Senesi 49

1 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Sēkope ki hono ngaahi foha, ʻo pehē, “Mou fakataha mai, koeʻuhi ke u fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻaia ʻe hoko kiate kimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui.

And Jacob called his sons, and said to them: Gather yourselves together that I may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days.

2 “ʻAe ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope, mou fakakātoa ʻakinautolu ʻo fanongo: pea fakafanongo kia ʻIsileli ko hoʻomou tamai.

Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel your father:

3 “Ko Lupeni, ko hoku ʻuluaki koe, ko hoku mālohi, mo e kamataʻanga ʻo hoku mālohi, ko e lelei mo e ngalingali ʻeiki, mo e fungani ʻoe mālohi.

Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow: excelling in gifts, greater in command.

4 ‌ʻOku ke ngaueue koe ʻo hangē ko e vai, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke hoko ʻo lelei; koeʻuhi naʻa ke ʻalu ki he mohenga ʻo hoʻo tamai; pea naʻa ke fakaʻuliʻi ia: naʻa ke ʻalu ki hoku tokotoʻanga.

Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not: because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed, and didst defile his couch.

5 “Ko Simione mo Livai ko e ongo tokoua; ʻoku ʻi heʻena fakakaukau ʻae ngaahi meʻa tautea fakamamahi.

Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity, waging war.

6 Ko hoku laumālie, ʻoua naʻa ke fie kau ki heʻena fakalilolilo; ko hoku ongoongolelei, ʻoua naʻa ke kau mo hona fakataha, he naʻa na tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻi heʻena ʻita, pea ʻi hona loto lahi, naʻa na holoki hifo ʻae ʻā maka.

Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: because in their fury they slew a man, and in their selfwill they undermined a wall.

7 Malaʻia ki heʻena ʻita, he naʻe kakaha ia: mo ʻena lili he naʻe taʻeʻofa ia: te u tufa ʻakinaua ʻi Sēkope, mo veteki ʻakinaua ʻi ʻIsileli.

Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.

8 “Ko koe Siuta, ʻe fakamālō ki ai ʻa ho ngaahi tokoua; ʻe ʻi he kia ʻo ho ngaahi fili ʻa ho nima; ʻe punou kiate koe ʻae ngaahi fānau ʻa hoʻo tamai.

Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hands shall be on the necks of thy enemies: the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee.

9 Ko e ʻuhiki laione ʻa Siuta: ko hoku foha kuo ke ʻalu hake mei he tamatea: naʻa ne tulolo, ʻo tokoto ʻo hangē ko e laione, pea hangē ko e laione motuʻa; pea ko hai te ne ueʻi hake ia?

Juda is a lion’s whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?

10 E ʻikai mole ʻae tokotoko ʻoe pule ia Siuta, pe ha taha ke foaki ʻae fono mei hono vaʻe, kaeʻoua ke hāʻele mai ʻa Sailo; pea ʻe ʻiate ia ʻae tānaki fakataha ʻoe kakai.

The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.

11 Te ne noʻotaki ʻene ʻuhiki ki he vaine, mo ʻene ʻuhiki ʻasi ki he vaine mātuʻaki lelei; te ne fō hono ngaahi kofu ʻi he uaine, mo hono ngaahi kofu ʻi he toto ʻoe kālepi.

Tying his foal to the vineyard, and his ass, O my son, to the vine. He shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.

12 E kulokula hono mata ʻi he uaine, pea ʻe hinehina hono nifo ʻi he huʻahuhu.

His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

13 “E nofo ʻa Sepuloni ʻi he taulanga ki tahi; pea ko e taulanga ia ki he ngaahi vaka: pea ʻe aʻu atu ʻa hono ngataʻanga ki Saitoni.

Zabulon shall dwell on the sea shore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.

14 “Ko e ʻasi mālohi ʻa ʻIsaka, ʻoku tokoto ia ʻi he tauloto ʻoe kavenga ʻe ua.

Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down between the borders.

15 Pea ʻe pehē ʻe ia ʻoku lelei ʻae fiemālie, pea ʻoku mata lelei ʻae fonua; pea ʻe fakapunou hifo hono uma ke haʻamo, pea ʻe hoko ia ko e tamaioʻeiki ki he tukuhau.

He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

16 “E fakamaau hono kakai ʻe Tani, ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha ʻae faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli.

Dan shall judge his people like another tribe in Israel.

17 Ko e ngata fekai ʻa Tani ʻi he veʻehala, ko e ngata ia ʻi he hala, ʻoku ne uʻu ʻae mui vaʻe ʻoe hoosi, ko ia ʻe hinga ki mui ai ʻae tangata heka hoosi.

Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels that his rider may fall backward.

18 “Kuo u tatali ki hoʻo fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova.

I will look for thy salvation, O Lord.

19 “Ko Kata, ʻe lavaʻi ia ʻe ha kongakau, ka te ne toki ikuna ʻamui.

Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.

20 “E tupu ia ʻAseli ʻae mā lelei, pea ʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻakai fakaʻeiʻeiki.

Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings.

21 “Ko e hainiti ʻa Nafitali kuo vete ange: ʻoku ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea lelei.

Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.

22 “Ko e vaʻa fua lahi ʻa Siosefa, ʻio, ko e vaʻa fua ia ʻoku ofi ki he vai; ʻoku kaka hake hono ngaahi vaʻa ʻi he funga ʻā.

Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold; the daughters run to and fro upon the wall.

23 Kuo fakamamahi lahi ia ʻe he kau tangata fana, ʻo nau fanaʻi ia, mo fehiʻa kiate ia:

But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.

24 Ka naʻe tuʻumaʻu ʻene kaufana ʻi he mālohi, pea naʻe fakamālohi ʻae kupuʻi nima ʻo hono nima, ʻe he nima ʻoe Māfimafi ʻo Sēkope. ʻOku mei ai ʻae Tauhi, ko e Maka ʻo ʻIsileli:

His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel.

25 ‌ʻIo, mei he ʻOtua ʻo hoʻo tamai, ʻaia te ne tokoniʻi koe; pea ʻi he Māfimafi, ʻaia te ne tāpuaki koe ʻaki ʻae ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoe langi mei ʻolunga, mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoe loloto ʻoku ʻi lalo, mo e tāpuaki ʻoe ngaahi huhu, pea mo e manāva:

The God of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 Ko e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa hoʻo tamai kuo māhilihili ia ki ʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa hoʻo ngaahi kui, ʻo aʻu ki he mātuʻaki ngataʻanga mamaʻo ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga taʻengata; te nau ʻi he ʻulu ʻo Siosefa, pea ki he tumuʻaki ʻoe ʻulu ʻo ia naʻe vaheʻi mei hono ngaahi tokoua.

The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.

27 “E ʻuakai ʻa Penisimani ʻo hangē ko e ulofi: te ne kai ʻi he pongipongi ʻaia kuo ne maʻu, pea te ne tufa ʻi he pō ʻae koloa kuo vete.”

Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.

28 Ko e ngaahi faʻahinga ʻe hongofulu ma ua eni ʻo ʻIsileli; pea ko eni ia naʻe lea ʻaki ʻe heʻenau tamai kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne tāpuaki ʻaki ʻakinautolu; naʻa ne tāpuaki ʻakinautolu taki taha, ʻo fakatatau ki hono tāpuaki ʻoʻona.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one, with their proper blessings.

29 Pea fonosia ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne pehē: “E tānaki au ki hoku kakai ka mou tanu au mo ʻeku ngaahi tamai ʻi he ʻana ʻoku ʻi he ngoue ʻa ʻEfilone ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Heti.

And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite,

30 ‌ʻI he ʻana ʻoku ʻi he ngoue ʻi Makipila, ʻaia ʻoku hanga atu ki Mamili, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ʻaia naʻe fakatau ʻe ʻEpalahame, mo e ngoue ʻa ʻEfilone ʻoe kau Heti, ko e potu maʻana ko e tanuʻanga.

Over against Mambre in the land of Chanaan, which Abraham bought together with the field of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in.

31 Naʻa nau tanu ʻi ai ʻa ʻEpalahame mo hono uaifi ko Sela; pea naʻa nau tanu ʻi ai ʻa ʻAisake mo hono uaifi ko Lepeka pea naʻaku tanu ʻi ai ʻa Lia.

There they buried him, and Sara his wife: there was Isaac buried with Rebecca his wife: there also Lia doth lie buried.

32 Naʻe fakatau ʻae ngoue mo e ʻana ʻoku ʻi ai, mei he fānau ʻa Heti.”

33 Pea kuo fakaʻosi ʻe Sēkope ʻene fekau ki hono ngaahi foha, pea naʻa ne hamusi hake hono vaʻe ʻi he mohenga, pea tukuange ʻe ia hono laumālie, pea naʻe tānaki ia ki hono kakai.

And when he had ended the commandments, wherewith he instructed his sons, he drew up his feet upon the bed, and died: and he was gathered to his people.