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.

Then Iaakob called his sonnes, and sayde, Gather your selues together, that I may tell you what shall come to you in the last dayes.

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

Gather your selues together, and heare, ye sonnes of Iaakob, and hearken vnto 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.

Reuben mine eldest sonne, thou art my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellencie of dignitie, and the excellencie of power:

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 wast light as water: thou shalt not be excellent, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bed: then diddest thou defile my bed, thy dignitie is gone.

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

Simeon and Leui, brethren in euill, the instruments of crueltie are in their habitations.

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.

Into their secret let not my soule come: my glory, be not thou ioyned with their assembly: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their selfe will they digged downe 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 wrath, for it was fierce, and their rage, for it was cruell: I will deuide them in Iaakob, and 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.

Thou Iudah, thy brethre shall praise thee: thine hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies: thy fathers sonnes shall bowe downe vnto 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?

Iudah, as a Lions whelpe shalt thou come vp from the spoyle, my sonne. He shall lye downe and couche as a Lion, and as a Lionesse: Who shall stirre him vp?

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 scepter shall not depart from Iudah, nor a Lawegiuer from betweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come, and the people shall be gathered vnto him.

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.

He shall binde his Asse foale vnto ye vine, and his Asses colte vnto the best vine. hee shall wash his garment in wine, and his cloke in the blood of grapes.

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

His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.

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.

Zebulun shall dwell by the sea side, and he shalbe an hauen for shippes: and his border shalbe vnto Zidon.

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

Issachar shalbe a strong asse, couching downe betweene two burdens:

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.

And he shall see that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant, and he shall bow his shoulder to beare, and shalbe subiect vnto tribute.

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

Dan shall iudge his people as one of the tribes of 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.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, byting the horse heeles, so that his rider shall fall backward.

18 “Kuo u tatali ki hoʻo fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova.

O Lord, I haue waited for thy saluation.

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

Gad, an hoste of men shall ouercome him, but he shall ouercome at the last.

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

Concerning Asher, his bread shalbe fat, and he shall giue pleasures for a king.

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

Naphtali shalbe a hinde let goe, giuing goodly wordes.

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.

Ioseph shalbe a fruitefull bough, euen a fruitful bough by the well side: the small boughs shall runne vpon the wall.

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

And the archers grieued him, and shotte against him and hated 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:

But his bowe abode strong, and the hands of his armes were strengthened, by the handes of the mighty God of Iaakob, of whom was the feeder appointed, by 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:

Euen by the God of thy father, who shall helpe thee, and by the almightie, who shall blesse thee with heauenly blessinges from aboue, with blessings of the deepe, that lyeth beneath, with blessings of the brestes, and of the wombe.

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 shalbe stronger then the blessings of mine elders: vnto the ende of the hilles of the worlde they shall be on the head of Ioseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separate from 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.”

Beniamin shall rauine as a wolfe: in the morning he shall deuoure the pray, and at night he shall deuide the spoyle.

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 twelue tribes of Israel, and thus their father spake vnto them, and blessed them: euery one of them blessed hee with a seuerall blessing.

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 and sayd vnto them, I am ready to be gathered vnto my people: burie mee with my fathers in the caue, that is in the fielde of Ephron the Hittite,

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.

In the caue that is in the field of Machpelah besides Mamre in the land of Canaan: which caue Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to burie 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 Abraham and Sarah his wife: there they buryed Izhak and Rebekah his wife: and there I buried Leah.

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

The purchase of the fielde and the caue that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth.

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.

Thus Iaakob made an end of giuing charge to his sonnes, and plucked vp his feete into the bed and gaue vp the ghost, and was gathered to his people.