Gênesis 49
1 E chamou Jacó a seus filhos, e disse: Juntai-vos, e vos declararei o que vos há de acontecer nos últimos dias.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Juntai-vos e ouvi, filhos de Jacó; E escutai a vosso pai Israel.
“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 Rúben, tu és meu primogênito, minha força, e o princípio do meu vigor; Principal em dignidade, principal em poder.
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 Corrente como as águas, não sejas o principal; Porquanto subiste ao leito de teu pai: Então te contaminaste, subindo a meu estrado.
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, irmãos: Armas de violência são suas armas.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 Em seu secreto não entre minha alma, nem minha honra se junte em sua companhia; Que em seu furor mataram homem, E em sua vontade aleijaram 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 seu furor, que foi bravio; E sua ira, que foi dura: Eu os dividirei em Jacó, 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, teus irmãos te louvarão: Tua mão esterá sobre o pescoço de teus inimigos: Os filhos de teu pai se inclinarão a ti.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
9 Jovem leão é Judá: Da presa subiste, filho meu: Encurvou-se, lançou-se como leão, Assim como 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 Não será tirado o cetro de Judá, E o legislador dentre seus pés, Até que venha Siló; E a ele se 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 Atando à vide seu jumentinho, E à videira o filho de sua jumenta, Lavou no veio sua roupa, E no sangue de uvas seu manto:
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 Seus olhos mais vermelhos que o vinho, E os dentes mais brancos que o 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 Zebulom em portos de mar habitará, E será para porto de navios; E seu termo até Sidom.
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, asno de forte estrutura deitado entre dois apriscos:
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 que o descanso era bom, E que a terra era deleitosa; E baixou seu ombro para levar, E serviu em 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 Dã julgará a 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 Será Dã serpente junto ao caminho, víbora junto à vereda, que morde os calcanhares dos cavalos, e faz cair por detrás ao cavaleiro deles.
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 Tua salvação espero, ó SENHOR.
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Gade, exército o atacará; mas ele contra-atacará ao 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 O pão de Aser será espesso, E ele dará deleites ao rei.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Naftali, serva solta, que diz belas coisas.
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 Ramo frutífero é José, ramo frutífero é junto à fonte, cujos ramos se estendem 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 E causaram-lhe amargura, e flecharam-lhe, e os arqueiros o odiaram;
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 Mas seu arco manteve-se forte, E os braços de suas mãos se fortaleceram pelas mãos do Forte de Jacó, (Dali 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 Do Deus de teu pai, o qual te ajudará, E do Todo-Poderoso, o qual te abençoará com bênçãos dos céus de acima, com bênçãos do abismo que está abaixo, Com bênçãos do seio 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 bênçãos de teu pai Foram maiores que as bênçãos de meus progenitores: Até o termo das colinas eternas serão sobre a cabeça de José, E sobre o topo da cabeça do que foi 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 Benjamim, lobo arrebatador; de manhã comerá a presa, e à tarde repartirá os despojos.
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 Todos estes foram as doze tribos de Israel: e isto foi o que seu pai lhes disse, e os abençoou; a cada um por sua bênção os abençoou.
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 Mandou-lhes logo, e disse-lhes: Eu vou a ser reunido com meu povo: sepultai-me com meus pais na caverna que está no campo de Efrom os heteus;
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 caverna que está no campo de Macpela, que está diante de Manre na terra de Canaã, a qual comprou Abraão com o mesmo campo de Efrom os heteus, para 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 Sara sua mulher; ali sepultaram a Isaque e a Rebeca sua mulher; ali também sepultei Lia.
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 nele está foram comprados dos filhos de Hete.
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 E quando acabou Jacó de dar ordens a seus filhos, encolheu seus pés na cama, e expirou; e foi reunido com seus pais.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
