Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Sitten Jaakob kutsui poikansa ja sanoi: "Kokoontukaa, niin minä ilmoitan teille, mitä teille päivien lopulla tapahtuu.
2 “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.
Tulkaa kokoon ja kuulkaa, Jaakobin pojat, kuulkaa isäänne Israelia.
3 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.
Ruuben, sinä olet minun esikoiseni, minun voimani ja minun miehuuteni ensimmäinen, ensi sijalla arvossa, ensi sijalla vallassa.
4 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.
Mutta sinä kuohahdat kuin vesi, et pysy ensi sijalla, sillä sinä nousit isäsi leposijalle; silloin sinä sen saastutit. Niin, hän nousi vuoteeseeni.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Simeon ja Leevi, veljekset, heidän aseensa ovat väkivallan aseet.
6 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).
Heidän neuvoonsa ei suostu minun sieluni, heidän seuraansa ei yhdy minun sydämeni; sillä vihassaan he murhasivat miehiä, omavaltaisuudessaan he silpoivat härkiä.
7 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.’
Kirottu olkoon heidän vihansa, sillä se on raju, heidän kiukkunsa, sillä se on julma. Minä jakelen heidät Jaakobin sekaan ja hajotan heidät Israelin sekaan.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Juuda, sinua sinun veljesi ylistävät; sinun kätesi on vihollistesi niskassa, sinua kumartavat isäsi pojat.
9 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].
Juuda on nuori leijona; saaliilta olet, poikani, noussut. Hän on asettunut makaamaan, hän lepää kuin leijona, kuin naarasleijona-kuka uskaltaa häntä häiritä?
10 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.
Ei siirry valtikka pois Juudalta eikä hallitsijansauva hänen polviensa välistä, kunnes tulee hän, jonka se on ja jota kansat tottelevat.
11 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].
Hän sitoo aasinsa viinipuuhun, viiniköynnökseen aasinsa varsan; hän huuhtoo vaatteensa viinissä; viittansa rypäleen veressä.
12 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].
Hänen silmänsä ovat viinistä sameat, hänen hampaansa valkeat maidosta.
13 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].
Sebulon asuu meren rannalla, laivojen rannikolla, hänen sivunsa on Siidoniin päin.
14 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]!
Isaskar on luiseva aasi, joka loikoilee karjatarhojen välissä.
15 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.
Hän huomasi lepopaikkansa suloiseksi ja maan ihanaksi; niin hän taivutti olkansa taakan alle ja joutui työveroa tekemään.
16 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.
Daan hankkii oikeutta kansalleen, hänkin yhtenä Israelin sukukunnista.
17 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].”
Daan on käärmeenä tiellä, on polulla kyynä, joka puree hevosta vuohiseen, niin että ratsastaja syöksyy selin maahan.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
Sinulta minä odotan pelastusta, Herra.
19 [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].
Gaadia ahdistavat rosvojoukot, mutta hän itse ahdistaa heitä heidän kintereillään.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
Asserista tulee lihavuus, hänen leipänsä, hän tarjoaa kuninkaan herkkuja.
21 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].
Naftali on nopea peura; hän antaa kauniita sanoja.
22 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.
Joosef on nuori hedelmäpuu, nuori hedelmäpuu lähteen reunalla; sen oksat ulottuvat yli muurin.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Jousimiehet hätyyttävät häntä, ampuvat ja ahdistavat häntä.
24 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.
Mutta hänen jousensa pysyy lujana, ja hänen käsivartensa ovat notkeat Jaakobin Väkevän avulla, kaitsijan, Israelin kallion,
25 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).
isäsi Jumalan, avulla, joka sinua auttakoon, Kaikkivaltiaan avulla, joka sinua siunatkoon, antakoon siunauksia taivaasta ylhäältä, siunauksia syvyydestä alhaalta, siunauksia nisistä ja kohdusta.
26 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].
Sinun isäsi siunaukset kohoavat yli minun vanhempaini siunausten, yli ikuisten kukkulain ihanuuden. Ne laskeutukoot Joosefin pään päälle, veljiensä ruhtinaan päälaelle.
27 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.”
Benjamin on raatelevainen susi; aamulla hän syö riistaa, ja illalla hän jakaa saalista."
28 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.
Nämä ovat kaikki Israelin sukukunnat, luvultaan kaksitoista, ja tämän puhui heille heidän isänsä siunatessaan heidät; hän siunasi jokaisen erikseen erityisellä siunauksella.
29 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.
Ja hän käski heitä ja sanoi heille: "Minut otetaan pois heimoni tykö; haudatkaa minut isieni viereen, siihen luolaan, joka on heettiläisen Efronin vainiolla,
30 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.
luolaan, joka on Makpelan vainiolla, itään päin Mamresta Kanaanin maassa, jonka vainion Aabraham osti heettiläiseltä Efronilta perintöhaudakseen.
31 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.
Siihen on haudattu Aabraham ja hänen vaimonsa Saara, siihen on haudattu Iisak ja hänen vaimonsa Rebekka, ja siihen minäkin hautasin Leean,
32 That field and the cave in it were bought from the Heth people-group; so that is where I want you to bury me.”
siihen vainioon, joka luolineen on ostettu heettiläisiltä."
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Kun Jaakob oli antanut määräyksensä pojilleen, veti hän jalkansa vuoteeseen ja kuoli ja tuli otetuksi heimonsa tykö.
