Genesis

Chapter 49

1 THEN Jacob called his sons and said to them, Gather yourselves together that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

2 Gather yourselves together and listen, O sons of Jacob; and hearken o Israel your father.

3 Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, and the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

4 You went astray like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; truly, you have defiled my bed by going up into it.

5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of anger are in their nature.

6 I never agreed to their counsels; nor did I lower myself to sit in their assembly; for in their anger they slew men and in their rage they destroyed a town wall.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it is raging: and their wrath, for it is fierce; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.

9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you are gone up; he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall rouse him up?

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until the coming of the One to whom the sceptre belongs, to whom the Gentiles shall look forward.

11 He shall tie up his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to a branch; he shall bleach his garments with wine, and his robe with the juices of the grape;

12 His eyes shall be radiant with wine, and his teeth white with milk?

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the seas; and he shall be a haven for ships; and his border shall extend as far as Zidon.

14 Issachar is a mighty man couching by the highways;

15 And he saw that his dwelling place was good, and his land fertile; and he bowed his shoulder to servitude, and became a servant to tribute.

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

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the paths, that bites the horse's heel and causes its rider to fall backward.

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

19 Gad shall go out to raid, and shall pursue at the heels of his enemies.

20 As for Asher, his land is good, and he shall supply kings with food.

21 Naphtali is a swift messenger; he gives goodly words.

22 Joseph is a disciplined son, an educated son; a fruitful bough by a spring, whose branches run over the wall.

23 A company of men quarreled with him, and being great in numbers, envied him;

24 But in strength he bent his bow, and his arms were made strong by the hands of the mighty One of Jacob; (by the name of the Shepherd, the Strength of Israel:)

25 May the God of your father help you and the Almighty bless you with the blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;

26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my forbears to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is the prince of his brothers.

27 Benjamin is a plundering wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and in the evening he shall divide the spoil.

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father Jacob said to them; he addressed them, then he blessed them, according to his blessing, he blessed every one of them.

29 Then their father blessed them, and 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,

30 In the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the double cave which is in the field, before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial ground.

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 which is in it were purchased from the children of Heth.

33 And when Jacob had finished charging his sons, he stretched his feet on his bed, and grew weak, and died, and was gathered to his people.

創世記

第49章

1 雅各叫了他的兒子們來,說:「你們都來聚集,我好把你們末後的日子[last days]必遇的事告訴你們。

2 雅各的兒子們,你們要聚集而聽,要聽你們父親以色列的話。

3 呂便哪,你是我的長子,是我力量強壯的時候生的,本當大有尊榮,權力超眾。

4 但你放縱情慾,滾沸如水,必不得居首位;因為你上了你父親的床,污穢了我的榻。

5 西緬和利未是弟兄;他們的住處滿了[are in their habitations]殘忍的器具。

6 我的[soul]啊,不要與他們同謀;我的尊榮[honour]哪,不要與他們聯合[united];因為他們在怒中[in their anger]殺害人命,任意挖下牆垣[digged down a wall]

7 他們的怒氣暴烈可咒;他們的忿恨殘忍可詛。我要使他們分居在雅各家裏,散住在以色列地中。

8 猶大啊,你弟兄們必讚美你;你手必掐住仇敵的頸項;你父親的兒女們[children]必向你下拜。

9 猶大是個小獅子;我兒啊,你抓了食便上去。你屈下身去,臥如公獅,蹲如老獅[old lion],誰敢惹你?

10 王權[sceptre]必不離棄猶大,設立律法者[lawgiver]必不離他兩腳之間,直等細羅來到;被招聚的[gathering of]眾民都必歸順[him]

11 猶大把小驢[Binding]在葡萄樹上,把驢駒[Binding]在美好的葡萄樹上。他在[wine]中洗了他的[his]衣服,在葡萄[blood]中洗了他的[his]袍褂。

12 他的眼睛必因酒紅潤;他的牙齒必因奶白亮。

13 西布倫必住在海口,必成為停船的海口;他的境界必延到西頓。

14 以薩迦是個強壯的驢,臥在兩擔之間[between two burdens]

