Knjiga Postanka 48

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Poslije nekog vremena jave Josipu: »Eno ti je otac obolio.« Nato on uzme sa sobom svoja dva sina, Manašea i Efrajima.	1 Some time afterward, Joseph was informed, "Your father is failing." So he took along with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 Kad Jakovu rekoše: »Evo ti je došao sin Josip«, Izrael skupi svoje snage i sjede na postelju.	2 When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," he rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
3 Reče Jakov Josipu: »Bog svemožni, El Šadaj, objavi mi se u Luzu, u zemlji kanaanskoj; blagoslov mi dade,	3 Jacob then said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessing me,
4 a potom mi reče: ‘Učinit ću te rodnim i mnogobrojnim, učinit ću da postaneš skup narodâ, a tvome potomstvu poslije tebe dat ću ovu zemlju u posjed zauvijek.’	4 he said, 'I will make you fertile and numerous and raise you into an assembly of tribes, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'
5 Sad, oba tvoja sina što su ti se rodila u zemlji egipatskoj, prije nego sam ja stigao k tebi u Egipat, neka budu moji – Efrajim i Manaše neka budu moji kao i Ruben i Šimun!	5 Your two sons, therefore, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I joined you here, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine as much as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
6 A djeca što su ti se rodila poslije njih neka ostanu tvoja; a u svom nasljedstvu neka se zovu po imenu svoje braće.	6 Progeny born to you after them shall remain yours; but their heritage shall be recorded in the names of their two brothers.
7 Kad sam se, naime, vraćao iz Padana, na moju žalost, tvoja majka Rahela umrije na putovanju u kanaansku zemlju, tek u maloj udaljenosti od Efrate. Sahranio sam je ondje uz put u Efratu, sadašnji Betlehem.«	7 I do this because, when I was returning from Paddan, your mother Rachel died, to my sorrow, during the journey in Canaan, while we were still a short distance from Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)."
8 Opazivši Izrael Josipove sinove, zapita: »Tko su ovi?«	8 When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he asked, "Who are these?"
9 Josip odgovori svome ocu: »Sinovi su to moji koje mi je Bog dao ovdje.« »Dovedi mi ih da ih blagoslovim«, reče.	9 "They are my sons," Joseph answered his father, "whom God has given me here." "Bring them to me," said his father, "that I may bless them."
10 Izraelu oči oslabile od starosti, nije vidio. Zato mu privede sinove, a on ih poljubi i zagrli.	10 (Now Israel's eyes were dim from age, and he could not see well.) When Joseph brought his sons close to him, he kissed and embraced them.
11 Potom Izrael reče Josipu: »Nisam očekivao da ću još ikada vidjeti tvoje lice; kad, evo, Bog mi dade da vidim i tvoje potomke.«	11 Then Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your descendants as well!"
12 Josip ih tada skine s njegovih koljena i duboko se, sve do zemlje, nakloni.	12 Joseph removed them from his father's knees and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.
13 Nato ih uze Josip obojicu – Efrajima svojom desnicom, Izraelu nalijevo, a Manašea svojom ljevicom, Izraelu nadesno – te ih k njemu primače.	13 Then Joseph took the two, Ephraim with his right hand, to Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand, to Israel's right, and led them to him.
14 Ali Izrael ispruži svoju desnicu i stavi je na Efrajimovu glavu, premda je bio mlađi, a svoju ljevicu na glavu Manašeovu – tako je držao ruke unakrst – iako je Manaše bio prvorođenac.	14 But Israel, crossing his hands, put out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, although he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, although he was the first-born.
15 Tako je davao svoj blagoslov Josipu govoreći: »Bog, čijim su putovima hodili oci moji Abraham i Izak, Bog, koji mi je pastir bio otkako postah pa do danas,	15 Then he blessed them with these words: "May the God in whose ways my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd from my birth to this day,
16 anđeo koji me od svakog zla izbavljao – djecu ovu neka blagoslovi! Neka se ime moje i mojih pređa Abrahama i Izaka po njima spominje! U mnoštva se mnogobrojna po zemlji razmnožili!«	16 The Angel who has delivered me from all harm, bless these boys That in them my name be recalled, and the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, And they may become teeming multitudes upon the earth!"
17 Kad je Josip vidio da je njegov otac položio desnicu na Efrajimovu glavu, njegovim se očima to učini krivo; zato posegne za rukom svoga oca da je pomakne s Efrajimove glave na glavu Manašeovu.	17 When Joseph saw that his father had laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, this seemed wrong to him; so he took hold of his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's,
18 »Ne tako, oče moj«, reče Josip svome ocu, »jer ovo je prvorođenac; zato stavi desnicu na njegovu glavu!«	18 saying, "That is not right, father; the other one is the first-born; lay your right hand on his head!"
19 Ali njegov otac to odbije rekavši: »Znam ja, sine moj, znam; i od njega će postati narod i bit će velik. Ali njegov mlađi brat bit će veći od njega, a njegovo će potomstvo biti mnoštvo.«	19 But his father resisted. "I know it, son," he said, "I know. That one too shall become a tribe, and he too shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall surpass him, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."
20 Onoga ih, dakle, dana blagoslovi rekavši: »Vama nek’ se Izrael blagoslivlja govoreći: Kao što je Efrajimu i Manašeu, nek’ i tebi Bog učini!« Tako stavi Efrajima pred Manašea.	20 So when he blessed them that day and said, "By you shall the people of Israel pronounce blessings; may they say, 'God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,'" he placed Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Poslije Izrael reče Josipu: »Ja ću, evo, naskoro umrijeti; no Bog će biti s vama i opet vas dovesti u zemlju vaših otaca.	21 Then Israel said to Joseph: "I am about to die. But God will be with you and will restore you to the land of your fathers.
22 A tebi ostavljam Šekem, nešto više nego tvojoj braći, što sam ga svojim mačem i lukom osvojio od Amorejaca.«	22 As for me, I give to you, as to the one above his brothers, Shechem, which I captured from the Amorites with my sword and bow."