5. “Simeon and Levi, brothers indeed,weapons of violence are their knives.
6. Let not my person enter their council,or my honor be joined with their company;For in their fury they killed men,at their whim they maimed oxen.
7. Cursed be their fury so fierce,and their rage so cruel!I will scatter them in Jacob,disperse them throughout Israel.
8. “You, Judah, shall your brothers praise—your hand on the neck of your enemies;the sons of your father shall bow down to you.
9. Judah is a lion’s cub,you have grown up on prey, my son.He crouches, lies down like a lion,like a lioness—who would dare rouse him?
10. The scepter shall never depart from Judah,or the mace from between his feet,Until tribute comes to him,and he receives the people’s obedience.
11. He tethers his donkey to the vine,his donkey’s foal to the choicest stem.In wine he washes his garments,his robe in the blood of grapes.
12. His eyes are darker than wine,and his teeth are whiter than milk.
13. “Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore;he will be a haven for ships,and his flank shall rest on Sidon.
14. “Issachar is a rawboned donkey,crouching between the saddlebags.
15. When he saw how good a settled life was,and how pleasant the land,He bent his shoulder to the burdenand became a toiling serf.
16. “Dan shall achieve justice for his peopleas one of the tribes of Israel.
17. Let Dan be a serpent by the roadside,a horned viper by the path,That bites the horse’s heel,so that the rider tumbles backward.
18. “I long for your deliverance, O Lord!
19. “Gad shall be raided by raiders,but he shall raid at their heels.
20. “Asher’s produce is rich,and he shall furnish delicacies for kings.
21. “Naphtali is a hind let loose,which brings forth lovely fawns.
22. “Joseph is a wild colt,a wild colt by a spring,wild colts on a hillside.