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And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
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ወጸውዖሙ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ለደቂቁ ፡ ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ተጋብኡ ፡ ወኣይድዕክሙ ፡ [እንተ ፡ ] ትረክበክሙ ፡ በደኃሪ ፡ መዋዕል ።
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Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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ወተጋብኡ ፡ ወመጽኡ ፡ ደቂቁ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ፡ ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ስምዕዎ ፡ ለአቡክሙ ።
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Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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ሩቤል ፡ በኵርየ ፡ ኀያል ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ወቀዳሜ ፡ ወልድየ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ኮነ ፡ ወአግዘፈ ፡ ክሳዶ ፡ ወዕፁባተ ፡ ገብረ ።
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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ቈረረ ፡ ከመ ፡ ማይ ፡ እስመ ፡ ዐ[ረ]ገ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምስካበ ፡ አቡከ ፡ ወአርኰስኮ ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ ምስካብ ፡ ዘዲቤሁ ፡ ዐ[ረ]ገ ።
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Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
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ስምዖን ፡ ወሌዊ ፡ አኀው ፡ ፈጸምዋ ፡ ለዐመፃ ፡ በቃሕዎሙ ፡ ወበኵናቶሙ ።
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O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
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ነፍስየ ፡ ኢትትራከቦሙ ፡ ወኢይረድ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሁከቶሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ በመዐቶሙ ፡ ቀተሉ ፡ ሰብአ ፡ ወበፍትወቶሙ ፡ መተሩ ፡ ሥረዊሁ ፡ ለአህጉር ።
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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ርጉመ ፡ ለይኩን ፡ መዐቶሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢገገጹ ፡ ቍጥዓሆሙ ፤ እከፍሎሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ወእዘርዎሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ እስራኤል ።
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Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
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ይሁዳ ፡ ሰብሑከ ፡ አኀዊከ ፡ እደዊከ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ዘባኖሙ ፡ ለጸላእትከ ፡ ይሰግዱ ፡ ለከ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ አቡከ ።
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Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
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ይሁዳ ፡ እጓለ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ እምሕዝአትከ ፡ ዕረግ ፡ ወልድየ ፤ ሰከብከ ፡ ወኖምከ ፡ ከመ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ ወከመ ፡ እጓለ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ አልቦ ፡ ዘያነቅሀከ ።
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The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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ወኢይጠፍእ ፡ ምልእክና ፡ እምይሁዳ ፡ ወምስፍና ፡ እምአባሉ ፡ እስከ ፡ አመ ፡ ይረክብ ፡ ዘፅኑሕ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ተስፋሆሙ ፡ ለአሕዛብ ።
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Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
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የአስር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ዐጸደ ፡ ወይን ፡ ዕዋሎ ፡ ወበዕፀ ፡ ዘይት ፡ አድጎ ፤ ወየኀፅብ ፡ በወይን ፡ አልባሲሁ ፡ ወበደመ ፡ አስካል ፡ ሰንዱኖ ።
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His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
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ፍሡሓት ፡ እምወይን ፡ አዕይንቲሁ ፡ ወጸዐደ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሐሊብ ፡ ስነኒሁ ።
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Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
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ዛቡሎን ፡ ሥኡኑ ፡ ይኅድር ፡ ከመ ፡ መርሶ ፡ አሕማር ፡ ወይስፋሕ ፡ እስከ ፡ ሲዶና ።
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Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
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ወይሳኮር ፡ ፈተዋ ፡ ለሠናይት ፡ ወያዐርፍ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ መዋርስት ።
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And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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ወሶበ ፡ ርእያ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠናይት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ዕረፍት ፡ ወአትሐተ ፡ መትከፍቶ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይትቀነያ ፡ ለምድር ፡ ወጻመወ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሐረሳዌ ፡ ብእሴ ።
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Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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ዳን ፡ ይኴንን ፡ ሕዝቦ ፡ ከመ ፡ አሐቲ ፡ እምነገደ ፡ እስራኤል ።
