1 Mosebok 49
1 Og Jakob kalla kring seg sønerne sine og sagde: «Samla dykk saman, so skal eg varsla korleis det skal ganga dykk langt fram i tiderne:
And Jacob called to his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Kom i hop og høyr, de søner åt Jakob, kom og høyr på Israel, dykkar far!
Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father.
3 Ruben, min eldste er du, blom av mi magt og min manndom, høgst i vyrdnad og størst i velde.
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4 Sjodande vilt som vatnet, dkal du ingen fyremun få; for i kvila åt far din du for! Kor vanærlegt! Han låg i mi lega.
Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed; then defiled you it: he went up to my couch.
5 Sambrøder er Simeon og Levi, valdsvåpen er deira verja.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6 Søk ei deira samråd, mi sål, sky deira sellskap, mitt hjarta! For i harm slo dei menner i hel, og sjølvvilje skamskar dei uksar.
O my soul, come not you into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not you united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they dig down a wall.
7 Forbanna ein ofse so strid, ei illska som deira so arg! Eg skal sprengja deim sund kring i Jakob, eg skal spreida deim utyver Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 Juda, deg lovar lydt dine brøder, handi di fatar din fiend i nakken, søkern’ åt far din fell deg til fota.
Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before you.
9 Ein løveunge er Juda! Frå herjing kjem sonen min heim: Som ei løvemor legg han seg ned, kven vågar av kvildi han vekkja?
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 Ikkje skal kongespir kverva frå Juda ell’ styrarstaven ifrå han stol, fyrr Fredsdrotten kjem, han som folki mun fylgja.
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 I vingarden bind han sin gangar, sin fole i soldruvegrein; i vin sin klædnad han vaskar, i druveblod tvær han sin kjol’,
Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass’s colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 med augo døkke av vin, med tenner kvite av mjølk.
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Sebulon utmed sjøstrandi bur, utmed strandi, der skutorne lender. Og Sidon hev han med sida.
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be to Zidon.
14 Issakar, det sterkbygde asnet, på kvii ligg han og kviler.
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 Og han tykte kvildi var god, og at landet var fagert og fint, so bøygde han rygg under byrdi, og vart slik ein trugen træl.
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.
16 Dan, han skal døma sitt folk som dei andre Israels ætter.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan verte ein hoggorm på vegen, ein eiterorm innmed stigen, som hesten i hælarne høgg, so ridaren ryk på rygg.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18 På hjelpi di biar eg, Herre!
I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.
19 På Gad mun ransmenner renna, men han renner etter deim radt.
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Feit er føda hans Asser, forkunnmat sender han kongar.
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naftali er ei spelande hind, og ordi hans leikar so linne.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words.
22 Josef er eit aldetre ungt, eit aldetre ungt innmed kjelda; yver muren skyt greinerne upp.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23 Med pileskot dei han eggjar og søkjer, dei skyttararn’ mange;
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 Men han stend med sin boge so stødt, og røyver armarne raust: Hjelp fær han hjå kjempa åt Jakob, der! - hjå hyrdingen, Israels berg,
But his bow stayed in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel: )
25 Hjå Gud åt far din, han vare deg! Hjå den Velduge, han velsigne deg med velsigning or himmelen høge, med velsigning or djupet som ligg under jordi, med velsigning i brjost og i liv!
Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 Far din’s velsigning rakk yver dei eld’-gamle ovgilde fjelli, til ævordoms herlege høgder: På Josefs hovud ho kome, ho kome på kruna åt han, som er hovdingen for sine brøder!
The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brothers.
27 Benjamin er ein ulv som riv sund; um morgonen et han upp ranet, til kvelds han skifter ut herfang.»
Benjamin shall shred as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28 Dette var alle Israels-ætterne, tolv i talet, og soleis var det far deira tala til deim: Han velsigna deim, og kvar av deim fekk si eigi velsigning, som høvde åt honom.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spoke to them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 Og han bad deim og sagde til deim: «No gjeng eg til folket mitt! Jorda meg då hjå federne mine, i den helleren som er på gjordet åt Efron, hetiten,
And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 i den helleren som er på Makpelagjordet, austanfor Mamre i Kana’ans-landet, det gjordet som Abraham kjøpte av Efron, hetiten, til eigande gravstad.
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial plot.
31 Der jorda dei Abraham og Sara, kona hans, og der jorda dei Isak og Rebekka, kona hans, og der jorda eg Lea,
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 på det gjordet og i den helleren der, som var kjøpt av Hets-sønerne.»
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
33 Då Jakob var ferdig med dei fyresegnerne han hadde å gjeva sønerne sine, drog han føterne upp i sengi. Og han sålast og kom til federne sine.
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered to his people.
