¹ Jokūbas, pasišaukęs savo sūnus, kalbėjo: “Susirinkite! Paskelbsiu jums, kas įvyks su jumis ateityje.

² Susirinkite ir klausykite, Jokūbo sūnūs! Pasiklausykite Izraelio, savo tėvo!

³ ubenai, tu esi mano pirmagimis, mano tvirtybė, mano pajėgumo pradžia, pirmas orumu ir galybe.

⁴ Neramus kaip vanduo! Tu neįsigalėsi, nes įlipai į savo tėvo lovą ir atsiguldamas sutepei mano patalą.

⁵ Simeonas ir Levis­broliai; smurto įrankiai jų namuose.

⁶ Mano siela, neik į jų pasitarimus, nesijunk į jų būrį, mano garbe. Užsirūstinę jie nužudė žmogų ir savivaliaudami sužalojo jaučius.

⁷ Prakeiktas tebūna jų nuožmus įtūžimas ir žiaurus pyktis! Aš juos padalinsiu Jokūbe ir išsklaidysiu Izraelyje.

⁸ Judai, tu susilauksi savo brolių pagarbos, tavo ranka bus ant tavo priešų sprando; tavo tėvo vaikai nusilenks prieš tave.

⁹ Judas­jaunas liūtas. Mano sūnus, kyląs nuo grobio. Jis sustojo, atsigulė kaip liūtas ar kaip liūtė. Kas jį prikels!

¹⁰ Iš Judo nebus atimtas skeptras nė valdžia iš jo palikuonių, kol ateis siųstasis, kuriam paklus tautos.

¹¹ Jis riša prie vynmedžio savo asilaitį ir prie geriausio vynmedžio savo asilės jauniklį; jis plauna vyne savo drabužį ir vynuogių sultyse­apsiaustą.

¹² Jo akys spindės nuo vyno ir dantys bus balti nuo pieno.

¹³ Zabulonas gyvens prie jūros kranto, kur priplaukia laivai; jo žemių ribos sieks Sidoną.

¹⁴ Isacharas yra stiprus asilas, gulįs tarp dviejų nešulių.

¹⁵ Matydamas, kad poilsis geras ir šalis tokia miela, jis palenkė savo petį, kad neštų, ir tapo samdomu bernu.

¹⁶ Danas teis savo tautą, kaip viena iš Izraelio giminių.

¹⁷ Danas bus gyvatė šalia kelio, angis ant tako, gelianti žirgui į kulnis taip, kad jo raitelis nuvirstų atbulas.

¹⁸ Viešpatie, aš laukiu Tavo išgelbėjimo!

¹⁹ Gadas bus užpultas priešų, bet jis vysis juos įkandin, lips jiems ant kulnų.

²⁰ Ašero duona bus soti; jis tieks maistą net karaliams.

²¹ Neftalis­laisvas briedis, jis gražbylys.

²² Juozapas­jaunas vaismedis prie versmės, jo šakos nusvirusios per mūrą.

²³ Šauliai erzino jį, šaudė ir nekentė jo.

²⁴ Jo lankas pasiliko stiprus ir jo rankas sustiprino Jokūbo galingojo Dievo rankos. Iš ten ganytojas ir Izraelio uola.

²⁵ Tavo tėvo Dievas padės tau, Visagalis laimins tave dangaus palaiminimais iš aukštybių, gelmių palaiminimais, esančiais žemai, krūtų ir įsčių palaiminimais.

²⁶ Tavo tėvo palaiminimai pranoko mano protėvių palaiminimus iki amžinųjų kalvų tolimiausių ribų; jie bus ant Juozapo galvos ir ant galvos vainiko to, kuris buvo atskirtas nuo savo brolių.

²⁷ Benjaminas­plėšrus vilkas; rytą jis draskys grobį, o vakare padalins jį”.

²⁸ Tai yra dvylika Izraelio giminių, ir tai jiems kalbėjo tėvas, ir palaimino juos. Kiekvieną palaimino atskiru palaiminimu.

²⁹ Po to jis jiems tarė: “Aš susijungsiu su savo tauta. Palaidokite mane prie mano tėvų oloje, kuri yra hetito Efrono lauke,

³⁰ Machpelos lauko oloje, ties Mamre, Kanaano šalyje. Tą lauką Abraomas nupirko iš hetito Efrono nuosavoms kapinėms.

³¹ Ten palaidotas Abraomas ir jo žmona Sara, Izaokas ir jo žmona ebeka, ten aš palaidojau ir Lėją.

³² Tai laukas ir ola, kurie buvo nupirkti iš Heto vaikų”.

³³ Jokūbas, baigęs duoti nurodymus savo sūnums, įkėlė kojas į lovą, atidavė dvasią ir susijungė su savo tauta.

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 as 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. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

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 in the way, 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 yield 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 persecute 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 your 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 spoil."

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 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 made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.