< Genesis 48 >
1 and to be after [the] word: thing [the] these and to say to/for Joseph behold father your be weak: ill and to take: take [obj] two son: child his with him [obj] Manasseh and [obj] Ephraim
Yei akyiri no, wɔka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Wʼagya yare.” Enti, Yosef faa ne mmammarima baanu, Efraim ne Manase kaa ne ho kɔsraa no.
2 and to tell to/for Jacob and to say behold son: child your Joseph to come (in): come to(wards) you and to strengthen: strengthen Israel and to dwell upon [the] bed
Ɛberɛ a wɔbɔɔ Yakob amaneɛ sɛ, “Wo ba Yosef aba wo nkyɛn rebɛsra wo” no, Yakob miaa nʼani sɔre tenaa ne mpa so maa no akwaaba.
3 and to say Jacob to(wards) Joseph God Almighty to see: see to(wards) me in/on/with Luz in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan and to bless [obj] me
Ɛnna Yakob ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ me wɔ Lus a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so. Ɛhɔ na ɔhyiraa me,
4 and to say to(wards) me look! I be fruitful you and to multiply you and to give: make you to/for assembly people and to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this to/for seed: children your after you possession forever: enduring
ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Mɛma woawo, ama wʼase afɛe. Mɛma wʼasefoɔ ayɛ ɔman kɛseɛ. Mede saa asase yi bɛma wʼasefoɔ sɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ afebɔɔ.’
5 and now two son: child your [the] to beget to/for you in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt till to come (in): come I to(wards) you Egypt [to] to/for me they(masc.) Ephraim and Manasseh like/as Reuben and Simeon to be to/for me
“Ɛno enti, mede wo mma baanu a wɔwoo wɔn maa wo ansa na mereba wo nkyɛn wɔ Misraim asase so ha no bɛka me mma no ho. Efraim ne Manase bɛka me mma ho, sɛdeɛ Ruben ne Simeon yɛ me mma no.
6 and relatives your which to beget after them to/for you to be upon name brother: male-sibling their to call: call by in/on/with inheritance their
Mma foforɔ biara a wobɛwo wɔn wɔ Efraim ne Manase akyiri no na wɔbɛyɛ wo dea. Wɔde wɔn bɛka wɔn nuanom no ho wɔ asase a wɔde bɛma wɔn sɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ no so.
7 and I in/on/with to come (in): come I from Paddan to die upon me Rachel in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan in/on/with way: journey in/on/with still distance land: country/planet to/for to come (in): come Ephrath and to bury her there in/on/with way: journey Ephrath he/she/it Bethlehem Bethlehem
Ɛberɛ a mefiri Paddan-Aram reba no, ababaawa Rahel wuu wɔ ɛkwan mu, ma ɛyɛɛ me ya. Na aka akwansini kakra na yɛaduru Efrat. Ɛno enti, mesiee no wɔ Eufrate, a wɔfrɛ no Betlehem no kwankyɛn baabi.”
8 and to see: see Israel [obj] son: child Joseph and to say who? these
Ɛberɛ a Israel hunuu Yosef mmammarima no, ɔbisaa sɛ, “Na yeinom yɛ ɛhefoɔ?”
9 and to say Joseph to(wards) father his son: child my they(masc.) which to give: give to/for me God in/on/with this and to say to take: bring them please to(wards) me and to bless them
Yosef buaa nʼagya sɛ, “Wɔyɛ mmammarima a Onyankopɔn de wɔn adom me wɔ ha.” Na Israel kaa sɛ, “Fa wɔn bra mʼanim ha na menhyira wɔn.”
10 and eye Israel to honor: dull from old age not be able to/for to see: see and to approach: bring [obj] them to(wards) him and to kiss to/for them and to embrace to/for them
Saa ɛberɛ no, ɛsiane onyini enti, na Israel ani so ayɛ wisiwisi a, ɔnhunu adeɛ papa. Ne saa enti, Yosef de ne mma no kɔɔ ne nkyɛn pɛɛ, ma ɔyɛɛ wɔn atuu, fefee wɔn ano.
11 and to say Israel to(wards) Joseph to see: see face your not to pray and behold to see: see [obj] me God also [obj] seed: children your
Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Manna mannwene sɛ mɛhunu wʼanim bio da, nanso hwɛ deɛ Onyame ayɛ. Wama me ho kwan ama mahunu wo mma nso.”
12 and to come out: send Joseph [obj] them from from with knee his and to bow to/for face his land: soil [to]
Yosef pagyaa wɔn firii Israel kotodwe anim, ɛnna ɔno ara nso buu nkotodwe de nʼanim butuu fam.
