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 calls to his sons and says, “Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which happens with you in the latter end of the days.
2 “ʻAe ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope, mou fakakātoa ʻakinautolu ʻo fanongo: pea fakafanongo kia ʻIsileli ko hoʻomou tamai.
Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And listen to your father Israel.
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! You [are] my firstborn, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
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.
Unstable as water, you are not abundant; For you have gone up your father’s bed; Then you have defiled [it]: He went up my couch!
5 “Ko Simione mo Livai ko e ongo tokoua; ʻoku ʻi heʻena fakakaukau ʻae ngaahi meʻa tautea fakamamahi.
Simeon and Levi [are] brothers! Instruments of violence—their espousals!
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, do not come, O my soul! Do not be united to their assembly, O my glory; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.
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 [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I 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.
Judah! Your brothers praise you! Your hand [is] on the neck of your enemies, Sons of your father bow themselves to you.
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?
A lion’s whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, you have gone up; He has bent, he has crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causes him to arise?
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 does not turn aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Until his Seed comes; And His [is] the obedience of peoples.
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.
Binding to the vine his donkey, And to the choice vine the colt of his donkey, He has washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;
12 E kulokula hono mata ʻi he uaine, pea ʻe hinehina hono nifo ʻi he huʻahuhu.
Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with 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.
Zebulun dwells at a haven of the seas, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] to Sidon.
14 “Ko e ʻasi mālohi ʻa ʻIsaka, ʻoku tokoto ia ʻi he tauloto ʻoe kavenga ʻe ua.
Issachar [is] a strong donkey, Crouching between the two folds;
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 sees rest, that [it is] good, And the land, that [it is] pleasant, And he inclines his shoulder to bear, And is a servant for tribute.
16 “E fakamaau hono kakai ʻe Tani, ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha ʻae faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli.
Dan judges 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 is a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, Which is biting the horse’s heels, And its rider falls backward.
18 “Kuo u tatali ki hoʻo fakamoʻui ʻe Sihova.
For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
19 “Ko Kata, ʻe lavaʻi ia ʻe ha kongakau, ka te ne toki ikuna ʻamui.
Gad! A troop assaults him, But he assaults last.
20 “E tupu ia ʻAseli ʻae mā lelei, pea ʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻakai fakaʻeiʻeiki.
Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he gives delicacies of a king.
21 “Ko e hainiti ʻa Nafitali kuo vete ange: ʻoku ne lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea lelei.
Naphtali [is] a doe sent away, Who is giving beautiful young ones.
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 fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;
23 Kuo fakamamahi lahi ia ʻe he kau tangata fana, ʻo nau fanaʻi ia, mo fehiʻa kiate ia:
And embitter him indeed, they have striven, Indeed, archers hate 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:
And his bow abides in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From where is a shepherd, a son 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:
By the God of your father who helps you, And the Mighty One who blesses you, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and 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.
Your father’s blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, To the limit of the perpetual heights They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brothers.
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 wolf tears; In the morning he eats prey, And at evening he apportions 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, and this [is] that which their father has spoken to them, and he blesses them; each according to his blessing he has blessed them.
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 commands them and says to them, “I am being gathered to my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field 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 cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;
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 his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; 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 field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from sons 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.
And Jacob finishes commanding his sons, and gathers up his feet to the bed, and expires, and is gathered to his people.
