Genesisy 48
1 Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia nisy nilaza tamin’ i Josefa, hoe: Indro marary ny rainao. Dia nentiny niaraka taminy Manase sy Efraima, zanany mirahalahy.
Some time later, someone told Joseph, “[Hey, ] your father is ill.” When Joseph heard that, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to see his father.
2 Ary nisy nilaza tamin’ i Jakoba ka nanao hoe: Indro, Josefa zanakao tamy ho etỳ aminao; dia nanatanja-tena Isiraely ka niarina teo ambonin’ ny farafara.
When someone told Jacob, “Look, your son Joseph has come to see you!” Jacob sat up on the bed, even though it was difficult for him to do that.
3 Ary hoy Jakoba tamin i Josefa: Andriamanitra Tsitoha efa niseho tamiko tany Lozy any amin’ ny tany Kanana ary nitahy ahy ka nanao tamiko hoe:
He said to Joseph, “When I was at Luz in Canaan, God Almighty appeared to me. He blessed me
4 Indro, Izaho hahamaro ny taranakao, dia hampitombo anao sy hanao anao ho firenena maro; dia homeko ny taranakao mandimby anao ity tany ity ho lovany mandrakizay.
and said to me, ‘I am going to enable you to become the father of many children. You will have many descendants, and they will become [the ancestors of] many people-groups. And I will give this land to your descendants to possess forever.’
5 Ary ankehitriny, ny zanakao mirahalahy, izay efa naterakao tatỳ amin’ ny tany Egypta, fony tsy mbola tonga tatỳ aminao eto Egypta aho, dia ho ahy ireo: eny, Efraima sy Mariase dia ho ahy, tahaka an’ i Robena sy Simeona.
“And now I will consider that your two sons, who were born to you here in Egypt before I came here, will (belong to me/be as though they are my sons). Ephraim and Manasseh will be [as though they were] my sons, and they will inherit my possessions, just like my sons Reuben and Simeon [and the others] will.
6 Fa ny zanakao izay haterakao aorian’ izy mirahalahy dia ho anao kosa, ary ny anarany hatao araka ny an’ ny rahalahiny eo amin’ ny zara-taniny.
If you later become the father of any more children, they will not be considered to be my children, but as my grandchildren, and [in Canaan] they will receive as part of what they inherit some of the same land that is in the territory that their brothers [Ephraim and Manasseh] will inherit.
7 Ary izaho, raha niala tany Mesopotamia aho, dia maty teo anatrehako Rahely tany amin’ ny tany Kanana, tany an-dalana, rehefa kely foana no sisa tsy nahatongavana tao Efrata, ary nandevina azy aho teo amoron’ ny lalana mankany Efrata (Betlehema izany).
Many years ago, as I was returning from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, your mother Rachel died in the Canaan region, while we were still traveling, not far from Ephrath [town]. So I buried her body there alongside the road to Ephrath [which is now called Bethlehem].”
8 Ary rehefa hitan’ Isiraely ny zanak’ i Josefa, dia hoy izy: Iza moa ireo?
When Jacob saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these boys?”
9 Ary hoy Josefa tamin-drainy: Zanako ireto, izay nomen’ Andriamanitra ahy tatỳ. Ary hoy izy: Masìna ianao, ento eto amiko izy, dia hotsofiko rano.
Joseph replied, “They are the sons that God has given to me here in Egypt.” Jacob said, “Bring them close to me so that I can bless them.”
10 Ary efa pahina ny mason’ Isiraely noho ny fahanterany, ka tsy nahita izy; dia nentin’ i Josefa nanatona azy izy mirahalahy; ary Isiraely nanoroka sy namihina azy.
Jacob was almost blind because he was very old. He could not recognize the boys. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father, and Jacob kissed them and hugged them.
11 Dia hoy Isiraely tamin’ i Josefa; Tsy nanampo izay hahita ny tavanao intsony aho; kanjo, indro, Andriamanitra efa nampahita ahy ny zanakao koa aza.
Jacob said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see you again, but look at this! God has allowed me to see not only you, but he has allowed me to see your children, too!”
12 Ary Josefa nampiala azy mirahalahy teo anelanelan’ ny lohalik’ Isiraely, dia niankohoka tamin’ ny tany izy.
Joseph took the boys from alongside Jacob’s knees. Then he bowed down with his face to the ground.