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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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[*ይኩን ፡ ዳን ፡ *] አርዌ ፡ ምድር ፡ ዘይፀንሕ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ፍኖት ፡ ዘይነስኮ ፡ ሰኰናሁ ፡ ለፈረስ ፡ ወይወድቅ ፡ ዘይጼዐኖ ፡ ድኅሬሁ ።
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I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
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ወይፀንሕ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያድኅኖ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ።
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Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
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ጋድ ፡ ፈ[የትዎ ፡ ፈያት ፡ ] ወውእቱሂ ፡ ፈ[የ]ቶሙ ፡ ተሊዎ ፡ አሰሮሙ ።
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Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
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አሴር ፡ ጽጉበ ፡ እክል ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ይሁብ ፡ ሲሳየ ፡ ለመላእክት ።
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Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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ንፍታሌም ፡ በቀልት ፡ ዕረፍት ፡ እንተ ፡ ትሤኒ ፡ አውፅአት ፡ እክለ ።
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Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
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[ወል]ድ ፡ ዘይልህቅ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ወልድየ ፡ ዘይልህቀኒ ፡ ወዘይቀንእ ፡ ሊተ ፡ ወልድየ ፡ ወሬዛ ፡ ዘይገብእ ፡ ኀቤየ ።
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The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
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እለ ፡ ፀአልዎ ፡ በምክሮሙ ፡ ወኮንዎ ፡ አጋእስተ ፡ ወነደፍዎ ።
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But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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ወተቀጥቀጠ ፡ አቅስቲሆሙ ፡ በኀይል ፡ ወደክመ ፡ ሥርወ ፡ መዝራዕተ ፡ እደዊሆሙ ፡ በእደ ፡ ኅይሉ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ፤ በህየ ፡ አጽንዖ ፡ ለእስራኤል ፡ በኀበ ፡ አምላኩ ፡ ለአቡከ ።
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Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
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ወረድአከ ፡ አምላከ ፡ ዚአየ ፡ ወባረከከ ፡ በረከተ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ እምላዕሉ ፡ ወበረከተ ፡ ምድር ፡ እንተ ፡ ባቲ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ በእንተ ፡ በረከተ ፡ አጥባት ፡ ወመሓፅን ።
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The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
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በረከተ ፡ አቡከ ፡ ወእምከ ፡ ጽንዕት ፡ እምበረከቶሙ ፡ ለአድባር ፡ እለ ፡ ውዱዳን ፡ በበረከተ ፡ መላእክቲሁ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ተሀሉ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ርእሱ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ ወዲበ ፡ ርእሶሙ ፡ ለእለ ፡ ኮንዎ ፡ አኅዊሁ ።
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Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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ብንያም ፡ ተኵላ ፡ መሣጢ ፡ ይበልዕ ፡ በነግህ ፡ ወፍና ፡ ሰርክ ፡ ይሁብ ፡ ሲሳየ ።
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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
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እሉ ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ዐሠርቱ ፡ ወክልኤቱ ፡ ወዘንተ ፡ ነገሮሙ ፡ አቡሆሙ ፡ ወባረኮሙ ፡ አቡሆሙ ፡ ለለ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ በከመ ፡ በረከቱ ፡ ባረኮሙ ፡ ለለ ፡ አሐዱ ።
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And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ናሁ ፡ አሐውር ፡ አንሰ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ሕዝብየ ፡ ወቅብሩኒ ፡ ምስለ ፡ አበዊየ ፡ ውስተ ፡ በአት ፡ እንተ ፡ ሀለወት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ገራህቱ ፡ ለኤፌሮን ፡ ኬጥያዊ ፤
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In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
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ውስተ ፡ በአተ ፡ ካዕበት ፡ እንተ ፡ አንጻረ ፡ ምንባሬ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ከናአን ፡ እንተ ፡ ተሣየጠ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ በኀበ ፡ ኤፌሮን ፡ ኬጥያዊ ፡ እንተ ፡ ተሣየጠ ፡ ለመቃብር ።
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There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
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ህየ ፡ ቀበርዎሙ ፡ [ለአብርሃም ፡ ወለሳራ ፡ ብእሲቱ ፡ ወህየ ፡ ቀበርዎሙ ፡ ] ለይስሐቅ ፡ ወለርብቃ ፡ ብእሲቱ ፡ ወህየ ፡ ቀበርዋ ፡ ለልያሂ ፤
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The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
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ውስተ ፡ በአተ ፡ ገራህት ፡ እንተ ፡ ተሣየጡ ፡ በኀበ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ኬጢ ።
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And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
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ወአኅለቀ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ አዝዞቶሙ ፡ ለደቂቁ ፡ ወሰፍሐ ፡ እገሪሁ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምስካቢሁ ፡ ወሞተ ፡ ወቀበርዎ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ሕዝቡ ።
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