15 他以安居[rest]為佳,以肥地為美,便低肩背重,成為服苦的僕人。

16 但必判斷他的民,作以色列支派之一。

17 但必作道上的蛇,路中的蝰蛇[adder],咬傷馬蹄,使騎馬的墜落於後。

18 耶和華啊,我向來等候你的救恩。

19 迦得必被敵軍所勝[overcome],他卻終久勝過他們[overcome at the last]

20 亞設之地必出肥美的糧食,且出君王的美味。

21 拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿;他出佳美[goodly]的言語。

22 約瑟是多結果子的枝條[bough],是[well]旁多結果的枝條[bough]其枝子[whose branches]探出牆外。

23 弓箭手將他苦害,向他射箭,恨惡[hated]他。

24 但他的弓仍舊堅硬,雅各大能的神使他膀臂健壯;[the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob];(這是因以色列的牧者,以色列的石頭[stone]。)

25 你父親的神必幫助你;那全能者必將天上所有的福,地裏所藏的福,以及懷胎[womb]乳養的福,都賜給你。

26 你父親所祝的福,勝過我祖先所祝的福,如永世的山嶺至極的邊界;這些福必降在約瑟的頭上,臨到那與弟兄分別之人的頭頂[crown of the head]上。

27 便雅憫是個撕掠的狼,早晨要吃他所抓的,晚上要分他所奪的。」

28 這一切是以色列的十二支派;這也是他們的父親對他們所說的話,為他們所祝的福,都是按著各人的福分為他們祝福。

29 他又囑咐他們說:「我將要歸到我本民[my people]那裏,你們要將我葬在赫人以弗崙田間的洞裏,與我祖我父在一處,

30 就是在迦南地幔利前、麥比拉田間的洞;那洞和田是亞伯拉罕向赫人以弗崙買來為業,作墳地的。

31 他們在那裏葬了亞伯拉罕和他妻撒拉,又在那裏葬了以撒和他的妻子利百加;我也在那裏葬了利亞。

32 那塊田和田間的洞原是向赫人買的。」

33 雅各囑咐眾子已畢,就把腳收在床上,氣絕而死,歸到本民[his people]那裏去了。

Genesis

Chapter 49

創世記

第49章

1 THEN Jacob called his sons and said to them, Gather yourselves together that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

1 雅各叫了他的兒子們來,說:「你們都來聚集,我好把你們末後的日子[last days]必遇的事告訴你們。

2 Gather yourselves together and listen, O sons of Jacob; and hearken o Israel your father.

2 雅各的兒子們,你們要聚集而聽,要聽你們父親以色列的話。

3 Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, and the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

3 呂便哪,你是我的長子,是我力量強壯的時候生的,本當大有尊榮,權力超眾。

4 You went astray like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; truly, you have defiled my bed by going up into it.

4 但你放縱情慾,滾沸如水,必不得居首位;因為你上了你父親的床,污穢了我的榻。

5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of anger are in their nature.

5 西緬和利未是弟兄;他們的住處滿了[are in their habitations]殘忍的器具。

6 I never agreed to their counsels; nor did I lower myself to sit in their assembly; for in their anger they slew men and in their rage they destroyed a town wall.

6 我的[soul]啊,不要與他們同謀;我的尊榮[honour]哪,不要與他們聯合[united];因為他們在怒中[in their anger]殺害人命,任意挖下牆垣[digged down a wall]

7 Cursed be their anger, for it is raging: and their wrath, for it is fierce; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

7 他們的怒氣暴烈可咒;他們的忿恨殘忍可詛。我要使他們分居在雅各家裏,散住在以色列地中。

8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.

8 猶大啊,你弟兄們必讚美你;你手必掐住仇敵的頸項;你父親的兒女們[children]必向你下拜。

9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you are gone up; he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall rouse him up?

9 猶大是個小獅子;我兒啊,你抓了食便上去。你屈下身去,臥如公獅,蹲如老獅[old lion],誰敢惹你?

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until the coming of the One to whom the sceptre belongs, to whom the Gentiles shall look forward.

