| 1 Εκαλεσε δε ο Ιακωβ τους υιους αυτου και ειπε, Συναχθητε, δια να σας αναγγειλω τι μελλει να συμβη εις εσας εν ταις εσχαταις ημεραις? | 1 Then Jacob called his sons, and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in days to come. |
| 2 συναχθητε και ακουσατε, υιοι του Ιακωβ, και ακροασθητε τον Ισραηλ τον πατερα σας. | 2 Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father. |
| 3 Ρουβην ο πρωτοτοκος μου, συ ισχυς μου και αρχη των δυναμεων μου, εξοχος κατα την αξιαν και εξοχος κατα την δυναμιν. | 3 Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the first fruits of my strength, pre-eminent in pride and pre-eminent in power. |
| 4 Εξεβρασας ως υδωρ? δεν θελεις εχει την υπεροχην? διοτι ανεβης επι την κλινην του πατρος σου? τοτε εμιανας αυτην? επι την κλινην μου ανεβη. | 4 Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it--you went up to my couch! |
| 5 Συμεων και Λευι οι αδελφοι, οργανα αδικιας ειναι αι μαχαιραι αυτων? | 5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. |
| 6 εις την βουλην αυτων μη εισελθης, ψυχη μου? εις την συνελευσιν αυτων μη ενωθης, τιμη μου? διοτι εν τω θυμω αυτων εφονευσαν ανθρωπους και εν τω πεισματι αυτων κατηδαφισαν τειχος. | 6 O my soul, come not into their council; O my spirit, be not joined to their company; for in their anger they slay men, and in their wantonness they hamstring oxen. |
| 7 Επικαταρατος ο θυμος αυτων, διοτι ητο αυθαδης? και η οργη αυτων, διοτι ητο σκληρα? θελω διαμοιρασει αυτους εις τον Ιακωβ, και θελω διασκορπισει αυτους εις τον Ισραηλ. | 7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. |
| 8 Ιουδα, σε θελουσι επαινεσει οι αδελφοι σου? η χειρ σου θελει εισθαι επι τον τραχηλον των εχθρων σου? οι υιοι του πατρος σου θελουσι σε προσκυνησει? | 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 σκυμνος λεοντος ειναι ο Ιουδας? εκ του θηρευματος, υιε μου, ανεβης? αναπεσων εκοιμηθη ως λεων και ως σκυμνος λεοντος? τις θελει εγειρει αυτον; | 9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who dares rouse him up? |
| 10 Δεν θελει εκλειψει το σκηπτρον εκ του Ιουδα ουδε νομοθετης εκ μεσου των ποδων αυτου, εωσου ελθη ο Σηλω? και εις αυτον θελει εισθαι η υπακοη των λαων. | 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. |
| 11 Εις την αμπελον δενει το πωλαριον αυτου, και εις τον εκλεκτον βλαστον το παιδιον της ονου αυτου? θελει πλυνει εν οινω το ενδυμα αυτου και εν τω αιματι της σταφυλης το περιβολαιον αυτου? | 11 Binding his foal to the vine and his ass's colt to the choice vine, he washes his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes; |
| 12 Οι οφθαλμοι αυτου θελουσιν εισθαι ερυθροι εκ του οινου και οι οδοντες αυτου λευκοι εκ του γαλακτος. | 12 his eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. |
| 13 Ο Ζαβουλων θελει κατοικησει εν λιμενι θαλασσης και θελει εισθαι εν λιμενι πλοιων? το δε οριον αυτου θελει εκταθη εως Σιδωνος. | 13 Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon. |
| 14 Ο Ισσαχαρ ειναι ονος δυνατος, κοιτωμενος εν τω μεσω των επαυλεων? | 14 Issachar is a strong ass, crouching between the sheepfolds; |
| 15 Και ιδων οτι η αναπαυσις ητο καλη και ο τοπος τερπνος, εκλινε τον ωμον αυτου εις φορτιον και εγεινε δουλος υποτελης. | 15 he saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant; so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a slave at forced labor. |
| 16 Ο Δαν θελει κρινει τον λαον αυτου, ως μια εκ των φυλων του Ισραηλ? | 16 Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. |
