Genesis 49
1 Pagkatapos tinawag ni Jacob ang kanyang mga anak na lalaki, at sinabi: “Magsama-sama kayo, para sabihin ko kung ano ang mangyayari sa inyo sa hinaharap.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Magpulong kayo at makinig, kayong mga anak na lalaki ni Jacob. Makinig kayo kay Israel, ang inyong ama.
“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, ikaw ang aking panganay, aking lakas, at ang simula ng aking kalakasan, katangi-tangi ang dangal at katangi-tangi ang kapangyarihan.
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 Katulad ng hindi mapipigilan na matuling agos ng tubig, hindi ka magkakaroon ng katanyagan, dahil sumampa ka sa kama ng iyong ama. Dinungisan mo ito; sumampa ka sa aking higaan.
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 Sina Simeon at Levi ay magkapatid. Mga armas na marahas ang kanilang mga tabak.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 O aking kaluluwa, huwag kayong pumunta sa kanilang konseho, huwag kayong makiisa sa kanilang pagpupulong, dahil labis ang karangalan ng aking puso para dito. Papatay sila ng mga tao dahil sa kanilang galit. Pipilayan nila ang baka para sa kanilang kasiyahan.
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 Nawa sumpain ang kanilang galit, dahil ito ay mabagsik—at ang kanilang matinding galit, dahil ito ay malupit. Hahatiin ko sila kay Jacob at ikakalat ko sila sa 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 Juda, pupurihin ka ng iyong mga kapatid na lalaki. Ang iyong kamay ay nasa leeg ng iyong mga kaaway. Yuyuko sa iyo ang mga anak na lalaki ng iyong ama.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
9 Si Juda ay isang batang leon. Anak ko, tapos ka na sa iyong mga biktima. Yumuko siya, yumukod siya katulad ng leon, katulad ng leona. Sino ang hahamon na gisingin siya?
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 Hindi mawawala ang setro sa Juda, kahit ang tungkod ng pinuno mula sa pagitan ng kanyang mga paa, hanggang dumating ang Silo. Susunod ang mga bansa sa kanya.
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 Pagkatali ng kanyang batang kabayo sa puno ng ubas at ng batang asno sa piling puno ng ubas, nilabhan niya ang kanyang mga kasuotan ng alak at ang kanyang balabal sa dugo ng mga ubas.
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 Ang mata niya ay magiging kasing itim ng alak, at ang kanyang ngipin ay kasing puti ng gatas.
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 Titira si Zebulon sa tabing-dagat. Magiging daungan siya ng mga barko at aabot ang kanyang hangganan sa 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 Malakas na asno si Isacar na nakahiga sa gitna ng tupahan.
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 Nakakakita siya ng mabuting lugar na pagpahingahan at kaaya-ayang lupain. Iyuyukod niya ang kanyang balikat para pumasan at naging isang alipin para sa tungkulin.
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 Hahatulan ni Dan ang kanyang mga tao bilang isa sa mga lipi ng 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 Magiging tulad ng ahas si Dan sa gilid ng daan, isang nakalalasong ahas sa daan na nanunuklaw ng mga sakong ng kabayo, upang mahulog ng patalikod ang kanyang sakay.
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 Maghihintay ako sa iyong pagliligtas, Yahweh.
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Si Gad—lulusubin siya ng mga mananalakay, pero sasalakay siya sa kanilang mga sakong.
[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 Magiging masagana ang pagkain ni Aser, at magbibigay siya ng mga pagkain sa maharlika.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Si Nephtali ay isang malayang babaeng usa; magkakaroon siya ng magandang mumunting mga usa.
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 Si Jose ay magiging mabungang sanga, isang mabungang sanga malapit sa batis at aakyat sa pader ang mga sanga.
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 Lulusubin siya, papanain at guguluhin ng mga namamana.
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 Pero mananatili ang kanyang pana, at magiging dalubhasa ang kanilang mga kamay dahil sa mga kamay ng Makapangyarihan kay Jacob, dahil sa pangalan ng Pastol, at ang Bato ng 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 Dahil ang Diyos ng iyong ama, na siyang tutulong sa iyo, at dahil sa makapangyarihang Diyos na siyang magbabasbas sa iyo ng pagpapala sa kalangitan, mga pagpapala sa kailaliman na nasa ibaba, mga pagpapala sa mga dibdib at sinapupunan.
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 Mas malaki pa ang mga pagpapala ng iyong ama kaysa sa mga sinaunang bundok o kanais-nais na mga bagay ng walang hanggang mga burol. Sila ay nasa ulo ni Jose, pagpapala na kokorona sa ulo ng isang prinsipe na nakakataas sa kanyang mga kapatid.
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 Gutom na lobo si Benjamin. Lalamunin niya ang kanyang nahuli sa umaga, at hahatiin niya ang mga nakaw sa gabi.”
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 Ito ang mga labindalawang lipi ng Israel. Ito ang sinabi ng kanilang ama nang sila ay pinagpala niya. Bawat isa ay pinagpala niya ng nararapat na pagpapala.
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 Tinuruan niya sila at sinabihang, “Ako nga ay pupunta na sa aking mga tao. Ilibing ninyo ako kasama ng aking mga ninuno sa kuweba na nasa bukid ni Efron ang Heteo,
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 sa kuweba na nasa bukid ng Macpela, na malapit sa Mamre sa lupain ng Canaan, ang bukid na binili ni Abraham kay sa Efron ang Heteo para maging libingan.
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 Doon inilibing si Abraham at Sara na kanyang asawa; inilibing nila roon si Isaac at Rebeca na kanyang asawa; at inilibing ko roon si 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 Binili ang bukid at ang kuweba rito mula sa mga 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 Nang matapos ni Jacob ang kanyang mga tagubilin sa kanyang mga anak na lalaki, iniunat niya ang kanyang mga paa sa kama at inihinga ang huling hininga, at pumunta sa kanyang mga tao.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
