Genesis 49 (YOR)

1Nígbà náà ni Jakọbu ránṣẹ́ pe àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ó sì wí pé, “Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, kí n le è sọ ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ iwájú fún un yín.Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

2“Ẹ kó ara yín jọ pọ̀, kí ẹ sì tẹ́tí, ẹ̀yin ọmọ Jakọbu; ẹ fetí sí Israẹli baba yín.Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

3“Reubeni, ìwọ ni àkọ́bí mi, agbára mi, ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ipá mi, títayọ ní ọlá àti títayọ ní agbára.Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

4Ẹni ríru bí omi Òkun, ìwọ kì yóò tayọ mọ́, nítorí pé ìwọ gun ibùsùn baba rẹ, lórí àkéte mi, ìwọ sì bà á jẹ́ (ìwọ bá ọ̀kan nínú àwọn aya baba rẹ lòpọ̀).Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

5“Simeoni àti Lefi jẹ́ arákùnrin— idà wọn jẹ́ ohun èlò ogun alágbára.Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

6Kí ọkàn mi má ṣe ni àṣepọ̀ pẹ̀lú wọn, kí n má sì ṣe dúró níbí ìpéjọpọ̀ wọn, nítorí wọ́n ti pa àwọn ènìyàn ní ìbínú wọn, wọ́n sì da àwọn màlúù lóró bí ó ti wù wọ́n.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

7Ìfibú ni ìbínú wọn nítorí tí ó gbóná púpọ̀, àti fún ìrunú wọn nítorí tí ó kún fún ìkà! Èmi yóò tú wọn ká ní Jakọbu, èmi ó sì fọ́n wọn ká ní Israẹli.Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

8“Juda, àwọn arákùnrin rẹ yóò yìn ọ, ọwọ́ rẹ yóò wà ní ọrùn àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ, àwọn ọmọkùnrin baba rẹ yóò foríbalẹ̀ fún ọ.Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

9Ọmọ kìnnìún ni ọ́, ìwọ Juda, o darí láti igbó ọdẹ, ọmọ mi. Bí i kìnnìún, o ba mọ́lẹ̀, o sì sùn sílẹ̀ bí i abo kìnnìún, ta ni ó tó bẹ́ẹ̀, kí o lé e dìde?Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

10Ọ̀pá oyè kì yóò kúrò ní Juda bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀pá-ìṣàkóso kì yóò kúrò láàrín ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀, títí tí Ṣilo tí ó ni í yóò fi dé, tí gbogbo àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò máa wárí fún un.The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

11Yóò má so ọmọ ẹṣin rẹ̀ mọ́ igi àjàrà, àti ọmọ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́ ẹ̀ka tí ó dára jù. Yóò fọ aṣọ rẹ̀ nínú wáìnì àti ẹ̀wù rẹ̀ nínú omi-pupa ti èso àjàrà.He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

12Ojú rẹ̀ yóò rẹ̀ dòdò ju wáìnì lọ, eyín rẹ yóò sì funfun ju omi-ọyàn lọ.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

13“Sebuluni yóò máa gbé ní etí Òkun, yóò sì jẹ́ èbúté fún ọkọ̀ ojú omi, agbègbè rẹ yóò tàn ká títí dé Sidoni.Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

14“Isakari jẹ́ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ alágbára tí ó dùbúlẹ̀ láàrín agbo àgùntàn.Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

15Nígbà tí ó bá rí bí ibi ìsinmi òun ti dára tó, àti bí ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ ti ní ìdẹ̀ra tó, yóò tẹ èjìká rẹ̀ ba láti ru àjàgà, yóò sì fi ara rẹ̀ fún iṣẹ́ ipá.He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

16“Dani yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli.Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

17Dani yóò jẹ́ ejò ni pópónà àti paramọ́lẹ̀ ní ẹ̀bá ọ̀nà, tí ó bu ẹṣin jẹ ní ẹsẹ̀, kí ẹni tí ń gùn ún bá à le è ṣubú sẹ́yìn.He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

18“Mo ń dúró de ìtúsílẹ̀ rẹ, Olúwa.I await Your salvation, O LORD.

19“Ẹgbẹ́ ogun àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣin yóò kọlu Gadi, ṣùgbọ́n yóò kọlu wọ́n ní gìgísẹ̀ wọn.Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

20“Oúnjẹ Aṣeri yóò dára; yóò ṣe àsè tí ó yẹ fún ọba.Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

21“Naftali yóò jẹ́ abo àgbọ̀nrín tí a tú sílẹ̀ tí ó ń bí ọmọ dáradára.Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

22“Josẹfu jẹ́ àjàrà eléso, àjàrà eléso ní etí odò, tí ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ gun orí odi.Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

23Pẹ̀lú ìkorò, àwọn tafàtafà dojú ìjà kọ ọ́, wọ́n tafà sí í pẹ̀lú ìkanra.The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

24Ṣùgbọ́n ọrun rẹ̀ dúró ni agbára, ọwọ́ agbára rẹ̀ ni a sì mu lára le, nítorí ọwọ́ alágbára Jakọbu, nítorí olùtọ́jú àti aláàbò àpáta Israẹli,Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

25nítorí Ọlọ́run baba rẹ tí ó ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́, nítorí Olódùmarè tí ó bùkún ọ pẹ̀lú láti ọ̀run wá, ìbùkún ọ̀gbìn tí ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀, ìbùkún ti ọmú àti ti inú.by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

26Ìbùkún baba rẹ pọ̀ púpọ̀ ju ìbùkún àwọn òkè ńlá ìgbàanì, ju ẹ̀bùn ńlá àwọn òkè láéláé. Jẹ́ kí gbogbo èyí sọ̀kalẹ̀ sí orí Josẹfu, lé ìpéǹpéjú ọmọ-aládé láàrín arákùnrin rẹ̀.The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

27“Benjamini jẹ́ ìkookò tí ó burú; ní òwúrọ̀ ni ó jẹ ẹran ọdẹ rẹ, ní àṣálẹ́, ó pín ìkógun.”Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

28Gbogbo ìwọ̀nyí ni àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli méjìlá, èyí sì ni ohun tí baba wọn sọ fún wọn nígbà tí ó súre fún wọn, tí ó sì fún ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan ní ìbùkún tí ó tọ́ sí i.These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

29Nígbà náà ni ó fún wọn ní àwọn ìlànà yìí, “Ọjọ́ ikú mi kù fẹ́ẹ́rẹ́. Kí ẹ sin mí sí ibojì pẹ̀lú àwọn baba mi ní inú àpáta ní ilẹ̀ Hiti ará Efroni.Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

30Ihò àpáta tí ó wà ní ilẹ̀ Makpela, nítòsí Mamre ní Kenaani, èyí tí Abrahamu rà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ilẹ̀ ìsìnkú lọ́wọ́ Efroni ará Hiti pẹ̀lú ilẹ̀ rẹ̀.The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

31Níbẹ̀ ni a sin Abrahamu àti aya rẹ̀ Sara sí, níbẹ̀ ni a sin Isaaki àti Rebeka aya rẹ̀ sí, níbẹ̀ sì ni mo sìnkú Lea sí.There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

32Ilẹ̀ náà àti ihò àpáta tí ó wà nínú rẹ̀ ni a rà lọ́wọ́ ará Hiti.”The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

33Nígbà tí Jakọbu ti pàṣẹ yìí fún àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, ó gbé ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sókè sórí ibùsùn, ó sì kú, a sì ko jọ pọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀.When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

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