Kejadian 49
1 Kemudian Yakub memanggil anak-anaknya dan berkata: "Datanglah berkumpul, supaya kuberitahukan kepadamu, apa yang akan kamu alami di kemudian hari.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Berhimpunlah kamu dan dengarlah, ya anak-anak Yakub, dengarlah kepada Israel, ayahmu.
“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, engkaulah anak sulungku, kekuatanku dan permulaan kegagahanku, engkaulah yang terutama dalam keluhuran, yang terutama dalam kesanggupan.
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 Engkau yang membual sebagai air, tidak lagi engkau yang terutama, sebab engkau telah menaiki tempat tidur ayahmu; waktu itu engkau telah melanggar kesuciannya. Dia telah menaiki petiduranku!
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 Simeon dan Lewi bersaudara; senjata mereka ialah alat kekerasan.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 Janganlah kiranya jiwaku turut dalam permupakatan mereka, janganlah kiranya rohku bersatu dengan perkumpulan mereka, sebab dalam kemarahannya mereka telah membunuh orang dan dalam keangkaraannya mereka telah memotong urat keting lembu.
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 Terkutuklah kemarahan mereka, sebab amarahnya keras, terkutuklah keberangan mereka, sebab berangnya bengis. Aku akan membagi-bagikan mereka di antara anak-anak Yakub dan menyerakkan mereka di antara anak-anak Israel.
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 Yehuda, engkau akan dipuji oleh saudara-saudaramu, tanganmu akan menekan tengkuk musuhmu, kepadamu akan sujud anak-anak ayahmu.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
9 Yehuda adalah seperti anak singa: setelah menerkam, engkau naik ke suatu tempat yang tinggi, hai anakku; ia meniarap dan berbaring seperti singa jantan atau seperti singa betina; siapakah yang berani membangunkannya?
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 Tongkat kerajaan tidak akan beranjak dari Yehuda ataupun lambang pemerintahan dari antara kakinya, sampai dia datang yang berhak atasnya, maka kepadanya akan takluk bangsa-bangsa.
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 Ia akan menambatkan keledainya pada pohon anggur dan anak keledainya pada pohon anggur pilihan; ia akan mencuci pakaiannya dengan anggur dan bajunya dengan darah buah anggur.
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 Matanya akan merah karena anggur dan giginya akan putih karena susu.
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 Zebulon akan diam di tepi pantai laut, ia akan menjadi pangkalan kapal, dan batasnya akan bersisi dengan 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 Isakhar adalah seperti keledai yang kuat tulangnya, yang meniarap diapit bebannya,
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 ketika dilihatnya, bahwa perhentian itu baik dan negeri itu permai, maka disendengkannyalah bahunya untuk memikul, lalu menjadi budak rodi.
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 Adapun Dan, ia akan mengadili bangsanya sebagai salah satu suku Israel.
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 Semoga Dan menjadi seperti ular di jalan, seperti ular beludak di denai yang memagut tumit kuda, sehingga penunggangnya jatuh ke belakang.
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 Aku menanti-nantikan keselamatan yang dari pada-Mu, ya TUHAN.
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Gad, ia akan diserang oleh gerombolan, tetapi ia akan menyerang tumit mereka.
[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 Asyer, makanannya akan limpah mewah dan ia akan memberikan santapan raja-raja.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Naftali adalah seperti rusa betina yang terlepas; ia akan melahirkan anak-anak indah.
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 Yusuf adalah seperti pohon buah-buahan yang muda, pohon buah-buahan yang muda pada mata air. Dahan-dahannya naik mengatasi tembok.
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 Walaupun pemanah-pemanah telah mengusiknya, memanahnya dan menyerbunya,
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 namun panahnya tetap kokoh dan lengan tangannya tinggal liat, oleh pertolongan Yang Mahakuat pelindung Yakub, oleh sebab gembalanya Gunung Batu Israel,
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 oleh Allah ayahmu yang akan menolong engkau, dan oleh Allah Yang Mahakuasa, yang akan memberkati engkau dengan berkat dari langit di atas, dengan berkat samudera raya yang letaknya di bawah, dengan berkat buah dada dan kandungan.
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 Berkat ayahmu melebihi berkat gunung-gunung yang sejak dahulu, yakni yang paling sedap di bukit-bukit yang berabad-abad; semuanya itu akan turun ke atas kepala Yusuf, ke atas batu kepala orang yang teristimewa di antara saudara-saudaranya.
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 Benyamin adalah seperti serigala yang menerkam; pada waktu pagi ia memakan mangsanya dan pada waktu petang ia membagi-bagi rampasannya."
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 Itulah semuanya suku Israel, dua belas jumlahnya; dan itulah yang dikatakan ayahnya kepada mereka, ketika ia memberkati mereka; tiap-tiap orang diberkatinya dengan berkat yang diuntukkan kepada mereka masing-masing.
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 Kemudian berpesanlah Yakub kepada mereka: "Apabila aku nanti dikumpulkan kepada kaum leluhurku, kuburkanlah aku di sisi nenek moyangku dalam gua yang di ladang Efron, orang Het itu,
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 dalam gua yang di ladang Makhpela di sebelah timur Mamre di tanah Kanaan, ladang yang telah dibeli Abraham dari Efron, orang Het itu, untuk menjadi kuburan milik.
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 Di situlah dikuburkan Abraham beserta Sara, isterinya; di situlah dikuburkan Ishak beserta Ribka, isterinya,
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 dan di situlah juga kukuburkan Lea; ladang dengan gua yang ada di sana telah dibeli dari orang Het."
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 Setelah Yakub selesai berpesan kepada anak-anaknya, ditariknyalah kakinya ke atas tempat berbaring dan meninggallah ia, maka ia dikumpulkan kepada kaum leluhurnya.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
