Genesis 48

1 And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

١ ثُمَّ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قِيلَ لِيُوسُفَ: «أَبُوكَ مَرِيضٌ» فَاصْطَحَبَ مَعَهُ ابْنَيْهِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ.

2 And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

٢ وَقِيلَ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «ابْنُكَ يُوسُفُ قَادِمٌ إِلَيْكَ». فَاسْتَجْمَعَ قُوَاهُ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ.

3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

٣ وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِيُوسُفَ: «تَجَلَّى اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ لِي فِي لُوزَ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَبَارَكَنِي،

4 And said to me, Behold I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee, [for] an everlasting possession.

٤ وَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ مُثْمِراً، وَأُكَثِّرُكَ وَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ جُمْهُورُ شُعُوبٍ وَأَهَبُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ مِلْكاً أَبَدِيًّا.

5 And now, thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

٥ وَالآنَ، إِنَّ ابْنَيْكَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى اللَّذَيْنِ أَنْجَبْتَهُمَا فِي مِصْرَ قَبْلَ مَجِيئِي إِلَيْكَ هُنَا هُمَا لِي يَرِثَانِنِي كَرَأُوبَيْنَ وَشِمْعُونَ.

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

٦ وَأَمَّا أَوْلادُكَ الَّذِينَ تُنْجِبُهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَيَكُونُونَ لَكَ، وَمَا يَرِثُونَهُ يَكُونُ تَحْتَ اسْمِ أَخَوَيْهِمْ.

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] Beth-lehem.

٧ لأَنَّنِي فِيمَا كُنْتُ رَاجِعاً مِنْ سَهْلِ أَرَامَ، مَاتَتْ رَاحِيلُ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ عَلَى مَقْرُبَةٍ مِنْ أَفْرَاتَةَ، فَدَفَنْتُهَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى أَفْرَاتَةَ، الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْتُ لَحْمٍ».

8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who [are] these?

٨ وَأَبْصَرَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ابْنَيْ يُوسُفَ فَسَأَلَ: «مَنْ هَذَانِ؟»

9 And Joseph said to his father, They [are] my sons, whom God hath given me in this [place]. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, and I will bless them.

٩ فَأَجَابَهُ يُوسُفُ: «هُمَا ابْنَايَ اللَّذَانِ رَزَقَنِي إِيَّاهُمَا اللهُ هُنَا». فَقَالَ: «أَدْنِهُمَا مِنِّي فَأُبَارِكَهُمَا».

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.

١٠ وَكَانَتْ عَيْنَا إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ كَلَّتَا مِنَ الشَّيْخُوخَةِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَادِراً عَلَى النَّظَرِ، فَقَرَّبَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُمَا وَاحْتَضَنَهُمَا

11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and lo, God hath shown me also thy seed.

١١ وَقَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «مَا كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّنِي أُبْصِرُ وَجْهَكَ، وَهُوَذَا اللهُ قَدْ أَرَانِي ذُرِّيَّتَكَ أَيْضاً».

12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

١٢ ثُمَّ أَبْعَدَهُمَا يُوسُفُ عَنْ حِضْنِ أَبِيهِ وَسَجَدَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israel's right hand, and brought [them] near to him.

١٣ وَأَخَذَ يُوسُفُ أَفْرَايِمَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَأَوْقَفَهُ إِلَى يَسَارِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَخَذَ مَنَسَّى بِيَسَارِهِ وَأَوْقَفَهُ إِلَى يَمِينِهِ،

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 by design; for Manasseh [was] the first-born.

١٤ فَمَدَّ إِسْرَائِيلُ يَمِينَهُ، مُتَعَمِّداً، وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَهُوَ الصَّغِيرُ، وَيَسَارَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى مَعْ أَنَّهُ الْبِكْرُ.

15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long to this day,

١٥ وَبَارَكَ يُوسُفَ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ اللهَ الَّذِي سَلَكَ أَمَامَهُ أَبَوَايَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْحاقُ، اللهَ الَّذِي رَعَانِي مُنْذُ وُجُودِي إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ،

16 The angel who 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.

١٦ الْمَلاكَ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ، يُبَارِكُ الْغُلامَيْنِ، وَلْيُدْعَ عَلَيْهِمَا اسْمِي وَاسْمَا أَبَوَيَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ، وَلْيَكْثُرَا كَثِيراً فِي الأَرْضِ».

17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he lifted his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

١٧ وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى يُوسُفُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَدْ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ سَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَمْسَكَ بِيَدِ أَبِيهِ لِيَنْقُلَهَا مِنْ رَأْسِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى.

18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this [is] the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

١٨ وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لأَبِيهِ: «لَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَا أَبِي. فَهَذَا هُوَ الْبِكْرُ، ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ».

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.

١٩ فَأَبَى أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا يَا ابْنِي، أَنَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا، فَإِنَّهُ أَيْضاً يُصْبِحُ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً، وَلَكِنَّ أَخَاهُ الصَّغِيرَ يُصْبِحُ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ، وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ تَصِيرُ جُمْهُوراً مِنَ الأُمَمِ».

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.

٢٠ وَبَارَكَهُمَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَائِلاً: «بِكَ يَتَبَارَكُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلِينَ:’لِيَجْعَلْكَ اللهُ مِثْلَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمِثْلَ مَنَسَّى‘». وَهَكَذَا قَدَّمَ أَفْرَايِمَ عَلَى مَنَسَّى.

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.

٢١ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «إِنَّنِي مُشْرِفٌ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَكُونُ مَعَكُمْ وَيَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكُمْ.

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.

٢٢ وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لَكَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ سَهْماً وَاحِداً عَلاوَةً عَلَى إِخْوَتِكَ، أَخَذْتُهُ مِنَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ بِسَيْفِي وَقَوْسِي».