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Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

¹Now this is⚓the blessing with which Moses ⚓the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ²And he said:
⚓“The Lord came from Sinai,
And dawned on them from ⚓Seir;
He shone forth from ⚓Mount Paran,
And He came with ⚓ten thousands of saints;
From His right hand
Came a fiery law for them.
³Yes, ⚓He loves the people;
⚓All His saints are in Your hand;
They ⚓sit down at Your feet;
Everyone⚓receives Your words.
⁴⚓Moses commanded a law for us,
⚓A heritage of the congregation of Jacob.
⁵And He was ⚓King in ⚓Jeshurun,
When the leaders of the people were gathered,
All the tribes of Israel together.
⁶“Let ⚓Reuben live, and not die,
Nor let his men be few.”
⁷And this he said of ⚓Judah:
“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people;
⚓Let his hands be sufficient for him,
And may You be ⚓a help against his enemies.”
⁸And of ⚓Levi he said:
⚓“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,
⚓Whom You tested at Massah,
And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,
⁹⚓Who says of his father and mother,
‘I have not ⚓seen them’;
⚓Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,
Or know his own children;
For ⚓they have observed Your word
And kept Your covenant.
¹⁰⚓They shall teach Jacob Your judgments,
And Israel Your law.
They shall put incense before You,
⚓And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.
¹¹Bless his substance, Lord,
And ⚓accept the work of his hands;
Strike the loins of those who rise against him,
And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”
¹²Of Benjamin he said:
“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”
¹³And of Joseph he said:
⚓“Blessed of the Lordis his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the ⚓dew,
And the deep lying beneath,
¹⁴With the precious fruits of the sun,
With the precious produce of the months,
¹⁵With the best things of ⚓the ancient mountains,
With the precious things ⚓of the everlasting hills,
¹⁶With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor of ⚓Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let the blessing come ⚓‘on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’
¹⁷His glory is like a ⚓firstborn bull,
And his horns like the ⚓horns of the wild ox;
Together with them
⚓He shall push the peoples
To the ends of the earth;
⚓They are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
¹⁸And of Zebulun he said:
⚓“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
And Issachar in your tents!
¹⁹They shall ⚓call the peoples to the mountain;
There ⚓they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;
For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas
And of treasures hidden in the sand.”
²⁰And of Gad he said:
“Blessed is he who ⚓enlarges Gad;
He dwells as a lion,
And tears the arm and the crown of his head.
²¹⚓He provided the first part for himself,
Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.
⚓He came with the heads of the people;
He administered the justice of the Lord,
And His judgments with Israel.”
²²And of Dan he said:
“Dan is a lion’s whelp;
⚓He shall leap from Bashan.”
²³And of Naphtali he said:
“O Naphtali, ⚓satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the Lord,
⚓Possess the west and the south.”
²⁴And of Asher he said:
⚓“Asher is most blessed of sons;
Let him be favored by his brothers,
And let him ⚓dip his foot in oil.
²⁵Your sandals shall be⚓iron and bronze;
As your days, so shall your strength be.
²⁶“There is⚓no one like the God of ⚓Jeshurun,
⚓Who rides the heavens to help you,
And in His excellency on the clouds.
²⁷The eternal God is your⚓refuge,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
⚓He will thrust out the enemy from before you,
And will say, ‘Destroy!’
²⁸Then ⚓Israel shall dwell in safety,
⚓The fountain of Jacob ⚓alone,
In a land of grain and new wine;
His ⚓heavens shall also drop dew.
²⁹⚓Happy are you, O Israel!
⚓Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
⚓The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies ⚓shall submit to you,
And ⚓you shall tread down their high places.”

