創世記 49
1 雅各叫了他的兒子們來，說：「你們都來聚集，我好把你們日後必遇的事告訴你們。
Then Jacob called for his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what will happen to you in the future.
2 雅各的兒子們，你們要聚集而聽， 要聽你們父親以色列的話。
Assemble yourselves and listen, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
3 呂便哪，你是我的長子， 是我力量強壯的時候生的， 本當大有尊榮，權力超眾。
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, and outstanding in power.
4 但你放縱情慾，滾沸如水， 必不得居首位； 因為你上了你父親的床， 污穢了我的榻。
Uncontrollable as rushing water, you will not have the preeminence, because you went up to your father's bed. Then you defiled it; you went up to my couch.
5 西緬和利未是弟兄； 他們的刀劍是殘忍的器具。
Simeon and Levi are brothers. Weapons of violence are their swords.
6 我的靈啊，不要與他們同謀； 我的心哪，不要與他們聯絡； 因為他們趁怒殺害人命， 任意砍斷牛腿大筋。
O my soul, do not come into their council; do not join in their meetings, for my heart has too much honor for that. For in their anger they killed men. It was for pleasure that they hamstrung oxen.
7 他們的怒氣暴烈可咒； 他們的忿恨殘忍可詛。 我要使他們分居在雅各家裏， 散住在以色列地中。
May their anger be cursed, for it was fierce—and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
8 猶大啊，你弟兄們必讚美你； 你手必掐住仇敵的頸項； 你父親的兒子們必向你下拜。
Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.
9 猶大是個小獅子； 我兒啊，你抓了食便上去。 你屈下身去，臥如公獅， 蹲如母獅，誰敢惹你？
Judah is a lion's cub. My son, you have gone up from your victims. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, like a lioness. Who would dare to awaken him?
10 圭必不離猶大， 杖必不離他兩腳之間， 直等細羅來到， 萬民都必歸順。
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes. The nations will obey him.
11 猶大把小驢拴在葡萄樹上， 把驢駒拴在美好的葡萄樹上。 他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服， 在葡萄汁中洗了袍褂。
Binding his donkey to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, and his robe in the blood of grapes.
12 他的眼睛必因酒紅潤； 他的牙齒必因奶白亮。
His eyes will be as dark as wine, and his teeth as white as milk.
13 西布倫必住在海口， 必成為停船的海口； 他的境界必延到西頓。
Zebulun will live by the shore of the sea. He will be a harbor for ships, and his border will extend to Sidon.
14 以薩迦是個強壯的驢， 臥在羊圈之中。
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
15 他以安靜為佳，以肥地為美， 便低肩背重，成為服苦的僕人。
He sees a good resting place and the pleasant land. He will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a servant for the task.
16 但必判斷他的民， 作以色列支派之一。
Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺， 咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的墜落於後。
Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous snake in the path that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18 耶和華啊，我向來等候你的救恩。
I wait for your salvation, Yahweh.
19 迦得必被敵軍追逼， 他卻要追逼他們的腳跟。
Gad—raiders will attack him, but he will attack them at their heels.
20 亞設之地必出肥美的糧食， 且出君王的美味。
Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide royal delicacies.
21 拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿； 他出嘉美的言語。
Naphtali is a doe let loose; he will have beautiful fawns.
22 約瑟是多結果子的樹枝， 是泉旁多結果的枝子； 他的枝條探出牆外。
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring, whose branches climb over the wall.
23 弓箭手將他苦害， 向他射箭，逼迫他。
The archers will attack him and shoot at him and harass him.
24 但他的弓仍舊堅硬； 他的手健壯敏捷。 這是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石－ 就是雅各的大能者。
But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
25 你父親的上帝必幫助你； 那全能者必將天上所有的福， 地裏所藏的福，以及生產乳養的福，都賜給你。
The God of your father will help you and the Almighty God will bless you with blessings of the sky above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, and blessings of the breasts and womb.
26 你父親所祝的福 勝過我祖先所祝的福， 如永世的山嶺，至極的邊界； 這些福必降在約瑟的頭上， 臨到那與弟兄迥別之人的頂上。
The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains or the desirable things of the ancient hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, even upon the crown of the head of the prince of his brothers.
27 便雅憫是個撕掠的狼， 早晨要吃他所抓的， 晚上要分他所奪的。」
Benjamin is a hungry wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey, and in the evening he will divide the plunder.”
28 這一切是以色列的十二支派；這也是他們的父親對他們所說的話，為他們所祝的福，都是按着各人的福分為他們祝福。
These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. Each one he blessed with an appropriate blessing.
29 他又囑咐他們說：「我將要歸到我列祖那裏，你們要將我葬在赫人以弗崙田間的洞裏，與我祖我父在一處，
Then he instructed them and said to them, “I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my forefathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 就是在迦南地幔利前、麥比拉田間的洞；那洞和田是亞伯拉罕向赫人以弗崙買來為業，作墳地的。
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is near Mamre in the land of Canaan, the field that Abraham bought for a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.
31 他們在那裏葬了亞伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉，又在那裏葬了以撒和他的妻子利百加；我也在那裏葬了利亞。
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 那塊田和田間的洞原是向赫人買的。」
The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the people of Heth.”
33 雅各囑咐眾子已畢，就把腳收在床上，氣絕而死，歸他列祖那裏去了。
When Jacob finished these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and went to his people.
