Genesis 49

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

وَدَعَا يَعْقُوبُ بَنِيهِ وَقَالَ: «اجْتَمِعُوا لأُنْبِئَكُمْ بِمَا يُصِيبُكُمْ فِي آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ.

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

اجْتَمِعُوا وَاسْمَعُوا يَا بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَاصْغَوْا إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبِيكُمْ:

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

رَأُوبَيْنُ، أَنْتَ بِكْرِي، قُوَّتِي وَأَوَّلُ قُدْرَتِي، فَضْلُ الرِّفْعَةِ وَفَضْلُ الْعِزِّ.

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

فَائِرًا كَالْمَاءِ لاَ تَتَفَضَّلُ، لأَنَّكَ صَعِدْتَ عَلَى مَضْجَعِ أَبِيكَ. حِينَئِذٍ دَنَّسْتَهُ. عَلَى فِرَاشِي صَعِدَ.

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

شِمْعُونُ وَلاَوِي أَخَوَانِ، آلاَتُ ظُلْمٍ سُيُوفُهُمَا.

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

فِي مَجْلِسِهِمَا لاَ تَدْخُلُ نَفْسِي. بِمَجْمَعِهِمَا لاَ تَتَّحِدُ كَرَامَتِي. لأَنَّهُمَا فِي غَضَبِهِمَا قَتَلاَ إِنْسَانًا، وَفِي رِضَاهُمَا عَرْقَبَا ثَوْرًا.

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.

مَلْعُونٌ غَضَبُهُمَا فَإِنَّهُ شَدِيدٌ، وَسَخَطُهُمَا فَإِنَّهُ قَاسٍ. أُقَسِّمُهُمَا فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَأُفَرِّقُهُمَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

يَهُوذَا، إِيَّاكَ يَحْمَدُ إِخْوَتُكَ، يَدُكَ عَلَى قَفَا أَعْدَائِكَ، يَسْجُدُ لَكَ بَنُو أَبِيكَ.

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

يَهُوذَا جَرْوُ أَسَدٍ، مِنْ فَرِيسَةٍ صَعِدْتَ يَا ابْنِي، جَثَا وَرَبَضَ كَأَسَدٍ وَكَلَبْوَةٍ. مَنْ يُنْهِضُهُ؟

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

لاَ يَزُولُ قَضِيبٌ مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَمُشْتَرِعٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ شِيلُونُ وَلَهُ يَكُونُ خُضُوعُ شُعُوبٍ.

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

رَابِطًا بِالْكَرْمَةِ جَحْشَهُ، وَبِالْجَفْنَةِ ابْنَ أَتَانِهِ، غَسَلَ بِالْخَمْرِ لِبَاسَهُ، وَبِدَمِ الْعِنَبِ ثَوْبَهُ.

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

مُسْوَدُّ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مِنَ الْخَمْرِ، وَمُبْيَضُّ الأَسْنَانِ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ.

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

زَبُولُونُ، عِنْدَ سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ يَسْكُنُ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَ سَاحِلِ السُّفُنِ، وَجَانِبُهُ عِنْدَ صَيْدُونَ.

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

يَسَّاكَرُ، حِمَارٌ جَسِيمٌ رَابِضٌ بَيْنَ الْحَظَائِرِ.

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

فَرَأَى الْمَحَلَّ أَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ، وَالأَرْضَ أَنَّهَا نَزِهَةٌ، فَأَحْنَى كَتِفَهُ لِلْحِمْلِ وَصَارَ لِلْجِزْيَةِ عَبْدًا.

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

دَانُ، يَدِينُ شَعْبَهُ كَأَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

يَكُونُ دَانُ حَيَّةً عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ، أُفْعُوانًا عَلَى السَّبِيلِ، يَلْسَعُ عَقِبَيِ الْفَرَسِ فَيَسْقُطُ رَاكِبُهُ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ.

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

لِخَلاَصِكَ انْتَظَرْتُ يَا رَبُّ.

Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

جَادُ، يَزْحَمُهُ جَيْشٌ، وَلكِنَّهُ يَزْحَمُ مُؤَخَّرَهُ.

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

أَشِيرُ، خُبْزُهُ سَمِينٌ وَهُوَ يُعْطِي لَذَّاتِ مُلُوكٍ.

Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

نَفْتَالِي، أَيِّلَةٌ مُسَيَّبَةٌ يُعْطِي أَقْوَالاً حَسَنَةً.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

يُوسُفُ، غُصْنُ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ، غُصْنُ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ عَلَى عَيْنٍ. أَغْصَانٌ قَدِ ارْتَفَعَتْ فَوْقَ حَائِطٍ.

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

فَمَرَّرَتْهُ وَرَمَتْهُ وَاضْطَهَدَتْهُ أَرْبَابُ السِّهَامِ.

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

وَلكِنْ ثَبَتَتْ بِمَتَانَةٍ قَوْسُهُ، وَتَشَدَّدَتْ سَوَاعِدُ يَدَيْهِ. مِنْ يَدَيْ عَزِيزِ يَعْقُوبَ، مِنْ هُنَاكَ، مِنَ الرَّاعِي صَخْرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

مِنْ إِلهِ أَبِيكَ الَّذِي يُعِينُكَ، وَمِنَ الْقَادِرِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ الَّذِي يُبَارِكُكَ، تَأْتِي بَرَكَاتُ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَبَرَكَاتُ الْغَمْرِ الرَّابِضِ تَحْتُ. بَرَكَاتُ الثَّدْيَيْنِ وَالرَّحِمِ.

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto 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 brethren.

بَرَكَاتُ أَبِيكَ فَاقَتْ عَلَى بَرَكَاتِ أَبَوَيَّ. إِلَى مُنْيَةِ الآكَامِ الدَّهْرِيَّةِ تَكُونُ عَلَى رَأْسِ يُوسُفَ، وَعَلَى قِمَّةِ نَذِيرِ إِخْوَتِهِ.

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

بَنْيَامِينُ ذِئْبٌ يَفْتَرِسُ. فِي الصَّبَاحِ يَأْكُلُ غَنِيمَةً، وَعِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ يُقَسِّمُ نَهْبًا».

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

جَمِيعُ هؤُلاَءِ هُمْ أَسْبَاطُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَا عَشَرَ. وَهذَا مَا كَلَّمَهُمْ بِهِ أَبُوهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ بَرَكَتِهِ بَارَكَهُمْ.

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

وَأَوْصَاهُمْ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا أَنْضَمُّ إِلَى قَوْمِي. اِدْفِنُونِي عِنْدَ آبَائِي فِي الْمَغَارَةِ الَّتِي فِي حَقْلِ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ.

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 buryingplace.

فِي الْمَغَارَةِ الَّتِي فِي حَقْلِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ، الَّتِي أَمَامَ مَمْرَا فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَ الْحَقْلِ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ مُلْكَ قَبْرٍ.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

هُنَاكَ دَفَنُوا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَسَارَةَ امْرَأَتَهُ. هُنَاكَ دَفَنُوا إِسْحَاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ امْرَأَتَهُ، وَهُنَاكَ دَفَنْتُ لَيْئَةَ.

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

شِرَاءُ الْحَقْلِ وَالْمَغَارَةِ الَّتِي فِيهِ كَانَ مِنْ بَنِي حِثَّ».

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 unto his people.

وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ تَوْصِيَةِ بَنِيهِ ضَمَّ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى السَّرِيرِ، وَأَسْلَمَ الرُّوحَ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ.