Genesis 49
1 Jacob called his sons together, and said, “Gather round so I can tell you what's going to happen to you in the future.
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。
2 Come here, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.
雅各的兒子們，你們要聚集而聽， 要聽你們父親以色列的話。
3 Reuben. You are my firstborn, conceived when I was strong, born when I was vigorous! You were above all others is position, above all others in power.
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。
4 But you boil over like water, so you won't be above anyone anymore, because you went and slept with my concubine; you violated my marriage bed.
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。
5 Simeon and Levi are two of the same kind—they use their weapons for destructive violence.
西緬和利未是弟兄； 他們的刀劍是殘忍的器具。
6 I refuse to be part of their decisions; I refuse to participate in what they do. For they killed men in their anger; they crippled cattle just for fun.
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。
7 I curse their anger because it is too harsh; I curse their fury because it is too cruel! I will separate their descendants throughout Jacob; I will scatter them throughout Israel.
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。
8 Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will defeat your enemies. Your father's sons shall bow down to you in respect.
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。
9 My son Judah is a young lion coming back from eating its prey. He crouches and lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who would dare to disturb him?
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？
10 Judah will always hold the scepter, and the staff of authority will always be at his feet until Shiloh comes; the nations will obey him.
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。
11 He ties his donkey to the vine, his donkey's colt to the best vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the red juice of grapes.
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。
12 His eyes sparkle more than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
他的眼睛必因酒紅潤； 他的牙齒必因奶白亮。
13 Zebulun will live on the seashore and provide a harbor for ships; his territory will extend towards Sidon.
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。
14 Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between two saddle bags.
以薩迦是個強壯的驢， 臥在羊圈之中。
15 He sees that the place where he's resting is good, and the land is lovely, so he's willing to lower his back to accept the burden and to work as a slave.
他以安靜為佳，以肥地為美， 便低肩背重，成為服苦的僕人。
16 Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
但必判斷他的民， 作以色列支派之一。
17 Dan will be as dangerous as a snake beside the road, a viper by the path that bites the horse's heel, throwing its rider off backwards.
但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺， 咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的墜落於後。
18 I trust in you to save me, Lord.
耶和華啊，我向來等候你的救恩。
19 Raiders will attack Gad, but he will attack their heels.
迦得必被敵軍追逼， 他卻要追逼他們的腳跟。
20 Asher will have delicious food—he'll produce fancy food for royalty.
亞設之地必出肥美的糧食， 且出君王的美味。
21 Naphtali is a deer that's free to run; it gives birth to beautiful fawns.
拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿； 他出嘉美的言語。
22 Joseph is a fruitful tree, a fruitful tree beside a spring, whose branches climb over the wall.
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。
23 The archers viciously attacked him; they shot their arrows at him with hate.
弓箭手將他苦害， 向他射箭，逼迫他。
24 But he held his bow steady, and his arms and hands moved quickly in the strength of the Mighty One of Jacob, who is called the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
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。
25 The God of your father will help you and the Almighty will bless you with blessings from the heavens above, with blessings from the depths below, with blessings for many children.
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。
26 The blessings your father received were greater than the blessings of his forefathers, more than the blessings of the eternal mountains. May they be upon the head of Joseph, on the forehead of the one set apart as a leader from his brothers.
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。
27 Benjamin is a vicious wolf. In the morning he destroys his enemies, in the evening he divides the loot.”
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。」
28 These are all of the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father told them as he blessed them, each according to their respective blessings.
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。
29 Then he gave them the following instructions: “I'm going to die soon. Bury me with my forefathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
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，
30 This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought together with the field from Ephron the Hittite to own as a burial site.
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。
31 Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried there, and I buried Leah there.
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。
32 The field and the cave were bought from the Hittites.”
那塊田和田間的洞原是向赫人買的。」
33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions he pulled up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his forefathers in death.
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。
