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.
E aconteceu pois depois destas coisas, que um disse a José: Eis que teu pai está enfermo. Então tomou consigo os seus dois filhos Manasseh e 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.
E um deu parte a Jacob, e disse: Eis que José teu filho vem a ti. E esforçou-se Israel, e assentou-se sobre a cama.
3 He said to Joseph, “When I was at Luz in Canaan, God Almighty appeared to me. He blessed me
E Jacob disse a José: O Deus Todo-poderoso me apareceu em Luz, na terra de Canaan, e me abençoou,
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.’
E me disse: Eis que te farei frutificar e multiplicar, e te porei por multidão de povos, e darei esta terra à tua semente depois de ti, em possessão perpétua.
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.
Agora, pois, os teus dois filhos, que te nasceram na terra do Egito, antes que eu viesse a ti no Egito, são meus: Ephraim e Manasseh serão meus, como Ruben e Simeão;
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.
Mas a tua geração, que gerarás depois deles, será tua: segundo o nome de seus irmãos serão chamados na sua herança.
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].”
Vindo pois eu de Paddan, me morreu Rachel na terra de Canaan, no caminho, quando ainda ficava um pequeno espaço de terra para vir a Ephrata; e eu a sepultei ali, no caminho de Ephrata, que é Beth-lehem.
8 When Jacob saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these boys?”
E Israel viu os filhos de José, e disse: Quem são estes?
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.”
E José disse a seu pai: eles são meus filhos, que Deus me tem dado aqui. E ele disse: Peço-te, traze-mos aqui, para que os abençoe.
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.
Os olhos porem de Israel eram carregados de velhice, já não podia vêr; e fê-los chegar a ele, e beijou-os, e abraçou-os.
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!”
E Israel disse a José: Eu não cuidara ver o teu rosto; e eis que Deus me fez ver a tua semente também.
12 Joseph took the boys from alongside Jacob’s knees. Then he bowed down with his face to the ground.
Então José os tirou de seus joelhos, e inclinou-se à terra diante da sua face.
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.
E tomou José a ambos eles, a Ephraim na sua mão direita à esquerda de Israel, e Manasseh na sua mão esquerda à direita de Israel, e fê-los chegar a ele
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.
Mas Israel estendeu a sua mão direita, e a pôs sobre a cabeça de Ephraim, ainda que era o menor, e a sua esquerda sobre a cabeça de Manasseh, dirigindo as suas mãos avisadamente, ainda que Manasseh era o primogênito.
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].
E abençoou a José, e disse: O Deus, em cuja presença andaram os meus pais Abraão e Isaac, o Deus que me sustentou, desde que eu nasci até este dia:
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.”
O anjo que me livrou de todo o mal, abençôe estes rapazes, e seja chamado nele o meu nome, e o nome de meus pais Abraão e Isaac, e multipliquem-se, como peixes, em multidão no meio da terra.
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.
Vendo pois José que seu pai punha a sua mão direita sobre a cabeça de Ephraim, foi mau aos seus olhos; e tomou a mão de seu pai, para a transpôr de sobre a cabeça de Ephraim à cabeça de Manasseh.
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.”
E José disse a seu pai: Não assim, meu pai, porque este é o primogênito; põe a tua mão direita sobre a sua cabeça.
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.”
Mas seu pai o recusou, e disse: Eu o sei, filho meu, eu o sei: também ele será um povo, e também ele será grande: contudo o seu irmão menor será maior que ele, e a sua semente será uma multidão de nações.
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.
Assim os abençoou naquele dia, dizendo: Em ti abençoará Israel, dizendo: Deus te ponha como a Ephraim e como a Manasseh, E pôs a Ephraim diante de Manasseh.
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.
Depois disse Israel a José: Eis que eu morro, mas Deus será convosco, e vos fará tornar à terra de vossos pais.
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.”
E eu te tenho dado a ti um pedaço da terra sobre teus irmãos, que tomei com a minha espada e com o meu arco da mão dos amorreus.
