1 ث ُمَّ دَعا يَعقُوبُ كُلَّ أولادِهِ إلَيهِ. وَقالَ: «تَجَمَّعُوا حَولِيَ فَأتَنبَّأَ لَكُمْ.

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

2 « تَعالَوْا وَاسْتَمِعُوا، يا أولادَ يَعقُوبَ. اسْتَمِعُوا إلَى إسْرائِيلَ أبِيكُمْ: بَرَكَةُ رَأُوبَيْن

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.

3 « رَأُوبَيْنُ، أنتَ بِكْرِي. أنتَ قُوَّتِي وَأوَّلُ دَلِيلٍ لِي عَلَى رُجُولَتِي. امتَزْتَ كَرامَةً وَقُوَّةً.

Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.

4 ل َكِنَّكَ كَالماءِ لا تُضْبَطُ. وَلِهَذا لَنْ تَمتازَ بَعْدُ، لِأنَّكَ عاشَرْتَ خادِمَةَ أبِيكَ، فَدَنَّسْتَ سَرِيرِي عِندَما نِمْتَ عَلَيهِ. بَرَكَةُ شِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي

Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

5 « شِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي أخَوانِ. سَيفاهُما سِلاحا عُنفٍ.

Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

6 ل ا أُحِبُّ مَجلِسَهُما، وَلا أرتاحُ فِي اجتِماعِهِما. فَقَدْ قَتَلا رَجُلاً فِي غَضَبِهِما، وَشَلّا ثِيراناً لِمُجَرَّدِ التَّسلِيَةِ.

O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.

7 م َلْعُونٌ غَضَبُهُما، فَهُوَ عَنِيفٌ جِدّاً. وَمَلْعُونٌ هِياجُهُما فَهُوَ لا يَرحَمُ. سَأُفَرِّقُهُما بَينَ قَبائِلَ يَعقُوبَ. سَأُبَعْثِرُهُما فِي إسْرائِيلَ. بَرَكَةُ يَهُوذا

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 « أمّا أنتَ يا يَهُوذا، فَسَيَمدَحُكَ إخْوَتُكَ. وَسَتَهزِمُ أعداءَكَ. وَسَيَنحَنِي لَكَ أولادُ أبِيكَ.

Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

9 و َيَهُوذا مِثلُ شِبلٍ. يا ابْنِي، عُدْتَّ بَعْدَ أنِ اصْطَدْتَ فَريسَتَكَ. أنتَ كَأسَدٍ تَجثُمُ وَتَرْبِضُ. فَمَنْ يَجرُؤُ أنْ يُزعِجَكَ؟

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 a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

10 ل َنْ يُفارِقَ صَولَجانُ المُلْكِ يَهُوذا، وَلا عَصا الحاكِمِ مِنْ بَينِ قَدَمَيهِ، إلَى أنْ يَجِيءَ المَلُكُ الحَقِيقِيُّ، وَتُطِيعَهُ الشُّعُوبُ.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

11 ب ِالكَرمَةِ يَرْبِطُ جَحْشَهُ. وَبِالدَّوالِي يَربِطُ حِمارَهُ الصَّغِيرَ. بِالنَّبيذِ يَغْسِلُ مَلابِسَهُ، وَبِعَصِيرِ العِنَبِ ثَوْبَهُ.

Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:

12 ع َيناهُ أشَدُّ حُمْرَةً مِنَ النَّبيذِ. وَأسْنانُهُ أشَدُّ بَياضاً مِنَ الحَلِيبِ. بَرَكَةُ زَبُولُون

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

13 « أمّا زَبُولُونَ، فَيَسْتَقِرُّ عِندَ شاطِئِ البَحرِ. وَمَرْفَأً لِلسُّفُنِ سَيَكُونُ. وَسَتَمتَدُّ إلَى صَيدُونَ حُدُودُهُ. بَرَكَةُ يسَّاكِر

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon.

14 « أمّا يَسّاكَرُ فَكَحِمارٍ قَوِيٍّ رابِضٍ تَحتَ ثِقَلِ السُّرُوجِ.

Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:

15 ا سْتَطابَ الرّاحَةَ، وَأحَبَّ الجُلُوسَ فِي أرْضِ الكَسَلِ. فَحَنَى ظَهْرَهُ لِيَحمِلَ حِملاً. وَأُجْبِرَ عَلَى العُبُودِيَّةِ. بَرَكَةُ دان

And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.

16 « أمّا دانُ فَبِالعَدلِ يَحْكُمُ شَعبَهُ كَما يَلِيقُ بِعَشيرَةٍ مِنْ إسْرائِيلَ.

