Jenèz 48
1 Alò, li te rive ke apre bagay sa yo, ke Joseph te vin enfòme: “Gade byen, papa ou malad.” Li te pran de fis li yo, Manassé ak Éphraïm avèk li.
Sometime after this, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So Joseph went to see him, taking with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 Epi moun yo te pale a Jacob: “Gade byen, fis ou a, Joseph gen tan vin kote ou.” Konsa, Israël te ranmase fòs li. Li te chita sou kabann nan.
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” he gathered his strength and sat up in bed.
3 Epi Jacob te di a Joseph: “Bondye Toupwisan an te parèt a mwen nan Luz nan peyi Canaan an e Li te beni mwen.
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in Canaan, and he blessed me there.
4 Li te di mwen: ‘Gade byen, Mwen va fè nou donnen anpil fwi, e miltipliye anpil. Mwen va fè ou vin yon konpanyen pèp la, e Mwen va bay peyi sa a a desandan aprè ou, kòm posesyon k ap dire pou tout tan.’
He told me, ‘Listen! I will make you prosperous and make your descendants so numerous that you will become the ancestor of many nations, and I will give this land to your descendants to own forever.’
5 “Alò, de fis ou yo ki te fèt a ou menm nan peyi Égypte la avan mwen te vin kote ou an Égypte la, se pa m. Éphraïm avèk Manassé se pou mwen, menm jan ke Ruben avèk Siméon va pou mwen.
I am counting as mine your two sons Ephraim and Manasseh who were born here in Egypt before I arrived, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
6 Men pitit ou yo ki te fèt apre yo, va pou ou. Yo va rele selon non frè pa yo nan eritaj yo.
Any other children you have after them will be yours, and will share their inheritance within the land of their older brothers.
7 Alò, pou mwen, lè m te retounen nan Paddan, Rachel te mouri, nan tristès mwen, nan peyi Canaan an pandan vwayaj la, lè te toujou gen yon distans pou rive nan Ephrata (ki vle di Bethléem).”
I'm doing this because tragically for me when I was returning from Paddan-aram, Rachel died in Canaan some distance from Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (also known as Bethlehem).
8 Lè Israël te wè fis a Joseph yo, li te di: “Kilès moun sa yo ye?”
Israel saw Jacob's sons and said, “These are your sons then?”
9 Joseph te di a papa li: “Sa yo se fis mwen yo, ke Bondye te ban mwen isit la.” Epi li te di: “Mennen yo isit souple, pou m kapab beni yo.”
“Yes, these are the sons God gave me here,” Joseph told his father. “Bring them over here so I can bless them,” he said.
10 Alò, zye Israël yo te tèlman vin fèb akoz laj ke li pa t kapab wè. Epi Joseph te mennen yo toupre li, li te bo yo e li te anbrase yo.
Israel's eyesight was failing because of his age and he couldn't see well, so Joseph brought them close to his father, and he kissed and hugged them.
11 Israël te di a Joseph: “Mwen pa t janm sipoze ke m ta wè figi ou, e gade byen, Bondye kite mwen wè pitit ou yo tou.”
Israel said to Joseph, “I never thought I'd see your face again, and now God has even let me see your children!”
12 Epi Joseph te mennen yo soti antre jenou li yo, e te bese ba avèk figi li jis atè.
Joseph took his sons from between Israel's knees, and bowed low with his face to the ground.
13 Joseph te pran yo toude, Ephraïm nan men dwat li vè bò goch Israël, e nan men goch li, Manassé vè bò dwat Israël. Konsa, li te mennen yo toupre li.
Then Joseph placed Ephraim on his right so he would be on Israel's left, and Manasseh on his left so he would be on Israel's right, and then brought them over to Israel.
14 Men Israël te lonje men dwat li, li te mete li sou Éphraïm, ki te pi jenn nan, e men goch li te sou tèt Manassé, avèk men l kwaze, poutan Manassé te premye ne.
But when Israel reached out his hands, he crossed them over and placed his right hand on Ephraim the younger son, and placed his left on Manasseh, the firstborn.
15 Li te beni Joseph, e te di: “Bondye devan sila zansèt mwen yo, Abraham avèk Isaac te mache a, Bondye ki te bèje m nan pandan tout vi m jis rive jounen jodi a,
He blessed Joseph, saying, “May the God my grandfather Abraham and my father worshiped—the God who has taken care of me like a shepherd throughout my life until now,
16 zanj ki te rachte mwen de tout mal la, beni jènjan sa yo; epi ke non mwen kapab viv toujou nan yo, e non a zansèt mwen yo, Abraham avèk Isaac. Ke yo kapab grandi vin fè yon gwo pèp nan mitan mond lan.”
the Angel who has saved me from all kinds of trouble—may he bless these boys. May my name and the names of my grandfather Abraham and father Isaac continue through them, and may they have many descendants that spread throughout the earth.”
17 Lè Joseph te vin wè ke papa li te poze men dwat li sou tèt Éphraïm, sa te fè l pa kontan. Li te sezi men papa li pou deplase li sou Éphraïm, ale vè tèt Manassé.
Joseph was unhappy when saw his father had put his right hand on Ephraim, so he took his father's hand to try and move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
18 Joseph te di papa l: “Se pa sa, papa, paske se sila a ki premye ne a. Mete men dwat ou sou tèt li.”
“Not like that, father, this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head,” Joseph told him.
19 Men papa li te refize. Li te di: “Mwen konnen, fis mwen, mwen konnen. Li osi va devni yon pèp, e li osi va vin gran. Poutan, pi jenn frè li a va pi gran pase li, e desandan li yo va devni yon gran pèp a nasyon yo.”
But his father refused, saying, “I know what I'm doing. Manasseh will also become an important people, but his younger brother will be greater than him, and his descendants will become a large nation.”
20 Li te beni yo nan jou sa a, e te di: “Pa nou menm, Israël va eksprime benediksyon li yo e va di: ‘Ke Bondye kapab fè nou tankou Éphraïm ak Manassé!’”
So Israel blessed them that day and said: “In the future the people of Israel will use your names to give a blessing, saying, ‘May God bless you like he did Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In saying this he placed Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Konsa, Israël te di a Joseph: “Gade byen, mwen prèt pou mouri, men Bondye va avèk ou, e Li va mennen ou retounen nan peyi a zansèt ou yo.
Then Israel said to Joseph, “I'm going to die soon, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22 Mwen bay ou yon pòsyon anplis ke frè ou yo, ke m te pran nan men Amoreyen yo avèk nepe mwen ak banza mwen.”
I'm also giving you something in addition to what I'm giving your brothers—piece of land on the mountain slope of Shechem that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
