Genesis 49:1-33 talk about how Jacob bless his twelve sons before he die, giving each a prophetic blessing about their future and tribes.
1. Jacob call e pikin dem say, "Make una gather make I tell una wetin go happen for una future."
2. "Make una come near, my pikin dem, hear wetin una papa Israel go talk."
3. "Reuben, you be my firstborn, my power, di first fruit of my strength, you suppose get honour and strength pass others.
4. But you no stable like water, you no go lead, because you climb your papa bed, you sleep with my wife spoil my bed."
5. "Simeon and Levi be brothers, but dem love violence, dem sword dey bring trouble.
6. My soul no go join dia meeting, my heart no go follow dia way, because dem kill people in anger and cut animal leg for fun.
7. "Dem anger too strong, e curse dem, dem vex too wicked. I go scatter dem for Jacob land, divide dem inside Israel."
8. "Judah, your brothers go praise you, your hand go dey your enemy neck, your papa children go bow for you.
9. You be lion, Judah, you climb up from kill, you lie down like lion wey nobody fit wake.
10. Di king sceptre no go commot from Judah hand, till Shiloh come, and di people go obey am.
11. "E go tie e donkey for vine, e go wash e cloth for wine, e robe go red like palm wine.
12. "E eye go red like wine, e teeth go white like milk."
13. "Zebulun go stay for sea shore, e go be ship harbour, e border go reach Sidon."
14. "Issachar be strong donkey wey go lie down between two load.
15. When e see say land good, e go bow down for work, and e go carry load like slave."
16. "Dan go judge e people like one tribe for Israel.
17. E go be snake for road, e go bite horse leg make rider fall.
18. "O Lord, I dey wait for your salvation."
19. "Gad go face attack, but e go still win at di end."
20. "Asher food go plenty, e go give king fine food."
21. "Naphtali be free deer, e go talk sweet word."
22. "Joseph be fruitful tree, e branch full well well near river.
23. "Dem attack am, dem fight am, but e bow remain strong, e arm remain firm because of di Mighty God of Jacob."
24. "Na di shepherd, di Rock of Israel, support am.
25. "Na di God of your papa bless you, rain from heaven, deep water, plenty pikin, good land and fruit.
26. "Di blessing wey I give Joseph big pass di blessing of my papa dem, e go dey top mountain, e go reach everlasting hills.
27. "Benjamin be hungry wolf, e go chop e enemy for morning and share spoil for evening."
28. Dis na di twelve tribes of Israel, and dis na di blessing wey dia papa give dem according to wetin fit each one.
29. Then Jacob tell dem say, "I go die soon, bury me for di cave wey my papa dem bury Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Leah.
30. "Di cave dey for Machpelah near Mamre for Canaan, wey Abraham buy as burial ground."
31. "Dem bury Abraham and Sarah there, dem bury Isaac and Rebekah, and I bury Leah there too.
32. "Na land wey Abraham buy from di Hittites."
33. After Jacob don talk finish, e lie down for bed, breathe e last, and join e ancestors.
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