Génesis 49
1 Y llamó Jacob a sus hijos, y dijo: Juntáos y declararos he lo que os ha de acontecer en los postreros días.
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 Juntáos y oíd, hijos de Jacob, y oíd a vuestro 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 fortaleza, y el principio de mi vigor: principal en dignidad, principal en fortaleza:
Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:
4 Corriente como las aguas, no seas el principal; por cuanto subiste al lecho de tu padre; entonces te envileciste subiendo a mi estrado.
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, hermanos; armas de iniquidad sus armas.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.
6 En su secreto no entre mi alma, ni mi honra se junte en su compañía; que en su furor mataron varón, y en su voluntad arrancaron muro.
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 Maldito su furor que es fuerte: y su ira, que es dura: yo los apartaré en Jacob, y los esparciré en 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, tú, alabarte han tus hermanos: tu mano en la cerviz de tus enemigos: los hijos de tu padre se inclinarán a ti.
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 Judá: de la presa subiste, hijo mío: encorvóse, echóse como león, y como león viejo, ¿quién lo despertará?
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, y el legislador de entre sus pies, hasta que venga Siloh, y a él se congregarán 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 Atando a la vid su pollino, y a la cepa el hijo de su asna; lavó en el vino su vestido, y en la sangre de uvas su cobertura.
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 Los ojos bermejos del vino, los dientes blancos de la leche.
His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zabulón en puertos de mar habitará, y en puerto de navíos: y su término será 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 de hueso echado entre dos líos.
Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:
15 Y vio que el descanso era bueno, y que la tierra era deleitosa, y abajó su hombro para llevar, y sirvió en tributo.
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 Será Dan serpiente junto al camino, víbora junto a la senda, que muerde los talones de los caballos, y hace caer por detrás al cabalgador de ellos.
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 Tu salud esperé, oh Jehová.
I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.
19 Gad, ejército le acometerá; mas al fin él acometerá.
Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.
20 El pan de Aser será grueso, y él dará deleites de rey.
Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.
21 Neftalí, cierva dejada que dará dichos hermosos.
Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.
22 Ramo fructífero José, ramo fructífero junto a fuente; las doncellas van sobre el muro.
Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;
23 Y amargáronle, y asaeteáronle, y aborreciéronle los señores de saetas.
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
24 Mas su arco quedó en fortaleza, y los brazos de sus manos se corroboraron por las manos del fuerte Dios de Jacob: de allí apacentó la piedra 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 Del Dios de tu padre, el cual te ayudará, y del Omnipotente, el cual te bendecirá con bendiciones de los cielos de arriba, con bendiciones del abismo que está abajo, con bendiciones de pechos y de 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 fueron mayores que las bendiciones de mis progenitores: hasta el término de los collados eternos serán sobre la cabeza de José y sobre la mollera del Nazareno de 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 Ben-jamín, lobo arrebatador: a la mañana comerá la presa, y a la tarde repartirá los 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 Todos estos fueron las tribus de Israel, doce: y esto fue lo que su padre les dijo: y bendíjoles: a cada uno por su bendición los bendijo.
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 Y mandóles, y díjoles: Yo soy congregado con mi pueblo; sepultádme con mis padres en la cueva, que está en el campo de Efrón el Jetteo.
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 en el campo de la dobladura, que está delante de Mamré en la tierra de Canaán, la cual compró Abraham con el mismo campo de Efrón el Jetteo para heredad de 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 Sara su mujer: allí sepultaron a Isaac, y a Rebeca su mujer: allí también sepulté yo a Lia.
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 Compra del campo y de la cueva que está en él, de los hijos de Jet.
In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.
33 Y como acabó Jacob de dar mandamientos a sus hijos, encogió sus pies en la cama, y espiró; y fue congregado con sus padres.
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.
