Gênesis 49

1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob.

Listen to Israel, your father.

3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,

excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

4 Boiling over like water, you shall not excel,

because you went up to your father’s bed,

then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

5 "Simeon and Levi are brothers.

Their swords are weapons of violence.

6 My soul, don’t come into their council.

My glory, don’t be united to their assembly;

for in their anger they killed men.

In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

7 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 "Judah, your brothers will praise you.

Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies.

Your father’s sons will bow down before you.

9 Judah is a lion’s cub.

From the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He stooped down, he crouched as a lion,

as a lioness.

Who will rouse him up?

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,

nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

until he comes to whom it belongs.

The obedience of the peoples will be to him.

11 Binding his foal to the vine,

his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,

he has washed his garments in wine,

his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes will be red with wine,

his teeth white with milk.

13 "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea.

He will be for a haven of ships.

His border will be on Sidon.

14 "Issachar is a strong donkey,

lying down between the saddlebags.

15 He saw a resting place, that it was good,

the land, that it was pleasant.

He bows his shoulder to the burden,

and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

16 "Dan will judge his people,

as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan will be a serpent on the trail,

an adder in the path,

that bites the horse’s heels,

so that his rider falls backward.

18 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

19 "A troop will press on Gad,

but he will press on their heel.

20 "Asher’s food will be rich.

He will produce royal dainties.

21 "Naphtali is a doe set free,

who bears beautiful fawns.

22 "Joseph is a fruitful vine,

a fruitful vine by a spring.

His branches run over the wall.

23 The archers have severely grieved him,

shot at him, and persecuted him:

24 But his bow remained strong.

The arms of his hands were made strong,

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

(from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

25 even by the God of your father, who will help you,

by the Almighty, who will bless you,

with blessings of heaven above,

blessings of the deep that lies below,

blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors,

above the boundaries of the ancient hills.

They will be on the head of Joseph,

on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.

In the morning he will devour the prey.

At evening he will divide the plunder."

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing. 29 He instructed 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, 30 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 as a burial place. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah: 32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth." 33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

I Manaakitia ngā Iwi Kotahi Tekau mā Rua o Īharaira e Hākopa

1 Nā, ka karanga a Hākopa ki āna tamariki, ka mea, "Huihui mai, ā, ka kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea e pono ki a koutou i ngā rā ō muri.

2 Huihui mai, whakarongo hoki, e ngā tama a Hākopa;

whakarongo hoki ki a Īharaira, ki tō koutou pāpā.

3 "E Reupena, ko koe tāku mātāmua,

tōku pakaritanga, me te tīmatanga o tōku kaha;

te hiranga ake o te korōria, te hiranga ake hoki o te kaha.

4 He mea pōkarekare, ānō he wai, e kore koe e kake;

mō tōu pikitanga i te moenga o tōu pāpā;

pōkea iho e koe a reira – i pikitia e ia tōku takotoranga!

5 "He tuakana, he teina, a Himiona rāua ko Rīwai;

he rākau riri kino ā rāua hoari.

6 Kaua e tomo, e tōku wairua, ki tō rāua rūnanga;

kaua e huihuia, e tōku korōria, ki tō rāua whakaminenga –

i patu tangata hoki rāua i a rāua e riri ana,

ā, he hīkaka nō rāua i kopa ai te kau.

7 Kia kangā tō rāua riri, i kaha nei;

me tō rāua āritarita, nō te mea he nanakia!

Ka wehea atu rāua e ahau ki roto ki a Hākopa,

ka whakamararatia hoki rāua ki roto ki a Īharaira.

8 "E Hūrā, ko koe e whakamoemititia e ōu tuākana, e ōu tēina;

ka ū tōu ringa ki te kakī o ōu hoariri;

ka piko ki a koe ngā tama a tōu pāpā.

9 He kūao raiona a Hūrā;

i kake atu koe, e tāku tama, i te haenga.

I piko, i tāpapa ia, i pērā me te raiona,

i pērā hoki me te raiona kātua – mā wai ia e whakaoho?

10 E kore e riro kē te hēpeta i a Hūrā,

me te tokotoko o te kāwana i waenganui o ōna waewae,

kia tae mai rā anō a Hiro;

ā, ka rongo ngā iwi katoa ki a ia.

