創世記 49

雅各叫了他的兒子們來，說：「你們都來聚集，我好把你們日後必遇的事告訴你們。

yǎ gè jiào le tā de ér zi men lái ， shuō ：「 nǐ men dōu lái jù jí ， wǒ hǎo bǎ nǐ men rì hòu bì yù de shì gào sù nǐ men 。

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.

雅各的兒子們，你們要聚集而聽， 要聽你們父親以色列的話。

yǎ gè de ér zǐ men ， nǐ men yào jù jí ér tīng ， yào tīng nǐ men fù qīn yǐ sè liè de huà 。

Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

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。

lǚ biàn nǎ ， nǐ shì wǒ de zhǎng zǐ ， shì wǒ lì liàng qiáng zhuàng de shí hòu shēng de ， běn dāng dà yǒu zūn róng ， quán lì chāo zhòng 。

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

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。

dàn nǐ fàng zòng qíng yù ， gǔn fèi rú shuǐ ， bì bù dé jū shǒu wèi ； yīn wèi nǐ shàng le nǐ fù qīn de chuáng ， wū huì le wǒ de tà 。

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.

西緬和利未是弟兄； 他們的刀劍是殘忍的器具。

xī miǎn hé lì wèi shì dì xiong ； tā men de dāo jiàn shì cán rěn de qì jù 。

“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

我的靈啊，不要與他們同謀； 我的心哪，不要與他們聯絡； 因為他們趁怒殺害人命， 任意砍斷牛腿大筋。

wǒ de líng a ， bú yào yǔ tā men tóng móu ； wǒ de xīn nǎ ， bú yào yǔ tā men lián luò ； yīn wèi tā men chèn nù shā hài rén mìng ， rèn yì kǎn duàn niú tuǐ dà jīn 。

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.

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。

tā men de nù qì bào liè kě zhòu ； tā men de fèn hèn cán rěn kě zǔ 。 wǒ yào shǐ tā men fēn jū zài yǎ gè jiā lǐ ， sàn zhù zài yǐ sè liè dì zhōng 。

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.

猶大啊，你弟兄們必讚美你； 你手必掐住仇敵的頸項； 你父親的兒子們必向你下拜。

yóu dà a ， nǐ dì xiong men bì zàn měi nǐ ； nǐ shǒu bì qiā zhù chóu dí de jǐng xiàng ； nǐ fù qīn de ér zi men bì xiàng nǐ xià bài 。

“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.

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， 蹲如母獅，誰敢惹你？

yóu dà shì gè xiǎo shī zi ； wǒ ér a ， nǐ zhuā le shí biàn shàng qù 。 nǐ qū xià shēn qù ， wò rú gōng shī ， dūn rú mǔ shī ， shuí gǎn rě nǐ ？

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?

圭必不離猶大， 杖必不離他兩腳之間， 直等細羅 來到， 萬民都必歸順。

guī bì bù lí yóu dà ， zhàng bì bù lí tā liǎng jiǎo zhī jiān ， zhí děng xì luó lái dào ， wàn mín dōu bì guī shùn 。

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.

猶大把小驢拴在葡萄樹上， 把驢駒拴在美好的葡萄樹上。 他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服， 在葡萄汁中洗了袍褂。

yóu dà bǎ xiǎo lǘ shuān zài pú táo shù shàng ， bǎ lǘ jū shuān zài měi hǎo de pú táo shù shàng 。 tā zài pú táo jiǔ zhōng xǐ le yī fu ， zài pú táo zhī zhōng xǐ le páo guà 。

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.

他的眼睛必因酒紅潤； 他的牙齒必因奶白亮。

tā de yǎn jīng bì yīn jiǔ hóng rùn ； tā de yá chǐ bì yīn nǎi bái liàng 。

His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

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。

xī bù lún bì zhù zài hǎi kǒu ， bì chéng wéi tíng chuán de hǎi kǒu ； tā de jìng jiè bì yán dào xī dùn 。

“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

以薩迦是個強壯的驢， 臥在羊圈之中。

yǐ sà jiā shì gè qiáng zhuàng de lǘ ， wò zài yáng juàn zhī zhōng 。

“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

他以安靜為佳，以肥地為美， 便低肩背重，成為服苦的僕人。

tā yǐ ān jìng wèi jiā ， yǐ féi dì wèi měi ， biàn dī jiān bèi zhòng ， chéng wéi fú kǔ de pú rén 。

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.

但必判斷他的民， 作以色列支派之一。

dàn bì pàn duàn tā de mín ， zuò yǐ sè liè zhī pài zhī yī 。

“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺， 咬傷馬蹄，使騎馬的墜落於後。

dàn bì zuò dào shàng de shé ， lù zhōng de huī ， yǎo shāng mǎ tí ， shǐ qí mǎ de zhuì luò yú hòu 。

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.

