UGenesisi 48
1 Emva kwesikhatshana uJosefa wabikelwa ukuthi, “Uyihlo uyagula.” Ngakho wathatha amadodana akhe womabili, uManase lo-Efrayimi wahamba lawo.
and to be after [the] word: thing [the] these and to say to/for Joseph behold father your be weak: ill and to take: take [obj] two son: child his with him [obj] Manasseh and [obj] Ephraim
2 UJakhobe esetsheliwe kwathiwa, “Indodana yakho uJosefa isifikile kuwe,” u-Israyeli wazibamba ngamandla wavuka embhedeni.
and to tell to/for Jacob and to say behold son: child your Joseph to come (in): come to(wards) you and to strengthen: strengthen Israel and to dwell upon [the] bed
3 UJakhobe wathi kuJosefa, “UNkulunkulu uSomandla wabonakala kimi eLuzi elizweni laseKhenani, khonapho wangibusisa.
and to say Jacob to(wards) Joseph God Almighty to see: see to(wards) me in/on/with Luz in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan and to bless [obj] me
4 Wathi kimi, ‘Ngizakwenza ube lenzalo enengi kakhulu. Ngizalenza libe yisizwe sabantu, njalo ngizakupha izizukulwane zakho lelilizwe libe yilifa lazo elingapheliyo ngemva kwakho.’
and to say to(wards) me look! I be fruitful you and to multiply you and to give: make you to/for assembly people and to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this to/for seed: children your after you possession forever: enduring
5 Zwana-ke, amadodana akho amabili owawazalela eGibhithe ngingakabuyi lapha kuwe azathathwa njengawami; u-Efrayimi loManase bazakuba ngabami, kanjengoba uRubheni loSimiyoni bengabami.
and now two son: child your [the] to beget to/for you in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt till to come (in): come I to(wards) you Egypt [to] to/for me they(masc.) Ephraim and Manasseh like/as Reuben and Simeon to be to/for me
6 Labobantwana abazelwe ngemva kwabo bazakuba ngabakho; kulesosigodi esizakuba yilifa labo bazabhaliswa ngaphansi kwamabizo abanewabo.
and relatives your which to beget after them to/for you to be upon name brother: male-sibling their to call: call by in/on/with inheritance their
7 Ngathi ngibuya ngivela ePhadani, ngehlelwa lusizi ngafelwa nguRasheli elizweni laseKhenani silokhu sisendleleni, bucwadlana kwe-Efrathi. Ngamngcwaba khonapho eceleni kwendlela eya e-Efrathi” (kutsho eBhethilehema).
and I in/on/with to come (in): come I from Paddan to die upon me Rachel in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan in/on/with way: journey in/on/with still distance land: country/planet to/for to come (in): come Ephrath and to bury her there in/on/with way: journey Ephrath he/she/it Bethlehem Bethlehem
8 U-Israyeli wathi ngokubona amadodana kaJosefa wabuza wathi, “Ngobani laba?”
and to see: see Israel [obj] son: child Joseph and to say who? these
9 UJosefa wathi kuyise, “Ngamadodana uNkulunkulu anginike wona lapha.” U-Israyeli wasesithi, “Balethe kimi ukuze ngibabusise.”
and to say Joseph to(wards) father his son: child my they(masc.) which to give: give to/for me God in/on/with this and to say to take: bring them please to(wards) me and to bless them
10 Ngalesosikhathi amehlo ka-Israyeli ayesefiphala ngenxa yokuluphala, engasabonisisi. Ngakho uJosefa wasondeza amadodana akhe kuye, uyise wawanga wawagona.
and eye Israel to honor: dull from old age not be able to/for to see: see and to approach: bring [obj] them to(wards) him and to kiss to/for them and to embrace to/for them
11 U-Israyeli wathi kuJosefa, “Ngangingathembi ukuthi ngizaphinda ngibubone ubuso bakho njalo, ikanti manje uNkulunkulu usengivumele ukubona labantwabakho labo.”
and to say Israel to(wards) Joseph to see: see face your not to pray and behold to see: see [obj] me God also [obj] seed: children your
12 UJosefa wasebasusa emadolweni ka-Israyeli wakhothamela phansi ngobuso.
and to come out: send Joseph [obj] them from from with knee his and to bow to/for face his land: soil [to]
13 UJosefa wasebathatha bobabili, u-Efrayimi kwesokunene sakhe eqondane lesokhohlo sika-Israyeli, kwathi uManase waba ngakwesokhohlo waqondana lesokunene sika-Israyeli, wabasondeza kuye.
