ akagayania kĩrĩa atahĩte.”
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 Ĩyo yothe nĩyo mĩhĩrĩga ĩrĩa ikũmi na ĩĩrĩ ya Isiraeli, na ũguo nĩguo ithe wao aameerire rĩrĩa aamarathimaga, akĩhe o mũndũ kĩrathimo kĩrĩa kĩamwagĩrĩire.
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 Ningĩ Jakubu akĩmahe mawatho maya: “Ndĩ hakuhĩ gũkua. Mũgaathika harĩa maithe makwa mathikĩtwo, ngurunga-inĩ ĩrĩa ĩrĩ gĩthaka-inĩ kĩa Efironi ũrĩa Mũhiti,
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 ngurunga ĩrĩa ĩrĩ gĩthaka-inĩ kĩa Makipela hakuhĩ na Mamure kũu Kaanani, ĩrĩa Iburahĩmu aagũranĩirie na gĩthaka kĩu, ĩrĩ handũ ha gũthikana, kuuma kũrĩ Efironi ũrĩa Mũhiti.
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 Hau nĩho Iburahĩmu na mũtumia wake Sara maathikirwo, na no ho Isaaka na Rebeka mũtumia wake maathikirwo, na no ho ndaathikire Lea.
(There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah, )
32 Gĩthaka kĩu na ngurunga ĩyo ciagũrirwo kuuma kũrĩ Ahethi.”
Purchasing the field and the cave that is therein from the children of Heth.
33 Nake Jakubu aarĩkia kũhe ariũ ake ũhoro ũcio-rĩ, agĩthuna magũrũ make arĩ o gĩtanda-inĩ, agĩtuĩkana, agĩcookanĩrĩrio kũrĩ andũ ao arĩa maakuĩte.
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.