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

17 « كَثُعْبانٍ عَلَى جانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ يَكُونُ دانُ. كَأفْعَى سامَّةٍ قُرْبَ المَمَرِّ. تَهْجُمُ فَتَلْدَغُ كَعْبَيِّ الحِصانِ، فَيَسْقُطُ راكِبُهُ إلَى الوَراءِ.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

18 « أنتَظِرُ خَلاصَكَ، يا اللهُ. بَرَكَةُ جاد

I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

19 « أمّا جادُ فَيَغزُوهُ الغُزاةُ، وَهُوَ يَرُدُّهُمْ عَلَى أعقابِهِمْ. بَرَكَةُ أشير

Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.

20 « أمّا أشِيرُ، فَيَكُونُ غَنِيّاً، وَيُقَدِّمُ طَعاماً يَلِيقُ بِمُلُوكٍ. بَرَكَةُ نَفتالِي

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

21 « نَفْتالِي كَظَبْيَةٍ مُطلَقَةٍ لَها وَلَدانِ جَمِيلانِ. بَرَكَةُ يُوسُف

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

22 « أمّا يُوسُفُ فَكَرْمَةٌ مُثْمِرَةٌ، كَرْمَةٌ مُثْمِرَةٌ عِندَ نَبْعٍ. أغصانُهُ تَتَسَلَّقُ السِّياجَ.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.

23 ح َقَدَ عَلَيهِ رُماةُ سِهامٍ وَأطلَقُوا عَلَيهِ وَعادُوهُ.

The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecute him:

24 ل َكِنَّ قُوَّتَهُ بَقِيَتْ ثابِتَةً، وَذِراعاهُ ظَلَّتا مَرِنَتَينِ. صارَ هَذا بِيَدَي إلَهِ يَعقُوبَ القَوِيِّ، بِاسْمِ الرّاعِي، صَخْرَةِ إسْرائِيلَ.

But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

25 ص ارَ هَذا بِفَضلِ إلَهِ أبِيكَ. لَيتَهُ يَكُونُ عَوناً لَكَ. صارَ هَذا بِقُوَّةِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ. لَيتَهُ يُبارِكُكَ بِبَرَكاتٍ مِنَ السَّماءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَبِبَرَكاتٍ مُخَبَّأةٍ لَكَ فِي أعماقِ المُحِيطِ. لَيتَهُ يُبارِكُكَ بِبَرَكاتِ الثَّدْيَينِ وْالرَّحِمِ.

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 coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

26 و َها قَدْ عَلَتْ بَرَكاتُ أبِيكَ فَوْقَ الجِبالِ القَدِيمَةِ، فاقَتْ خَيراتُ التِّلالِ الأبَدِيَّةِ. لَيتَها كُلَّها تَأْتِي عَلَى رَأْسِ يُوسُفَ. لَيتَها تَعلُو جَبِينَ ذاكَ الَّذِي أفْرَزَهُ اللهُ لِعَمَلٍ خاصٍّ بَينَ إخْوَتِهِ. بَرَكَةُ بَنْيامِيْن

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.

27 « بَنْيامِيْنُ كَذِئْبٍ جائِعٍ. فِي المَساءِ يَأْكُلُ فَرِيسَتَهُ. وَفِي المَساءِ يَأْخُذُ مِنَ الغَنِيمَةِ حِصَّةً.»

Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

28 ه َذِهِ هِيَ قَبائِلُ إسْرائِيلَ الاثْنَتا عَشْرَةَ. وَهَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ لَهُمْ أبوْهُمْ عِندَما بارَكَهُمْ واحِداً واحِداً بِبَرَكَةٍ خاصَّةٍ.

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.

29 ث ُمَّ أوصاهُمْ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أنا أحْتَضِرُ. فادْفِنُونِي مَعَ آبائِيَ فِي الكَهْفِ الَّذِيِ فِي حَقلِ عِفْرُونَ الحِثِّيِّ.

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,

30 ا دفِنُونِي فِي الكَهْفِ الَّذِيِ فِي حَقلِ المَكْفِيلَةِ. قُرْبَ مَمْرا فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.» فَقَدِ اشْتَرَى إبْراهِيمُ ذَلِكَ الحَقلَ مِنْ عِفْرُونَ الحِثِّيِّ لِيَكُونَ مَقْبَرَةً.

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 from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.

31 و َدُفِنَ إبْراهِيمُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ سارَةُ هُناكَ. وَدُفِنَ أيضاً إسْحاقُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ رِفْقَةُ هُناكَ. وَهُناكَ دُفِنَتْ لَيئَةُ.

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

32 ا شْتُرِيَ الحَقلُ وَالكَهفُ الَّذِي فِيهِ مِنَ الحِثِّيِّينَ.

the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.

33 و َلَمّا انتَهَى يَعقُوبُ مِنْ تَوْصِيَةِ أولادِهِ، سَحَبَ قَدَمَيهِ إلَى السَّرِيرِ. ثُمَّ لَفَظَ أنفاسَهُ الأخِيرَةَ. وَضُمَّ إلَى جَماعَتِهِ.

And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.