Genesis 48
1 Some time later, someone told Joseph, “[Hey, ] your father is ill.” When Joseph heard that, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to see his father.
Ug nahitabo nga sa human niining mga butanga nga may usa nga miingon kang Jose: Ania karon, masakiton ang imong amahan. Ug iyang gidala uban kaniya ang iyang duruha ka anak nga lalake nga si Manases ug si Ephraim.
2 When someone told Jacob, “Look, your son Joseph has come to see you!” Jacob sat up on the bed, even though it was difficult for him to do that.
Ug gipahibalo kini kang Jacob sa pag-ingon: Ania karon, ang imong anak nga si Jose mianhi kanimo. Ug nanlimbasug si Israel sa iyang kaugalingon ug milingkod sa ibabaw sa higdaanan:
3 He said to Joseph, “When I was at Luz in Canaan, God Almighty appeared to me. He blessed me
Ug si Jacob miingon kang Jose: Ang Dios nga Makagagahum sa ngatanan mitungha kanako didto sa Luz sa yuta sa Canaan, ug siya nanalangin kanako.
4 and said to me, ‘I am going to enable you to become the father of many children. You will have many descendants, and they will become [the ancestors of] many people-groups. And I will give this land to your descendants to possess forever.’
Ug siya miingon kanako: Ania karon, ikaw himoon ko nga mabungaon, ug ikaw pagapadaghanon ko ug ikaw himoon nga usa ka panon sa mga katawohan; ug igahatag ko kining yutaa sa imong kaliwatan sa sunod kanimo sa pagkapanulondon nga dayon.
5 “And now I will consider that your two sons, who were born to you here in Egypt before I came here, will (belong to me/be as though they are my sons). Ephraim and Manasseh will be [as though they were] my sons, and they will inherit my possessions, just like my sons Reuben and Simeon [and the others] will.
Ug karon ang imong duruha ka anak nga lalake, si Ephraim ug si Manases, nga nangatawo kanimo sa yuta sa Egipto sa wala pa ako mahianhi kanimo dinhi sa Egipto, mga ako sila; ingon nga si Ruben ug si Simeon mamaako sila:
6 If you later become the father of any more children, they will not be considered to be my children, but as my grandchildren, and [in Canaan] they will receive as part of what they inherit some of the same land that is in the territory that their brothers [Ephraim and Manasseh] will inherit.
Ug ang imong mga anak sa ulahi nila imong gipanganak, sila mamaimo; subay sa ngalan sa ilang mga igsoon pagahinganlan sila tungod sa ilang mga panulondon.
7 Many years ago, as I was returning from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, your mother Rachel died in the Canaan region, while we were still traveling, not far from Ephrath [town]. So I buried her body there alongside the road to Ephrath [which is now called Bethlehem].”
Apan mahitungod kanako sa paggikan ko sa Padan-aram, namatay kanako si Raquel sa yuta sa Canaan, sa dalan, sa gilay-on nga dili na kaayo halayo gikan sa Ephrata; ug gilubong ko siya didto sa dalan sa Ephrata, nga mao ang Bethlehem.
8 When Jacob saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these boys?”
Ug nakita ni Israel ang mga anak nga lalake ni Jose, ug miingon siya: Kinsa ba kini sila?
9 Joseph replied, “They are the sons that God has given to me here in Egypt.” Jacob said, “Bring them close to me so that I can bless them.”
Ug mitubag si Jose sa iyang amahan: Sila ang mga anak ko nga lalake, nga gihatag sa Dios kanako dinhi. Ug siya miingon: Paduola sila karon kanako, ug akong panalanginan sila.
10 Jacob was almost blind because he was very old. He could not recognize the boys. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father, and Jacob kissed them and hugged them.
Ug ang mga mata ni Israel lubog na tungod sa katigulangon, mao nga halap na siya. Ug sila gipaduol kaniya, ug mihalok siya kanila ug iyang gigakus sila.
11 Jacob said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see you again, but look at this! God has allowed me to see not only you, but he has allowed me to see your children, too!”
Ug miingon si Israel kang Jose: Wala na ako maghunahuna nga makakita pa sa imong nawong: ug ania karon, gipakita sa Dios kanako ang imong kaliwatan usab.
12 Joseph took the boys from alongside Jacob’s knees. Then he bowed down with his face to the ground.
Ug sila gikuha ni Jose sa taliwala sa iyang mga tuhod ug mihapa siya sa yuta.
13 Then Joseph took both of the boys, putting Ephraim on his right side toward Jacob’s left hand, and putting Manasseh on his left side toward Jacob’s right hand, and brought them close to Jacob.
Ug sila nga duruha gikuha ni Jose, si Ephraim sa iyang too, dapit sa wala ni Israel; ug si Manases sa iyang wala, dapit sa too ni Israel; ug sila gipaduol kaniya.
14 But Jacob [did not do what Joseph wanted him to do. Instead], he reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, even though he was the younger son. He crossed his arms and put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the older son.
Unya gibayaw ni Israel ang iyang kamot nga too, ug gibutang niya sa ibabaw sa ulo ni Ephraim, nga mao ang kamanghuran, ug ang iyang kamot nga wala sa ibabaw sa ulo ni Manases, nga ginapahamutang niya sa tinuyo sa pagpasaylob sa iyang mga kamot, kay si Manases mao ang panganay.
15 Then he (blessed/asked God to bless) Joseph and his sons, saying, “My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac conducted their lives as God desired, and to this very day God has led me and taken care of me as a shepherd leads and cares for his sheep [MET].
Ug gipanalanginan niya si Jose, ug miingon siya: Ang Dios nga sa iyang atubangan, naglakaw ang akong mga ginikanan, si Abraham ug si Isaac, ang Dios nga nagpakaon kanako sa tibook ko nga kinabuhi sa hataas kaayo hangtud niining adlawa.
16 The angel whom he sent has kept me from being harmed in any way. I pray that God will bless these boys. I pray that people will never forget about me and about Abraham and Isaac because of what God does for these boys. I pray that they will have many descendants who will live all over the earth.”
Ang manolonda nga nagluwas kanako gikan sa tanan nga kadautan, magpanalangin niining mga batan-on: ug pagahinganlan ang akong ngalan kanila, ug ang ngalan sa akong mga ginikanan si Abraham ug si Isaac: ug magpadaghan kanila sa hilabihan gayud, sa taliwala sa yuta.
17 When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head and not on Manasseh’s head, he was distressed/displeased. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
Ug sa gitan-aw ni Jose nga ang iyang amahan nagbutang sa iyang kamot nga too sa ibabaw sa ulo ni Ephraim, kini wala makapahamuot kaniya; ug gikuptan niya ang kamot sa iyang amahan aron ibalhin niya gikan sa ibabaw sa ulo ni Ephraim ngadto sa ulo ni Manases.
18 Joseph said to him, “My father, that is not right! The one on whom you put your left hand is my older son. Put your right hand on his head.”
Ug miingon si Jose sa iyang amahan: Dili mao, amahan ko, kay kini mao ang panganay, ibutang mo ang imong toong kamot sa ibabaw sa ulo niya.
19 But his father refused, saying, “I know that, my son, I know what I am doing. Manasseh’s descendants will also become a people-group, and they will become important. But his younger brother’s descendants will become greater than his will. His descendants will become several nations.”
Ug ang iyang amahan wala mobuot, ug miingon: Nahibalo ako niini, anak ko, nahibalo ako; siya usab mahimong usa ka katawohan, ug siya usab pagapadaghanon; apan ang iyang manghud nga lalake maoy labing daku kay kaniya, ug ang iyang kaliwatan mahimong usa ka panon sa mga nasud.
20 So he blessed them both on that day, saying, “The people in Israel will use your names when they bless people. They will say, ‘We pray that God will help you as he helped Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In that way, Jacob said that Ephraim would become more important than Manasseh.
Ug sila gipanalanginan niya niadtong adlawa, sa pag-ingon: Kanimo magapanalangin si Israel sa pag-ingon: Ibutang sa Dios ikaw ingon kang Ephraim ug ingon kang Manases. Busa, si Ephraim iyang gibutang sa atubangan ni Manases.
21 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I am about to die. But I know that God will help/protect you. And some day he will take your descendants back to the land of their ancestors.
Ug miingon si Israel kang Jose: Ania karon, haduol na ako nga mamatay, apan ang Dios magauban kaninyo, ug siya magapabalik kaninyo ngadto sa yuta sa inyong mga ginikanan.
22 And it is to you, not to your brothers, that I will give the fertile hill in the Shechem area. I captured that land from the Amor people-group, fighting them with my sword and my bow and arrows.”
Labut pa, gihatagan ko ikaw ug usa ka bahin nga labaw sa bahin sa imong mga igsoon, nga gikuha ko sa kamot sa Amorehanon pinaagi sa akong espada ug sa akong pana.
