1 Mojzes 48
1 Pripetilo se je po teh stvareh, da je Jožefu nekdo povedal: »Poglej, tvoj oče je bolan, « in ta je s seboj vzel svoja dva sinova, Manáseja in Efrájima.
It came about after these things, that one said to Joseph, “Look, your father is sick.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 In nekdo je Jakobu povedal ter rekel: »Glej, tvoj sin Jožef prihaja k tebi.« Izrael se je okrepil in se usedel na postelji.
When Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph has arrived to see you,” Israel gathered strength and sat up in bed.
3 Jakob je Jožefu rekel: »Bog Vsemogočni se mi je prikazal pri Luzu, v kánaanski deželi, me blagoslovil
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me
4 in mi rekel: ›Glej, jaz te bom naredil rodovitnega in te namnožil in jaz bom iz tebe naredil množico ljudstev in to deželo bom dal tvojemu semenu za teboj za večno posest.‹
and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you. I will make of you an assembly of nations. I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.'
5 In sedaj, tvoja dva sinova, Efrájim in Manáse, ki sta ti bila rojena v egiptovski deželi, preden sem prišel k tebi v Egipt, sta moja; kakor Ruben in Simeon, bosta moja.
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, they are mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
6 Tvoji potomci pa, ki jih boš zaplodil za njima, bodo tvoji in imenovani bodo po imenu svojih bratov v svoji dediščini.
The children you have after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.
7 Kar pa se mene tiče, ko sem prišel iz Padana, je v kánaanski deželi poleg mene umrla Rahela, na poti, ko je bilo le še malo poti, da pride v Efráto. Pokopal sem jo tam, na poti v Efráto; ta isti je Betlehem.«
But as for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
8 Izrael je zagledal Jožefova sinova in rekel: »Kdo sta ta [dva]?«
When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, “Whose are these?”
9 Jožef je svojemu očetu rekel: »Onadva sta moja sinova, katera mi ju je Bog dal na tem kraju.« Rekel je: »Privedi ju, prosim te, k meni in jaz ju bom blagoslovil.«
Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” Israel said, “Bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
10 Torej, Izraelove oči so bile od starosti zatemnjene, tako da ni mogel videti. In privedel ju je bliže k njemu in on ju je poljubil ter ju objel.
Now Israel's eyes were failing because of his age, so he could not see. So Joseph brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
11 Izrael je Jožefu rekel: »Nisem si mislil, da bom videl tvoj obraz in, glej, Bog mi je pokazal tudi tvoje seme.«
Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, but God has even allowed me to see your children.”
12 Jožef ju je prestavil izmed svojih kolen in se sam, s svojim obrazom, priklonil k zemlji.
Joseph brought them out from between Israel's knees, and then he bowed with his face to the earth.
13 Jožef je prijel oba, Efrájima na svojo desnico proti Izraelovi levici in Manáseja na svojo levico proti Izraelovi desnici in ju privedel k njemu.
Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them close to him.
14 Izrael je iztegnil svojo desnico in jo položil na Efrájimovo glavo, ki je bil mlajši, svojo levico pa na Manásejevo glavo, premišljeno vodeč svoji roki, kajti Manáse je bil prvorojenec.
Israel reached out with his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head. He crossed his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 Blagoslovil je Jožefa in rekel: »Bog, pred katerim sta hodila moja očeta, Abraham in Izak, Bog, ki me je hranil vse moje dolgo življenje do današnjega dne,
Israel blessed Joseph, saying, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has cared for me to this day,
16 angel, ki me je odkupil od vsega zla, naj blagoslovi dečka. Naj bo moje ime imenovano na njiju in ime mojih očetov, Abrahama in Izaka. Naj zrasteta v množico na sredi zemlje.«
the angel who has protected me from all harm, may he bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”
17 Ko je Jožef videl, da je njegov oče svojo desnico položil na Efrájimovo glavo, ga je to razžalilo in prijel je roko svojega očeta, da jo odmakne z Efrájimove glave na Manásejevo glavo.
When Joseph saw his father place his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
18 Jožef je svojemu očetu rekel: »Ne tako, moj oče, kajti ta je prvorojenec, svojo desnico položi na njegovo glavo.«
Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head.”
19 Njegov oče pa je odklonil in rekel: »Vem to, moj sin, vem to, tudi on bo postal ljudstvo in tudi on bo velik, toda njegov mlajši brat bo resnično večji kakor on in njegovo seme bo postalo množica narodov.«
His father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. Yet his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”
20 Blagoslovil ju je ta dan, rekoč: »V tebi bo Izrael blagoslovljen, rekoč: ›Bog [naj] te naredi kakor Efrájima in kakor Manáseja‹« in Efrájima je postavil pred Manáseja.
Israel blessed them that day with these words, “The people of Israel will pronounce blessings by your names saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh'.” In this way, Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Izrael je rekel Jožefu: »Glej, jaz umrem, toda Bog bo z vami in vas bo ponovno privedel v deželo vaših očetov.
Israel said to Joseph, “See, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22 Poleg tega sem ti dal en delež nad tvojimi brati, ki sem ga s svojim mečem in s svojim lokom vzel iz roke Amoréjcev.«
To you, as one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope that I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”
