Genesis 48
1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Alò, li te rive ke apre bagay sa yo, ke Joseph te vin enfòme: “Gade byen, papa ou malad.” Li te pran de fis li yo, Manassé ak Éphraïm avèk li.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
Epi moun yo te pale a Jacob: “Gade byen, fis ou a, Joseph gen tan vin kote ou.” Konsa, Israël te ranmase fòs li. Li te chita sou kabann nan.
3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Epi Jacob te di a Joseph: “Bondye Toupwisan an te parèt a mwen nan Luz nan peyi Canaan an e Li te beni mwen.
4 And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.
Li te di mwen: ‘Gade byen, Mwen va fè nou donnen anpil fwi, e miltipliye anpil. Mwen va fè ou vin yon konpanyen pèp la, e Mwen va bay peyi sa a a desandan aprè ou, kòm posesyon k ap dire pou tout tan.’
5 And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
“Alò, de fis ou yo ki te fèt a ou menm nan peyi Égypte la avan mwen te vin kote ou an Égypte la, se pa m. Éphraïm avèk Manassé se pou mwen, menm jan ke Ruben avèk Siméon va pou mwen.
6 And your issue, which you beget after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
Men pitit ou yo ki te fèt apre yo, va pou ou. Yo va rele selon non frè pa yo nan eritaj yo.
7 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.
Alò, pou mwen, lè m te retounen nan Paddan, Rachel te mouri, nan tristès mwen, nan peyi Canaan an pandan vwayaj la, lè te toujou gen yon distans pou rive nan Ephrata (ki vle di Bethléem).”
8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
Lè Israël te wè fis a Joseph yo, li te di: “Kilès moun sa yo ye?”
9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them.
Joseph te di a papa li: “Sa yo se fis mwen yo, ke Bondye te ban mwen isit la.” Epi li te di: “Mennen yo isit souple, pou m kapab beni yo.”
10 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.
Alò, zye Israël yo te tèlman vin fèb akoz laj ke li pa t kapab wè. Epi Joseph te mennen yo toupre li, li te bo yo e li te anbrase yo.
11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, see, God has showed me also your seed.
Israël te di a Joseph: “Mwen pa t janm sipoze ke m ta wè figi ou, e gade byen, Bondye kite mwen wè pitit ou yo tou.”
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Epi Joseph te mennen yo soti antre jenou li yo, e te bese ba avèk figi li jis atè.
13 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.
Joseph te pran yo toude, Ephraïm nan men dwat li vè bò goch Israël, e nan men goch li, Manassé vè bò dwat Israël. Konsa, li te mennen yo toupre li.
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Men Israël te lonje men dwat li, li te mete li sou Éphraïm, ki te pi jenn nan, e men goch li te sou tèt Manassé, avèk men l kwaze, poutan Manassé te premye ne.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long to this day,
Li te beni Joseph, e te di: “Bondye devan sila zansèt mwen yo, Abraham avèk Isaac te mache a, Bondye ki te bèje m nan pandan tout vi m jis rive jounen jodi a,
16 The Angel which 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 middle of the earth.
zanj ki te rachte mwen de tout mal la, beni jènjan sa yo; epi ke non mwen kapab viv toujou nan yo, e non a zansèt mwen yo, Abraham avèk Isaac. Ke yo kapab grandi vin fè yon gwo pèp nan mitan mond lan.”
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
Lè Joseph te vin wè ke papa li te poze men dwat li sou tèt Éphraïm, sa te fè l pa kontan. Li te sezi men papa li pou deplase li sou Éphraïm, ale vè tèt Manassé.
18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.
Joseph te di papa l: “Se pa sa, papa, paske se sila a ki premye ne a. Mete men dwat ou sou tèt li.”
19 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.
Men papa li te refize. Li te di: “Mwen konnen, fis mwen, mwen konnen. Li osi va devni yon pèp, e li osi va vin gran. Poutan, pi jenn frè li a va pi gran pase li, e desandan li yo va devni yon gran pèp a nasyon yo.”
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Li te beni yo nan jou sa a, e te di: “Pa nou menm, Israël va eksprime benediksyon li yo e va di: ‘Ke Bondye kapab fè nou tankou Éphraïm ak Manassé!’”
21 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
Konsa, Israël te di a Joseph: “Gade byen, mwen prèt pou mouri, men Bondye va avèk ou, e Li va mennen ou retounen nan peyi a zansèt ou yo.
22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Mwen bay ou yon pòsyon anplis ke frè ou yo, ke m te pran nan men Amoreyen yo avèk nepe mwen ak banza mwen.”
