UGenesise 49:1-28

UJakobe wabiza amadodana akhe, wathi: “Buthanani, ukuze nginitshele okuyakwenzeka kini ezinsukwini zokugcina. Buthani nilalele, madodana kaJakobe! ulalele uyihlo u-Israyeli. Rubeni, uyizibulo lami, amandla ami, nengqalo yamandla ami, ubuhle besithunzi, nobuhle bamandla. Ongazinzile njengamanzi, awuyikuba mnandi; ngoba wenyukela embhedeni kayihlo; bese uyalingcolisa; wakhuphukela embhedeni wami. USimeyoni noLevi bayizelamani; amathuluzi obudlova asezindlini zabo. O mphefumulo wami, ungangeni ekusithekeni kwabo; Ungahlangani nomhlangano wabo, mhlonishwa wami, ngokuba ngokuthukuthela kwabo babulele umuntu, nangokwabo badiliza ugange. Intukuthelo yabo mayiqalekiswe, ngokuba ilukhuni; nolaka lwabo, ngokuba lunonya; ngiyakubahlukanisa kwaJakobe, ngibahlakaze kwa-Israyeli. Juda, wena oyakubabonga abafowenu; isandla sakho siyakuba sentanyeni yezitha zakho; abantwana bakayihlo bazakukhothamela. UJuda uyingonyama; Wenyuka empangweni, ndodana yami; ngubani ozamvusa? Intonga yobukhosi ayiyikusuka kuJuda, nomniki-mthetho phakathi kwezinyawo zakhe aze afike uShilo; futhi kuyakuba kuye ukubuthwa kwabantu. Ubophela ithole lakhe emvinini nethole lakhe emvinini okhethiweyo; wageza izingubo zakhe ewayinini, nezingubo zakhe egazini lezithelo zomvini. Amehlo akhe ayakubabomvu yiwayini, namazinyo akhe amhlophe ngobisi. UZebuloni uyakuhlala ngasechwebeni lolwandle; futhi uyakuba yichweba lemikhumbi; futhi umkhawulo wakhe uyofinyelela eSidoni. U-Isakare uyimbongolo enamandla elele phakathi kwemithwalo emibili; Wabona ukuthi ukuphumula kuhle, nezwe limnandi; wagoba ihlombe lakhe ukuba athwale, waba yisigqila sokutheliswa. Khona-ke abantu bayo bayokwahlulela njengesinye sezizwe zakwa-Israyeli. Khona-ke kuyoba khona inyoka endleleni, inyoka endleleni, iluma ihhashi ezithendeni, ukuze umgibeli walo awe nyovane. Ngilindele insindiso yakho, Jehova. UGadi, iqembu lezigelekeqe lizamnqoba, kodwa ekugcineni lizamnqoba. Ku-Asheri isinkwa sakhe siyakuba ngamanoni, futhi uyonika izibiliboco zasebukhosini. UNafetali uyindluzelekazi ekhululweyo; unamazwi amahle. UJosefa uyigatsha elithelayo, isihlahla sesithelo ngasemthonjeni; amagatsha awo awela odongeni; Abacibishelayo bamdabukisa kakhulu, bamdubula, bamzonda. Kepha umnsalo wakhe unamandla, nezingalo zezandla zakhe zaqiniswa ngesandla sikaNkulunkulu onamandla kaJakobe; (ngakho-ke umalusi, idwala lika-Israyeli:) NgoNkulunkulu kayihlo ozokusiza; ngoSomandla oyakunibusisa ngezibusiso ezivela ezulwini phezulu, izibusiso zikazamcolo owela phansi, izibusiso ezivela emabeleni nasesiswini. Izibusiso zikayihlo zedlula izibusiso zabokhokho bami kuze kube semkhawulweni wezintaba zaphakade; ziyakuba sekhanda likaJosefa nasokhakhayini lwekhanda lalowo owahlukaniswa nabafowabo. UBenjamini uklebhula njengempisi; ekuseni uyakushwabadela impango, ebusuku ahlukanise impango. Bonke laba bayizizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli; futhi yilokhu uyise akukhuluma kubo wababusisa; wababusisa kwaba yilowo nalowo ngokwesibusiso sakhe.