Jenèz 49
1 Jakòb fè rele pitit gason l' yo, li di yo: -Sanble non. M'ap fè nou konnen sa ki pral rive nou nan jou k'ap vini yo.
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 Sanble, vin koute non, pitit Jakòb yo! vin koute sa Izrayèl, papa nou, pral di nou.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 Ou menm, Woubenn, premye pitit gason mwen, ou se fòs mwen, premye pitit mwen fè. Nan tout pitit mwen yo, se ou ki gen plis fòs, se ou ki pi gwonèg.
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 Ou tankou yon larivyè k'ap desann. Men, se pa ou k'ap alatèt, paske ou kouche ak yon madanm papa ou. Ou moute sou kabann mwen, ou fè sa ou pa t' dwe fè.
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 Simeyon ak Levi se menm moun, se pwason kraze nan bouyon! Yo sèvi ak zam yo pou fè mechanste.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords.
6 Mwen p'ap patisipe nan konplo yo. Mwen p'ap la avèk yo nan reyinyon yo. Paske lè yo ankòlè, yo touye moun. Yo koupe jarèt towo bèf pou dan ri.
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 Madichon pou yo lè yo move paske yo san manman! M'ap fè yo rete toupatou nan peyi Jakòb la. M'ap gaye yo nan tout peyi Izrayèl la.
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 Ou menm, Jida, frè ou yo ap fè lwanj ou. W'ap kenbe lènmi ou yo dèyè kou. Pitit papa ou yo ap bese tèt devan ou.
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 Jida, se yon jenn ti lyon. Lè ou fin fè ravaj, pitit mwen, ou tounen tounen ou. Ou kwoupi, ou kache kò ou tankou yon jenn ti lyon, tankou yon fenmèl lyon. Ki moun ki ka deranje ou?
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 Yo p'ap ka wete kòmandman an nan men Jida. Non. Baton kòmandman an p'ap soti nan mitan janm li, jouk tan moun tout pèp sou latè pral obeyi a va vini.
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 L'ap mare ti bourik li a nan yon pye rezen, l'ap mare pitit manman bourik li a nan pi bon pye rezen an. L'ap lave rad li nan diven, l'ap lave varèz li nan diven wouj kou san.
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 Je l' wouj ak diven. Dan l' blan ak lèt.
His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.
13 Zabilon pral rete bò lanmè. Batiman yo va jwenn bon pò sou rivaj li yo. Limit peyi l' la ap rive jouk 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, se yon bon bourik chay. Li kouche nan mitan de bò sakpay.
Issachar is a strong-boned ass, couching down between the stables.
15 Li wè jan kote li poze kò l' la nan gou li, li wè jan peyi a bèl. Li pare do l' pou l' pote chay li. Li tounen esklav pou l' travay di.
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 Dann ap yon chèf pou pèp li, tankou yon branch nan fanmi Izrayèl.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dann ap tankou yon sèpan bò gran chemen an, yon sèpan mechan sou bò wout la. L'ap mòde chwal yo nan talon pou l' fè kavalye yo tonbe sou tèt.
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 O Seyè, m'ap tann ou vin sove mwen!
For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.
19 Ou menm, Gad, yon bann vòlò ap vin tonbe sou ou. Men, w'ap kouri dèyè yo, se ou k'ap mete men sou yo.
Gad, troops will band against him; but he shall wound their heel.
20 Peyi Asè a ap bay bon manje k'ap bay fòs. L'ap donnen manje ki gou nan bouch wa yo.
Out of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Neftali, se yon fenmèl kabrit ki lage. L'ap fè bèl ti pitit.
Naphtali is [like] a fleet hind; he bringeth pleasant words.
22 Jozèf se boujon yon pye rezen ki konn donnen, li soti nan yon pye rezen bò sous dlo ki donnen byen. Branch li yo moute sou tout miray la.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.
23 Y'ap chache l' kont, y'ap voye wòch sou li. Moun k'ap voye flèch yo tounen yon pèsekisyon pou li.
And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.
24 Men, banza pa li a rete fèm, ponyèt li pa febli, gremesi pouvwa Bondye Jakòb la, Bondye ki gadò pèp Izrayèl la. Se li ki tout pwoteksyon yo.
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 Sa soti nan Bondye papa ou la k'ap ede ou, nan Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a k'ap beni ou avèk benediksyon lapli ki soti anwo nan syèl la, avèk benediksyon sous dlo k'ap soti anba tè a, avèk benediksyon ki soti nan tete ak nan vant manman.
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 Benediksyon papa ou yo pi plis pase benediksyon mòn ki la pou tout tan yo. Se pou benediksyon sa yo tonbe sou tèt Jozèf, sou tèt moun Bondye te chwazi nan mitan tout frè l' yo.
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 Benjamen, se yon bèt nan bwa devoran. Nan maten, li manje bèt li kenbe a. Nan aswè, l'ap separe toujou sa l' te pran yo.
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 Men douz branch fanmi Izrayèl yo. Men sa papa yo te di yo. Li beni yo, li bay chak moun benediksyon pa yo.
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 Apre sa, Jakòb ba yo lòd sa a: -Mwen menm, mwen pral jwenn fanmi m' yo ki mouri deja. Antere m' menm kote ak zansèt mwen yo nan twou wòch ki nan jaden Efwon, moun Et la,
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 nan twou wòch ki nan jaden Makpela a, anfas Manmre, nan peyi Kanaran. Se Abraram ki te achte twou wòch sa a ak tout jaden an nan men Efwon, moun Et la, pou sèvi l' simityè.
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 Se la yo te antere Abraram ak Sara, madanm li. Se la yo te antere Izarak ak Rebeka, madanm li. Se la tout mwen te antere Leya.
(There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah, )
32 Se nan men mesye Et yo nou te achte jaden an ak tout twou wòch ki sou li a.
Purchasing the field and the cave that is therein from the children of Heth.
33 Lè Jakòb fin pale konsa ak pitit gason l' yo, li lonje kò l' sou kabann lan, li mouri, li al jwenn fanmi li yo ki te mouri deja.
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.
