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.
After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took 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.
Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the 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 the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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.’
and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’
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.
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be 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.
Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
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).”
As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”
8 Lè Israël te wè fis a Joseph yo, li te di: “Kilès moun sa yo ye?”
Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
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.”
Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”
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.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. Joseph brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced 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 didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”
12 Epi Joseph te mennen yo soti antre jenou li yo, e te bese ba avèk figi li jis atè.
Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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.
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.
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.
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was 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, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
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 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. Let them grow into a multitude upon 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.
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove 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.”
Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
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.”
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
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!’”
He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set 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.
Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again 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.”
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
