雅各的預言

49 雅各把他的兒子們都叫來,對他們說:「你們到我身邊來,我要把你們將來的遭遇告訴你們。

「雅各的兒子們啊,
你們都來聽,
聽你們父親以色列的話。
呂便啊,你是我的長子,
是我年輕力壯時生的,
比眾弟兄更有尊榮和力量。
可是,你必不再居首位,
因為你放縱情慾,
如沸騰不止的水,
你上了你父親的床,
玷污了我的榻。

「西緬和利未串通一氣,
依仗刀劍,殘暴不仁。
我的靈啊,不要與他們同謀。
我的心啊,不要與他們聯合。
他們洩憤殺人,
隨意砍斷牛腿的筋。
他們狂暴兇殘,該受咒詛!
我要使他們分散在雅各的子孫中,
散居在以色列各地。

「猶大啊,你的兄弟們必讚美你,
你必制伏你的仇敵,
你父親的兒子必向你下拜。
我兒猶大是頭小獅子,
他獵食回來,躺臥如雄獅,
蹲伏如母獅,誰敢驚擾他?
10 王權必不離猶大,
御杖必伴他左右,
直到那位執掌王權的來到,
萬民都必歸順他。

11 「他把小驢拴在葡萄樹旁,
把驢駒拴在上好的葡萄樹旁;
他在葡萄酒中洗衣服,
在葡萄汁中洗外袍。
12 他的眼睛比酒烏潤,
牙齒比奶潔白。

13 「西布倫必安居在海濱,
成為泊船的港口,
他的疆界必伸展到西頓。

14 「以薩迦是頭壯驢,
臥在羊圈中。
15 他見那地方好作安身之處,
地土肥美,就垂下肩頭,
做了奴隸。

16 「但必治理他的人民,
作以色列的一個支派。
17 他必成為路邊的蛇,
道旁的毒蛇,
咬傷馬蹄,使騎馬的人墜落。

18 「耶和華啊,
我切切等候你的拯救。

19 「迦得必被強盜劫掠,
他卻要反敗為勝追趕他們。

20 「亞設必有豐美的出產和供君王享用的美味。

21 「拿弗他利是頭自由的母鹿,
養育美麗的小鹿[a]

22 「約瑟是多結果子的枝條,
長在水泉旁,
他的枝條探出牆外。
23 弓箭手兇猛地攻擊他,
惡狠狠地射他。
24 但他手持強弓,
雙臂穩健有力,
因為雅各的大能者——以色列的牧者和磐石幫助他。
25 你父親的上帝必幫助你,
全能者必賜你天上的恩澤、
地上的百福,
使你子孫興旺、牛羊滿圈。
26 你父親的祝福高過亙古永存的峰巒,
多如綿延無盡的群山,
願這一切的祝福都臨到約瑟頭上,
臨到這超越眾弟兄的人身上。

27 「便雅憫是匹貪婪的狼,
早晨吞吃獵物,
晚上瓜分戰利品。」

28 以上是以色列的十二支派,他們的父親按著他們不同的福分給他們祝福。 29 雅各又囑咐他們說:「我要離世了,你們要把我葬在赫人以弗崙田間的洞裡,讓我與祖先在一起。 30 那洞穴在迦南幔利附近的麥比拉田間,是亞伯拉罕向赫人以弗崙買來作墳地的。 31 亞伯拉罕和他的妻子撒拉,以撒和他的妻子利百加都葬在那裡,我把利亞也葬在了那裡。 32 那塊田和田間的洞穴是向赫人買的。」 33 雅各囑咐完眾子,在床上躺下,嚥了氣,去他祖先那裡了。

Footnotes

  1. 49·21 養育美麗的小鹿」或譯「口出佳美之言」。

Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons

49 Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together so that I can tell you what will happen with you in days to come.[a]

Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob!
    Listen to Israel your father!
Reuben, you are my firstborn,
    my strength, and the firstfruit of my vigor,
    excelling in rank and excelling in power.
Unstable[b] as water, you shall not excel any longer,
    for you went up upon the bed of your father,
    then defiled it. You went up upon my couch!
Simeon and Levi are brothers;
    weapons of violence are their swords.
    Let me[c] not come into their council.
Let not my person[d] be joined to their company.
    For in their anger they killed men,
    and at their pleasure they hamstrung cattle.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
    and their wrath, for it is cruel.
I will divide them in Jacob,
    and I will scatter them in Israel.
Judah, as for you, your brothers shall praise you.
    Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies.
    The sons of your father shall bow down to you.
Judah is a lion’s cub.
    From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He bowed down; he crouched like a lion and as a lioness.
    Who shall rouse him?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
    nor the ruler’s staff between his feet,
until Shiloh comes.
    And to him shall be the obedience of nations.
11 Binding his donkey to the vine
    and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he washes his clothing in the wine
    and his garment in the blood of grapes.
12 The eyes are darker than wine,
    and the teeth whiter than milk.
13 Zebulun shall settle by the shore of the sea.
    He shall become a haven for ships,
    and his border shall be at Sidon.
14 Issachar is a strong donkey,
    crouching between the sheepfolds.
15 He saw a resting place that was good,
    and land that was pleasant.
So he bowed his shoulder to the burden
    and became a servant of forced labor.
16 Dan shall judge his people
    as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent on the way,
    a viper on the road
that bites the heels of a horse,
    so that its rider falls backward.
18 I wait for your salvation, O Yahweh.
19 Bandits shall attack Gad,
    but he shall attack their heels.
20 Asher’s food is delicious,
    and he shall provide from the king’s delicacies.
21 Naphtali is a doe running free
    that puts forth beautiful words.
22 Joseph is the bough[e] of a fruitful vine,
    a fruitful bough[f] by a spring.
    His branches climb over the wall.
23 The archers[g] fiercely attacked him.
    They shot arrows at him and were hostile to him.
24 But his bow remained in a steady position;
    his arms[h] were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob.
    From there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
25 Because of the God of your father he will help you
    and by Shaddai[i] he will bless you
    with the blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
    blessings of the breasts and the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
    are superior to the blessings of my ancestors,
    to the bounty of the everlasting hills.
May they be on the head of Joseph,
    and on the forehead of the prince of his brothers.
27 Benjamin is a devouring wolf,
    devouring the prey in the morning,
    and dividing the plunder in the evening.