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Mauxe foom koob hmoov rau txhua xeem Yixayee

¹Ntawm no mus yog Mauxe uas yog Vajtswv tus neeg tej lus foom koob hmoov rau cov Yixayee ua ntej uas nws tsis tau tuag. ²Nws hais tias,
“Yawmsaub nqes saum lub roob Xinai los,
nws tawm ntawm Xe‑i ci tuaj rau lawv,⚓
nws ci nplas saum lub roob Palas tuaj,
nws nrog qas txhiab qas vam leej
uas dawb huv tuaj,
muaj nplaim taws ntawm nws sab tes xis.⚓
³Nws yeej hlub nws haiv neeg.
Nws cov neeg dawb huv,
txhua tus nyob hauv nws txhais tes.
Lawv pe ntawm koj kotaw
thiab txais tej lus uas koj qhia.
⁴Mauxe muab txoj kevcai cob rau peb
ua Yakhauj cov neeg qub txeeg qub teg.
⁵Yawmsaub thiaj ua vajntxwv hauv Yesulu⚓
rau thaum cov pejxeem cov thawj
tuaj txoos ua ke
thiab nrog cov Yixayee txhua xeem ua ke.

⁶“Thov cia Lunpee muaj txojsia nyob,
tsis txhob tuag,
tiamsis cia nws cov neeg muaj tsawg.”⚓

⁷Mauxe hais txog Yuda li no tias,
“Au Yawmsaub, thov mloog Yuda tej lus,
thov coj nws rov los koom nws haiv neeg.
Nws txhais tes tawm tsam
pab nws tus kheej.⚓
Thov koj pab nws tawm tsam
nws cov yeeb ncuab.”

⁸Mauxe hais txog Levi tias,
“Yawmsaub, koj li Thumi thiab Uli⚓
nrog tus uas koj hlub nyob,
yog tus uas koj twb muab sim
ntawm Maxa lawm,
thiab tus uas koj tawm tsam
ntawm dej Melinpa.
⁹Nws hais rau nws niam nws txiv tias,
‘Kuv tsis quav ntsej lawv lawm.’
Nws tsis yuav nws cov kwvtij
thiab tsis paub nws cov menyuam,
rau qhov cov Levi ua raws li koj tej lus
thiab tuav rawv koj tej lus cog tseg.
¹⁰Lawv yuav qhia koj tej kevcai rau Yakhauj,
thiab qhia koj txoj kevcai rau Yixayee.
Lawv yuav muab hmoov tshuaj tsw qab
tso rau ntawm koj xubntiag,
thiab muab tej uas hlawv huvsi xyeem
tso rau saum koj lub thaj.
¹¹Au Yawmsaub, thov foom koob hmoov
rau nws tej qhov txhia chaw,
thiab lees yuav tej haujlwm
uas nws txhais tes ua.
Thov koj tsoo nws cov yeeb ncuab lub duav,
yog cov uas ntxub nws,
ua kom sawv tsis taus dua li.”

¹²Mauxe hais txog Npeeyamee tias,
“Tus uas Yawmsaub hlub
nyob tso siab plhuav rau hauv nws.
Yawmsaub tsom kwm nws tas hnub tas hmo,
nws nyob saum Yawmsaub xub pwg.”

¹³Mauxe hais txog Yauxej tias,
“Thov Yawmsaub foom koob hmoov
rau nws lub tebchaws,
cia nws tau dej lwg
uas zoo kawg nkaus saum ntuj,
thiab tau tej dej uas nyob hauv qab ntuj,
¹⁴thiab tau tej qoob loo
zoo kawg nkaus ntawm lub hnub,
thiab tau tej qoob loo
nplua mias raws lub hli,
¹⁵thiab tau tej yam uas zoo kawg
saum tej roob uas ib txwm muaj nyob,
thiab tau tej uas zoo nplua mias
saum tej ncov roob uas nyob mus ib txhis,
¹⁶thiab tau tej kev tsim txiaj hauv ntiajteb
thiab txhua yam uas nyob hauv,
thiab tau txojkev hlub ntawm tus uas nyob
hauv tsob ntoo cig plaws ntawd.
Thov kom tej koob hmoov no
los rau saum Yauxej lub taubhau,
thiab los rau saum tus uas ua
nws cov kwvtij tus thawj lub tiaj taubhau.
¹⁷Nws yog thawj tug menyuam txiv nyuj
uas muaj meej mom,
nws txwm kub zoo yam li kub nyuj qus.
Txwm kub ntawd yuav laub txhua haiv neeg
mus txog qab ntuj kawg.
Efa‑i qas vam leej kuj zoo li no,
Manaxe qas txhiab leej
kuj zoo ib yam nkaus.”

