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

Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.

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

Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.

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

“Reuben, you are my first-born, my power and the beginning of my strength, first in pride and first in power.

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

But because you are as wild as water, the first place will not be yours. It is because you went to your father’s bed and made it unclean.

5 « شِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي أخَوانِ. سَيفاهُما سِلاحا عُنفٍ.

“Simeon and Levi are brothers. They hurt others with their swords.

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

May my soul not have a part in their secrets, nor my shining-greatness be joined to them. Because in their anger they killed men and for no reason they hurt cattle.

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

Their anger will be punished, for it is bad. Their bad temper will be punished, for it is bad. I will divide them in Jacob and spread them apart in Israel.

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

“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of those who hate you. Your father’s sons will bow down to you.

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

Judah is a young lion. Like a lion full of meat, you have become great, my son. He lies down and sleeps like a lion. And as a lion, who is willing to wake him?

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

The right of a ruler will not leave Judah. The ruler’s special stick will not go from between his feet, until Shiloh comes. Then the people will obey Him.

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

He ties his young donkey to the vine, his donkey’s young one to the best vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his coats in the blood of grapes.

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

His eyes are darker than wine. And his teeth are whiter than milk.

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

“Zebulun will live beside the sea and be a safe place for ships. His land will lie beside Sidon.

14 « أمّا يَسّاكَرُ فَكَحِمارٍ قَوِيٍّ رابِضٍ تَحتَ ثِقَلِ السُّرُوجِ.

“Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the loads.

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

He saw that a resting place was good and that the land was pleasing. So he made his shoulder ready to carry loads. He let himself be a servant.

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

“Dan will judge his people, as one of the families of Israel.

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

Dan will be a snake in the way, a snake in the road, that bites the horse’s heels so that the man falls off.

18 « أنتَظِرُ خَلاصَكَ، يا اللهُ. بَرَكَةُ جاد

I wait for Your saving power, O Lord.

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

“A group of soldiers will go against Gad. But he will go against them at their heels.

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

“Asher’s food will be rich. He will give pleasing food to kings.

21 « نَفْتالِي كَظَبْيَةٍ مُطلَقَةٍ لَها وَلَدانِ جَمِيلانِ. بَرَكَةُ يُوسُف

“Naphtali is a female deer let loose who gives beautiful young ones.

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

“Joseph is a branch with much fruit, a branch with much fruit by a well. It grows over the wall.

23 ح َقَدَ عَلَيهِ رُماةُ سِهامٍ وَأطلَقُوا عَلَيهِ وَعادُوهُ.

The men fought against him with their bows. They sent arrows toward him and made it hard for him.

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

But his bow did not shake. His arms were made strong by the hands of the Powerful One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock 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.

by the God of your father Who helps you, and by the All-powerful Who brings good to you. He brings good from heaven above, and from the deep that lies below, and from the body of a mother.

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

More good has come to your father than to my fathers before me, as lasting as the hills that last forever. May this good be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was divided from his brothers.

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

“Benjamin is a hungry wolf. In the morning he eats the animals he has caught. And in the evening he divides what he has taken.”

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 family groups of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he prayed that good would come to them. He prayed for each of them to receive the good they should have. The Death of Jacob

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

Then he told them, “I will soon be with my people who have died before me. Bury me with my fathers in the grave 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 grave that is in the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan. Abraham bought this grave and the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burying place.

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

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

32 ا شْتُرِيَ الحَقلُ وَالكَهفُ الَّذِي فِيهِ مِنَ الحِثِّيِّينَ.

The field and the grave that is in it were bought from the sons of Heth.”

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

When Jacob finished telling his sons what to do, he lay back down on his bed and died.