Jenesis 49
1 Mgbe ahụ, Jekọb kpọkọtara ụmụ ya ndị ikom niile nʼotu sị ha, “Zukọọnụ ka m gwa unu ihe ga-adakwasị unu nʼụbọchị dị nʼihu.
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days.
2 “Zukọọnụ nụrụ, ụmụ ndị ikom Jekọb nụrụ okwu nna unu Izrel.
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 “Ruben, ọkpara m ka ị bụ, ume m, ihe ngosi mbụ nke ike m, onye nsọpụrụ kwesiri, onye mbụ nʼịdị ike.
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the first-fruits of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.
4 Onye na-agbanwe agbanwe dịka mmiri dị nʼiyi, ị gaghị abụkwa onye mbụ, nʼihi na ị banyere nʼihe ndina nna gị, i dinara nʼihe ndina m, merụọ ya.
Unstable as water, have not thou the excellency; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it — he went up to my couch.
5 “Simiọn na Livayị bụ ụmụnne. Mma agha ha bụ ngwa ihe ike.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.
6 Ka obi m ghara isonye nʼizuzu ha, ka m ghara isonye nʼọgbakọ ha, nʼihi na ha gburu mmadụ nʼoge iwe ha, bipụkwa nkwonkwo ụkwụ ụmụ ehi na-echeghị echiche.
Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.
7 Ihe a bụrụ ọnụ ka iwe ha bụ, nʼihi na ọ dị njọ. Ọnụma ha, ọ jọbigara njọ oke. Aga m ekesa ha nʼetiti ụmụ Jekọb Kpasaa ha nʼetiti ndị Izrel.
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 “Gị, Juda, ụmụnne gị ga-eto gị. Aka gị ga-adị nʼolu ndị iro gị. Ụmụ ndị ikom nna gị ga-akpọ isiala nye gị.
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
9 Ị bụ nwa ọdụm, gị, Juda, i si nʼịchụ nta lọta, nwa m. Dịka ọdụm, ọ na-amakpu, na-edina ala, dịka nne ọdụm, onye ga-anwa anwa kpọtee ya?
Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
10 Mkpanaka eze agaghị esite nʼebe Juda nọ wezuga onwe ya, maọbụ mkpanaka onyendu esi nʼagbata ụkwụ ya pụọ, tutuu ruo mgbe eze ahụ nwe ya ga-abịa, irube isi nke mba niile ga-abụ nke ya.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, as long as men come to Shiloh; and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
11 Ọ ga-ekenye ịnyịnya ibu ya nʼosisi vaịnị, nʼalaka kachasị mma ka ọ ga-ekenye nwa ịnyịnya ibu ya. Ọ ga-asakwa uwe ya na mmanya. Uwe mwụda ya ka ọ ga-asụkwa nʼọbara mkpụrụ vaịnị.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes;
12 Anya ya ga-acha uhie uhie karịa mmanya vaịnị. Eze ya ga-enwupụkwa ọcha karịa mmiri ara ehi.
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 “Zebụlọn ga-ebi nʼakụkụ osimiri. Ọ ga-abụ ebe izuike nye ụgbọ mmiri. Oke ala ya ga-agbatịpụ ruo Saịdọn.
Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.
14 “Isaka dị ike dịka ịnyịnya ibu na-amakpu nʼetiti ọgba atụrụ.
Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.
15 Mgbe ọ hụrụ otu ebe izuike ya si dị mma, hụ otu ala ya si maa mma, ọ ga-ehudata isi ya ibu ibu arụ; were onwe ya nye ịrụ ọrụ ike.
For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work
16 “Dan ga-eme ka ikpe ziri ezi rute ndị ya aka dịka otu nʼime ebo Izrel.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan ga-adị ka agwọ dị nʼakụkụ okporoụzọ, dịka ajụala dị nʼụzọ ọhịa, nke na-ata ịnyịnya nʼikiri ụkwụ, si otu a mee ka onye na-agba ịnyịnya dalaa azụ.
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward.
18 “O Onyenwe anyị, ana m ele anya nnapụta gị.
I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.
19 “Gad bụ onye usuu ndị o-ji-egbe-aga ga-abịakwasị, ma ọ ga-alụso ha ọgụ, chụọkwa ha ọsọ.
Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.
20 “Asha ga-esi nʼubi ya wepụta nri gbara abụba, nke na-adị ndị eze mma.
As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 “Naftalị dịka nne ele a hapụrụ ahapụ, nke na-amụpụta ụmụ ele mara mma.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 “Dịka osisi vaịnị a kụrụ nʼakụkụ iyi, nke alaka ya na-awasa rigoro nʼelu mgbidi, na nke na-amị ezi mkpụrụ, otu a ka Josef dị.
Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.
23 Ndị na-agbata ụta sitere nʼobi ilu lụso ya agha, ha gbara ya àkụ site nʼịkpọ asị.
The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;
24 Ma aka o ji jide ụta nke ya adaghị mba, ike agwụghị ogwe aka ya, nʼihi aka Onye dị ike nke Jekọb, nʼihi Onye ọzụzụ atụrụ, Oke Nkume Izrel,
But his bow abode firm, and the arms of his hands were made supple, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from thence, from the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,
25 nʼihi Chineke nna gị, onye na-enyere gị aka, nʼihi Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ka ọ gọzie gị, site na ngọzị nke eluigwe site nʼelu, ngọzị nke osimiri dị nʼokpuru ala, ngọzị nke ara na akpanwa.
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
26 Ngọzị niile nke nna gị, dị ukwu karịa, ngọzị niile nke ugwu ukwu mgbe ochie, karịakwa ngọzị nke ugwu nta mgbe ochie, Ka ngọzị ndị a dị iche dịkwasị nʼisi Josef, dịkwasị nʼegedege ihu Josef, onye bụ onyendu nʼetiti ụmụnne ya.
The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren.
27 “Benjamin dịka nkịta ọhịa nke na-adọgbu anụ. Nʼụtụtụ, ọ na-eri anụ ọ dọgburu. Nʼanyasị ọ na-ekesakwa ihe o gbutere.”
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'
28 Ndị a bụ ebo iri na abụọ dị nʼIzrel. Ihe ndị a bụkwa ihe nna ha gwara ha mgbe ọ gọziri ha, nye onye ọbụla nʼime ha ngọzị nke ruuru ya.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 Emesịa, o nyere ha ndụmọdụ sị ha, “Nʼoge na-adịghị anya site ugbu a, aga m anwụ. Unu aghaghị ili m nʼebe e liri nna m ha, nʼala Kenan, nʼime ọgba ahụ dị nʼọhịa Efrọn, onye Het.
And he charged them, and said unto them: 'I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 Nʼime ọgba dị nʼọhịa Makipela, nke dị nso na Mamre, nʼala Kenan, ọhịa Ebraham zụtara site nʼaka Efrọn onye Het, maka ili ozu.
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 for a possession of a burying-place.
31 Nʼebe ahụ ka e liri Ebraham na Sera nwunye ya. Nʼebe ahụ kwa ka e liri Aịzik na Ribeka nwunye ya. Nʼebe ahụ ka m liri Lịa.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 Ebraham nna nna m zụrụ ala ahụ na ọgba dị nʼime ya site nʼaka ụmụ Het.”
The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.'
33 Mgbe Jekọb kwuchara okwu ndụmọdụ ikpeazụ ndị a nye ụmụ ya ndị ikom, ọ chịkọtara ụkwụ ya nʼelu akwa, kuo ume ikpeazụ. A chịkọtara ya na ndị ya.
And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.
