Gênesis 49
1 Depois chamou Jacob a seus filhos, e disse: ajuntai-vos, e anunciar-vos-ei o que vos há de acontecer nos derradeiros dias:
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Ajuntai-vos, e ouvi, filhos de Jacob; e ouvi a Israel vosso pai:
“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, tu és meu primogênito, minha força, e o princípio de meu vigor, o mais excelente em alteza, e o mais excelente em potência.
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 Fervente como a água, não serás o mais excelente; porquanto subiste ao leito de teu pai. Então o contaminaste; subiu à minha cama.
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 Simeão e Levi são irmãos: as suas espadas são instrumentos de violência.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 No seu secreto conselho não entre minha alma, com a sua congregação minha glória não se ajunte; porque no seu furor mataram varões, e na sua teima arrebataram bois
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 Maldito seja o seu furor, pois era forte, e a sua ira, pois era dura: eu os dividirei em Jacob, e os espalharei em 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 Judá, te louvarão os teus irmãos; a tua mão será sobre o pescoço de teus inimigos: os filhos de teu pai a ti se inclinarão.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
9 Judá é um leãozinho, da preza subiste, filho meu: encurva-se, e deita-se como um leão, e como um leão velho: quem o despertará?
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 O cetro não se arredará de Judá, nem o legislador dentre seus pés, até que não venha Shiloh; e a ele congregarão os povos
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 Ele amarrará o seu jumentinho à vide, e o filho da sua jumenta à cepa mais excelente: ele lavará o seu vestido no vinho, e a sua capa em sangue de uvas.
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 Os olhos serão vermelhos de vinho, e os dentes brancos de leite.
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 Zabulon habitará no porto dos mares, e será porto dos navios, e o seu termo será para 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 Issacar é jumento de fortes ossos, deitado entre dois fardos.
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 E viu ele que o descanço era bom, e seu ombro para acarretar, e serviu debaixo de tributo.
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 Dan julgará o seu povo, como uma das tribos de 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 Dan será serpente junto ao caminho, uma víbora junto à vereda, que morde os calcanhares do cavalo, e faz cair o seu cavaleiro por detrás.
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 A tua salvação espero, ó Senhor!
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Quanto a Gad, uma tropa o acometerá; mas ele a acometerá por fim.
[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 De Aser, o seu pão será gordo, e ele dará delícias reais.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Naphtali é uma cerva solta: ele dá palavras formosas.
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 José é um ramo frutifero, ramo frutifero junto à fonte; seus ramos correm sobre o muro.
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 Os flecheiros lhe deram amargura, e o flecharam e aborreceram.
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 O seu arco, porém, susteve-se no forte, e os braços de suas mãos foram fortalecidos pelas mãos do Valente de Jacob (de onde é o pastor e a pedra de 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 Pelo Deus de teu pai, o qual te ajudará, e pelo Todo-poderoso, o qual te abençoará com bençãos dos céus de cima, com bençãos do abismo que está debaixo, com bençãos dos peitos e da madre
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 As bençãos de teu pai excederão as bençãos de meus pais, até à extremidade dos outeiros eternos: elas estarão sobre a cabeça de José, e sobre o alto da cabeça do separado de seus irmãos.
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 Benjamin é lobo que despedaça; pela manhã comerá a preza, e à tarde repartirá o despojo.
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 Todas estas são as doze tribos de Israel: e isto é o que lhes falou seu pai quando os abençoou; a cada um deles abençoou segundo a sua benção.
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 Depois ordenou-lhes, e disse-lhes: Eu me congrego ao meu povo; sepultai-me com meus pais, na cova que está no campo de Ephron, o hetheu,
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 Na cova que está no campo de Machpela, que está em frente de Mamre, na terra de Canaan, a qual Abraão comprou com aquele campo de Ephron, o hetheu, por herança de sepultura:
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 Ali sepultaram a Abraão, e a Sarah sua mulher: ali sepultaram a Isaac, e a Rebeca sua mulher: e ali eu sepultei a Leah.
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 O campo, e a cova que está nele, foi comprado aos filhos de Heth.
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 Acabando pois Jacob de dar mandamentos a seus filhos, encolheu os seu pés na cama, e espirou, e foi congregado ao seu povo.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
