< Farawa 49 >

1 Sai Yaƙub ya kira’ya’yansa maza ya ce, “Ku tattaru don in faɗa muku abin da zai faru gare ku, a kwanaki masu zuwa.
Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
2 “Ku tattaru, ku saurara,’ya’yan Yaƙub maza; ku saurari mahaifinku, Isra’ila.
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
3 “Ruben, kai ne ɗan farina, ƙarfina, alamar farko ta ƙarfina, mafi matsayi, kuma mafi iko.
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
4 Mai tumbatsa kamar ruwa, amma ba za ka ƙara zama mai daraja ba, gama ka hau gadon mahaifinka ka hau kujerata, ka kuma ƙazantar da shi.
Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
5 “Simeyon da Lawi’yan’uwa ne, takubansu makamai ne na tā da hankali.
“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
6 Ba zan shiga shawararsu ba, ba zan shiga taronsu ba, gama sun kashe maza cikin fushinsu cikin ganin dama suka kashe bijimai.
My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
7 La’ananne ne fushinsu, mai tsanani ne ƙwarai, hasalarsu kuwa, muguwa ce ƙwarai! Zan warwatsa su cikin Yaƙub in kuma daidaita su cikin Isra’ila.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 “Yahuda,’yan’uwanka za su yabe ka; hannuwanka za su kasance a wuyan abokan gābanka,’ya’yan mahaifinka maza za su rusuna maka.
“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
9 Kai ɗan zaki ne, ya Yahuda, ka dawo daga farauta, ɗana. Kamar zaki, yakan kwanta a miƙe, kamar zakanya, wa yake da ƙarfin halin tashe shi?
Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
10 Kursiyi ba zai tashi daga Yahuda ba, ba kuwa sandan mulki daga tsakani ƙafafunsa ba, sai ya zo ga wanda yake mai shi. Biyayyar al’umma kuwa tasa ce.
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
11 Zai daure jakinsa a kuringa, aholakinsa a rassa mafi kyau; zai wanke tufafinsa cikin ruwan inabi rigunansa cikin inabi ja wur kamar jini.
Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 Idanunsa za su duhunce fiye da ruwan inabi, haƙorarsa farare kamar madara.
His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
13 “Zebulun zai zauna a bakin teku, yă zama tasar jiragen ruwa; iyakarsa za tă nausa zuwa Sidon.
“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
14 “Issakar doki mai ƙarfi, kwance tsakanin buhunan sirdi.
“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
15 Sa’ad da ya ga yadda wurin hutunsa yana da kyau da kuma daɗin da ƙasarsa take, zan tanƙware kafaɗarsa ga nauyi yă miƙa kai ga aikin dole.
He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
16 “Dan zai tanada adalci wa mutanensa kamar ɗaya cikin kabilan Isra’ila.
“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan zai zama maciji a gefen hanya, kububuwa a bakin hanya, da take saran ɗiɗɗigen doki domin mahayinsa yă fāɗi da baya.
Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18 “Ina zuba ido ga cetonka, ya Ubangiji.
I have waited for your salvation, LORD.
19 “Masu fashi za su fāɗa wa Gad, amma zai runtume su.
“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
20 “Abincin Asher zai zama a wadace, zai yi tanadin abinci iri-iri da suka dace don sarki.
“Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
21 “Naftali sakakkiyar barewa ce da take haihuwar kyawawan’ya’ya.
“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
22 “Yusuf kuringa ce mai ba da amfani. Kuringa mai ba da amfani kusa da rafi wadda rassanta na hawan bango.
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
23 Da ɗaci rai mahara suka fāɗa masa; suka harbe shi babu tausayi.
The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
24 Amma bakansa yana nan daram hannuwansa masu ƙarfi ba sa jijjiguwa saboda hannun Maɗaukaki na Yaƙub, saboda Makiyayi, Dutsen Isra’ila,
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
25 saboda Allah na mahaifinka, wanda ya taimake ka, saboda Maɗaukaki, wanda yake albarkace ka da albarkar sama da take bisa albarkun zurfafa da suke ƙarƙashin ƙasa albarkun mama da kuma mahaifa.
even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
26 Albarkun mahaifi suna da girma fiye da albarkun daɗaɗɗun duwatsu fiye da yalwar madawwaman tuddai. Bari dukan waɗannan su zauna a kan Yusuf, a goshin ɗan sarki a cikin’yan’uwansa.
The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
27 “Benyamin kyarkeci ne mai kisa; da safe yakan cinye abin da ya farauto da yamma yakan raba ganima.”
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
28 Dukan waɗannan su ne kabilu goma sha biyu na Isra’ila, kuma abin da mahaifinsu ya faɗa musu ke nan sa’ad da ya albarkace su, yana ba kowane albarkar da ta dace da shi.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.
29 Sa’an nan ya ba su waɗannan umarnai ya ce, “Ina gab da a tara ni ga mutanena. Ku binne ni tare da kakannina a kogon da yake cikin filin Efron mutumin Hitti,
He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 kogon da yake cikin filin Makfela, kusa da Mamre a Kan’ana, wanda Ibrahim ya saya tare da filin, yă zama makabarta daga Efron mutumin Hitti.
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
31 A can aka binne Ibrahim da matarsa Saratu, a can aka binne Ishaku da matarsa Rebeka, a can kuma na binne Liyatu.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
32 Filin tare da kogon da yake ciki, an saya daga Hittiyawa.”
the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
33 Sa’ad da Yaƙub ya gama ba da umarnan ga’ya’yansa maza, sai ya ɗaga ƙafafunsa zuwa gado, ya ja numfashinsa na ƙarshe, aka kuwa tara shi ga mutanensa.
When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

< Farawa 49 >