1 Mose 49
1 Yakob frɛɛ ne mmabarima nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mummetwa me ho nhyia, na menka mo nea ɛbɛba mo so daakye.
And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
2 “Yakob mmabarima, mommoaboa mo ho ano, na muntie; muntie mo agya Israel.
Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.
3 “Ruben, wo na woyɛ mʼabakan. Wo na woyɛ me tumi ne mʼahoɔden nsɛnkyerɛnne a edi kan a ɛboro anuonyam ne tumi so.
Ruben, you [are] my firstborn, you my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed.
4 Woyɛ kitikiti sɛ asorɔkye, nanso worenkɔ so bio, efisɛ woforoo wʼagya mpa ne ne yere kɔdae, de guu mʼanim ase.
You were insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for you went up to the bed of your father; then you defiled the couch, whereupon you went up.
5 “Simeon ne Lewi yɛ anuanom. Wogyina hɔ ma basabasayɛ ne asisi.
Symeon and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.
6 Mma me nkɔka wɔn agyinatu ho, efisɛ wɔnam wɔn abufuw so akunkum nnipa, na wokunkum anantwi de gyee wɔn ani.
Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they killed men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.
7 Nnome nka wɔn abufuw, efisɛ ano yɛ den, na ɛyɛ atirimɔdensɛm! Ɛno nti, mɛbɔ wɔn asefo ahwete Israelman mu nyinaa.
Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 “Yuda, wo nuabarimanom beyi wo ayɛ. Wobɛsɛe wʼatamfo nyinaa. Wʼagya mmabarima bɛkotow wo.
Juda, your brethren have praised you, and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father's sons shall do you reverence.
9 Yuda, woyɛ gyata ba a woawe wʼatamfo nam awie. Wote sɛ gyata a wabutuw. Hena na obetumi akɔka no?
Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, you are gone up, having couched you lie as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?
10 Ahempema remfi Yuda nsam, na saa ara nso na ahempema remfi nʼanan ntam, kosi sɛ, nea ɛyɛ ne dea a aman nyinaa betie no no bɛba.
A ruler shall not fail from Juda, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and he is the expectation of nations.
11 Ɔbɛsa nʼafurum wɔ bobe dua mu. Ɔde nʼafurum ba bɛsa bobe pa mman mu. Ɔbɛhoro ne ntama wɔ nsa mu, na wahoro nʼatade nso wɔ bobesa kɔɔ mu.
Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch [of it], he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.
12 Nʼaniwa aba bebiri asen bobesa. Ne se bɛyɛ fitaa asen nufusu.
His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
13 “Sebulon bɛtena mpoano. Obesisi ahyɛngyinabea ama ahyɛn. Nʼahye so bɛtrɛw akosi Sidon.
Zabulon shall dwell on the coast, and he [shall be] by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.
14 “Isakar yɛ afurum hoɔdenfo a obutuw hɔ rehome wɔ nguankuw mu.
Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.
15 Sɛ ohu sɛnea nʼahomegyebea ye fa, ne sɛnea nʼasase no so dwo a, obekuntun agye adesoa, na wapene so sɛ akoa ama ɔhyɛ adwuma.
And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labor, and became a husbandman.
16 “Dan bebu ne manfo atɛn sɛ Israel mmusuakuw no baako.
Dan shall judge his people, as one tribe too in Israel.
17 Dan bɛyɛ sɛ ɔwɔ a ɔda kwankyɛn; ɔbɛyɛ sɛ ahurutoa a ɔnam ɔtempɔn mu a ɔka ɔpɔnkɔ nantin, sɛnea ɛbɛma ne sotefo atew ahwe nʼakyi.
And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),
18 “Awurade, wo nkwagye na meretwɛn.
waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
19 “Nnipa bɔnefo bɛtow ahyɛ Gad so, na ɔno nso betiw wɔn atow ahyɛ wɔn so.
Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; but he shall plunder him, [pursuing him] closely.
20 “Aser aduan a odi no bɛyɛ aduan pa. Na ɔbɛma ahennuan a ɛyɛ akɔnnɔ.
Aser, his bread [shall be] fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes.
21 “Naftali te sɛ ɔforote a wɔagyaa no a ɔwo mma ahoɔfɛfo.
Nephthalim is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit.
22 “Yosef yɛ ngodua a ɛsow aba, a esi asuten ho, na ne mman tra afasu.
Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
23 Agyantowfo kaa no hyɛe, de abufuw tow hyɛɛ ne so.
Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached [him], and the archers pressed hard upon him.
24 Nanso ne bɛma no gyinaa pintinn, na ne basa mu yɛɛ den; esiane Otumfo Nyankopɔn a Yakob som no no a ɔyɛ oguanhwɛfo ne Israel botantim no;
But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of your father;
25 esiane Onyankopɔn a wʼagya som no a ɔboa wo no; Otumfo a ɔde ɔsoro nhyira behyira wo; nhyira a efi asase ase pɛɛ; nhyira a efi nufu ne ɔyafunu mu no.
and my God helped you, and he blessed you with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
26 Wʼagya nhyira a wɔahyira no no bɛdɔɔso asen tete nteredee mmepɔw ne nkoko a etintim hɔ daa no so nnɔbae. Eyinom nyinaa mmra Yosef ti so, engugu anuanom no mu nea wɔapaw no no anintɔn so.
the blessings of your father and your mother—it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
27 “Benyamin yɛ pataku a ɔyɛ nam; ɔbɔ aporɔw anɔpa, kyere ne hanam we, na edu anwummere a, ɔkyekyɛ nam nkae no.”
Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food.
28 Eyi ne nhyira a Israel mmusuakuw dumien no agya de hyiraa wɔn; obiara ne sɛnea ɛfata no.
All these [are] the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing.
29 Yakob rebewu no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn hyɛɛ wɔn se, “Aka kakraa bi, na wɔrebɛfa me akɔka me mpanyimfo ho. Sɛ miwu a, munsie me wɔ ɔboda a ɛwɔ Hetini Efron afuw a wosiee me mpanyimfo wɔ mu no mu.
And he said to them, I am added to my people; you shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Chettite,
30 Ɛno ne ɔboda ne afuw a ɛwɔ Makpela, a ɛbɛn Mamrɛ a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so no. Abraham tɔɔ saa ɔboda no fii Hetini Efron nkyɛn, de yɛɛ amusiei.
in the double cave which is opposite Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron the Chettite, for a possession of a sepulchre.
31 Saa ɔboda no mu na wosiee Abraham ne ne yere Sara. Ɛhɔ ara nso na wosiee Isak ne ne yere Rebeka, na misiee Lea nso.
There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea;
32 Me nena Abraham tɔɔ afuw no ne ɔboda a ɛka ho no nyinaa fii Hetifo no nkyɛn.”
in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, [purchased] of the sons of Chet.
33 Bere a Yakob kasa kyerɛɛ ne mma no wiee no, ɔmaa ne nan so guu ne mpa so wui. Wokosiee no wɔ ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn.
And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.
