Gênesis 48
1 E aconteceu pois depois d'estas coisas, que um disse a José: Eis que teu pae está enfermo. Então tomou comsigo os seus dois filhos Manasseh e Ephraim.
Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 E um deu parte a Jacob, e disse: Eis que José teu filho vem a ti. E esforçou-se Israel, e assentou-se sobre a cama.
And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.
3 E Jacob disse a José: O Deus Todo-poderoso me appareceu em Luz, na terra de Canaan, e me abençoou,
And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
4 E me disse: Eis que te farei fructificar e multiplicar, e te porei por multidão de povos, e darei esta terra á tua semente depois de ti, em possessão perpetua.
And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.
5 Agora, pois, os teus dois filhos, que te nasceram na terra do Egypto, antes que eu viesse a ti no Egypto, são meus: Ephraim e Manasseh serão meus, como Ruben e Simeão;
And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.
6 Mas a tua geração, que gerarás depois d'elles, será tua: segundo o nome de seus irmãos serão chamados na sua herança.
And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.
7 Vindo pois eu de Paddan, me morreu Rachel na terra de Canaan, no caminho, quando ainda ficava um pequeno espaço de terra para vir a Ephrata; e eu a sepultei ali, no caminho d'Ephrata, que é Beth-lehem.
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some distance from Ephrath; and I put her to rest there on the road to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
8 E Israel viu os filhos de José, e disse: Quem são estes?
Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?
9 E José disse a seu pae: Elles são meus filhos, que Deus me tem dado aqui. E elle disse: Peço-te, traze-m'os aqui, para que os abençoe.
And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.
10 Os olhos porem d'Israel eram carregados de velhice, já não podia vêr; e fel-os chegar a elle, e beijou-os, e abraçou-os.
Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.
11 E Israel disse a José: Eu não cuidara vêr o teu rosto; e eis que Deus me fez vêr a tua semente tambem.
And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.
12 Então José os tirou de seus joelhos, e inclinou-se á terra diante da sua face.
Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.
13 E tomou José a ambos elles, a Ephraim na sua mão direita á esquerda d'Israel, e Manasseh na sua mão esquerda á direita d'Israel, e fel-os chegar a elle
Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Israel's right side, placing them near him.
14 Mas Israel estendeu a sua mão direita, e a poz sobre a cabeça d'Ephraim, ainda que era o menor, e a sua esquerda sobre a cabeça de Manasseh, dirigindo as suas mãos avisadamente, ainda que Manasseh era o primogenito.
And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.
15 E abençoou a José, e disse: O Deus, em cuja presença andaram os meus paes Abrahão e Isaac, o Deus que me sustentou, desde que eu nasci até este dia:
And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,
16 O anjo que me livrou de todo o mal, abençôe estes rapazes, e seja chamado n'elle o meu nome, e o nome de meus paes Abrahão e Isaac, e multipliquem-se, como peixes, em multidão no meio da terra.
The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
17 Vendo pois José que seu pae punha a sua mão direita sobre a cabeça d'Ephraim, foi máu aos seus olhos; e tomou a mão de seu pae, para a transpor de sobre a cabeça de Ephraim á cabeça de Manasseh.
Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.
18 E José disse a seu pae: Não assim, meu pae, porque este é o primogenito; põe a tua mão direita sobre a sua cabeça.
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.
19 Mas seu pae o recusou, e disse: Eu o sei, filho meu, eu o sei: tambem elle será um povo, e tambem elle será grande: comtudo o seu irmão menor será maior que elle, e a sua semente será uma multidão de nações.
But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
20 Assim os abençoou naquelle dia, dizendo: Em ti abençoará Israel, dizendo: Deus te ponha como a Ephraim e como a Manasseh, E poz a Ephraim diante de Manasseh.
So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Depois disse Israel a José: Eis que eu morro, mas Deus será comvosco, e vos fará tornar á terra de vossos paes.
Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.
22 E eu te tenho dado a ti um pedaço da terra sobre teus irmãos, que tomei com a minha espada e com o meu arco da mão dos amorrheos.
And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.