13 Dia notantanan’ i Josefa izy mirahalahy: Efraima tamin’ ny ankavanany ho eo amin’ ny ankavian’ Isiraely, ary Manase tamin’ ny ankaviany ho eo amin’ ny ankavanan’ Isiraely, ka nentiny nanatona azy.
Then Joseph took both of the boys, putting Ephraim on his right side toward Jacob’s left hand, and putting Manasseh on his left side toward Jacob’s right hand, and brought them close to Jacob.
14 Dia nahinjitr’ Isiraely ny tanany ankavanana ka napetrany tamin’ ny lohan’ i Efraima, nefa izy no zandriny, fa ny tànany ankavia kosa teo amin’ ny lohan’ i Manase; fa niniany natao toy izany ny tànany, nefa Manase no lahimatoa.
But Jacob [did not do what Joseph wanted him to do. Instead], he reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, even though he was the younger son. He crossed his arms and put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the older son.
15 Dia nitso-drano an’ i Josefa izy ka nanao hoe: Andriamanitra, Izay nandehanan’ i Abrahama sy Isaka razako teo anatrehany, Andriamanitra, Izay Mpiandry ahy hatrizay niainako ka mandraka androany,
Then he (blessed/asked God to bless) Joseph and his sons, saying, “My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac conducted their lives as God desired, and to this very day God has led me and taken care of me as a shepherd leads and cares for his sheep [MET].
16 ny Anjely Izay Mpamonjy ahy tamin’ ny loza rehetra: Izy anie hitahy ireto zaza ireto; ary aoka ny anarako sy ny anaran’ i Abrahama sy Isaka raiko no hanononana azy, ary hitombo ho maro dia maro eo amin’ ny tany anie izy.
The angel whom he sent has kept me from being harmed in any way. I pray that God will bless these boys. I pray that people will never forget about me and about Abraham and Isaac because of what God does for these boys. I pray that they will have many descendants who will live all over the earth.”
17 Ary rehefa hitan’ i Josefa fa ny rainy nametraka ny tànany ankavanana teo amin’ ny lohan’ i Efraima, dia tsy sitrany izany; ka noraisiny ny tanan’ ny rainy, mba hampiala azy amin’ ny lohan’ i Efraima ho amin’ ny lohan’ i Manase,
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head and not on Manasseh’s head, he was distressed/displeased. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 ka hoy Josefa tamin’ ny rainy: Tsy izao no izy, ry ikaky; fa ity no lahimatoa, ka apetraho eo amin’ ny lohany ny tananao ankavanana.
Joseph said to him, “My father, that is not right! The one on whom you put your left hand is my older son. Put your right hand on his head.”
19 Fa tsy nety ny rainy, fa nanao hoe: Fantatro ihany, anaka, fantatro ihany, izy koa ho tonga firenena, ary izy koa ho lehibe; kanefa ny zandriny ho lehibe noho izy, ary ny taranany ho firenena maro.
But his father refused, saying, “I know that, my son, I know what I am doing. Manasseh’s descendants will also become a people-group, and they will become important. But his younger brother’s descendants will become greater than his will. His descendants will become several nations.”
20 Dia nitso-drano azy tamin’ izany andro izany izy ka nanao hoe: Hianao no hitsofan’ ny Isiraely rano hoe: Hataon’ Andriamanitra tahaka an’ i Efraima sy tahaka an’ i Manase anie ianao. Ary Efraima no nataony alohan’ i Manase.
So he blessed them both on that day, saying, “The people in Israel will use your names when they bless people. They will say, ‘We pray that God will help you as he helped Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In that way, Jacob said that Ephraim would become more important than Manasseh.
21 Ary hoy Isiraely tamin’ i Josefa: Indro, ho faty aho, nefa Andriamanitra homba anareo ka hampody anareo indray ho any amin’ ny tanindrazanareo.
Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I am about to die. But I know that God will help/protect you. And some day he will take your descendants back to the land of their ancestors.
22 Ary izaho manome anao zara-tany iray ho tombon-dahinao amin’ ny rahalahinao, izay nalaiko tamin’ ny sabatro sy ny tsipikako teo an-tànan’ ny Amorita.
And it is to you, not to your brothers, that I will give the fertile hill in the Shechem area. I captured that land from the Amor people-group, fighting them with my sword and my bow and arrows.”
