1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

1 Hæc est benedictio, qua benedixit Moyses, homo Dei, filiis Israël ante mortem suam.

2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

2 Et ait: Dominus de Sinai venit,
et de Seir ortus est nobis:
apparuit de monte Pharan,
et cum eo sanctorum millia.
In dextera ejus ignea lex.

3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

3 Dilexit populos,
omnes sancti in manu illius sunt:
et qui appropinquant pedibus ejus,
accipient de doctrina illius.

4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

4 Legem præcepit nobis Moyses,
hæreditatem multitudinis Jacob.

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

5 Erit apud rectissimum rex,
congregatis principibus populi cum tribubus Israël.

6 ¶ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

6 Vivat Ruben, et non moriatur,
et sit parvus in numero.

7 ¶ And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

7 ¶ Hæc est Judæ benedictio: Audi, Domine, vocem Judæ,
et ad populum suum introduc eum:
manus ejus pugnabunt pro eo,
et adjutor illius contra adversarios ejus erit.

8 ¶ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

8 ¶ Levi quoque ait: Perfectio tua, et doctrina tua viro sancto tuo,
quem probasti in tentatione,
et judicasti ad aquas contradictionis.

9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

9 Qui dixit patri suo et matri suæ: Nescio vos:
et fratribus suis: Ignoro vos:
et nescierunt filios suos.
Hi custodierunt eloquium tuum,
et pactum tuum servaverunt.

10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

10 Judicia tua, o Jacob,
et legem tuam, o Israël:
ponent thymiama in furore tuo,
et holocaustum super altare tuum.

11 Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

11 Benedic, Domine, fortitudini ejus:
et opera manuum illius suscipe.
Percute dorsa inimicorum ejus:
et qui oderunt eum, non consurgant.

12 ¶ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

12 ¶ Et Benjamin ait: Amantissimus Domini habitabit confidenter in eo:
quasi in thalamo tota die morabitur,
et inter humeros illius requiescet.

13 ¶ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

13 ¶ Joseph quoque ait: De benedictione Domini terra ejus,
de pomis cæli, et rore, atque abysso subjacente.

14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

14 De pomis fructuum solis ac lunæ,

15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

15 de vertice antiquorum montium,
de pomis collium æternorum:

16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

16 et de frugibus terræ, et de plenitudine ejus.
Benedictio illius qui apparuit in rubo,
veniat super caput Joseph,
et super verticem nazaræi inter fratres suos.

17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

17 Quasi primogeniti tauri pulchritudo ejus,
cornua rhinocerotis cornua illius:
in ipsis ventilabit gentes usque ad terminos terræ.
Hæ sunt multitudines Ephraim:
et hæc millia Manasse.

18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

18 ¶ Et Zabulon ait: Lætare, Zabulon, in exitu tuo,
et Issachar in tabernaculis tuis.

19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

19 Populos vocabunt ad montem:
ibi immolabunt victimas justitiæ.
Qui inundationem maris quasi lac sugent,
et thesauros absconditos arenarum.

20 ¶ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

20 ¶ Et Gad ait: Benedictus in latitudine Gad:
quasi leo requievit,
cepitque brachium et verticem.

21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

21 Et vidit principatum suum,
quod in parte sua doctor esset repositus:
qui fuit cum principibus populi,
et fecit justitias Domini,
et judicium suum cum Israël.

22 ¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

22 ¶ Dan quoque ait: Dan catulus leonis, fluet largiter de Basan.

23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.

23 ¶ Et Nephthali dixit: Nephthali abundantia perfruetur,
et plenus erit benedictionibus Domini:
mare et meridiem possidebit.

24 ¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

24 ¶ Aser quoque ait: Benedictus in filiis Aser,
sit placens fratribus suis,
et tingat in oleo pedem suum:

25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

25 ferrum et æs calceamentum ejus.
Sicut dies juventutis tuæ, ita et senectus tua.

26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

26 Non est deus alius ut Deus rectissimi,
ascensor cæli, auxiliator tuus.
Magnificentia ejus discurrunt nubes,

27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

27 habitaculum ejus sursum,
et subter brachia sempiterna
ejiciet a facie tua inimicum,
dicetque: Conterere.

28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

28 Habitabit Israël confidenter, et solus.
Oculus Jacob in terra frumenti et vini,
cælique caligabunt rore.

29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

29 Beatus es tu, Israël:
quis similis tui, popule, qui salvaris in Domino?
Scutum auxilii tui,
et gladius gloriæ tuæ:
negabunt te inimici tui,
et tu eorum colla calcabis.