11 Ka herea e ia tana kūao ki te wāina,

te tama hoki a tana kāihe ki te wāina pai rawa;

ka horoia e ia ōna kākahu ki te wāina,

ōna weruweru hoki ki te toto o te karepe.

12 Ka mumura hoki ōna kanohi i te wāina,

ka mā ōna niho i te waiū.

13 "Ka noho a Hepurona ki te wahapū o te moana;

hei wahapū anō ia mō ngā kaipuke;

ka tutuki atu hoki tōna rohe ki Hairona.

14 "He kāihe kaha a Ihākara,

e tāpapa ana i waenga o ngā moenga hipi e rua;

15 ā, i tōna kitenga i te okiokinga he pai,

i te whenua hoki he āhuareka;

nā, ka tukua iho e ia tōna pokohiwi ki te pīkaunga,

ā, meinga ana ia hei pononga hōmai takoha.

16 "Ka whakawā a Rāna i tōna iwi,

ka pērā ānō me tētahi o ngā iwi o Īharaira.

17 Hei nākahi a Rāna ki te ara,

hei neke hoki ki te huarahi,

e ngau ai i te rekereke o te hōiho,

ā, ka taka whakamuri tōna kaieke.

18 "Kua tatari atu ahau ki tāu whakaoranga, e Ihowā.

19 "Ko Kara, ka āki te ope ki runga ki a ia;

otiia ka āki ia ki tō rātou rekereke.

20 "Ko tā Āhera, ka mōmona tāna taro,

ā, he kai kīngi ōna hua.

21 "Ko Napatari, he hāta kua tukua kia haere;

e hōmai ana e ia ngā kupu papai.

22 "Ko Hōhepa he peka hua,

he peka hua i te taha o te puna;

e toro atu ana ōna manga ki tua o te taiepa.

23 I whakatupu kino ngā kaikōpere i a ia,

i pere mai hoki, i kino hoki ki a ia.

24 Otiia, i mau tāna kōpere i runga i te kaha,

ā, i whakapakaritia ngā tākakau o ōna ringa

e ngā ringa o te Mea Kaha o Hākopa,

nō reira nei te hēpara, te kāmaka o Īharaira,

25 arā e te Atua o tōu pāpā, māna anō koe e āwhina;

e te Kaha Rawa hoki, māna e tuku mai ki a koe

ngā manaaki o te rangi i runga,

ngā manaaki hoki o te rire e takoto ana i raro,

ngā manaaki o ngā ū, o te kōpū hoki.

26 Hira ake ngā manaaki a tōu pāpā

i ngā manaaki a ōku tūpuna,

tae atu ana ki tērā taha rawa o ngā pukepuke tū tonu;

ka tau iho ēnā mea ki runga ki te mātenga o Hōhepa,

ki te tumuaki hoki ōna i motuhia atu nei i ōna tuākana.

27 "Ka haehae a Pineamine ānō he wuruhi,

ka kainga e ia te tūpāpaku i te ata,

ā, i te ahiahi ka tuwhaina e ia ngā taonga parakete."

28 Ko ēnei katoa ngā iwi kotahi tekau mā rua o Īharaira, ko te kōrero hoki tēnei a tō rātou pāpā ki a rātou, ko tāna manaaki i a rātou, i manaakitia rātou e ia, tēnei, tēnei, me tōna manaaki anō.

Te Matenga me te Tanumanga o Hākopa

29 Ā, i whakahau ia ki a rātou, i mea ki a rātou, "Ka kohia atu ahau ki tōku iwi. Tanumia ahau ki ōku mātua, ki te ana i te pārae o Eperona Hiti, 30 ki te ana i te pārae o Makapera, i te ritenga o Mamere, i te whenua o Kanaana, i hokona, me te pārae anō, e Āperahama i a Eperona Hiti, kia puritia hei tanumanga. 31 I tanumia a Āperahama rāua ko Hara, ko tāna wahine, ki reira; i tanumia a Īhaka rāua ko Ripeka, ko tāna wahine, ki reira; i tanumia hoki a Rea e ahau ki reira. 32 I hokona te pārae me te ana i reira i ngā tama a Hete."

33 Ā, ka mutu te whakahau a Hākopa ki āna tama, ka pēpeke ake ōna waewae ki roto ki te moenga, ā, ka hemo, ka kohia atu ki tōna iwi.