Клайв Льюис – C. S. Lewis Bible: New Revised Standard Version (страница 108)

and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

¹¹ Bless, O LORD, his substance,

and accept the work of his hands;

crush the loins of his adversaries,

of those that hate him, so that they do not rise again.

¹²Of Benjamin he said:

The beloved of the LORD rests in safety—

the High God[89] surrounds him all day long—

the beloved[90] rests between his shoulders.

¹³And of Joseph he said:

Blessed by the LORD be his land,

with the choice gifts of heaven above,

and of the deep that lies beneath;

¹⁴ with the choice fruits of the sun,

and the rich yield of the months;

¹⁵ with the finest produce of the ancient mountains,

and the abundance of the everlasting hills;

¹⁶ with the choice gifts of the earth and its fullness,

and the favor of the one who dwells on Sinai.[91]

Let these come on the head of Joseph,

on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

¹⁷ A firstborn[92] bull—majesty is his!

His horns are the horns of a wild ox;

with them he gores the peoples,

driving them to[93] the ends of the earth;

such are the myriads of Ephraim,

such the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said:

Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out;

and Issachar, in your tents.

¹⁹ They call peoples to the mountain;

there they offer the right sacrifices;

for they suck the affluence of the seas

and the hidden treasures of the sand.

²⁰And of Gad he said:

Blessed be the enlargement of Gad!

Gad lives like a lion;

he tears at arm and scalp.

²¹ He chose the best for himself,

for there a commander’s allotment was reserved;

he came at the head of the people,

he executed the justice of the LORD,

and his ordinances for Israel.

²²And of Dan he said:

Dan is a lion’s whelp

that leaps forth from Bashan.

²³And of Naphtali he said:

O Naphtali, sated with favor,

full of the blessing of the LORD,

possess the west and the south.

²⁴And of Asher he said:

Most blessed of sons be Asher;

may he be the favorite of his brothers,

and may he dip his foot in oil.

²⁵ Your bars are iron and bronze;

and as your days, so is your strength.

²⁶ There is none like God, O Jeshurun,

who rides through the heavens to your help,

majestic through the skies.

²⁷ He subdues the ancient gods,[94]

shatters[95] the forces of old;[96]

he drove out the enemy before you,

and said, “Destroy!”

²⁸ So Israel lives in safety,

untroubled is Jacob’s abode[97]