1And this is the blessing with which Moses the man (ish) of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
2And he said: YHWH came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them; he shone forth from mount Paran, and he came from myriads of holiness, from his right hand a fire of decree (dat) to them.
3Yes, he loves the peoples, all his holy ones are in your hand; and they were placed at your feet, he bears of your words.
4A Torah Moses commanded (tzivvah) us, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5And he became king in Yeshurun, when the heads of the people gathered, the tribes of Israel together.
6Let Reuben live, and not die, and let his men be a number.
7And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, YHWH, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; his hands contended for him, and a help against his adversaries you shall be.
8And of Levi he said: Your Thummim and your Urim be to your pious man (ish), whom you tested at Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah;
9Who says of his father and of his mother, "I have not seen him"; and his brothers he did not recognize, and his sons he did not know; for they kept your word, and your covenant (berit) they guard.
10They teach your judgments (mishpat) to Jacob, and your Torah to Israel; they put incense in your nostrils, and whole burnt offering upon your altar.
11Bless, YHWH, his strength, and the work of his hands accept; smite the loins of those who rise against him, and those who hate him, that they rise not.
12Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of YHWH dwells in safety upon him; he shelters over him all the day, and between his shoulders he dwells.
13And of Joseph he said: Blessed of YHWH is his land, from the precious things of heaven, from the dew, and from the deep crouching beneath;
14And from the precious things of the produce of the sun, and from the precious things of the yield of the moons;
15And from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the precious things of the everlasting hills;
16And from the precious things of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of him who dwells in the bush; let it come to the head of Joseph, and to the crown of the head of the prince among his brothers.
17The firstborn of his ox, majesty is his, and the horns of a wild ox are his horns; with them he gores the peoples together, the ends of the earth; and they are the myriads 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.
19Peoples they call to the mountain, there they sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness; for they suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures concealed in the sand.
20And of Gad he said: Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; like a lioness he dwells, and tears the arm, also the crown of the head.
21And he saw the first part for himself, for there the portion of a ruler was reserved; and the heads of the people came, the righteousness of YHWH he did, and his judgments (mishpat) with Israel.
22And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leaps from Bashan.
23And of Naphtali he said: Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full of the blessing of YHWH; possess the sea and the south.
24And of Asher he said: Blessed above sons is Asher; let him be favored of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25Iron and bronze are your bars, and as your days, so your strength.
26There is none like God, O Yeshurun, who rides the heavens as your help, and in his majesty the skies.
27A dwelling place is the God of old, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and he drove out the enemy from before you, and said, Destroy.
28And Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, to a land of grain and new wine; also his heavens drip dew.
29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by YHWH, the shield of your help, who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall come cringing to you, and you shall tread upon their high places.