< Deuteronomy 33 >
1 Èyí ni ìbùkún tí Mose ènìyàn Ọlọ́run bùkún fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli kí ó tó kú.
This is the blessing, wherewith the man of God Moses blessed the children of Israel, before his death.
2 Ó sì wí pé, “Olúwa ti Sinai wá, ó sì yọ sí wọn láti Seiri wá ó sì tàn án jáde láti òkè Parani wá. Ó ti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹgbẹgbàarùn-ún àwọn mímọ́ wá láti ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ̀ ni òfin kan a mú bí iná ti jáde fún wọn wá.
And he said: The Lord came from Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints. In his right hand a fiery law.
3 Nítòótọ́, ó fẹ́ràn àwọn ènìyàn an rẹ̀, gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́ wà ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀. Ní ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ ni wọ́n ti foríbalẹ̀, àti lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ ni wọ́n ti ń gba ọ̀rọ̀,
He hath loved the people, all the saints are in his hand: and they that approach to his feet, shall receive of his doctrine.
4 òfin tí Mose fi fún wa, ìní ti ìjọ ènìyàn Jakọbu.
Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.
5 Òun ni ọba lórí Jeṣuruni ní ìgbà tí olórí àwọn ènìyàn péjọpọ̀, pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli.
He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people being assembled with the tribes of Israel.
6 “Jẹ́ kí Reubeni yè kí ó má ṣe kú, tàbí kí ènìyàn rẹ mọ níwọ̀n.”
Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.
7 Èyí ni ohun tí ó sọ nípa Juda: “Olúwa gbọ́ ohùn Juda kí o sì mú tọ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ wá. Kí ọwọ́ rẹ̀ kí ó tó fún un, kí ó sì ṣe ìrànlọ́wọ́ fún lọ́wọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀!”
This is the blessing of Juda. Hear, O Lord, the voice of Juda, and bring him in unto his people: his hands shall fight for him, and he shall be his helper against his enemies.
8 Ní ti Lefi ó wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí Tumimu àti Urimu rẹ kí ó wà pẹ̀lú ẹni mímọ́ rẹ. Ẹni tí ó dánwò ní Massa, ìwọ bá jà ní omi Meriba.
To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction:
9 Ó wí fún baba àti ìyá rẹ pé, ‘Èmi kò buyì fún wọn.’ Kò mọ àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀, tàbí mọ àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ó dúró lórí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀, ó sì pa májẹ̀mú rẹ̀ mọ́.
Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,
10 Ó kọ́ Jakọbu ní ìdájọ́ rẹ̀ àti Israẹli ní òfin rẹ̀. Ó mú tùràrí wá síwájú rẹ̀ àti ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ ẹbọ sísun sórí i pẹpẹ rẹ̀.
Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.
11 Bùsi ohun ìní rẹ̀, Olúwa, kí o sì tẹ́wọ́gbà iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ rẹ̀. Lu ẹgbẹ́ àwọn tí ó dìde sí i; àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀, kí wọn kí ó má ṣe dìde mọ́.”
Bless, O Lord, his strength, and receive the works of his hands. Strike the backs of his enemies, and let not them that hate him rise.
12 Ní ti Benjamini ó wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí olùfẹ́ Olúwa máa gbé ní àlàáfíà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, òun a máa bò ó ní gbogbo ọjọ́, ẹni tí Olúwa fẹ́ràn yóò máa sinmi láàrín èjìká rẹ̀.”
And to Benjamin he said: The best beloved of the Lord shall dwell confidently in him: as in a bride chamber shall he abide all the day long, and between his shoulders shall be rest.
13 Ní ti Josẹfu ó wí pé, “Kí Olúwa bùkún ilẹ̀ rẹ, fún ohun iyebíye láti ọ̀run pẹ̀lú ìrì àti ibú tí ó ń bẹ níṣàlẹ̀;
To Joseph also he said: Of the blessing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath.
14 àti fún èso iyebíye tí ọ̀run mú wá àti ti ohun iyebíye tí ń dàgbà ní oṣooṣù;
Of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by the moon.
15 pẹ̀lú ohun pàtàkì òkè ńlá ìgbàanì àti fún ohun iyebíye ìgbà ayérayé;
Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills:
16 Pẹ̀lú ohun iyebíye ayé àti ẹ̀kún un rẹ̀ àti fún ìfẹ́ ẹni tí ó ń gbé inú igbó. Jẹ́ kí gbogbo èyí sinmi lé orí Josẹfu, lórí àtàrí ẹni tí ó yàtọ̀ láàrín àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀.
