Ebandeli 49
1 Jakobi abengaki bana na ye ya mibali mpe alobaki: — Bosangana mpo ete nakoka koyebisa bino makambo oyo ekokomela bino na mikolo oyo ekoya.
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Bosangana mpe boyoka, bana mibali ya Jakobi! Boyoka oyo tata na bino Isalaele akoloba:
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 « Ribeni, ozali mwana na ngai ya liboso, makasi na ngai, elembo ya liboso ya makasi na ngai; oleki na lokumu mpe na nguya.
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power [should be thine].
4 Mobulu lokola mayi, okokende liboso te, pamba te omataki na mbeto ya tata na yo, esika oyo ngai nalalaka, mpe okomisi yango mbindo.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excellence; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou the one who ascended my couch.
5 Simeoni mpe Levi bazali bandeko, mipanga na bango ezali bibundeli mpo na kotia mobulu.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords.
6 Molimo na ngai, kosangana te na mabongisi na bango ya kosala mabe! Lokumu na ngai, kokota te na lisanga na bango! Pamba te na kanda na bango, babomaki bato; mpe na esengo na bango, basepelaki kokata misisa ya makolo ya bangombe ya mibali.
Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their self-will they lamed the ox.
7 Tika ete kanda na bango elakelama mabe, pamba te ezali makasi! Tika ete kotomboka na bango elakelama mabe, pamba te ezanga mawa! Nakokabola bango na Jakobi mpe nakopanza bango kati na Isalaele.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 Yuda, bandeko na yo ya mibali bakokumisa yo, loboko na yo ekozala na kingo ya banguna na yo; bana mibali ya tata na yo bakogumbama liboso na yo.
Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father's children shall bow down unto thee.
9 Yuda, ozali mwana ya nkosi; mwana na ngai ya mobali, owuti na bokila. Agunzami mpe alali lokola nkosi ya mobali; mpe lokola nkosi ya mwasi, nani akomeka kotelemisa ye?
Like a lion's whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?
10 Nzete ya bokonzi ekolongwa te na Yuda, lingenda mpe ekolongwa te kati na makolo na ye, kino tango nkolo na ye akoya, nkolo oyo bikolo nyonso ekotosa.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Akokanga ane na ye na nzete ya vino, mpe mwana ya ane na etape oyo ye akopona; akosukola bilamba na ye na vino; mpe kazaka na ye, na masanga ya vino ya motane.
He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass's colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;
12 Miso na ye ekozala motane koleka vino, mpe minu na ye ekozala pembe koleka miliki.
His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.
13 Zabuloni akowumela pene ya ebale monene, eteni ya mabele na ye ekozala libongo ya masuwa, mpe mabele na ye ekokende kino na Sidoni.
Zebulun shall dwell at the margin of the seas; and he shall be at the haven of ships; and his border shall be near to Zidon.
14 Isakari azali ane ya makasi oyo elali kati na mapango mibale.
Issachar is a strong-boned ass, couching down between the stables.
15 Amonaki ete bopemi ezali malamu, mpe mokili na ye ezali kitoko; boye mapeka na ye ekomema mikumba mpe abongi mpo na misala ya bowumbu.
And when he saw the resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant, he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16 Dani akokamba bato na ye lokola moko kati na bikolo ya Isalaele.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dani akozala lokola nyoka na balabala to lokola etupa na nzela, oyo eswaka litindi ya mpunda mpo ete motambolisi na yango akweya.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder on the path, that biteth the horse in the heels, so that his rider falleth backward.
18 Oh Yawe, nazali na elikya ete okobikisa ngai!
For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.
19 Gadi, banguna ebele bakobundisa ye, kasi ye mpe akobundisa bango kino kobengana bango.
Gad, troops will band against him; but he shall wound their heel.
20 Bilei oyo ekobima na mokili ya Aseri ekozala ebele penza; mabele na ye ekobota biloko oyo ebongi mpo na bakonzi.
Out of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Nefitali azali lokola mboloko ya nsomi, oyo ebotaka bana kitoko.
Naphtali is [like] a fleet hind; he bringeth pleasant words.
22 Jozefi azali lokola nzete oyo ebotaka mbuma mingi, nzete oyo ezalaka pembeni ya etima, mpe oyo bitape na yango elekaka bosanda ya mir.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.
23 Banguna batumbolaki ye, babwakelaki ye makonga mpe babundisaki ye;
And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.
24 kasi ye asimbaki kaka makasi tolotolo na ye, mpe maboko na ye etikalaki kolenga te mpo na loboko ya Elombe ya Jakobi, oyo azali Mobateli mpate, Libanga ya Isalaele.
But his bow abode in strength, and his arm and his hands remained firm; from the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from there thou becamest the shepherd, the stone of Israel.
25 Mpo na Nzambe ya tata na yo, tika ete asungaka yo! mpo na Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso, tika ete apambola yo, apambola yo na mapamboli ya Lola, wuta na likolo; na mapamboli ya bozindo, na se; na mapamboli ya mabele mpe ya libumu.
From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;
26 Mapamboli ya tata na yo ezali na motuya koleka mapamboli ya bangomba ya kala, koleka bomengo ya bangomba mike ya kala; tika ete mapamboli nyonso ekita na moto ya Jozefi, ekitela ye oyo atombolami kati na bandeko na ye!
With the blessings of thy father that have excelled the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: these shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.
27 Benjame azali lokola mbwa ya zamba; na tongo, apasolaka mosuni na ye; na pokwa, akabolaka bomengo ya bitumba. »
Benjamin shall be as a wolf that rendeth: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.
28 Bango nyonso nde basali bikolo zomi na mibale ya Isalaele; mpe oyo ezali maloba oyo tata na bango alobaki na bango tango apambolaki bango. Apesaki na moko na moko lipamboli oyo ekoki na ye.
All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve in number; and this is what their father spoke unto them, and wherewith he blessed them; every one according to his proper blessing blessed he them.
29 Jakobi apesaki bango malako oyo: « Nakomi pene ya kokende kokutana na batata na ngai. Bokunda ngai esika moko na bango, na lilita oyo ezali na elanga ya Efroni, moto ya Iti,
And he charged them and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me near my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 kati na lidusu ya mabanga ya Makipela, pembeni ya Mamire, na mokili ya Kanana, elanga oyo Abrayami asombaki na Efroni, moto ya Iti, lokola lilita.
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession as a burying-place,
31 Ezalaki kuna nde bakundaki Abrayami mpe Sara, mwasi na ye; Izaki mpe Rebeka, mwasi na ye. Ezali kuna nde ngai nakundaki Lea.
(There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah, )
32 Elanga mpe lidusu ya mabanga oyo ezali kati na yango esombamaki epai ya bato ya Iti. »
Purchasing the field and the cave that is therein from the children of Heth.
33 Tango Jakobi asilisaki kopesa malako epai ya bana na ye, asembolaki makolo na ye na mbeto, akataki motema mpe akendeki kokutana na batata na ye.
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed; and he departed this life, and was gathered unto his people.
