Ebandeli 48
1 Sima na makambo wana, bayaki koyebisa Jozefi: « Tala, tata na yo azali kobela. » Jozefi azwaki bana na ye mibale ya mibali: Manase mpe Efrayimi.
And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Joseph, Behold, your father is ill; and, having taken his two sons, Manasse and Ephraim, he came to Jacob.
2 Bapesaki sango epai ya Jakobi ete mwana na ye ya mobali Jozefi azali koya epai na ye. Isalaele asalaki makasi mpe avandaki na mbeto.
And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you; and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed.
3 Jakobi alobaki na Jozefi: — Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abimelaki ngai na Luze, na mokili ya Kanana; mpe kuna, apambolaki ngai.
And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in Luza, in the land of Chanaan, and blessed me,
4 Alobaki na ngai: « Nakopesa yo mabota mpe nakokomisa yo ebele; nakokomisa yo lisanga ya bikolo ebele mpe nakopesa mokili oyo lokola libula ya seko na seko epai ya bakitani na yo sima na yo. »
and said to me, Behold, I will increase you, and multiply you, and will make of you multitudes of nations; and I will give this land to you, and to your seed after you, for an everlasting possession.
5 Mpe sik’oyo, bana na yo ya mibali oyo babotamaki na Ejipito liboso ete ngai naya awa, bakomi lokola bana na ngai. Efrayimi mpe Manase bakomi bana na ngai lokola Ribeni mpe Simeoni.
Now then your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt, before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasse, as Ruben and Symeon they shall be mine.
6 Bana oyo okobota sima na bango bakozala ya yo; bakozwa eteni na bango ya libula na kombo ya bayaya na bango.
And the children which you shall beget hereafter, shall be in the name of their brethren; they shall be named after their inheritances.
7 Pamba te, tango nawutaki na Padani, Rasheli akufaki na nzela, na maboko na ngai, wana nazalaki kokende na mokili ya Kanana, pene ya Efrata; nakundaki ye kuna pembeni ya Efrata oyo babengaka Beteleemi.
And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, your mother, died in the land of Chanaan, as I drew night to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land [of Chanaan], so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is Bethlehem.
8 Tango Isalaele amonaki bana mibali ya Jozefi, atunaki: — Ba-oyo bazali banani?
And when Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he said, Who are these to you?
9 Jozefi azongiselaki tata na ye: — Bazali bana mibali oyo Nzambe apesi ngai awa. Isalaele alobaki: — Pusa bango mpo ete napambola bango.
And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God gave me here; and Jacob said, Bring me them, that I may bless them.
10 Miso ya Isalaele elembaki mpo na kimobange mpe azalaki komona lisusu malamu te. Yango wana, Jozefi apusaki bana na ye ya mibali pembeni ya tata na ye, Isalaele apesaki bango beze mpe ayambaki bango.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 Isalaele alobaki na Jozefi: — Nazalaki na elikya te ete nakomona lisusu elongi na yo; kasi sik’oyo Nzambe apesi ngai nzela ya komona kutu bana na yo.
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I have not been deprived of [seeing] your face, and behold! God has showed me your seed also.
12 Jozefi alongolaki bana na ye na mabolongo ya Isalaele mpe agumbamaki elongi na ye kino na se.
And Joseph brought them out from [between] his knees, and they did reverence to him, with their face to the ground.
13 Jozefi azwaki bango mibale: Efrayimi na loboko na ye ya mobali, loboko ya mwasi ya Isalaele; mpe Manase, na loboko na ye ya mwasi, loboko ya mobali ya tata na ye. Apusaki bango pembeni ya Isalaele.
And Joseph took his two sons, both Ephraim in his right hand, but on the left of Israel, and Manasse on his left hand, but on the right of Israel, and brought them near to him.
14 Isalaele asembolaki loboko na ye ya mobali mpe atiaki yango likolo ya moto ya Efrayimi oyo azalaki leki; mpe loboko na ye ya mwasi likolo ya moto ya Manase. Na bongo, abongolaki maboko na ye mpo ete Manase azalaki mwana ya liboso.
But Israel having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasse, [guiding] his hands crosswise.
15 Isalaele apambolaki Jozefi mpe alobaki: Tika ete Nzambe oyo, liboso na Ye, bakoko na ngai, Abrayami mpe Izaki, batambolaki, Nzambe oyo azali Mobateli na ngai wuta mokolo ya mbotama na ngai kino na mokolo ya lelo,
And he blessed them and said, The God in whose sight my fathers were well pleasing, [even] Abraam and Isaac, the God who continues to feed me from my youth until this day;
16 anjelu oyo akangolaki ngai na mabe nyonso, apambola bana oyo ya mibali! Tika ete babengama na kombo na ngai, mpe na bakombo ya bakoko na ngai, Abrayami mpe Izaki! Tika ete bakoma ebele kati na mokili!
the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraam and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great multitude on the earth.
17 Tango Jozefi amonaki ete tata na ye atiaki loboko na ye ya mobali na moto ya Efrayimi, asepelaki te. Azwaki loboko ya tata na ye, alongolaki yango na moto ya Efrayimi mpo na kotia yango na moto ya Manase.
And Joseph having seen that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim—it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasse.
18 Jozefi alobaki na tata na ye: — Boye te, tata na ngai! Oyo azali mwana ya liboso; tia loboko na yo ya mobali likolo ya moto na ye.
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father; for this is the firstborn; lay your right-hand upon his head.
19 Kasi tata na ye aboyaki mpe alobaki: — Nayebi, mwana na ngai! Nayebi! Ye mpe akokoma ekolo, akokoma monene. Nzokande, leki na ye akozala monene koleka ye mpe bakitani na ye bakokoma lisanga ya bikolo.
And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 Apambolaki bango wana mpe alobaki: Bato ya Isalaele bakotangaka bakombo na bino mpo na kopambola: « Tika ete Nzambe akomisa bino lokola Efrayimi mpe Manase! » Boye Isalaele atiaki Efrayimi liboso ya Manase.
And he blessed them in that day, saying, In you shall Israel be blessed, saying, God make you as Ephraim and Manasse; and he set Ephraim before Manasse.
21 Bongo Isalaele alobaki na Jozefi: — Etikali moke nakufa. Nzambe akozala na bino mpe akozongisa bino na mokili ya bakoko na bino.
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers.
22 Mpo na ngai, napesi yo koleka oyo napesaki epai na bandeko na yo: eteni ya mabele oyo nabotolaki, na mopanga mpe na tolotolo na ngai, epai ya bato ya Amori.
And I give to you Sicima, a select portion above your brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.