The Death and Burial of Jacob

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, each according to their blessing. 29 Then he instructed them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me among my ancestors[j] in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah that is before[k] Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife. And there I buried Leah— 32 the purchase of the field and the cave which was in it from the Hittites.” 33 When Jacob finished instructing his sons he drew his feet up to the bed. Then he took his last breath and was gathered to his people.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:1 Literally “the latter days”
  2. Genesis 49:4 Or “reckless”
  3. Genesis 49:5 Or “my soul”
  4. Genesis 49:6 Or “my glory”
  5. Genesis 49:22 Or “son”
  6. Genesis 49:22 Or “son”
  7. Genesis 49:23 Literally “the masters of the bow”
  8. Genesis 49:24 Literally “the arms of his hands”
  9. Genesis 49:25 Or “the Almighty”
  10. Genesis 49:29 Or “fathers”
  11. Genesis 49:30 Or “east of”

雅各的预言

49 雅各把他的儿子们都叫来,对他们说:“你们到我身边来,我要把你们将来的遭遇告诉你们。

“雅各的儿子们啊,
你们都来听,
听你们父亲以色列的话。
吕便啊,你是我的长子,
是我年轻力壮时生的,
比众弟兄更有尊荣和力量。
可是,你必不再居首位,
因为你放纵情欲,
如沸腾不止的水,
你上了你父亲的床,
玷污了我的榻。

“西缅和利未串通一气,
依仗刀剑,残暴不仁。
我的灵啊,不要与他们同谋。
我的心啊,不要与他们联合。
他们泄愤杀人,
随意砍断牛腿的筋。
他们狂暴凶残,该受咒诅!
我要使他们分散在雅各的子孙中,
散居在以色列各地。

“犹大啊,你的兄弟们必赞美你,
你必制服你的仇敌,
你父亲的儿子必向你下拜。
我儿犹大是头小狮子,
他猎食回来,躺卧如雄狮,
蹲伏如母狮,谁敢惊扰他?
10 王权必不离犹大,
御杖必伴他左右,
直到那位执掌王权的来到,
万民都必归顺他。

11 “他把小驴拴在葡萄树旁,
把驴驹拴在上好的葡萄树旁;
他在葡萄酒中洗衣服,
在葡萄汁中洗外袍。
12 他的眼睛比酒乌润,
牙齿比奶洁白。

13 “西布伦必安居在海滨,
成为泊船的港口,
他的疆界必伸展到西顿。

14 “以萨迦是头壮驴,
卧在羊圈中。
15 他见那地方好作安身之处,
地土肥美,就垂下肩头,
做了奴隶。

16 “但必治理他的人民,
作以色列的一个支派。
17 他必成为路边的蛇,
道旁的毒蛇,
咬伤马蹄,使骑马的人坠落。

18 “耶和华啊,
我切切等候你的拯救。

19 “迦得必被强盗劫掠,
他却要反败为胜追赶他们。

20 “亚设必有丰美的出产和供君王享用的美味。

21 “拿弗他利是头自由的母鹿,
养育美丽的小鹿[a]

22 “约瑟是多结果子的枝条,
长在水泉旁,
他的枝条探出墙外。
23 弓箭手凶猛地攻击他,
恶狠狠地射他。
24 但他手持强弓,
双臂稳健有力,
因为雅各的大能者——以色列的牧者和磐石帮助他。
25 你父亲的上帝必帮助你,
全能者必赐你天上的恩泽、
地上的百福,
使你子孙兴旺、牛羊满圈。
26 你父亲的祝福高过亘古永存的峰峦,
多如绵延无尽的群山,
愿这一切的祝福都临到约瑟头上,
临到这超越众弟兄的人身上。

27 “便雅悯是匹贪婪的狼,
早晨吞吃猎物,
晚上瓜分战利品。”

28 以上是以色列的十二支派,他们的父亲按着他们不同的福分给他们祝福。 29 雅各又嘱咐他们说:“我要离世了,你们要把我葬在赫人以弗仑田间的洞里,让我与祖先在一起。 30 那洞穴在迦南幔利附近的麦比拉田间,是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗仑买来作坟地的。 31 亚伯拉罕和他的妻子撒拉,以撒和他的妻子利百加都葬在那里,我把利亚也葬在了那里。 32 那块田和田间的洞穴是向赫人买的。” 33 雅各嘱咐完众子,在床上躺下,咽了气,去他祖先那里了。

Footnotes

  1. 49:21 养育美丽的小鹿”或译“口出佳美之言”。

49 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

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.

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

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 an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

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

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

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

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

25 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 lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

26 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 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

28 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 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 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 of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

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

32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

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