Jenèz 49
1 Epi Jacob te rele fis li yo e te di: “Rasanble nou menm pou m kapab di nou sa k ap rive nou nan jou k ap vini yo.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Rasanble nou ansanm e tande, fis a Jacob yo. Koute Israël, papa nou.
“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, se ou ki premye ne mwen an; pouvwa mwen, kòmansman nan gwo fòs mwen, premye nan respè e premye nan fòs.
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 San kontwòl tankou dlo k ap bouyi, ou p ap genyen premye; akoz ke ou te monte sou kabann papa ou, epi ou te souye li. Li te monte sou kabann mwen.
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 Siméon avèk Lévi se frè yo ye. Nepe pa yo se zouti vyolans.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 Pa kite nanm mwen antre nan konsèy pa yo; pa kite glwa mwen vin reyini avèk asanble pa yo. Akoz nan kòlè yo, yo te touye moun, e nan volonte egoyis pa yo, yo te koupe blese jarèt bèf.
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 Modi se kòlè yo, paske li fewòs; epi vanjans yo, paske li te mechan. Mwen va separe yo nan Jacob, e gaye yo nan Israël.
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 Juda, frè ou yo va ba ou lwanj; men ou ap sou kou lènmi ou yo. Fis a papa ou yo va vin bese ba devan ou.
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 se jèn pòtre a yon lyon; depi nan manje ou, fis mwen, ou gen tan monte. Li bese kò l, li kouche tankou yon lyon, e tankou yon lyon, se kilès ki gen kouraj pou fè l leve?
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 Baton gouvènans p ap janm sòti sou Juda, ni bwa règleman p ap janm antre pye li jis lè Schilo vini, e a li menm va parèt obeyisans a tout nasyon yo.
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 Li mare jenn bourik li ak pi bèl pye rezen an. Li lave vètman li yo nan diven, ak manto li yo nan san rezen yo.
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 Zye li fonse wouj akoz diven an, e dan li blanchi nan lèt la.
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 Zabulon va demere bò lanmè; li va yon pwotèj pou gwo bato yo. Lizyè l va ak 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 Issacar se yon bourik gwo fòs k ap kouche ba nan mitan makout bèt.
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 Lè li te wè ke plas repo sa a te dous, e tè a te fè l plezi, li te double zepòl li pou pote chaj yo, e li te devni yon esklav pou kòve.
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 va jije pèp li kon youn nan tribi Israël yo.
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 va yon sèpan ki nan wout, yon koulèv avèk kòn nan chemen k ap mòde talon cheval la, pou fè chevalye li tonbe an aryè.
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 Paske delivrans ou m ap tann, o SENYÈ.
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Pou Gad, piyajè yo va piyaje li, men li va piyaje vè talon pa yo.
[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 Pou Aser, manje li va rich, e li va pwodwi bagay ki delika e ki wayal.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Nephthali se yon bich ki vin lage. Li donnen bèl pitit.
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 se yon branch ki donnen fwi; yon branch avèk fwi toupre yon sous. Branch li yo kouri sou yon miray.
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 Achè yo te atake avèk rayisman, yo te tire sou li e yo te anmède li;
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 men banza li te rete fèm, e bwa li yo te fò; depi nan men Toupwisan Jacob la (depi la se Bèje a, Wòch Israël la),
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 Depi nan Bondye a papa ou ki bay ou soutyen an; Toupwisan an ki beni ou avèk benediksyon anwo nan syèl la, benediksyon ki sòti nan fon ki anba a, e benediksyon tete matris ak vant ki te fè ou a.
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 Benediksyon a papa ou yo gen tan fin depase sila a zansèt pa m yo jis rive nan limit kolin ki dire pou tout tan yo. Yo va rete sou tèt a Joseph, sou kouwòn a tèt ki byen distenge pami frè li yo.
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 se yon lou voras; nan maten li va devore sa ke li kenbe, e nan aswè, li va divize piyaj la.”
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 Tout sa yo se douz tribi Israël yo, e se sa ke papa yo te di yo lè li te beni yo. Li te beni yo, yo chak avèk yon benediksyon ke yo te merite.
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 Konsa, li te bay yo chaj, e li te di yo: “Mwen prèt pou ranmase vè moun mwen yo. Antere mwen avèk zansèt mwen yo nan kav ki nan chan Éphron a, Etyen an,
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 nan kav ki nan chan Macpéla a, ki avan Mamré nan peyi Canaan an, ke Abraham te achte ansanm avèk chan nan men Éphron, Etyen an pou yon plas antèman.
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 “La menm yo te antere Abraham avèk madanm li Sarah, la yo te antere Isaac avèk madanm li Rebecca, e se la mwen te antere Léa;
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 chan an avèk kav ki ladann nan, te achte nan men fis a Heth yo.”
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 Lè li te fin chaje fis li yo, li te rale pye li anndan kabann nan, li te respire dènye souf li, e li te vin ranmase vè moun li yo.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
