Génesis 49
1 Y envió Jacob a sus hijos, y dijo: Vengan todos ustedes, para que yo les dé noticias de su destino en el futuro.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Acércate, hijos de Jacob, y escucha las palabras de Israel tu padre.
“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 Rubén, tú eres mi hijo mayor, el primer fruto de mi fuerza, primero en orgullo y primero en 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 Pero debido a que eres incontrolable como las aguas, el primer lugar no será tuyo; porque subiste a la cama de tu padre, incluso a su lecho nupcial, y lo deshonraste.
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 Simeón y Leví son hermanos; el engaño y la fuerza son sus diseños secretos.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 No participes en sus secretos, alma mía; mantente alejado, oh corazón mío, de sus reuniones; porque en su furor mataron a los hombres, y por su placer incluso los bueyes fueron heridos.
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 Una maldición sobre su ira; que es fuerte y en su ira porque era cruel. Dejaré que su herencia en Jacob se rompa, esparciendolo de sus lugares en 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 A ti, Judá, tus hermanos te alabarán; tu mano estará sobre el cuello de tus enemigos; los hijos de tu padre se postrarán delante de 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 Judá es como un cachorro de león; como un león lleno de carne te has vuelto grandioso, hijo mío; ahora toma su descanso como un león tendido y como un viejo león; ¿quién lo despertará de su sueño?
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 La vara de la autoridad no será quitada de Judá, y no estará sin un legislador, hasta que venga quien tiene derecho a ella, y los pueblos se pondrán bajo su dominio.
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 Anudando la cuerda de su asno a la vid, y su pollino la mejor vid; lavando su túnica en vino, y su ropa en la sangre 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 Sus ojos son más oscuros que él vino, y sus dientes más blancos que la leche.
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 El lugar de reposo de Zabulón estará junto al mar, y él será un puerto para los barcos; el borde de su tierra será por Zidon.
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 Isacar es un asno fuerte extendido entre los rebaños:
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 Y vio que el descanso era bueno y la tierra era agradable; así que les dejó poner carga en su espalda y se convirtió en un esclavo.
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 será el juez de su pueblo, como una de las tribus 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 como una serpiente en el camino, una serpiente cornuda junto al camino, mordiendo el pie del caballo para que el jinete caiga de espaldas.
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 He estado esperando tu salvación, oh Señor.
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Gad, un ejército vendrá contra él, pero él descenderá sobre ellos en su huida.
[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 El pan de Asher es abundante; él da comida digna digna de reyes.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Naphtali es una cierva suelta, dando hermosas crías.
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 es una rama fructífera, rama fructífera junto a la fuente; y sus ramas trepan sobre la pared.
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 Le causaron dolorosas amarguras los arqueros; lanzaron sus flechas contra él, lo odian, siempre lo están molestando:
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 pero José tiene brazos fuertes, y mantiene firme su arco, por la fortaleza del Dios de Jacob! con el nombre del Pastor la Roca 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 Incluso por el Dios de tu padre, que será tu ayuda, y por él Todopoderoso, que te hará sentir lleno de bendiciones del cielo en lo alto, bendiciones de lo profundo, extendidas bajo la tierra, bendiciones de los pechos y del vientre fértil:
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 Tu padre te bendijo más de lo que mis padres me bendijeron. Hasta el fin de las montañas más antiguas y el fruto de las colinas eternas: que vengan sobre la cabeza de José, sobre la frente del que estaba separado de sus hermanos.
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 Benjamín es un lobo, que busca carne: por la mañana toma su comida, y por la tarde hace división de lo que ha tomado.
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 Estas son las doce tribus de Israel: y estas son las palabras que su padre les dijo, bendiciendo; a cada uno le dio su bendición.
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 Y les ordenó, diciendo: Ponme en paz con mi pueblo y con mis padres, en el hueco de la peña en el campo de Efrón el hitita,
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 En la roca del campo de Macpela, cerca de Mamre, en la tierra de Canaán, que Abraham tomó de Efrón el hitita, para ser su lugar de descanso.
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 Allí fueron sepultados Abraham y Sara su mujer, y pusieron allí a Isaac y a Rebeca su mujer, y allí hice descansar a Lea.
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 En la roca en el campo, que recibió un precio del pueblo de Het.
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 Y cuando Jacob hubo llegado a estas palabras con sus hijos, y se acostó en su lecho, abandonó su espíritu y se fue por camino de su pueblo.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
