Genesis 49
1 vocavit autem Iacob filios suos et ait eis congregamini ut adnuntiem quae ventura sunt vobis diebus novissimis
And Jacob called to his sons, and said, gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.
2 congregamini et audite filii Iacob audite Israhel patrem vestrum
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father.
3 Ruben primogenitus meus tu fortitudo mea et principium doloris mei prior in donis maior imperio
Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
4 effusus es sicut aqua non crescas quia ascendisti cubile patris tui et maculasti stratum eius
Boiling over as water, thou shall not have the pre-eminence, because thou went up to thy father's bed, then thou defiled it; he went up to my couch.
5 Symeon et Levi fratres vasa iniquitatis bellantia
Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their swords.
6 in consilio eorum ne veniat anima mea et in coetu illorum non sit gloria mea quia in furore suo occiderunt virum et in voluntate sua suffoderunt murum
O my soul, come not thou into their council, to their assembly, my glory, be not thou united, for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they hocked an ox.
7 maledictus furor eorum quia pertinax et indignatio illorum quia dura dividam eos in Iacob et dispergam illos in Israhel
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 Iuda te laudabunt fratres tui manus tua in cervicibus inimicorum tuorum adorabunt te filii patris tui
Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee. Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies. Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
9 catulus leonis Iuda a praeda fili mi ascendisti requiescens accubuisti ut leo et quasi leaena quis suscitabit eum
Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, thou have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?
10 non auferetur sceptrum de Iuda et dux de femoribus eius donec veniat qui mittendus est et ipse erit expectatio gentium
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
11 ligans ad vineam pullum suum et ad vitem o fili mi asinam suam lavabit vino stolam suam et sanguine uvae pallium suum
Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12 pulchriores oculi eius vino et dentes lacte candidiores
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zabulon in litore maris habitabit et in statione navium pertingens usque ad Sidonem
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea, and he shall be for a haven of ships. And his border shall be upon Sidon.
14 Isachar asinus fortis accubans inter terminos
Issachar is a strong donkey, couching down between the sheepfolds.
15 vidit requiem quod esset bona et terram quod optima et subposuit umerum suum ad portandum factusque est tributis serviens
And 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 iudicabit populum suum sicut et alia tribus Israhel
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 fiat Dan coluber in via cerastes in semita mordens ungulas equi ut cadat ascensor eius retro
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18 salutare tuum expectabo Domine
I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
19 Gad accinctus proeliabitur ante eum et ipse accingetur retrorsum
Gad, a troop shall press upon him, but he shall press upon their heel.
20 Aser pinguis panis eius et praebebit delicias regibus
Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Nepthalim cervus emissus et dans eloquia pulchritudinis
Naphtali is a hind let loose. He gives goodly words.
22 filius adcrescens Ioseph filius adcrescens et decorus aspectu filiae discurrerunt super murum
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a fountain, his branches run over the wall.
23 sed exasperaverunt eum et iurgati sunt invideruntque illi habentes iacula
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him,
24 sedit in forti arcus eius et dissoluta sunt vincula brachiorum et manuum illius per manus potentis Iacob inde pastor egressus est lapis Israhel
but his bow abode in strength. And 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 Deus patris tui erit adiutor tuus et Omnipotens benedicet tibi benedictionibus caeli desuper benedictionibus abyssi iacentis deorsum benedictionibus uberum et vulvae
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 couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
26 benedictiones patris tui confortatae sunt benedictionibus patrum eius donec veniret desiderium collium aeternorum fiant in capite Ioseph et in vertice nazarei inter fratres suos
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my forefathers to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
27 Beniamin lupus rapax mane comedet praedam et vespere dividet spolia
Benjamin is a wolf that ravens. In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.
28 omnes hii in tribubus Israhel duodecim haec locutus est eis pater suus benedixitque singulis benedictionibus propriis
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke to them and blessed them; every man according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 et praecepit eis dicens ego congregor ad populum meum sepelite me cum patribus meis in spelunca duplici quae est in agro Ephron Hetthei
And he ordered 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 contra Mambre in terra Chanaan quam emit Abraham cum agro ab Ephron Hettheo in possessionem sepulchri
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 ibi sepelierunt eum et Sarram uxorem eius ibi sepultus est Isaac cum Rebecca coniuge ibi et Lia condita iacet
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah,
the field and the cave that is in it, which was purchased from the sons of Heth.
33 finitisque mandatis quibus filios instruebat collegit pedes suos super lectulum et obiit adpositusque est ad populum suum
And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
