تكوين 48

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

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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

And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to 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 said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting 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 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

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

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name 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».

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

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

And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

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

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, and I will bless them.

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

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near 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 said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shown me also thy seed.

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

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

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

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near to him.

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

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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

And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long to this day,

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

The Angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst 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.

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he lifted his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon 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».

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude 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.

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, 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.

And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

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

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.