耶和華啊，我向來等候你的救恩。

yē hé huá a ， wǒ xiàng lái děng hòu nǐ de jiù ēn 。

I have waited for your salvation, LORD.

迦得必被敵軍追逼， 他卻要追逼他們的腳跟。

jiā dé bì bèi dí jūn zhuī bī ， tā què yào zhuī bī tā men de jiǎo gēn 。

“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

亞設之地必出肥美的糧食， 且出君王的美味。

yà shè zhī dì bì chū féi měi de liáng shí ， qiě chū jūn wáng de měi wèi 。

“Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.

拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿； 他出嘉美的言語。

ná fú tā lì shì bèi shì fàng de mǔ lù ； tā chū jiā měi de yán yǔ 。

“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

約瑟是多結果子的樹枝， 是泉旁多結果的枝子； 他的枝條探出牆外。

yuē sè shì duō jié guǒ zǐ de shù zhī ， shì quán páng duō jié guǒ de zhī zǐ ； tā de zhī tiáo tàn chū qiáng wài 。

“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

弓箭手將他苦害， 向他射箭，逼迫他。

gōng jiàn shǒu jiāng tā kǔ hài ， xiàng tā shè jiàn ， bī pò tā 。

The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:

但他的弓仍舊堅硬； 他的手健壯敏捷。 這是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石－ 就是雅各的大能者。

dàn tā de gōng réng jiù jiān yìng ； tā de shǒu jiàn zhuàng mǐn jié 。 zhè shì yīn yǐ sè liè de mù zhě ， yǐ sè liè de pán shí — jiù shì yǎ gè de dà néng zhě 。

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),

你父親的上帝必幫助你； 那全能者必將天上所有的福， 地裏所藏的福，以及生產乳養的福，都賜給你。

nǐ fù qīn de shén bì bāng zhù nǐ ； nà quán néng zhě bì jiāng tiān shàng suǒ yǒu de fú ， dì lǐ suǒ cáng de fú ， yǐ jí shēng chǎn rǔ yǎng de fú ， dōu cì gěi nǐ 。

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.

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， 臨到那與弟兄迥別之人的頂上。

nǐ fù qīn suǒ zhù de fú shèng guò wǒ zǔ xiān suǒ zhù de fú ， rú yǒng shì de shān lǐng ， zhì jí de biān jiè ； zhè xiē fú bì jiàng zài yuē sè de tóu shàng ， lín dào nà yǔ dì xiong jiǒng bié zhī rén de dǐng shàng 。

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.

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。」

biàn yǎ mǐn shì gè sī lüè de láng ， zǎo chén yào chī tā suǒ zhuā de ， wǎn shàng yào fēn tā suǒ duó de 。」

“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”

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，都是按着各人的福分為他們祝福。

zhè yí qiè shì yǐ sè liè de shí èr zhī pài ； zhè yě shì tā men de fù qīn duì tā men suǒ shuō de huà ， wèi tā men suǒ zhù de fú ， dōu shì àn zhe gè rén de fú fēn wéi tā men zhù fú 。

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.

他又囑咐他們說：「我將要歸到我列祖 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，

tā yòu zhǔ fù tā men shuō ：「 wǒ jiāng yào guī dào wǒ liè zǔ nà lǐ ， nǐ men yào jiāng wǒ zàng zài hè rén yǐ fú tián jiān de dòng lǐ ， yǔ wǒ zǔ wǒ fù zài yí chù ，

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,

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。

jiù shì zài jiā nán dì màn lì qián 、 mài bǐ lā tián jiān de dòng ； nà dòng hé tián shì yà bó lā hǎn xiàng hè rén yǐ fú mǎi lái wèi yè ， zuò fén dì de 。

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.

他們在那裏葬了亞伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉，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。

tā men zài nà lǐ zàng le yà bó lā hǎn hé tā qī zǐ sā lā ， yòu zài nà lǐ zàng le yǐ sā hé tā de qī zǐ lì bǎi jiā ； wǒ yě zài nà lǐ zàng le lì yà 。

There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:

那塊田和田間的洞原是向赫人買的。」

nà kuài tián hé tián jiān de dòng yuán shì xiàng hè rén mǎi de 。」

the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”

雅各囑咐眾子已畢，就把腳收在床上，氣絕而死，歸他列祖 那裏去了。

yǎ gè zhǔ fù zhòng zǐ yǐ bì ， jiù bǎ jiǎo shōu zài chuáng shàng ， qì jué ér sǐ ， guī tā liè zǔ nà lǐ qù le 。

When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.