Rodzaju 49
1 Wezwał tedy Jakób synów swoich i rzekł: Zbierzcie się, a oznajmię wam, co ma przyjść na was w ostatnie dni.
Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
2 Zbierzcie się, i słuchajcie synowie Jakóbowi, a słuchajcie Izraela, ojca waszego.
“Gather around me in order that I can tell you what will happen in the future. My sons, come and listen to me. I am your father, [Jacob, whom God named] Israel.
3 Ruben pierworodny mój, tyś moc moja, i początek siły mojej, zacny dostojeństwem, i zacny męstwem.
Reuben, you are my oldest son. You were born when I was young and energetic/strong. You are prouder and stronger than all the rest of my sons.
4 Spłyniesz jako woda: nie będziesz zacnym, boś wstąpił na łoże ojca twego, i splugawiłeś łoże moje, i zginęło dostojeństwo twoje.
But you were as uncontrollable as a flood [SIM]. So now you will not be my most important son, because you climbed up onto my bed, and had sex with [MTY] my (concubine/slave who had become one of my wives). Your doing that caused me, your father, to have great shame.
5 Symeon i Lewi, bracia, naczynia nieprawości miecze ich.
Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
6 W radę ich niechaj nie wchodzi dusza moja, a z zgromadzeniem ich niech się nie jednoczy sława moja; bo w zapalczywości swej zabili męża, a w swej woli wywrócili mur.
I do not want to be with you when you make evil plans [DOU]. I do not want to join you in your meetings, because you killed people when you became very angry, and you (hamstrung/cut the tendons in the legs of) oxen just to (have fun/see them suffer).
7 Przeklęta zapalczywość ich, iż uporna, i gniew ich, iż zatwardziały. Rozdzielę je w Jakóbie, a rozproszę je w Izraelu.
God says, ‘I will (curse/cause bad things to happen to) them for being very angry, for acting very cruelly when they were very furious. I will scatter their descendants [MTY] throughout Israel land.’
8 Juda, tyś jest, ciebie chwalić będą bracia twoi; ręka twoja będzie na szyi nieprzyjaciół twoich; kłaniać się tobie będą synowie ojca twego.
Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
9 Szczenię lwie Juda, od łupu, synu mój, wróciłeś się; skłonił się i położył się jako lew, i jako lwica, a któż go obudzi?
Judah is like a young lion [SIM] that has returned to its den satisfied after eating the animals that it has killed. He is like a lion that lies down and stretches out after eating; no one would dare to disturb it [RHQ].
10 Nie będzie odjęte sceptrum od Judy, ani Zakonodawca od nóg jego, aż przyjdzie Szylo, i jemu będzie oddane posłuszeństwo narodów.
There will always be a ruler [MTY] from the descendants of Judah [MTY]. Each one will hold a scepter/staff to show that he has authority as a king. He will do that until the one to whom the scepter belongs comes, the one to whom the nations will bring tribute and show that they will obey him.
11 Uwiąże u winnej macicy oślę swe, a u wybornej macicy winnej oślątko oślicy swej; omyje w winie szatę swoję, a we krwi jagód winnych odzienie swoje
The grapevines of Judah’s descendants will produce grapes very abundantly. As a result, they will not object to tying their young donkeys to the grapevines in order that the donkeys can eat the leaves of the grapevines. [Wine will be very plentiful, with the result that] they could wash their cloaks in wine that is as red as blood [MET].
12 Czerwieńsze oczy jego nad wino, a bielsze zęby jego nad mleko.
Their eyes will be red because of [drinking too much] wine, but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk [from the cows].
13 Zabulon na brzegu morskim mieszkać będzie, i przy porcie okrętów, a granice jego aż do Sydonu.
Zebulun, your descendants will live by the seashore where there will be a safe harbor for ships. Their land will extend north as far as Sidon [city].
14 Isaszar jako osieł kościsty, leżący między dwoma brzemiony.
Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys that are lying down on the ground between their loads, [so tired that they cannot get up]!
15 Upatrzył pokój, że jest dobry, i ziemię, że piękna, nachylił ramię swe ku noszeniu, dla tegoż będzie hołd dawał.
They will see that their resting place is good, and that the land pleases them very much. But they will bend their backs to carry heavy loads and be forced to work for others.
16 Dan sądzić będzie lud swój, jako jedno z pokoleń Izraelskich.
Dan, although your tribe will be small, their leaders will rule their people just like the leaders of other tribes of Israel will rule their people.
