Jacob's Blessing
1 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.
Yakobo akawaita wanawe, akasema, Kusanyikeni, ili niwaambie yatakayowapata siku za mwisho.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;
And hearken unto Israel your father.
Kusanyikeni, msikie, enyi wana wa Yakobo, Msikilizeni Israeli, baba yenu.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Reubeni, u mzaliwa wangu wa kwanza, Nguvu zangu, na malimbuko ya uwezo wangu. Umewapita wengine kwa ukuu na kwa nguvu.
4 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.
Umeruka mpaka kama maji, basi usiwe na ukuu, Kwa sababu ulikipanda kitanda cha baba yako, Ukakitia unajisi; alikipandia kitanda changu.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren;
Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Simeoni na Lawi ni ndugu; Panga zao ni silaha za jeuri.
6 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.
Nafsi yangu, usiingie katika siri yao, Fahari yangu usiungane na kusanyiko lao, Maana katika ghadhabu yao walimuua mtu, Na kwa ukaidi wao walikata mshipa wa ng'ombe;
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.
Ghadhabu yao na ilaaniwe, maana ilikuwa kali, Na hasira yao, maana ilikuwa haina huruma. Nitawagawa katika Yakobo, Nitawatawanya katika Israeli.
8 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.
Yuda, ndugu zako watakusifu, Mkono wako utakuwa shingoni mwa adui zako. Wana wa baba yako watakuinamia.
9 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?
Yuda ni mwana-simba, Kutoka katika mawindo, mwanangu, umepanda; Aliinama akajilaza kama simba, Na kama simba mke; ni nani atakaye mwamsha?
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 .
Fimbo ya enzi haitaondoka katika Yuda, Wala mfanya sheria kati ya miguu yake, Hata atakapokuja Yeye, mwenye milki, Ambaye mataifa watamtii.
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:
Atafunga punda wake katika mzabibu, Na mwana-punda wake katika mzabibu mzuri. Amefua nguo zake kwa mvinyo, Na mavazi yake kwa damu ya zabibu.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine,
And his teeth white with milk.
Macho yake yatakuwa mekundu kwa mvinyo, Na meno yake yatakuwa meupe kwa maziwa.
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.
Zabuloni atakaa pwani ya bahari, Naye atakuwa kama pwani za kuegesha merikebu, Na mpaka wake utakuwa kando ya Sidoni.
14 Issachar is a strong ass
Couching down between two burdens:
Isakari ni punda hodari, Ajilazaye kati ya mazizi ya kondoo;
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.
Akaona mahali pa raha, kuwa pema, Na nchi, ya kuwa ni nzuri, Akainama bega lake lichukue mizigo, Akawa mtumishi kwa kazi ngumu.
16 Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
Dani atahukumu watu wake, Kama moja ya makabila ya Israeli;
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.
Dani atakuwa nyoka barabarani, Bafe katika njia, Aumaye visigino vya farasi, Hata apandaye ataanguka chali.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Wokovu wako nimeungoja, Ee Bwana.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him:
But he shall overcome at the last.
Gadi, jeshi litamsonga, Lakini atawasonga wao mpaka visigino.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat,
And he shall yield royal dainties.
Asheri, chakula chake kitakuwa kinono, Naye atatoa tunu za kifalme.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose:
He giveth goodly words.
Naftali ni ayala aliyefunguliwa; Anatoa maneno mazuri.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough,
Even a fruitful bough by a well;
Whose branches run over the wall:
Yusufu ni mti mchanga wenye kuzaa, Mti mchanga wenye kuzaa karibu na chemchemi, Matwi yake yametanda ukutani.
23 The archers have sorely grieved him,
And shot at him , and hated him:
Wapiga mishale walimtenda machungu, Wakamtupia, wakamwudhi,
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:)
Lakini upinde wake ukakaa imara, Mikono yake ikapata nguvu, Kwa mikono ya Mwenye Enzi wa Yakobo; Kwa jina la mchungaji, yeye jiwe la Israeli,
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:
Naam, kwa Mungu wa baba yako atakaye kusaidia; Kwa mibaraka ya mbinguni juu. Mibaraka ya vilindi vilivyo chini, Mibaraka ya maziwa, na ya mimba.
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.
Mibaraka ya baba yako Imepita mibaraka ya milima ya kale, Vitu vinavyotamanika vya vilima vya milele; Na vikae juu ya kichwa cha Yusufu, Juu ya utosi wa kichwa chake aliye mkuu kati ya ndugu zake.
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf:
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
And at night he shall divide the spoil.
Benyamini ni mbwa-mwitu mwenye kurarua-rarua Asubuhi atakula mawindo, Na jioni atagawanya mateka.
Death of Jacob
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.
Hizo zote ndizo kabila za Israeli kumi na mbili. Na hayo ndiyo aliyowaambia baba yao, na kuwabariki; mmoja mmoja kwa mbaraka wake aliwabariki.
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,
Akawaamuru, akasema, Mimi ninakwenda kukusanywa pamoja na watu wangu; mnizike pamoja na baba zangu, katika pango iliyomo shambani mwa Efroni, Mhiti;
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.
katika ile pango iliyomo shambani mwa Makpela, iliyo mbele ya Mamre katika nchi ya Kanaani, aliyoinunua Ibrahimu pamoja na shamba kwa Efroni Mhiti, pawe milki yake ya kuzikia.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Humo walimzika Ibrahimu, na Sara mkewe; humo wakamzika Isaka, na Rebeka mkewe; nami humo nikamzika Lea;
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
shamba na pango iliyomo lililonunuliwa kwa wazawa wa Hethi.
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.
Basi Yakobo alipokwisha kuwaagiza wanawe, akakunja miguu yake kitandani, akafa, akakusanywa pamoja na watu wake.
