In the beginning מט
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1and Yaakov has called for his sons, and has said: gather you (PL) in, and I will you (PL) tell what you (PL) will happen/befall in end of the days.
2gather you (PL) on and hear, children of Yaakov,
and listen to your father Yisroel:
3Reuven, my firstborn are you,
my strength and my first (reproductive) vigor,
the leading of greatness, and the leading of power.
4are impulsive/unstable as water – shall you (sg) the leading not be;
for you (sg) are on your father's bed/couch upwards;
then have you (sg) it desecrated –
my bed where he is upwards.
5Shim'on and Levi are brothers,
weapons of violence are their swords.
6in their counsel/consultation shall not come my soul,
to their company/crowd shall my glory not unite;
for in their anger kill they a man,
and in their impulse/caprice cripple they an ox.
7cursed their anger, because it is strong,
and their wrath, because it is harsh!
I will them divide/separate in Yaakov,
and them scatter in Yisroel.
8Yehudah, you will your brothers praise,
your hand will be on neck/nape of your enemies,
the sons of your father will self bow down to you(SG).
9a young lion is Yehudah;
of prey, my son, are you gone up;
he knees, he crouch as a lion,
and as a lioness – who can him provoke/incite?
10not go away will become the scepter from Yehudah,
and a law-giver from between his feet,
until Shiloh will come,
and to him will the nations obey.
11he binds/ties to vine his young donkey,
on to vine branch the colt/son of his donkey.
he washes in wine his garment,
and in blood of grapes his clothing;
12red his eyes from wine,
and white his teeth from milk.
13Zevulun will dwell at seacoast of seas,
and he will be a for ships,
and his seacoast over/unto Tzidon.
14Yissakhar is a (strong) boned donkey,
he crouches between the burdens.
15and he has seen the resting place, that she is good,
and this land, that it is beloved/agreeable,
has he inclined his back to bear/carry,
and is forced work having become.
16Dan will be a judge for his people,
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17Dan will be a snake on way,
a snake on path,
which bites the feet of the horses,
and his horseback rider falls backward.
18on his salvation, Hashem, do I wait/hope.
19Gad – him will an army attack,
but he will fall upon/assail at their step/akev.
20by Asher will fat/rich be his bread,
and he will give out royal dishes/delicacies.
21Naphtali is a doe a swift;
he gives out beautiful words.
22a fruitful tree is Yosef,
a fruitful tree by a spring;
the branches stride over the wall.
23and him struggled, and shot,
and him targeted have the archers/arrow men;
24but firm has his bow remained,
and sent having been are the arms of his hands,
by the hands of the Almighty One of Yaakov,
of there – from the shepherd, the rock of Israel;
25of the G-d of your father which help you(SG),
and of Shaddai which bless you,
with blessings of heaven of top,
blessings of deep which crouch below,
blessings of breast and womb.
26the blessings of your father go beyond on the other side of
the blessings of my fathers –
to the top of the everlasting hill country.
they may be on the head of Yosef,
and on little head the prince of his brothers.
27Binyamin is a wolf which devours;
in the morning eat he prey/catch,
and in evening divides he plunder.
28the all are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father has to them spoken and them blessed; each as according his blessing has he them blessed. 29and he has them commanded, and them ordered: I who gathered to my people; bury me near my fathers, in the cave which in the field of Ephron the Chitti. 30in the cave which in the field of Machpelah, which for Mamre in land Canaan, which Avraham has purchased with field of Ephron the Chitti for a grave own – 31there has they buried Avraham and his wife Sarah, there has they buried Yitzchak and his wife Rivkah, and there have I buried Leah – 32the purchase of the field with the cave which in it, of the children of Chet.
33and as Yaakov has finished his testament to his sons, thus has he took in his feet in bed, and is passed away, and is gathered having become to his people.
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