10 王權[sceptre]必不離棄猶大,設立律法者[lawgiver]必不離他兩腳之間,直等細羅來到;被招聚的[gathering of]眾民都必歸順[him]

11 He shall tie up his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to a branch; he shall bleach his garments with wine, and his robe with the juices of the grape;

11 猶大把小驢[Binding]在葡萄樹上,把驢駒[Binding]在美好的葡萄樹上。他在[wine]中洗了他的[his]衣服,在葡萄[blood]中洗了他的[his]袍褂。

12 His eyes shall be radiant with wine, and his teeth white with milk?

12 他的眼睛必因酒紅潤;他的牙齒必因奶白亮。

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the seas; and he shall be a haven for ships; and his border shall extend as far as Zidon.

13 西布倫必住在海口,必成為停船的海口;他的境界必延到西頓。

14 Issachar is a mighty man couching by the highways;

14 以薩迦是個強壯的驢,臥在兩擔之間[between two burdens]

15 And he saw that his dwelling place was good, and his land fertile; and he bowed his shoulder to servitude, and became a servant to tribute.

15 他以安居[rest]為佳,以肥地為美,便低肩背重,成為服苦的僕人。

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

16 但必判斷他的民,作以色列支派之一。

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the paths, that bites the horse's heel and causes its rider to fall backward.

17 但必作道上的蛇,路中的蝰蛇[adder],咬傷馬蹄,使騎馬的墜落於後。

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

18 耶和華啊,我向來等候你的救恩。

19 Gad shall go out to raid, and shall pursue at the heels of his enemies.

19 迦得必被敵軍所勝[overcome],他卻終久勝過他們[overcome at the last]

20 As for Asher, his land is good, and he shall supply kings with food.

20 亞設之地必出肥美的糧食,且出君王的美味。

21 Naphtali is a swift messenger; he gives goodly words.

21 拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿;他出佳美[goodly]的言語。

22 Joseph is a disciplined son, an educated son; a fruitful bough by a spring, whose branches run over the wall.

22 約瑟是多結果子的枝條[bough],是[well]旁多結果的枝條[bough]其枝子[whose branches]探出牆外。

23 A company of men quarreled with him, and being great in numbers, envied him;

23 弓箭手將他苦害,向他射箭,恨惡[hated]他。

24 But in strength he bent his bow, and his arms were made strong by the hands of the mighty One of Jacob; (by the name of the Shepherd, the Strength of Israel:)

24 但他的弓仍舊堅硬,雅各大能的神使他膀臂健壯;[the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob];(這是因以色列的牧者,以色列的石頭[stone]。)

25 May the God of your father help you and the Almighty bless you with the blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;

25 你父親的神必幫助你;那全能者必將天上所有的福,地裏所藏的福,以及懷胎[womb]乳養的福,都賜給你。

26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my forbears to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is the prince of his brothers.

26 你父親所祝的福,勝過我祖先所祝的福,如永世的山嶺至極的邊界;這些福必降在約瑟的頭上,臨到那與弟兄分別之人的頭頂[crown of the head]上。

27 Benjamin is a plundering wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and in the evening he shall divide the spoil.

27 便雅憫是個撕掠的狼,早晨要吃他所抓的,晚上要分他所奪的。」

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father Jacob said to them; he addressed them, then he blessed them, according to his blessing, he blessed every one of them.

28 這一切是以色列的十二支派;這也是他們的父親對他們所說的話,為他們所祝的福,都是按著各人的福分為他們祝福。

29 Then their father blessed them, and 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,

29 他又囑咐他們說:「我將要歸到我本民[my people]那裏,你們要將我葬在赫人以弗崙田間的洞裏,與我祖我父在一處,

30 In the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the double cave which is in the field, before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial ground.

30 就是在迦南地幔利前、麥比拉田間的洞;那洞和田是亞伯拉罕向赫人以弗崙買來為業,作墳地的。

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

31 他們在那裏葬了亞伯拉罕和他妻撒拉,又在那裏葬了以撒和他的妻子利百加;我也在那裏葬了利亞。

32 The field and the cave which is in it were purchased from the children of Heth.

32 那塊田和田間的洞原是向赫人買的。」

33 And when Jacob had finished charging his sons, he stretched his feet on his bed, and grew weak, and died, and was gathered to his people.

33 雅各囑咐眾子已畢,就把腳收在床上,氣絕而死,歸到本民[his people]那裏去了。