¹⁸Mauxe hais txog Xenpuloo tias,
“Xenpuloo, cia li zoo siab xyiv fab
rau thaum koj tawm mus,
thiab Ixakha cia li zoo siab
rau hauv koj lub tsev ntaub.
¹⁹Ob tug yuav hu neeg tuaj
rau ntawm ob tug lub roob,
thiab yuav xyeem tsiaj raug cai qhov ntawd.
Ob tug rub tej uas zoo nplua mias
hauv hiavtxwv los,
thiab tau tej qhov txhia chaw tswm txiaj
uas muab zais rau hauv xuab zeb.”

²⁰Mauxe hais txog Kas tias,
“Qhuas Vajtswv uas nthuav
Kas lub tebchaws dav.
Kas nyob zoo yam li tsov ntxhuav,
dua luag npab dua luag tiaj taubhau.
²¹Nws xaiv lub tebchaws
uas zoo kawg nkaus rau nws,
vim yog qhov ntawd tseg cia
rau tus thawj uas kav.
Thaum pejxeem cov thawj tuaj txoos ua ke,
nws ua raws li Yawmsaub
txojkev ncaj ncees,
thiab ua raws li tej kevcai
uas muab rau cov Yixayee.”

²²Mauxe hais txog Daj tias,
“Daj yog ib tug menyuam tsov ntxhuav
uas dhia caws qia
hauv Npasas tebchaws tuaj.”

²³Mauxe hais txog Nathali tias,
“Nathali 'e, koj yog tus uas tau
Yawmsaub txojkev hlub puv npo,
thiab tau Yawmsaub li koob hmoov puv nkaus,
cia li txeeb dej hiavtxwv⚓
thiab yav qab teb ua koj tug.”

²⁴Mauxe hais txog Asaw tias,
“Thov kom Asaw tau koob hmoov
ntau dua cov tub huvsi,
thov kom nws cov kwvtij hlub nws,
thiab cia nws raus kotaw rau hauv thoob roj.
²⁵Koj tej las rooj yog hlau thiab tooj liab,
koj txojsia ntev li cas,
koj lub zog yuav muaj ntev li ntawd.”

²⁶“Yesulu 'e, tsis muaj leejtwg
zoo cuag li Vajtswv.
Nws taug txojkev saum ntuj los pab koj
thiab muaj meej mom caij huab cua los.
²⁷Vajtswv uas ib txwm muaj nyob
yog nej lub chaw nyob,
nws txhais npab uas nyob mus ib txhis
cug rawv nej.
Nws ntiab yeeb ncuab khiav
ntawm nej xubntiag mus,
thiab hais tias, ‘Ua kom puam tsuaj lauj!’
²⁸Ua li no Yixayee thiaj li
nyob tso siab plhuav,
Yakhauj caj ces kuj nyob thaj yeeb
rau hauv lub tebchaws
uas muaj qoob loo muaj cawv txiv hmab,
thiab lub ntuj tso dej lwg nqes los.
²⁹Yixayee 'e, nej tau hmoov zoo tiag tiag li.
Leejtwg zoo thooj li nej,
yog haiv neeg uas Yawmsaub
cawm kom dim?
Nws yog daim hlau uas pab nej,
nws yog rab ntaj uas ua kom nej kov yeej.
Nej cov yeeb ncuab
yuav nkag tuaj hawm nej,
nej yuav tsuj pes ntiag
saum lawv tej chaw siab.”⚓