1 N ow it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, “Indeed your father is sick”; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

وَفِيما بَعْدُ، قالَ أحَدُهُمْ لِيُوسُفَ: «ها أبوْكَ مَرِيضٌ.» فَأخَذَ يُوسُفُ وَلَدَيهِ مَنَسَّى وَأفْرايِمَ مَعَهُ لِرُؤْيَةِ يَعقُوبَ.

2 A nd Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

فَقالَ أحَدُهُمْ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ها قَدْ جاءَ ابْنُكَ يُوسُفُ لِرُؤْيَتِكَ.» فَاسْتَجمَعَ يَعقُوبُ قِواهُ وَاعتَدَلَ فِي جِلْسَتِهِ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ.

3 T hen Jacob said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

ثُمَّ قالَ يَعقُوبُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَقَدْ ظهَرَ لِيَ اللهُ الجَبّارُ فِي لُوزَ، فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ وَبارَكَنِي.

4 a nd said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

وَقالَ لِي: ‹ها أنا أُعطِيكَ أبْناءَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَأُكَثِّرَكَ وَعائِلَتَكَ عَدَداً. وَسَأجعَلُكَ وَنَسلَكَ مَجمُوعَةَ شُعُوبٍ. وَسَأُعطِي هَذِهِ الأرْضَ لِنَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعدِكَ مُلْكاً أبَدِيّاً.›

5 A nd now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

وَالآنَ سَيَكُونُ وَلَداكَ اللَّذانِ أنجَبْتَهُما فِي مِصْرَ قَبلَ أنْ آتِيَ إلَيكَ وَلَدَيَّ أنا. إذْ سَيَكُونُ أفْرايِمُ وَمَنَسَّى كَرَأُوبَيْنَ وَشِمْعُونَ.

6 Y our offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

أمّا الأبْناءُ الَّذِينَ تُنجِبُهُمْ بَعْدَهُما فَيَكُونُونَ لَكَ، وَيَأْخُذُونَ جُزءاً مِنَ الأرْضِ المُخَصَّصَةِ لِأفْرايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى.

7 B ut as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

وَحِينَ كُنتُ قادِماً مِنْ فَدَّانَ أرامَ، ماتَتْ راحِيلُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى أرْضِ كَنْعانَ، فَحَزِنْتُ. ماتَتْ قَبلَ مَسافَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ مِنْ وُصُولِنا إلَى أفْراتَةَ. فَدَفَنْتُها عَلَى طَرِيقِ أفْراتَةَ الَّتِي هِيَ بَيتُ لَحْمِ.»

8 T hen Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”

وَلَمّا رَأى إسْرائِيلُ ابْنَي يُوسُفَ سَألَ: «مَنْ هَذانِ الوَلَدانِ؟»

9 A nd Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. ” And he said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”

فَقالَ يُوسُفُ لِأبِيهِ: «هَذانِ وَلَدايَ اللَّذانِ أعطانِي إيّاهُما اللهُ.» فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ: «قَرِّبْهُما إلَيَّ، وَسَأُبارِكْهُما.»

10 N ow the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

وَكانَتْ عَينا إسْرائِيلَ ضَعِيفَتَينِ مِنَ الشَّيخُوخَةِ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَرَى جَيِّداً. فَلَمّا قَرَّبَ يُوسُفُ ابْنَيهِ مِنْهُ، قَبَّلَهُما يَعقُوبُ وَعانَقَهُما.

11 A nd Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!”

ثُمَّ قالَ إسْرائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «ما تَوَقَّعْتُ أنْ أراكَ ثانِيَةً. لَكِنْ ها قَدْ أكرَمَنِي اللهُ بِرُؤْيَةِ وَلَدَيكَ أيضاً!»

12 S o Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down with his face to the earth.

ثُمَّ رَفَعَهُما يُوسُفُ مِنْ حِضْنِ يَعقُوبَ، وَانحَنَى إلَى الأرْضِ أمامَهُ.

13 A nd Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him.

وَحَمَلَهُما كِلَيهِما، وَوَضَعَ أفْرايِمَ إلَى يَمِينِهِ، أي إلَى يَسارِ إسْرائِيلَ. وَوَضَعَ مَنَسَّى إلَى يَسارِهِ، أي إلَى يَمِينِ إسْرائِيلَ. ثُمَّ قَرَّبَهُما إلَيهِ ثانِيَةً.

14 T hen Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

فَمَدَّ إسْرائِيلُ يَدَهُ اليُمْنَى وَوَضَعَها عَلَى رَأْسِ أفْرايِمَ، وَاليُسْرَى عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى، وَذِراعاهُ مُتَصالِبَتانِ. وَكانَ مَنَسَّى هُوَ البِكْرَ.

15 A nd he blessed Joseph, and said: “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

ثُمَّ بارَكَ إسْرائِيلُ يُوسُفَ وَقالَ: «أدعُو اللهَ الَّذِي عَبَدَهُ أبَوايَ إبْراهِيمُ وَإسْحاقُ، اللهَ الَّذِي كانَ راعِيَّ كُلَّ حَياتِي إلَى هَذا اليَوْمِ.

16 T he Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

مَلاكَ اللهِ الَّذِي خَلَّصَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ أذَىً، أنْ يُبارِكَ هَذَينِ الوَلَدينِ. وَأنْ يَجعَلَ اسْمِيَ، وَاسْم أبَوَيَّ إبْراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ يَعِيشُ فِيهِما. وَأنْ يُكَثِّرَ نَسلَهُما فِي الأرْضِ.»

17 N ow when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

وَانتَبَهَ يُوسُفُ إلَى أنَّ أباهُ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ اليُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِ أفْرايِمَ، فَاسْتَاءَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. فَأخَذَ يَدَ أبِيهِ وَحاوَلَ إزاحَتَها عَنْ رَأْسِ أفْرايِمَ إلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى،

18 A nd Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِأبِيهِ: «لَيسَ هَكَذا، يا أبِي! فَهَذا هُوَ البِكْرُ. فَضَعْ يَدَكَ اليُمْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.»

19 B ut his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

فَرَفَضَ أبوهُ وَقالَ: «أعلَمُ ذَلِكَ، يا ابْنِي، أعلَمُ. وَهُوَ أيضاً سَيَصِيرُ شَعباً. وَهُوَ أيضاً سَيَصِيرُ عَظِيماً. لَكِنَّ أخاهُ الأصْغَرَ سَيَصِيرُ أعظَمَ مِنْهُ. وَسَيَكُونُ نَسلُهُ مَجمُوعَةً مِنَ الشُّعُوبِ.»

20 S o he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

فَبارَكَهُما إسْرائِيلُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ وَقالَ: «حَينُ يُرِيدُ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ أنْ يُبارِكُوا أحَداً سَيَقُولُونَ: ‹لَيتَ اللهَ يَجعَلُكَ كَأفْرايِمَ وَكَمَنَسَّى.›» فَقَدَّمَ اسْمَ أفْرايِمَ عَلى اسْمِ مَنَسَّى!

21 T hen Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

ثُمَّ قالَ إسْرائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ: «ها أنا أحتَضِرُ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيَكُونُ مَعَكَ، وَسَيَرُدُّكَ إلَى أرْضِ آبائِكَ.

22 M oreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

وَسَأُعطِيكَ حِصَّةً زِيادَةً عَلَى حِصَصِ إخْوَتِكَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أخَذْتُها مِنَ الأمُورِيِّينَ بِسَيفِي وَقَوْسِي.»