Genesis 49
1 Nígbà náà ni Jakọbu ránṣẹ́ pe àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ó sì wí pé, “Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, kí n le è sọ ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ iwájú fún un yín.
Then Jacob called his sons, and he said to them: “Gather together, so that I may announce what will happen to you in the last days.
2 “Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, kí ẹ sì tẹ́tí, ẹ̀yin ọmọ Jakọbu; ẹ fetí sí Israẹli baba yín.
Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
3 “Reubeni, ìwọ ni àkọ́bí mi, agbára mi, ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ipá mi, títayọ ní ọlá àti títayọ ní agbára.
Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority.
4 Ẹni ríru bí omi Òkun, ìwọ kì yóò tayọ mọ́, nítorí pé ìwọ gun ibùsùn baba rẹ, lórí àkéte mi, ìwọ sì bà á jẹ́ (ìwọ bá ọ̀kan nínú àwọn aya baba rẹ lòpọ̀).
You are being poured out like water, may you not increase. For you climbed onto your father’s bed, and you defiled his resting place.
5 “Simeoni àti Lefi jẹ́ arákùnrin— idà wọn jẹ́ ohun èlò ogun alágbára.
The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.
6 Kí ọkàn mi má ṣe ni àṣepọ̀ pẹ̀lú wọn, kí n má sì ṣe dúró níbí ìpéjọpọ̀ wọn, nítorí wọ́n ti pa àwọn ènìyàn ní ìbínú wọn, wọ́n sì da àwọn màlúù lóró bí ó ti wù wọ́n.
Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.
7 Ìfibú ni ìbínú wọn nítorí tí ó gbóná púpọ̀, àti fún ìrunú wọn nítorí tí ó kún fún ìkà! Èmi yóò tú wọn ká ní Jakọbu, èmi ó sì fọ́n wọn ká ní Israẹli.
Cursed be their fury, because it was obstinate, and their indignation, because it was harsh. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.
8 “Juda, àwọn arákùnrin rẹ yóò yìn ọ, ọwọ́ rẹ yóò wà ní ọrùn àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ, àwọn ọmọkùnrin baba rẹ yóò foríbalẹ̀ fún ọ.
Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be at the necks of your enemies; the sons of your father will reverence you.
9 Ọmọ kìnnìún ni ọ́, ìwọ Juda, o darí láti igbó ọdẹ, ọmọ mi. Bí i kìnnìún, o ba mọ́lẹ̀, o sì sùn sílẹ̀ bí i abo kìnnìún, ta ni ó tó bẹ́ẹ̀, kí o lé e dìde?
Judah is a lion’s young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him?
10 Ọ̀pá oyè kì yóò kúrò ní Juda bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀pá-ìṣàkóso kì yóò kúrò láàrín ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀, títí tí Ṣilo tí ó ni í yóò fi dé, tí gbogbo àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò máa wárí fún un.
The scepter from Judah and the leader from his thigh will not be taken away, until he who will be sent arrives, and he will be the expectation of Gentiles.
11 Yóò má so ọmọ ẹṣin rẹ̀ mọ́ igi àjàrà, àti ọmọ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́ ẹ̀ka tí ó dára jù. Yóò fọ aṣọ rẹ̀ nínú wáìnì àti ẹ̀wù rẹ̀ nínú omi-pupa ti èso àjàrà.
Tying his young colt to the vineyard, and his donkey, O my son, to the vine, he will wash his robe in wine, and his cloak in the blood of the grape.
12 Ojú rẹ̀ yóò rẹ̀ dòdò ju wáìnì lọ, eyín rẹ yóò sì funfun ju omi-ọyàn lọ.
His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
13 “Sebuluni yóò máa gbé ní etí Òkun, yóò sì jẹ́ èbúté fún ọkọ̀ ojú omi, agbègbè rẹ yóò tàn ká títí dé Sidoni.
Zebulun will live at the seashore and by the outpost of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.
14 “Isakari jẹ́ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ alágbára tí ó dùbúlẹ̀ láàrín agbo àgùntàn.
Issachar will be a strong donkey, reclining between the borders.
15 Nígbà tí ó bá rí bí ibi ìsinmi òun ti dára tó, àti bí ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ ti ní ìdẹ̀ra tó, yóò tẹ èjìká rẹ̀ ba láti ru àjàgà, yóò sì fi ara rẹ̀ fún iṣẹ́ ipá.
He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute.
16 “Dani yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli.
Dan will judge his people just like any other tribe in Israel.
17 Dani yóò jẹ́ ejò ni pópónà àti paramọ́lẹ̀ ní ẹ̀bá ọ̀nà, tí ó bu ẹṣin jẹ ní ẹsẹ̀, kí ẹni tí ń gùn ún bá à le è ṣubú sẹ́yìn.
