| 1 وحدث بعد هذه الامور انه قيل ليوسف هوذا ابوك مريض. فأخذ معه ابنيه منسّى وافرايم. | 1 After this Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is ill"; so he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. |
| 2 فاخبر يعقوب وقيل له هوذا ابنك يوسف قادم اليك. فتشدد اسرائيل وجلس على السرير | 2 And it was told to Jacob, "Your son Joseph has come to you"; then Israel summoned his strength, and sat up in bed. |
| 3 وقال يعقوب ليوسف الله القادر على كل شيء ظهر لي في لوز في ارض كنعان وباركني. | 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, |
| 4 وقال لي ها انا اجعلك مثمرا واكثرك واجعلك جمهورا من الامم واعطي نسلك هذه الارض من بعدك ملكا ابديا. | 4 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.' |
| 5 والآن ابناك المولودان لك في ارض مصر قبلما أتيت اليك الى مصر هما لي. افرايم ومنسّى كرأوبين وشمعون يكونان لي. | 5 And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. |
| 6 واما اولادك الذين تلد بعدهما فيكونون لك. على اسم اخويهم يسمون في نصيبهم. | 6 And the offspring born to you after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. |
| 7 وانا حين جئت من فدّان ماتت عندي راحيل في ارض كنعان في الطريق اذ بقيت مسافة من الارض حتى آتي الى افراتة. فدفنتها هناك في طريق افراتة التي هي بيت لحم | 7 For when I came from Paddan, Rachel to my sorrow died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)." |
| 8 ورأى اسرائيل ابني يوسف فقال من هذان. | 8 When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?" |
| 9 فقال يوسف لابيه هما ابناي اللذان اعطاني الله ههنا. فقال قدمهما اليّ لاباركهما. | 9 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." And he said, "Bring them to me, I pray you, that I may bless them." |
| 10 واما عينا اسرائيل فكانتا قد ثقلتا من الشيخوخة لا يقدر ان يبصر. فقربهما اليه فقبّلهما واحتضنهما. | 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him; and he kissed them and embraced them. |
| 11 وقال اسرائيل ليوسف لم اكن اظن اني ارى وجهك وهوذا الله قد اراني نسلك ايضا. | 11 And Israel said to Joseph, "I had not thought to see your face; and lo, God has let me see your children also." |
| 12 ثم اخرجهما يوسف من بين ركبتيه وسجد امام وجهه الى الارض | 12 Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. |
| 13 واخذ يوسف الاثنين افرايم بيمينه عن يسار اسرائيل ومنسّى بيساره عن يمين اسرائيل وقربهما اليه. | 13 And 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 near him. |
| 14 فمدّ اسرائيل يمينه ووضعها على راس افرايم وهو الصغير ويساره على راس منسّى. وضع يديه بفطنة فان منسّى كان البكر. | 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the first-born. |
| 15 وبارك يوسف وقال الله الذي سار امامه ابواي ابراهيم واسحق. الله الذي رعاني منذ وجودي الى هذا اليوم. | 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has led me all my life long to this day, |
| 16 الملاك الذي خلصني من كل شر يبارك الغلامين. وليدع عليهما اسمي واسم ابوي ابراهيم واسحق. وليكثرا كثيرا في الارض | 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." |
| 17 فلما رأى يوسف ان اباه وضع يده اليمنى على راس افرايم ساء ذلك في عينيه. فامسك بيد ابيه لينقلها عن راس افرايم الى راس منسّى. | 17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he took his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. |
| 18 وقال يوسف لابيه ليس هكذا يا ابي لان هذا هو البكر. ضع يمينك على راسه. | 18 And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this one is the first-born; put your right hand upon his head." |
| 19 فابى ابوه وقال علمت يا ابني علمت. هو ايضا يكون شعبا وهو ايضا يصير كبيرا. ولكن اخاه الصغير يكون اكبر منه ونسله يكون جمهورا من الامم. | 19 But his father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations." |
| 20 وباركهما في ذلك اليوم قائلا بك يبارك اسرائيل قائلا يجعلك الله كافرايم وكمنسّى. فقدّم افرايم على منسّى | 20 So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh"; and thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. |
| 21 وقال اسرائيل ليوسف ها انا اموت ولكن الله سيكون معكم ويردكم الى ارض آبائكم. | 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. |
| 22 وانا قد وهبت لك سهما واحدا فوق اخوتك اخذته من يد الاموريين بسيفي وقوسي | 22 Moreover I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope which I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow." |