| 17 Ο Δαν θελει εισθαι οφις επι της οδου, ασπις επι της τριβου, δακνων τας πτερνας του ιππου, ωστε ο ιππευς αυτου θελει πιπτει εις τα οπισω. | 17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward. |
| 18 Την σωτηριαν σου περιεμεινα, Κυριε. | 18 I wait for thy salvation, O LORD. |
| 19 Τον Γαδ θελουσι πειρατευσει πειραται? πλην και αυτος εις το τελος θελει πειρατευσει. | 19 Raiders shall raid Gad, but he shall raid at their heels. |
| 20 Του Ασηρ ο αρτος θελει εισθαι παχυς? και αυτος θελει διδει βασιλικας τρυφας. | 20 Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties. |
| 21 Ο Νεφθαλι ειναι ελαφος απολελυμενη, διδων λογους αρεστους. | 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose, that bears comely fawns. |
| 22 Ο Ιωσηφ, κλαδος καρποφορος, κλαδος καρποφορος πλησιον πηγης, του οποιου οι βλαστοι εκτεινονται επι του τοιχου? | 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall. |
| 23 Οι τοξοται επικραναν αυτον και ετοξευσαν κατ' αυτου, και εχθρευθησαν αυτον. | 23 The archers fiercely attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him sorely; |
| 24 Αλλα το τοξον αυτου εμεινε δυνατον και οι βραχιονες των χειρων αυτου ενεδυναμωθησαν δια των χειρων του ισχυρου Θεου του Ιακωβ? εκειθεν ο ποιμην, η πετρα του Ισραηλ? | 24 yet his bow remained unmoved, his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel), |
| 25 και τουτο δια του Θεου του πατρος σου, οστις θελει σε βοηθει, και δια του Παντοδυναμου, οστις θελει σε ευλογει, ευλογιας του ουρανου ανωθεν, ευλογιας της αβυσσου κατωθεν, ευλογιας των μαστων και της μητρας? | 25 by the God of your father who will help you, by God Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. |
| 26 Αι ευλογιαι του πατρος σου υπερισχυσαν υπερ τας ευλογιας των προγονων μου εως των υψηλων κορυφων των αιωνιων ορεων? θελουσιν εισθαι επι της κεφαλης του Ιωσηφ και επι της κορυφης του εκλεκτου μεταξυ των αδελφων αυτου. | 26 The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was separate from his brothers. |
| 27 Ο Βενιαμιν θελει εισθαι λυκος αρπαξ? το πρωι θελει κατατρωγει θηραμα, και το εσπερας θελει διαιρει λαφυρα. | 27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at even dividing the spoil." |
| 28 Παντες ουτοι ειναι αι δωδεκα φυλαι του Ισραηλ, και τουτο ειναι το οποιον ελαλησε προς αυτους ο πατηρ αυτων και ευλογησεν αυτους? εκαστον κατα την ευλογιαν αυτου ευλογησεν αυτους. | 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. |
| 29 Και παρηγγειλεν εις αυτους και ειπε προς αυτους, Εγω προστιθεμαι εις τον λαον μου? θαψατε με μετα των πατερων μου εν τω σπηλαιω τω εν τω αγρω Εφρων του Χετταιου? | 29 Then he 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 εν τω σπηλαιω τω εν τω αγρω Μαχπελαχ τω απεναντι της Μαμβρη εν τη γη Χανααν, το οποιον ο Αβρααμ ηγορασε μετα του αγρου παρα του Εφρων του Χετταιου δια κτημα μνημειου? | 30 in the cave that is in the field at Mach-pelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. |
| 31 εκει εθαψαν τον Αβρααμ και την Σαρραν την γυναικα αυτου? εκει εθαψαν τον Ισαακ και την Ρεβεκκαν την γυναικα αυτου? και εκει εθαψα εγω την Λειαν? | 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah-- |
| 32 η αγορα του αγρου και του σπηλαιου του εν αυτω εγεινε παρα των υιων του Χετ. | 32 the field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites." |
| 33 Και αφου ετελειωσεν ο Ιακωβ παραγγελλων εις τους υιους αυτου, εσυρε τους ποδας αυτου επι την κλινην και εξεπνευσε? και προσετεθη εις τον λαον αυτου. | 33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. |
