Génesis 49
1 Jacob llamó a sus hijos y les dijo: Reúnanse y les declararé lo que les acontecerá en los días venideros.
And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.
2 Reúnanse y escuchen, hijos de Jacob, escuchen a su padre Israel:
Come near, O sons of Jacob, and give ear to the words of Israel your father.
3 Rubén, tú eres mi primogénito, Mi fuerza y primicia de mi vigor, Preeminente en dignidad, Preeminente en poder,
Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:
4 Impetuoso como las aguas. No serás el principal, Pues subiste al lecho de tu padre y lo profanaste. ¡Él subió a mi lecho!
But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.
5 Simeón y Leví son hermanos, Sus armas son instrumentos de injusticia.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.
6 En su consejo no entre mi alma, Ni mi espíritu se una a su asamblea, Pues en su furia asesinaron hombres, Y en su temeridad desjarretaron bueyes.
Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.
7 Maldita sea su cólera, que fue fiera, Y su furor, que fue cruel, Los dispersaré entre Jacob Y los esparciré entre Israel.
A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.
8 Judá, te alabarán tus hermanos. Tu mano estará sobre el cuello de tus enemigos. Se inclinarán ante ti los hijos de tu padre.
To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.
9 Cachorro de león es Judá, De la presa subiste, hijo mío, Se agazapa y acecha como un león, Y como un león, ¿quién se atreve a despertarlo?
Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
10 No será quitado el cetro de Judá, Ni el legislador de entre sus pies, Hasta que llegue Siloh, Y sea suya la obediencia de los pueblos.
The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
11 Ata a la vid su pollino, Y a la cepa el pollino de su asna. Lava en vino su ropa, Y en sangre de uvas su manto.
Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:
12 Sus ojos están turbios por el vino, Y sus dientes blancos por la leche.
His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zabulón habitará en la costa de los mares. Él será puerto de navíos, Y su extremo llegará hasta Sidón.
The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.
14 Isacar, asno robusto, Que se echa entre dos apriscos.
Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:
15 Vio que el descanso era bueno Y la tierra placentera. Inclinó su hombro para cargar. Fue un esclavo de trabajo forzado.
And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.
16 Dan juzgará a su pueblo, Como una de las tribus de Israel.
Dan will be the judge of his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan será serpiente junto al camino, Víbora junto al sendero, Que muerde los talones del caballo, Y su jinete cae hacia atrás.
May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.
18 Espero tu salvación, oh Yavé.
I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.
19 A Gad lo asaltarán salteadores, Pero él asaltará su retaguardia.
Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.
20 El pan de Aser es sustancioso, Y él producirá deleites reales.
Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.
21 Neftalí es venada suelta Que dará hermosas crías.
Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.
22 Retoño fructífero es José, Retoño fructífero junto a un manantial, Sus ramas trepan sobre el muro.
Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;
23 Lo amargaron, lo flecharon y lo aborrecieron los arqueros,
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
24 Pero su arco permaneció firme. Fueron fortalecidos los brazos de sus manos, Por las manos del Fuerte de Jacob. De allí es el Pastor, la Roca de Israel,
But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:
25 Por el ʼEL de tu padre, Quien te ayudará, Por ʼEL-Shadday, Quien te bendecirá Con bendiciones de los cielos arriba, Con bendiciones de las profundidades abajo, Con bendiciones de los pechos y de la matriz.
Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
26 Las bendiciones de tu padre Son mayores que las bendiciones de mis antepasados Hasta el límite extremo de las colinas eternas. Sean ellas sobre la cabeza de José, Y para la coronilla del príncipe entre sus hermanos.
Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.
27 Benjamín, lobo depredador, En la mañana devorará la presa, Y por la tarde repartirá despojos.
Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.
28 Todas estas son las 12 tribus de Israel, y esto es lo que les predijo su padre al bendecirlos a cada uno según la bendición que le correspondió.
These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.
29 Luego les dio instrucciones y les dijo: Yo voy a ser reunido a mi pueblo. Sepúltenme con mis antepasados en la cueva que está en el campo de Efrón el heteo,
And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 en la cueva que está frente a Mamre en el campo de la Macpela, en la tierra de Canaán, la cual Abraham compró con el campo de Efrón heteo, como propiedad para sepultura.
In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.
31 Allí sepultaron a Abraham y a su esposa Sara. Allí sepultaron a Isaac y a su esposa Rebeca, y allí sepulté yo a Lea.
There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.
32 El campo y la cueva que hay en él fueron comprados de los hijos de Het.
In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.
33 Cuando Jacob concluyó de dar instrucciones a sus hijos, encogió sus pies en la cama y expiró. Y fue reunido a su pueblo.
And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.
