تكوين 48

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

And it cometh to pass, after these things, that [one] saith to Joseph, 'Lo, thy father is sick;' and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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

And [one] declareth to Jacob, and saith, 'Lo, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee;' and Israel doth strengthen himself, and sit upon the bed.

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

And Jacob saith unto Joseph, 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,

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

and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

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, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they [are]; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine;

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

and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine; by the name of their brethren they are called 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 I — in my coming in from Padan-Aram Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which [is] Bethlehem.'

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

And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, 'Who [are] these?'

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

and Joseph saith unto his father, 'They [are] my sons, whom God hath given to me in this [place];' and he saith, 'Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.'

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

And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them;

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

and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'To see thy face I had not thought, and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.'

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

And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

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

and Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel's right, and bringeth [them] nigh to him.

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

And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth [it] upon the head of Ephraim, who [is] the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh [is] the first-born.

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

And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, 'God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:

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

the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.'

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 Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh;

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

and Joseph saith unto his father, 'Not so, my father, for this [is] the first-born; set thy right hand on 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 refuseth, and saith, 'I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the 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 blesseth them in that day, saying, 'By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;' and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh.

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

And Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;

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

and I — I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'