創世記 48

1 是等の事の後汝の父病にかかるとヨセフに告る者ありければヨセフ二人の子マナセとエフライムをともなひて至る

After these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick: and he set out to go to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim.

2 人ヤコブに告て汝の子ヨセフなんぢの許にきたるといひければイスラエル強て床に坐す

And it was told the old man: Behold thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed.

3 しかしてヤコブ、ヨセフにいひけるは昔に全能の神カナンの地のルズにて我にあらはれて我を祝し

And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God Almighty appeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he blessed me,

4 我にいひたまひけらく我なんぢをして多く子をえせしめ汝をふやし汝を衆多の民となさん我この地を汝の後の子孫にあたへて永久の所有となさしめんと

And he said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

5 わがエジプトにきたりて汝に就まへにエジプトにて汝に生れたる二人の子エフライムとマナセ是等はわが子となるべしルベンとシメオンのごとく是等はわが子とならん

So thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon.

6 是等の後になんぢが得たる子は汝のものとすべし又その産業はその兄弟の名をもて稱らるべし

But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions.

7 我事をいはんに我昔パダンより來れる時ラケル我にしたがひをりて途にてカナンの地に死り其處はエフラタまで尚途の隔あるところなりわれ彼處にて彼をエフラタの途にはうむれり（エフラタはすなはちベテレヘムなり）

For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from me in the land of Chanaan in the very journey, and it was springtime: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem.

8 斯てイスラエル、ヨセフの子等を見て是等は誰なるやといひければ

Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these?

9 ヨセフ父にいふ是は神の此にて我にたまひし子等なりと父すなはちいふ請ふ彼らを我所につれきたれ我これを祝せんと

He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me that I may bless them.

10 イスラエルの目は年壽のために眯て見るをえざりしがヨセフかれらをその許につれきたりければ之に接吻してこれを抱けり

For Israel’s eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them.

11 しかしてイスラエル、ヨセフにいひけるは我なんぢの面を見るあらんとは思はざりしに視よ神なんぢの子をもわれにしめしたまふと

And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee: moreover God hath showed me thy seed.

12 ヨセフかれらをその膝の間よりいだし地に俯て拜せり

And when Joseph had taken them from his father’s lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.

13 しかしてヨセフ、エフライムを右の手に執てヤコブに左の手にむかはしめマナセを左の手に執てヤコブの右の手にむかはしめ二人をみちびきてかれに就ければ

And he set Ephraim on his right hand, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father’s right hand, and brought them near to him.

14 イスラエル右の手をのべて季子エフライムの頭に按き左の手をのべてマナセの頭におけりマナセは長子なれども故にかくその手をおけるなり

But he stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Ephraim the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses who was the elder, changing his hands.

15 斯してヨセフを祝していふわが父アブラハム、イサクの事へし神わが生れてより今日まで我をやしなひたまひし神

And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day;

16 我をして諸の災禍を贖はしめたまひし天使ねがはくは是童子等を祝たまへねがはくは是等の者わが名とわが父アブラハム、イサクの名をもて稱られんことをねがはくは是等地の中に繁殖がるにいたれ

The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

17 ヨセフ父が右の手をエフライムの頭に按るを見てよろこばず父の手をあげて之をエフライムの頭よりマナセの頭にうつさんとす

And Joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, was much displeased: and taking his father’s hand he tried to lift it from Ephraim’s head, and to remove it to the head of Manasses.

18 ヨセフすなはち父にいひけるは然にあらず父よ是長子なれば右の手をその頭に按たまへ

And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.

19 父こばみていひけるは我知るわが子よわれしる彼も一の民となり彼も大なる者とならん然れどもその弟は彼よりも大なる者となりてその子孫は多衆の國民となるべしと

But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.

20 此日彼等を祝していふイスラエル汝を指て人を祝し願くは神汝をしてエフライムのごとくマナセのごとくならしめたまへといふにいたらんとすなはちエフライムをマナセの先にたてたり

And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses.

21 イスラエルまたヨセフにいひけるは視よわれは死んされど神なんぢらとともにいまして汝等を先祖等の國にみちびきかへりたまふべし

And he said to Joseph his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.

22 且われ一の分をなんぢの兄弟よりもおほく汝にあたふ是わが刀と弓を以てアモリ人の手より取たる者なり

I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.