Genesis 48
1 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two 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 one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the 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 unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Jakob je Jožefu rekel: »Bog Vsemogočni se mi je prikazal pri Luzu, v kánaanski deželi, me blagoslovil
4 and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
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 thy two sons, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
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 thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
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, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same 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 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
Izrael je zagledal Jožefova sinova in rekel: »Kdo sta ta [dva]?«
9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
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 the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
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 unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.
Izrael je Jožefu rekel: »Nisem si mislil, da bom videl tvoj obraz in, glej, Bog mi je pokazal tudi tvoje seme.«
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Jožef ju je prestavil izmed svojih kolen in se sam, s svojim obrazom, priklonil k zemlji.
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 unto 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 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 wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
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 blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which hath fed me all my life long unto 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 which 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.
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 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
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 unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
Jožef je svojemu očetu rekel: »Ne tako, moj oče, kajti ta je prvorojenec, svojo desnico položi na njegovo glavo.«
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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude 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 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.
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 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto 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 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.
Poleg tega sem ti dal en delež nad tvojimi brati, ki sem ga s svojim mečem in s svojim lokom vzel iz roke Amoréjcev.«