17 Dan będzie wężem na drodze, żmiją na ścieżce, kąsając pięty końskie, że spadnie nazad jeździec jego.
Your descendants will be like snakes at the side of a road, like poisonous snakes lying beside a path. They will strike the heels of horses that pass by, causing the riders to fall backwards [as the horses rear up on their hind legs].”
18 Zbawienia twego oczekiwam, Panie!
Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
19 Gad od wojska zwyciężony będzie; ale i on potem zwycięży.
[Then Jacob continued telling his sons what would happen in the future. He said], “Gad, your tribe/descendants will be attacked by a group of bandits, but your tribe/descendants will pursue and attack them [MTY].
20 Z Asera tłusty chleb jego, a on wyda rozkoszy królewskie.
Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
21 Neftali jako łani wypuszczona, mówiąc piękne słowa.
Naphtali, your descendants will be like deer [MET] that are (free to/not tied down and can) run wherever they wish. They will give birth to children who are good-looking like (fawns/baby deer) [MET].
22 Latorośl płodna Józef, latorośl wyrastająca nad źródłem, a latorośli jego rozchodzą się po murze.
Joseph, you will have many descendants [MET]. Their children will be as many as the fruit on a vine near a spring of water, whose branches extend over a wall.
23 Acz gorzkością napełnili go, i strzelali nań, a nienawidzili go strzelcy.
Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
24 Jednak został potężny łuk jego, a zmocniły się ramiona rąk jego, w rękach mocnego Boga Jakóbowego, stąd się stał pasterzem i opoką Izraelową.
But they will hold their bows steady and their arms will remain strong, because of the power [MTY] of my mighty God, because of Yahweh who guides and provides for me [MET] like a shepherd guides and provides for his sheep. The people of Israel will [ask Yahweh to protect them], [like people hide under] a huge [overhanging] to be protected.
25 Od Boga ojca twego, który cię wspomógł, i od Wszechmogącego, któryć błogosławił błogosławieństwy niebieskiemi z wysoka, i błogosławieństwy przepaści leżącej głęboko, i błogosławieństwy piersi i żywota.
God, the one whom I worship, will help your descendants. God Almighty will bless them by sending them rain from the sky and by giving them water from deep/far below the ground. He will give them many cattle and children [MET] (OR, and their cattle will have many offspring).
26 Błogosławieństwa ojca twego mocniejsze będą nad błogosławieństwa przodków moich, aż do granic pagórków wiecznych; będą nad głową Józefową, i nad wierzchem głowy odłączonego między bracią swą.
The blessings that I want God to give you are great ones. They are greater than the blessings that come from the eternal mountains, greater than the ones that come from the everlasting hills. Joseph, I pray that these blessings will (be given to you/come upon your head), because you are the leader of your [older] brothers [and younger brother].
27 Benjamin jako wilk porywający, rano jeść będzie łup, a wieczór będzie dzielił korzyść.
Benjamin, your descendants will be like [MET] vicious/fierce wolves: In the morning they will kill their enemies like a wolf devours (its prey/the animals that it has killed), and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they seized from their enemies.”
28 Teć wszystkie są dwanaście pokolenia Izraelskie, i to, co im powiedział ojciec ich, i błogosławił im; każdemu według błogosławieństwa jego błogosławił im.
Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were appropriate for him.
29 A rozkazał im, i rzekł do nich: Ja będę przyłączon do ludu mego; pogrzebcież mię z ojcy moimi w jaskini, która jest na polu Efrona Hetejczyka;
Then Jacob said to his sons, “I will soon die. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people-group.
30 W jaskini, która jest na polu Machpela, która jest na przeciwko Mamre w ziemi Chananejskiej, którą kupił Abraham z rolą od Efrona Hetejczyka, w osiadłość grobu.
That field is in the Machpelah area, east of Mamre [town], in Canaan. My grandfather Abraham bought it from Ephron to use as a burial place.
31 Tam pogrzebiono Abrahama, i Sarę, żonę jego; tam pogrzebiono Izaaka, i Rebekę żonę jego; tamem też pogrzebał Liję.
That is where they buried him and his wife Sarah. That is where they buried my father Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And that is where I buried my wife Leah.
32 A kupiono tę rolą i jaskinią, która na niej, od synów Hetowych.
That field and the cave in it were bought from the Heth people-group; so that is where I want you to bury me.”
33 Tedy przestawszy Jakób mówić do synów swoich, złożył nogi swe na łoże i umarł, i przyłączon jest do ludu swego.
When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
