Genesis 48

1 Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

Pripetilo se je po teh stvareh, da je Jožefu nekdo povedal: »Poglej, tvoj oče je bolan, « in ta je s seboj vzel svoja dva sinova, Manáseja in Efrájima.

2 And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.

In nekdo je Jakobu povedal ter rekel: »Glej, tvoj sin Jožef prihaja k tebi.« Izrael se je okrepil in se usedel na postelji.

3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

Jakob je Jožefu rekel: »Bog Vsemogočni se mi je prikazal pri Luzu, v kánaanski deželi, me blagoslovil

4 And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

in mi rekel: ›Glej, jaz te bom naredil rodovitnega in te namnožil in jaz bom iz tebe naredil množico ljudstev in to deželo bom dal tvojemu semenu za teboj za večno posest.‹

5 And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.

In sedaj, tvoja dva sinova, Efrájim in Manáse, ki sta ti bila rojena v egiptovski deželi, preden sem prišel k tebi v Egipt, sta moja; kakor Ruben in Simeon, bosta moja.

6 And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.

Tvoji potomci pa, ki jih boš zaplodil za njima, bodo tvoji in imenovani bodo po imenu svojih bratov v svoji dediščini.

7 And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

Kar pa se mene tiče, ko sem prišel iz Padana, je v kánaanski deželi poleg mene umrla Rahela, na poti, ko je bilo le še malo poti, da pride v Efráto. Pokopal sem jo tam, na poti v Efráto; ta isti je Betlehem.«

8 Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

Izrael je zagledal Jožefova sinova in rekel: »Kdo sta ta [dva]?«

9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

Jožef je svojemu očetu rekel: »Onadva sta moja sinova, katera mi ju je Bog dal na tem kraju.« Rekel je: »Privedi ju, prosim te, k meni in jaz ju bom blagoslovil.«

10 Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.

Torej, Izraelove oči so bile od starosti zatemnjene, tako da ni mogel videti. In privedel ju je bliže k njemu in on ju je poljubil ter ju objel.

11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

Izrael je Jožefu rekel: »Nisem si mislil, da bom videl tvoj obraz in, glej, Bog mi je pokazal tudi tvoje seme.«

12 Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

Jožef ju je prestavil izmed svojih kolen in se sam, s svojim obrazom, priklonil k zemlji.

13 Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Israel's right side, placing them near him.

Jožef je prijel oba, Efrájima na svojo desnico proti Izraelovi levici in Manáseja na svojo levico proti Izraelovi desnici in ju privedel k njemu.

14 And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.

Izrael je iztegnil svojo desnico in jo položil na Efrájimovo glavo, ki je bil mlajši, svojo levico pa na Manásejevo glavo, premišljeno vodeč svoji roki, kajti Manáse je bil prvorojenec.

15 And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

Blagoslovil je Jožefa in rekel: »Bog, pred katerim sta hodila moja očeta, Abraham in Izak, Bog, ki me je hranil vse moje dolgo življenje do današnjega dne,

16 The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

angel, ki me je odkupil od vsega zla, naj blagoslovi dečka. Naj bo moje ime imenovano na njiju in ime mojih očetov, Abrahama in Izaka. Naj zrasteta v množico na sredi zemlje.«

17 Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.

Ko je Jožef videl, da je njegov oče svojo desnico položil na Efrájimovo glavo, ga je to razžalilo in prijel je roko svojega očeta, da jo odmakne z Efrájimove glave na Manásejevo glavo.

18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.

Jožef je svojemu očetu rekel: »Ne tako, moj oče, kajti ta je prvorojenec, svojo desnico položi na njegovo glavo.«

19 But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

Njegov oče pa je odklonil in rekel: »Vem to, moj sin, vem to, tudi on bo postal ljudstvo in tudi on bo velik, toda njegov mlajši brat bo resnično večji kakor on in njegovo seme bo postalo množica narodov.«

20 So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Blagoslovil ju je ta dan, rekoč: »V tebi bo Izrael blagoslovljen, rekoč: ›Bog [naj] te naredi kakor Efrájima in kakor Manáseja‹« in Efrájima je postavil pred Manáseja.

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

Izrael je rekel Jožefu: »Glej, jaz umrem, toda Bog bo z vami in vas bo ponovno privedel v deželo vaših očetov.

22 And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

Poleg tega sem ti dal en delež nad tvojimi brati, ki sem ga s svojim mečem in s svojim lokom vzel iz roke Amoréjcev.«