1 A nd Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:

ثُمَّ دَعا يَعقُوبُ كُلَّ أولادِهِ إلَيهِ. وَقالَ: «تَجَمَّعُوا حَولِيَ فَأتَنبَّأَ لَكُمْ.

2 “ Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.

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

3 “ Reuben, you are my firstborn, My might and the beginning of my strength, The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.

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

4 U nstable as water, you shall not excel, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it — He went up to my couch.

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

5 “ Simeon and Levi are brothers; Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place.

«شِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي أخَوانِ. سَيفاهُما سِلاحا عُنفٍ.

6 L et not my soul enter their council; Let not my honor be united to their assembly; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.

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

7 C ursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob And scatter them in Israel.

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

8 “ Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you.

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

9 J udah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?

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

10 T he scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

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

11 B inding his donkey to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes.

بِالكَرمَةِ يَرْبِطُ جَحْشَهُ. وَبِالدَّوالِي يَربِطُ حِمارَهُ الصَّغِيرَ. بِالنَّبيذِ يَغْسِلُ مَلابِسَهُ، وَبِعَصِيرِ العِنَبِ ثَوْبَهُ.

12 H is eyes are darker than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.

عَيناهُ أشَدُّ حُمْرَةً مِنَ النَّبيذِ. وَأسْنانُهُ أشَدُّ بَياضاً مِنَ الحَلِيبِ. بَرَكَةُ زَبُولُون

13 “ Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, And his border shall adjoin Sidon.

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

14 “ Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between two burdens;

«أمّا يَسّاكَرُ فَكَحِمارٍ قَوِيٍّ رابِضٍ تَحتَ ثِقَلِ السُّرُوجِ.

15 H e saw that rest was good, And that the land was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden, And became a band of slaves.

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

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

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

17 D an shall be a serpent by the way, A viper by the path, That bites the horse’s heels So that its rider shall fall backward.

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

18 I have waited for your salvation, O Lord!

«أنتَظِرُ خَلاصَكَ، يا اللهُ. بَرَكَةُ جاد

19 “ Gad, a troop shall tramp upon him, But he shall triumph at last.

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

20 “ Bread from Asher shall be rich, And he shall yield royal dainties.

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

21 “ Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.

«نَفْتالِي كَظَبْيَةٍ مُطلَقَةٍ لَها وَلَدانِ جَمِيلانِ. بَرَكَةُ يُوسُف

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

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

23 T he archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him.

حَقَدَ عَلَيهِ رُماةُ سِهامٍ وَأطلَقُوا عَلَيهِ وَعادُوهُ.

24 B ut his bow remained 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),

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

25 B y the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

صارَ 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.

26 T he blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up 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 who was separate from his brothers.

وَها 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

27 “ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil.”

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

28 A ll these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing. Jacob’s Death and Burial

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

29 T hen 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,

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

30 i n 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 as a possession for a burial place.

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

31 T here they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.

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

32 T he field and the cave that is there were purchased from the sons of Heth.”

اشْتُرِيَ الحَقلُ وَالكَهفُ الَّذِي فِيهِ مِنَ الحِثِّيِّينَ.

33 A nd when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

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