1 Bada ya higo Jakobo waiha anae aaphe wasiya; ariphokpwedza waambira, “Anangu mosi ndzoni phano ili nikuambireni mambo ndigokuphahani siku zedzazo.
2 Ndzoni phamwenga mnisikize mwi ana a Jakobo,
3 Rubini, u mwanangu wa mwandzo,
4 U dza maimbi, kuzuwiyika,
5 Simioni na Lawi, renu ni mwenga,
6 Mimi sindakala phamwenga na njama zenu,
7 Tsukizi zenu nazilaniwe mana zikahenda na muno,
8 Juda, nduguzo andakulika,
9 Juda, u dza simba makamo
10 Chila wakati mfalume andala chivyazi cha Juda
11 Uwe undafunga pundao mzabibuni
12 Matsogo gadobera kundu kpwa kunwa uchi wa zabibu,
13 Zabuloni undasagala pwani.
14 Isakari u dza punda mwenye mkpwotse,
15 Achiona phatu pha kuoya ni phanono,
16 Dani undakala muamuli wa haki wa atuo,
17 Dani undakala dza nyoka njirani, nyoka ya sumu kali kanda-kanda ya njira,
18 “Ee, Mwenyezi Mlungu, nagodza wokofuo.
19 Gadi undavwamukirwa ni kundi ra akora,
20 Asheri, mavunogo gandakala manji na manono,
21 Nafutali u dza kulungu awehaye huru,
22 Yusufu u dza mzabibu uvyalao sana,
23 Anajeshi a maha akushambulia na usiru,
24 Ela uhawe tausumbire mwakpwe mikononi,
25 Mlungu wangu naakuterye,
26 Baraka hizi za sowe ni kulu
27 Benjamini u dza bawa ra kumendza kurya sana;
28 Higo ndigo maneno arigogomba Iziraeli, ariphokala anabariki anae, chila mmwenga na barakaze. Hinya ana kumi na airi a Iziraeli ndio okala mbari kumi na mbiri.
29 Halafu Jakobo walagiza anae achiamba, “Siku zangu za kufwa zi phephi. Siku nchifwa kanizikeni vikurani pha ano baba, nizikani pango ra munda wa Efuroni, yuya Muhiti,
30 pango ririro hiko Makipela, mlairo wa dzuwa wa Mamre, tsi ya Kanani. Burahimu wagula pango hiro na mundawe kula kpwa Efuroni, ili phakale vikurani.
31 Hiko ndiko kozikpwa Burahimu na mchewe Sara, ndiko kozikpwa Isaka na mchewe Rebeka. Na kuko ndiko kozika mkpwazangu Lea.
32 Munda hinyo na pangore wagulwa kula kpwa Ahiti.”
33 Jakobo ariphomala kuausiya anae, wapandiza maguluge chitandani, achidzilaza na achifwa.