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 unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 “Yakob mmabarima, mommoaboa mo ho ano, na muntie; muntie mo agya Israel.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel 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.
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power [should be thine].
4 Woyɛ kitikiti sɛ asorɔkye, nanso worenkɔ so bio, efisɛ woforoo wʼagya mpa ne ne yere kɔdae, de guu mʼanim ase.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excellence; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou the one who ascended my couch.
5 “Simeon ne Lewi yɛ anuanom. Wogyina hɔ ma basabasayɛ ne asisi.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords.
6 Mma me nkɔka wɔn agyinatu ho, efisɛ wɔnam wɔn abufuw so akunkum nnipa, na wokunkum anantwi de gyee wɔn ani.
Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their self-will they lamed the ox.
7 Nnome nka wɔn abufuw, efisɛ ano yɛ den, na ɛyɛ atirimɔdensɛm! Ɛno nti, mɛbɔ wɔn asefo ahwete Israelman mu nyinaa.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is 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.
Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father's children shall bow down unto thee.
9 Yuda, woyɛ gyata ba a woawe wʼatamfo nam awie. Wote sɛ gyata a wabutuw. Hena na obetumi akɔka no?
Like a lion's whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse 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.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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.
He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass's colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;
12 Nʼaniwa aba bebiri asen bobesa. Ne se bɛyɛ fitaa asen nufusu.
His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.
13 “Sebulon bɛtena mpoano. Obesisi ahyɛngyinabea ama ahyɛn. Nʼahye so bɛtrɛw akosi Sidon.
Zebulun shall dwell at the margin of the seas; and he shall be at the haven of ships; and his border shall be near to Zidon.
14 “Isakar yɛ afurum hoɔdenfo a obutuw hɔ rehome wɔ nguankuw mu.
Issachar is a strong-boned ass, couching down between the stables.
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 when he saw the resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant, he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16 “Dan bebu ne manfo atɛn sɛ Israel mmusuakuw no baako.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of 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.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder on the path, that biteth the horse in the heels, so that his rider falleth backward.
18 “Awurade, wo nkwagye na meretwɛn.
For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.
19 “Nnipa bɔnefo bɛtow ahyɛ Gad so, na ɔno nso betiw wɔn atow ahyɛ wɔn so.
Gad, troops will band against him; but he shall wound their heel.
20 “Aser aduan a odi no bɛyɛ aduan pa. Na ɔbɛma ahennuan a ɛyɛ akɔnnɔ.
Out of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 “Naftali te sɛ ɔforote a wɔagyaa no a ɔwo mma ahoɔfɛfo.
Naphtali is [like] a fleet hind; he bringeth pleasant words.
22 “Yosef yɛ ngodua a ɛsow aba, a esi asuten ho, na ne mman tra afasu.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; the branches of which run over the wall.
23 Agyantowfo kaa no hyɛe, de abufuw tow hyɛɛ ne so.
And they embittered his life, and they shot at him, and they hated him, the men of the arrows.
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 his bow abode in strength, and his arm and his hands remained firm; from the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from there thou becamest the shepherd, the stone of Israel.
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.
From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings 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.
With the blessings of thy father that have excelled the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: these shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.
27 “Benyamin yɛ pataku a ɔyɛ nam; ɔbɔ aporɔw anɔpa, kyere ne hanam we, na edu anwummere a, ɔkyekyɛ nam nkae no.”
Benjamin shall be as a wolf that rendeth: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.
28 Eyi ne nhyira a Israel mmusuakuw dumien no agya de hyiraa wɔn; obiara ne sɛnea ɛfata no.
All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve in number; and this is what their father spoke unto them, and wherewith he blessed them; every one according to his proper blessing blessed he them.
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 charged them and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me near my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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 cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession as a burying-place,
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 Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah, )
32 Me nena Abraham tɔɔ afuw no ne ɔboda a ɛka ho no nyinaa fii Hetifo no nkyɛn.”
Purchasing the field and the cave that is therein from the children of Heth.
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 when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed; and he departed this life, and was gathered unto his people.
