< 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.
Ie roñoñe añe, le nisaontsieñe am’ Iosefe ty hoe, Fa deme’e ty rae’o. Aa le nente’e mindre ama’e ty ana-dahi’e roe, i Menasè naho i Efraime,
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
le nisaon­tsieñe am’ Iakòbe ty hoe, Ingo fa pok’ etoa t’Iosefe ana’o, le nañaly haozaran-dre nitroatse amy fandrea’ey,
3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
vaho nanao ty hoe am’ Iosefe, Nañento amako t’i El-Sadai e Loze, an-tane Kanàne añe, ie nitata ahy
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.
ami’ty hoe, Inao, hampiraoraoeko irehe vaho hampitom­boeko. Hanoeko foko am-poko, vaho hatoloko amo tarira’oo ty tane toy ho fanañañe tsy ho modo nainai’e.
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.
Ie amy zay, ho ahiko t’i Efraime naho i Menasè, i ana’o roe nitoly ama’o an-tane Mitsraime atoy aolo’ ty nimbako mb’ama’o mb’e Mitsraime atoy rey; hambañe ami’ty maha-ahiko i Reòbene naho i Simone;
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.
le ho azo ze samahe’o manonjohy iareo, vaho ho volili­eñe ambane’ ty tahina’ o rahalahi’eo iereo amo lova’iareoo.
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.
Aa izaho nimpoly boak’e Padana añe, le nihomak’ amako an-tane Kanàne añe t’i Rahkele, an-dalañe eo ie didý tsy nimoake Efràta ao; aa le naleveko añ’olon-dala’ i Efràta eo. (e Betlèkheme izay.)
8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
Ie nioni’ Iakòbe i ana’ Iosefe rey, le hoe re, Ia o retiañeo?
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.
Hoe t’Iosefe aman-drae’e, Ie o anako natolon’ Aña­hare ahy atoio. Le hoe re, Ehe endeso mb’etoa ho tataeko.
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.
Ie amy zao, nitàlo am-pihaino t’Iakòbe ami’ty fahantera’e, tsy nahaisake soa. Aa le navi’ Iosefe marine aze eo iereo le norofa’e vaho niforokokoe’e.
11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, see, God has showed me also your seed.
Hoe t’Israele am’Iosefe, Tsy nitamako ty hahatrea o tarehe’oo; fa hehe, nampañisahen’ Añahare ahy ka o ana’oo.
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Le na­kare’ Iosefe añ’ongo’e iereo vaho nampiondrehe’e mb’an-tane ty lahara’e.
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.
Rinambe’ Iosefe i roroey, i Efraime am-pità’e havana ho mb’an-kavia’ Israele, le i Menasè am-pità’e havia mb’an-kavana’ Israele vaho nampañarinea’e.
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.
Fe nahiti’ Israele ty fità’e havana naho nasampe’e an-doha i Efraime zai’e vaho ty fità’e havia an-doha’ i Menasè, toe nampitivalañe’e o fità’eo ndra te i Menasè ty tañoloñoloña’e.
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,
Nitatae’e t’Iosefe, ami’ty hoe: Ry Andrianañahare niatrefan-droaeko Avrahame naho Ietsàke am-pañaveloañe, Ry Andrianañahare namahañe ahy ami’ty fiaiko iaby pak’ androany,
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.
Ry anjely namotsots’ ahy amy ze fonga haratiañe, tahio o ajalahy retoañe, le ampitokavo ami’ty añarako, naho ami’ty tahina’ i Avrahame naho Ietsàke roaeko; vaho ampivasiaño an-tane atoy.
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.
Ie nioni’ Iosefe te an-doha’ i Efraime ty nampitongoàn-drae’e i fità’e havanay, le tsy ninò’e vaho rinambe’e ty fitàn-drae’e hampi­pitsok’ aze an-doha’ i Efraime ho amy loha’ i Menasèy.
18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.
Hoe t’Iosefe aman-drae’e, Tsy izay ry raeko! Ano ami’ty raike toy ty fità’o, ie ty tañoloñoloñako.
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.
Fe nifoneñe ty rae’e nanao ty hoe, Fantako ry anako, apotako t’ie ho fifokoañe ka, mbore ho ra’elahy. Fe handikoatse aze ty zai’e, fa ho halifora’ o fifeheañeo o tarira’eo.
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.
Aa le nitatae’e iereo amy andro zay ami’ty hoe: Ihe ty hitatà’ Israele, ami’ty hoe, Ehe t’ie hampanahafen’Añahare amy Efraime naho amy Menasè. Aa le najado’e ho lohà’ i Menasè t’i Efraime.
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.
Le hoe t’Israele am’ Iosefe, Inao te hikenkan-draho, fe hindre ama’ areo t’i Andrianañahare vaho hampoli’e mb’an-tanen-droae’ areo mb’eo.
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.
Tovo’ izay, fa natoloko anjara raik’ ambone’ o rahalahi’oo irehe, i tinavako am-pibarako naho faleko am-pità’ o nte-Emoreoy.

< Genesis 48 >