And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.
17 Ní ọláńlá ó dàbí àkọ́bí akọ màlúù; ìwo rẹ̀, ìwo àgbáǹréré ni. Pẹ̀lú wọn ni yóò fi ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, pàápàá títí dé òpin ayé. Àwọn sì ni ẹgbẹẹgbàárùn mẹ́wàá Efraimu, àwọn sì ni ẹgbẹẹgbẹ̀rún Manase.”
His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses.
18 Ní ti Sebuluni ó wí pé, “Yọ̀ Sebuluni, ní ti ìjáde lọ rẹ, àti ìwọ Isakari, nínú àgọ́ rẹ.
And to Zabulon he said: Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles.
19 Wọn yóò pe àwọn ènìyàn sórí òkè àti níbẹ̀ wọn yóò rú ẹbọ òdodo, wọn yóò mu nínú ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ Òkun, nínú ìṣúra tí ó pamọ́ nínú iyanrìn.”
They shall call the people to the mountain: there shall they sacrifice the victims of justice. Who shall suck as milk the abundance of the sea, and the hidden treasures of the sands.
20 Ní ti Gadi ó wí pé, “Ìbùkún ni ẹni tí ó mú Gadi gbilẹ̀! Gadi ń gbé níbẹ̀ bí kìnnìún, ó sì fa apá ya, àní àtàrí.
And to Gad he said: Blessed be Gad in his breadth: he hath rested as a lion, and hath seized upon the arm and the top of the head.
21 Ó sì yan ilẹ̀ tí ó dára jù fún ara rẹ̀; ìpín olórí ni a sì fi fún un. Nígbà tí ó rí tí gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn péjọ, ó mú òdodo Olúwa ṣẹ, àti ìdájọ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.”
And he saw his pre-eminence, that in his portion the teacher was laid up: who was with the princes of the people, and did the justices of the Lord, and his judgment with Israel.
22 Ní ti Dani ó wí pé, “Ọmọ kìnnìún ni Dani, tí ń fò láti Baṣani wá.”
To Dan also he said: Dan is a young lion, he shall flow plentifully from Basan.
23 Ní ti Naftali ó wí pé, “Ìwọ Naftali, kún fún ojúrere Ọlọ́run àti ìbùkún Olúwa; yóò jogún ìhà ìwọ̀-oòrùn àti gúúsù.”
And to Nephtali he said: Nephtali shall enjoy abundance, and shall be full of the blessings of the Lord: he shall possess the sea and the south.
24 Ní ti Aṣeri ó wí pé, “Ìbùkún ọmọ ni ti Aṣeri; jẹ́ kí ó rí ojúrere láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀ kí ó sì ri ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sínú òróró.
To Aser also he said: Let Aser be blessed with children, let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Bàtà rẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ irin àti idẹ, agbára rẹ̀ yóò sì rí bí ọjọ́ rẹ̀.
His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days of thy youth, so also shall thy old age be.
26 “Kò sí ẹlòmíràn bí Ọlọ́run Jeṣuruni, ẹni tí ń gun ọ̀run fún ìrànlọ́wọ́ rẹ àti ní ojú ọ̀run nínú ọláńlá rẹ̀.
There is no other God like the God of the rightest: he that is mounted upon the heaven is thy helper. By his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither.
27 Ọlọ́run ayérayé ni ibi ìsádi rẹ, àti ní ìsàlẹ̀ ni apá ayérayé wà. Yóò lé àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ níwájú rẹ, ó sì wí pé, ‘Ẹ máa parun!’
His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.
28 Israẹli nìkan yóò jókòó ní àlàáfíà, orísun Jakọbu nìkan ní ilẹ̀ ọkà àti ti ọtí wáìnì, níbi tí ọ̀run ti ń sẹ ìrì sílẹ̀.
Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew.
29 Ìbùkún ni fún ọ, Israẹli, ta ni ó dàbí rẹ, ẹni tí a gbàlà láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa? Òun ni asà àti ìrànwọ́ rẹ̀ àti idà ọláńlá rẹ̀. Àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ yóò tẹríba fún ọ, ìwọ yóò sì tẹ ibi gíga wọn mọ́lẹ̀.”
Blessed are thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.