and to take: take Joseph [obj] two their [obj] Ephraim in/on/with right his from left Israel and [obj] Manasseh in/on/with left his from right Israel and to approach: bring to(wards) him
14 Kodwa u-Israyeli welula isandla sakhe sokunene wasibeka ekhanda lika-Efrayimi, loba nje yena wayengomncinyane, wasenqumisa izingalo zakhe zaphambana, wabeka isandla sakhe sokhohlo ekhanda likaManase, loba nje uManase wayelizibulo.
and to send: reach Israel [obj] right his and to set: put upon head Ephraim and he/she/it [the] little and [obj] left his upon head Manasseh to cross hands [obj] hand his for Manasseh [the] firstborn
15 Ngakho wasebusisa uJosefa wathi, “Sengathi uNkulunkulu wabokhokho bami, u-Abhrahama lo-Isaka, abahamba phambi kwakhe, uNkulunkulu obengumelusi wami ukuphila kwami konke kuze kube namuhla,
and to bless [obj] Joseph and to say [the] God which to go: walk father my to/for face: before his Abraham and Isaac [the] God [the] to pasture [obj] me from still my till [the] day: today [the] this
16 iNgilosi engihlengileyo kuzozonke izingozi, sengathi angabusisa abafana laba. Sengathi bangabizwa ngebizo lami langamabizo abobabamkhulu u-Abhrahama lo-Isaka, njalo sengathi banganda kakhulu emhlabeni.”
[the] messenger: angel [the] to redeem: redeem [obj] me from all bad: evil to bless [obj] [the] youth and to call: call by in/on/with them name my and name father my Abraham and Isaac and to multiply to/for abundance in/on/with entrails: among [the] land: country/planet
17 Kwathi uJosefa ebona uyise ebeka isandla sakhe sokunene ekhanda lika-Efrayimi akwaze kwamthokozisa; ngakho wasibamba isandla sikayise wasisusa ekhanda lika-Efrayimi ukuthi asibeke kwelikaManase.
and to see: see Joseph for to set: put father his hand right his upon head Ephraim and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to grasp hand father his to/for to turn aside: remove [obj] her from upon head Ephraim upon head Manasseh
18 UJosefa wathi kuye, “Hatshi, baba, lo nguye izibulo; beka isandla sakho sokunene kwelakhe ikhanda.”
and to say Joseph to(wards) father his not so father my for this [the] firstborn to set: put right your upon head his
19 Kodwa uyise wala, wathi, “Ngiyazi, ndodana yami, ngiyazi. Laye njalo uzakuba ngabantu abanengi, njalo laye uzakuba mkhulu. Loba kunjalo, umnawakhe uzakuba mkhulu kulaye lezizukulwane zakhe zizakuba ngamaxuku ezizwe.”
and to refuse father his and to say to know son: child my to know also he/she/it to be to/for people and also he/she/it to magnify and but brother: male-sibling his [the] small: young to magnify from him and seed: children his to be fullness [the] nation
20 Wababusisa ngalolusuku wathi, “Ngebizo lakho u-Israyeli uzakutsho lesisibusiso: ‘Sengathi uNkulunkulu angakwenza ube njengo-Efrayimi loManase.’” Ngakho wabeka u-Efrayimi phambi kukaManase.
and to bless them in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say in/on/with you to bless Israel to/for to say to set: make you God like/as Ephraim and like/as Manasseh and to set: put [obj] Ephraim to/for face: before Manasseh
21 U-Israyeli wasesithi kuJosefa, “Sengizakufa, kodwa uNkulunkulu uzakuba lani, alibuyisele elizweni labokhokho benu.
and to say Israel to(wards) Joseph behold I to die and to be God with you and to return: again [obj] you to(wards) land: country/planet father your
22 Wena, njengomuntu olawula abanewenu, ngikunika umqolo welizwe engawemuka ama-Amori ngenkemba yami lomtshoko wami.”
and I to give: give to/for you shoulder one upon brother: male-sibling your which to take: take from hand: power [the] Amorite in/on/with sword my and in/on/with bow my
