< اَلتَّكْوِينُ 48 >
وَحَدَثَ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِيُوسُفَ: «هُوَذَا أَبُوكَ مَرِيضٌ». فَأَخَذَ مَعَهُ ٱبْنَيْهِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ. | ١ 1 |
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
فَأُخْبِرَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا ٱبْنُكَ يُوسُفُ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكَ». فَتَشَدَّدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى ٱلسَّرِيرِ. | ٢ 2 |
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِيُوسُفَ: «ٱللهُ ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ظَهَرَ لِي فِي لُوزَ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَبَارَكَنِي. | ٣ 3 |
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ مُثْمِرًا وَأُكَثِّرُكَ، وَأَجْعَلُكَ جُمْهُورًا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَأُعْطِي نَسْلَكَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ مُلْكًا أَبَدِيًّا. | ٤ 4 |
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
وَٱلْآنَ ٱبْنَاكَ ٱلْمَوْلُودَانِ لَكَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، قَبْلَمَا أَتَيْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَى مِصْرَ هُمَا لِي. أَفْرَايِمُ وَمَنَسَّى كَرَأُوبَيْنَ وَشِمْعُونَ يَكُونَانِ لِي. | ٥ 5 |
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
وَأَمَّا أَوْلَادُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَلِدُ بَعْدَهُمَا فَيَكُونُونَ لَكَ. عَلَى ٱسْمِ أَخَوَيْهِمْ يُسَمَّوْنَ فِي نَصِيبِهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
وَأَنَا حِينَ جِئْتُ مِنْ فَدَّانَ مَاتَتْ عِنْدِي رَاحِيلُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، إِذْ بَقِيَتْ مَسَافَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ حَتَّى آتِيَ إِلَى أَفْرَاتَةَ، فَدَفَنْتُهَا هُنَاكَ فِي طَرِيقِ أَفْرَاتَةَ، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ بَيْتُ لَحْمٍ». | ٧ 7 |
Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
وَرَأَى إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱبْنَيْ يُوسُفَ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ هَذَانِ؟». | ٨ 8 |
When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ: «هُمَا ٱبْنَايَ ٱللَّذَانِ أَعْطَانِيَ ٱللهُ هَهُنَا». فَقَالَ: «قَدِّمْهُمَا إِلَيَّ لِأُبَارِكَهُمَا». | ٩ 9 |
Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
وَأَمَّا عَيْنَا إِسْرَائِيلَ فَكَانَتَا قَدْ ثَقُلَتَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْخُوخَةِ، لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُبْصِرَ، فَقَرَّبَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُمَا وَٱحْتَضَنَهُمَا. | ١٠ 10 |
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّ أَنِّي أَرَى وَجْهَكَ، وَهُوَذَا ٱللهُ قَدْ أَرَانِي نَسْلَكَ أَيْضًا». | ١١ 11 |
“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُمَا يُوسُفُ مِنْ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَسَجَدَ أَمَامَ وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
وَأَخَذَ يُوسُفُ ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ أَفْرَايِمَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَنَسَّى بِيَسَارِهِ عَنْ يَمِينِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَرَّبَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
فَمَدَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ يَمِينَهُ وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَهُوَ ٱلصَّغِيرُ، وَيَسَارَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى. وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ بِفِطْنَةٍ فَإِنَّ مَنَسَّى كَانَ ٱلْبِكْرَ. | ١٤ 14 |
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
وَبَارَكَ يُوسُفَ وَقَالَ: «ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي سَارَ أَمَامَهُ أَبَوَايَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْحَاقُ، ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي رَعَانِي مُنْذُ وُجُودِي إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
ٱلْمَلَاكُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَّصَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ، يُبَارِكُ ٱلْغُلَامَيْنِ. وَلْيُدْعَ عَلَيْهِمَا ٱسْمِي وَٱسْمُ أَبَوَيَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ، وَلْيَكْثُرَا كَثِيرًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ١٦ 16 |
the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
فَلَمَّا رَأَى يُوسُفُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ ٱلْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ، سَاءَ ذَلِكَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ، فَأَمْسَكَ بِيَدِ أَبِيهِ لِيَنْقُلَهَا عَنْ رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى. | ١٧ 17 |
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ: «لَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَا أَبِي، لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْبِكْرُ. ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ». | ١٨ 18 |
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
فَأَبَى أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ: «عَلِمْتُ يَا ٱبْنِي، عَلِمْتُ. هُوَ أَيْضًا يَكُونُ شَعْبًا، وَهُوَ أَيْضًا يَصِيرُ كَبِيرًا. وَلَكِنَّ أَخَاهُ ٱلصَّغِيرَ يَكُونُ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ، وَنَسْلُهُ يَكُونُ جُمْهُورًا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ». | ١٩ 19 |
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
وَبَارَكَهُمَا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ قَائِلًا: «بِكَ يُبَارِكُ إِسْرَائِيلُ قَائِلًا: يَجْعَلُكَ ٱللهُ كَأَفْرَايِمَ وَكَمَنَسَّى». فَقَدَّمَ أَفْرَايِمَ عَلَى مَنَسَّى. | ٢٠ 20 |
So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «هَا أَنَا أَمُوتُ، وَلَكِنَّ ٱللهَ سَيَكُونُ مَعَكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكُمْ. | ٢١ 21 |
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
وَأَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَكَ سَهْمًا وَاحِدًا فَوْقَ إِخْوَتِكَ، أَخَذْتُهُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ بِسَيْفِي وَقَوْسِي». | ٢٢ 22 |
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”