13 and to take: take Joseph [obj] two their [obj] Ephraim in/on/with right his from left Israel and [obj] Manasseh in/on/with left his from right Israel and to approach: bring to(wards) him
Ɔpagyaa ne mu no, ɔde ne nsa nifa sɔɔ Efraim mu, de no gyinaa Yakob benkum so, ɛnna ɔde ne nsa benkum sɔɔ Manase mu, de no gyinaa Yakob nifa so bɛn no pɛɛ.
14 and to send: reach Israel [obj] right his and to set: put upon head Ephraim and he/she/it [the] little and [obj] left his upon head Manasseh to cross hands [obj] hand his for Manasseh [the] firstborn
Israel tenee ne nsa nifa de too Efraim a ɔyɛ akumaa no apampam, ɛnna ɔde ne nsa benkum no too Manase nso apampam. Ɛwom sɛ na Manase yɛ abakan deɛ, nanso ɔde ne nsa benkum na ɛtoo nʼapampam.
15 and to bless [obj] Joseph and to say [the] God which to go: walk father my to/for face: before his Abraham and Isaac [the] God [the] to pasture [obj] me from still my till [the] day: today [the] this
Ɔhyiraa Yosef sɛ, “Onyankopɔn a mʼagyanom Abraham ne Isak nantee nʼanim, ne me Onyankopɔn a ɔhwɛɛ me sɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ de bɛsi ɛnnɛ no,
16 [the] messenger: angel [the] to redeem: redeem [obj] me from all bad: evil to bless [obj] [the] youth and to call: call by in/on/with them name my and name father my Abraham and Isaac and to multiply to/for abundance in/on/with entrails: among [the] land: country/planet
ɔsoro ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔgyee me firii ɔhaw nyinaa mu no, ɔnhyira saa mmarimaa yi. Wɔmfa me din ne mʼagyanom, Abraham ne Isak edin ntoto wɔn, na wɔn ase mfɛe wɔ asase so.”
17 and to see: see Joseph for to set: put father his hand right his upon head Ephraim and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to grasp hand father his to/for to turn aside: remove [obj] her from upon head Ephraim upon head Manasseh
Ɛberɛ a Yosef hunuu sɛ nʼagya de ne nsa nifa ato Efraim apampam no, anyɛ no dɛ. Enti, ɔyii nʼagya nsa nifa no firii Efraim apampam, kɔtoo Manase apampam.
18 and to say Joseph to(wards) father his not so father my for this [the] firstborn to set: put right your upon head his
Yosef ka kyerɛɛ nʼagya sɛ, “Dabi, mʼagya, yei ne mʼabakan, enti fa wo nsa nifa to nʼapampam.”
19 and to refuse father his and to say to know son: child my to know also he/she/it to be to/for people and also he/she/it to magnify and but brother: male-sibling his [the] small: young to magnify from him and seed: children his to be fullness [the] nation
Nanso, nʼagya ampene so kaa sɛ, “Me ba, menim saa. Ɔno nso bɛyɛ ɔman, na wayɛ kɛse. Nanso, ne nua kumaa no bɛyɛ kɛse asene no, na nʼasefoɔ bɛyɛ amanaman bebree.”
20 and to bless them in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say in/on/with you to bless Israel to/for to say to set: make you God like/as Ephraim and like/as Manasseh and to set: put [obj] Ephraim to/for face: before Manasseh
Enti ɛda no, Yakob hyiraa mmarimaa no sɛ, “Israelfoɔ nyinaa nam mo din so bɛhyirahyira wɔn ho wɔn ho. Wɔbɛka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛhyirahyira mo, ama moakɔ so frɔmfrɔm te sɛ Efraim ne Manase.’” Saa ɛkwan yi so na Yakob fa maa Efraim bɛdii Manase anim.
21 and to say Israel to(wards) Joseph behold I to die and to be God with you and to return: again [obj] you to(wards) land: country/planet father your
Na Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Merebɛwu, nanso Onyankopɔn bɛhwɛ mo so, na wasane de mo akɔ Kanaan, mo agyanom asase so bio.
22 and I to give: give to/for you shoulder one upon brother: male-sibling your which to take: take from hand: power [the] Amorite in/on/with sword my and in/on/with bow my
Wo a seesei woabɛyɛ wo nuanom nyinaa so panin no, mede asase a menam me sekan ne mʼagyan so gye firii Amorifoɔ nkyɛn no rema wo.”