تكوين 48

١ 1 ثُمَّ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قِيلَ لِيُوسُفَ: «أَبُوكَ مَرِيضٌ» فَاصْطَحَبَ مَعَهُ ابْنَيْهِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ.

Againe after this, one sayd to Ioseph, Loe, thy father is sicke: then hee tooke with him his two sonnes, Manasseh and Ephraim.

٢ 2 وَقِيلَ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «ابْنُكَ يُوسُفُ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكَ». فَاسْتَجْمَعَ قُوَاهُ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ.

Also one told Iaakob, and said, Behold, thy sonne Ioseph is come to thee, and Israel tooke his strength vnto him and sate vpon the bed.

٣ 3 وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِيُوسُفَ: «تَجَلَّى اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ لِي فِي لُوزَ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَبَارَكَنِي،

Then Iaakob sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me.

٤ 4 وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ مُثْمِراً، وَأُكَثِّرُكَ وَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ جُمْهُورُ شُعُوبٍ وَأَهَبُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ مِلْكاً أَبَدِيًّا.

And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.

٥ 5 وَالآنَ، إِنَّ ابْنَيْكَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى اللَّذَيْنِ أَنْجَبْتَهُمَا فِي مِصْرَ قَبْلَ مَجِيئِي إِلَيْكَ هُنَا هُمَا لِي يَرِثَانِنِي كَرَأُوبَيْنَ وَشِمْعُونَ.

And now thy two sonnes, Manasseh and Ephraim, which are borne vnto thee in the lande of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

٦ 6 وَأَمَّا أَوْلادُكَ الَّذِينَ تُنْجِبُهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَيَكُونُونَ لَكَ، وَمَا يَرِثُونَهُ يَكُونُ تَحْتَ اسْمِ أَخَوَيْهِمْ.

But the linage, which thou hast begotten after them, shalbe thine: they shall be called after the names of their brethren in their inheritance.

٧ 7 لأَنَّنِي فِيمَا كُنْتُ رَاجِعاً مِنْ سَهْلِ أَرَامَ، مَاتَتْ رَاحِيلُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ عَلَى مَقْرُبَةٍ مِنْ أَفْرَاتَةَ، فَدَفَنْتُهَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى أَفْرَاتَةَ، الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْتُ لَحْمٍ».

Nowe when I came from Padan, Rahel died vpon mine hande in the lande of Canaan, by the way when there was but halfe a dayes iourney of grounde to come to Ephrath: and I buryed her there in the way to Ephrath: the same is Beth-lehem.

٨ 8 وَأَبْصَرَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ابْنَيْ يُوسُفَ فَسَأَلَ: «مَنْ هَذَانِ؟»

Then Israel beheld Iosephs sonnes and sayd, Whose are these?

٩ 9 فَأَجَابَهُ يُوسُفُ: «هُمَا ابْنَايَ اللَّذَانِ رَزَقَنِي إِيَّاهُمَا اللهُ هُنَا». فَقَالَ: «أَدْنِهُمَا مِنِّي فَأُبَارِكَهُمَا».

And Ioseph sayd vnto his father, They are my sonnes, which God hath giuen mee here. Then he sayd, I pray thee, bring them to me, that I may blesse them:

١٠ 10 وَكَانَتْ عَيْنَا إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ كَلَّتَا مِنَ الشَّيْخُوخَةِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَادِراً عَلَى النَّظَرِ، فَقَرَّبَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُمَا وَاحْتَضَنَهُمَا

(For the eyes of Israel were dimme for age, so that hee coulde not well see) Then he caused them to come to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

١١ 11 وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «مَا كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّنِي أُبْصِرُ وَجْهَكَ، وَهُوَذَا اللهُ قَدْ أَرَانِي ذُرِّيَّتَكَ أَيْضاً».

And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: yet lo, God hath shewed me also thy seede.

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ أَبْعَدَهُمَا يُوسُفُ عَنْ حِضْنِ أَبِيهِ وَسَجَدَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, and did reuerence downe to the ground.

١٣ 13 وَأَخَذَ يُوسُفُ أَفْرَايِمَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَأَوْقَفَهُ إِلَى يَسَارِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَخَذَ مَنَسَّى بِيَسَارِهِ وَأَوْقَفَهُ إِلَى يَمِينِهِ،

Then tooke Ioseph them both, Ephraim in his right hand towarde Israels left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israels right hand, so he brought them vnto him.

١٤ 14 فَمَدَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ يَمِينَهُ، مُتَعَمِّداً، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَهُوَ الصَّغِيرُ، وَيَسَارَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى مَعْ أَنَّهُ الْبِكْرُ.

But Israel stretched out his right hand, and layde it on Ephraims head, which was the yonger, and his left hande vpon Manassehs head (directing his handes of purpose) for Manasseh was the elder.

١٥ 15 وَبَارَكَ يُوسُفَ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي سَلَكَ أَمَامَهُ أَبَوَايَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْحاقُ، اللهَ الَّذِي رَعَانِي مُنْذُ وُجُودِي إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ،

Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee.

١٦ 16 الْمَلاكَ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ، يُبَارِكُ الْغُلامَيْنِ، وَلْيُدْعَ عَلَيْهِمَا اسْمِي وَاسْمَا أَبَوَيَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ، وَلْيَكْثُرَا كَثِيراً فِي الأَرْضِ».

The Angel, which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vpon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak, that they may growe as fish into a multitude in the middes of the earth.

١٧ 17 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى يُوسُفُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَدْ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ سَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَمْسَكَ بِيَدِ أَبِيهِ لِيَنْقُلَهَا مِنْ رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى.

But when Ioseph sawe that his father layde his right hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he stayed his fathers hand to remooue it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head.

١٨ 18 وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لأَبِيهِ: «لَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَا أَبِي. فَهَذَا هُوَ الْبِكْرُ، ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ».

And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.

١٩ 19 فَأَبَى أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا يَا ابْنِي، أَنَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا، فَإِنَّهُ أَيْضاً يُصْبِحُ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً، وَلَكِنَّ أَخَاهُ الصَّغِيرَ يُصْبِحُ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ، وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ تَصِيرُ جُمْهُوراً مِنَ الأُمَمِ».

But his father refused, and sayd, I know well, my sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great likewise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall be full of nations.

٢٠ 20 وَبَارَكَهُمَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَائِلاً: «بِكَ يَتَبَارَكُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلِينَ:’لِيَجْعَلْكَ اللهُ مِثْلَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمِثْلَ مَنَسَّى‘». وَهَكَذَا قَدَّمَ أَفْرَايِمَ عَلَى مَنَسَّى.

So he blessed them that day, and sayde, In thee Israel shall blesse, and say, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh. and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «إِنَّنِي مُشْرِفٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَكُونُ مَعَكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكُمْ.

Then Israel said vnto Ioseph, Behold, I die, and God shall be with you, and bring you againe vnto the land of your fathers.

٢٢ 22 وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَكَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ سَهْماً وَاحِداً عَلاوَةً عَلَى إِخْوَتِكَ، أَخَذْتُهُ مِنَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ بِسَيْفِي وَقَوْسِي».

Moreouer, I haue giuen vnto thee one portion aboue thy brethren, which I gate out of the hand of the Amorite by my sworde and by my bowe.