اَلتَّكْوِينُ 48

١ 1 وَحَدَثَ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِيُوسُفَ: «هُوَذَا أَبُوكَ مَرِيضٌ». فَأَخَذَ مَعَهُ ٱبْنَيْهِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ.

After these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick: and he set out to go to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim.

٢ 2 فَأُخْبِرَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا ٱبْنُكَ يُوسُفُ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكَ». فَتَشَدَّدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى ٱلسَّرِيرِ.

And it was told the old man: Behold thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed.

٣ 3 وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِيُوسُفَ: «ٱللهُ ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ظَهَرَ لِي فِي لُوزَ، فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَبَارَكَنِي.

And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God Almighty appeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he blessed me,

٤ 4 وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ مُثْمِرًا وَأُكَثِّرُكَ، وَأَجْعَلُكَ جُمْهُورًا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَأُعْطِي نَسْلَكَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ مُلْكًا أَبَدِيًّا.

And he said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

٥ 5 وَٱلْآنَ ٱبْنَاكَ ٱلْمَوْلُودَانِ لَكَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، قَبْلَمَا أَتَيْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَى مِصْرَ هُمَا لِي. أَفْرَايِمُ وَمَنَسَّى كَرَأُوبَيْنَ وَشِمْعُونَ يَكُونَانِ لِي.

So thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon.

٦ 6 وَأَمَّا أَوْلَادُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَلِدُ بَعْدَهُمَا فَيَكُونُونَ لَكَ. عَلَى ٱسْمِ أَخَوَيْهِمْ يُسَمَّوْنَ فِي نَصِيبِهِمْ.

But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions.

٧ 7 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».

For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from me in the land of Chanaan in the very journey, and it was springtime: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem.

٨ 8 وَرَأَى إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱبْنَيْ يُوسُفَ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ هَذَانِ؟».

Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these?

٩ 9 فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ: «هُمَا ٱبْنَايَ ٱللَّذَانِ أَعْطَانِيَ ٱللهُ هَهُنَا». فَقَالَ: «قَدِّمْهُمَا إِلَيَّ لِأُبَارِكَهُمَا».

He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me that I may bless them.

١٠ 10 وَأَمَّا عَيْنَا إِسْرَائِيلَ فَكَانَتَا قَدْ ثَقُلَتَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْخُوخَةِ، لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُبْصِرَ، فَقَرَّبَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُمَا وَٱحْتَضَنَهُمَا.

For Israel’s eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them.

١١ 11 وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّ أَنِّي أَرَى وَجْهَكَ، وَهُوَذَا ٱللهُ قَدْ أَرَانِي نَسْلَكَ أَيْضًا».

And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee: moreover God hath showed me thy seed.

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُمَا يُوسُفُ مِنْ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَسَجَدَ أَمَامَ وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

And when Joseph had taken them from his father’s lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.

١٣ 13 وَأَخَذَ يُوسُفُ ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ أَفْرَايِمَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَنَسَّى بِيَسَارِهِ عَنْ يَمِينِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَرَّبَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ.

And he set Ephraim on his right hand, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father’s right hand, and brought them near to him.

١٤ 14 فَمَدَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ يَمِينَهُ وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَهُوَ ٱلصَّغِيرُ، وَيَسَارَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى. وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ بِفِطْنَةٍ فَإِنَّ مَنَسَّى كَانَ ٱلْبِكْرَ.

But he stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Ephraim the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses who was the elder, changing his hands.

١٥ 15 وَبَارَكَ يُوسُفَ وَقَالَ: «ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي سَارَ أَمَامَهُ أَبَوَايَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْحَاقُ، ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي رَعَانِي مُنْذُ وُجُودِي إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ،

And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day;

١٦ 16 ٱلْمَلَاكُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَّصَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ، يُبَارِكُ ٱلْغُلَامَيْنِ. وَلْيُدْعَ عَلَيْهِمَا ٱسْمِي وَٱسْمُ أَبَوَيَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ، وَلْيَكْثُرَا كَثِيرًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ».

The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

١٧ 17 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.

And Joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, was much displeased: and taking his father’s hand he tried to lift it from Ephraim’s head, and to remove it to the head of Manasses.

١٨ 18 وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ: «لَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَا أَبِي، لِأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْبِكْرُ. ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ».

And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.

١٩ 19 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».

But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.

٢٠ 20 وَبَارَكَهُمَا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ قَائِلًا: «بِكَ يُبَارِكُ إِسْرَائِيلُ قَائِلًا: يَجْعَلُكَ ٱللهُ كَأَفْرَايِمَ وَكَمَنَسَّى». فَقَدَّمَ أَفْرَايِمَ عَلَى مَنَسَّى.

And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses.

٢١ 21 وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «هَا أَنَا أَمُوتُ، وَلَكِنَّ ٱللهَ سَيَكُونُ مَعَكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكُمْ.

And he said to Joseph his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.

٢٢ 22 وَأَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَكَ سَهْمًا وَاحِدًا فَوْقَ إِخْوَتِكَ، أَخَذْتُهُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ بِسَيْفِي وَقَوْسِي».

I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.