Let Dan be a snake in the way, a viper in the path, biting the hooves of horses, so that his rider may fall backward.
18 “Mo ń dúró de ìtúsílẹ̀ rẹ, Olúwa.
I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.
19 “Ẹgbẹ́ ogun àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣin yóò kọlu Gadi, ṣùgbọ́n yóò kọlu wọ́n ní gìgísẹ̀ wọn.
Gad, being girded, will fight before him. And he himself will be girded backward.
20 “Oúnjẹ Aṣeri yóò dára; yóò ṣe àsè tí ó yẹ fún ọba.
Asher: his bread will be fat, and he will provide delicacies to the kings.
21 “Naftali yóò jẹ́ abo àgbọ̀nrín tí a tú sílẹ̀ tí ó ń bí ọmọ dáradára.
Naphtali is a stag sent forth, offering words of eloquent beauty.
22 “Josẹfu jẹ́ àjàrà eléso, àjàrà eléso ní etí odò, tí ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ gun orí odi.
Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall.
23 Pẹ̀lú ìkorò, àwọn tafàtafà dojú ìjà kọ ọ́, wọ́n tafà sí í pẹ̀lú ìkanra.
But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.
24 Ṣùgbọ́n ọrun rẹ̀ dúró ni agbára, ọwọ́ agbára rẹ̀ ni a sì mu lára le, nítorí ọwọ́ alágbára Jakọbu, nítorí olùtọ́jú àti aláàbò àpáta Israẹli,
His bow sits in strength, and the bands of his arms and hands have been let loose by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob. From there he went forth as a pastor, the stone of Israel.
25 nítorí Ọlọ́run baba rẹ tí ó ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́, nítorí Olódùmarè tí ó bùkún ọ pẹ̀lú láti ọ̀run wá, ìbùkún ọ̀gbìn tí ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀, ìbùkún ti ọmú àti ti inú.
The God of your father will be your helper, and the Almighty will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the abyss that lies beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 Ìbùkún baba rẹ pọ̀ púpọ̀ ju ìbùkún àwọn òkè ńlá ìgbàanì, ju ẹ̀bùn ńlá àwọn òkè láéláé. Jẹ́ kí gbogbo èyí sọ̀kalẹ̀ sí orí Josẹfu, lé ìpéǹpéjú ọmọ-aládé láàrín arákùnrin rẹ̀.
The blessings of your father are strengthened by the blessings of his fathers, until the desire of the hills of eternity shall arrive. May they be at the head of Joseph, and at the summit of the Nazarite, among his brothers.
27 “Benjamini jẹ́ ìkookò tí ó burú; ní òwúrọ̀ ni ó jẹ ẹran ọdẹ rẹ, ní àṣálẹ́, ó pín ìkógun.”
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will eat the prey, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.”
28 Gbogbo ìwọ̀nyí ni àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli méjìlá, èyí sì ni ohun tí baba wọn sọ fún wọn nígbà tí ó súre fún wọn, tí ó sì fún ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan ní ìbùkún tí ó tọ́ sí i.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. These things their father spoke to them, and he blessed each one with their proper blessings.
29 Nígbà náà ni ó fún wọn ní àwọn ìlànà yìí, “Ọjọ́ ikú mi kù fẹ́ẹ́rẹ́. Kí ẹ sin mí sí ibojì pẹ̀lú àwọn baba mi ní inú àpáta ní ilẹ̀ Hiti ará Efroni.
And he instructed them, saying: “I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 Ihò àpáta tí ó wà ní ilẹ̀ Makpela, nítòsí Mamre ní Kenaani, èyí tí Abrahamu rà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ilẹ̀ ìsìnkú lọ́wọ́ Efroni ará Hiti pẹ̀lú ilẹ̀ rẹ̀.
opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought, along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial.
31 Níbẹ̀ ni a sin Abrahamu àti aya rẹ̀ Sara sí, níbẹ̀ ni a sin Isaaki àti Rebeka aya rẹ̀ sí, níbẹ̀ sì ni mo sìnkú Lea sí.
There they buried him, with his wife Sarah.” And there Isaac was buried with his wife Rebekah. There also Leah lies preserved.
32 Ilẹ̀ náà àti ihò àpáta tí ó wà nínú rẹ̀ ni a rà lọ́wọ́ ará Hiti.”
33 Nígbà tí Jakọbu ti pàṣẹ yìí fún àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ó gbé ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sókè sórí ibùsùn, ó sì kú, a sì ko jọ pọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀.
And having finished these commands by which he instructed his sons, he drew his feet onto the bed, and he passed away. And he was gathered to his people.
