¹Shure kwaizvozvo Josefa akaudzwa, zvichinzi, Tarira, baba vako vanorwara; iye akatora vanako­mana vake vaviri, Manase naEfuremu.

¹It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

²Jakove akaudzwa, zvichinzi, Tarirai, mwanakomana wenyu, Josefa, wauya kwamuri. Isiraeri akazvisimbaradza, akagara pauvato.

²Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.

³Zvino Jakove akati kuna Josefa, Mwari Wamasimbaose akazviratidza paRuzi, panyika yeKanani, akandiropafadza,

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

⁴akati kwandiri, Ta­rira, ndichakuberekesa, ndichakuwanza, ndichakuita ndudzi zhinji; ndichapa vana vako vanokutevera nyika ino, ive yavo nokusingaperi.

⁴and 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 seed after you for an everlasting possession.’

⁵Zvino vanakomana vako vaviri, vawakaberekerwa panyika yeEgipita, ndi­sati ndasvika kwauri paEgipita, ndavangu; Efuremu naManase vachava vangu sa­vana Rubheni naSimioni.

⁵Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

⁶Asi vana vako, vawakabereka shure kwavo, va­chava vana vako, vachatumidzwa nezita ravakuru vavo panhaka yavo.

⁶Your issue, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

⁷Kana ndirini, pakubva kwangu paPadhani, nda­kafirwa naRakeri panyika yeKanani mu­nzira ndasvika pedo neEfurata, ndika­muvigapo panzira inoenda Efurata (rimwe zita ndiBheterehemu).

⁷As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).”

⁸Isiraeri akaona vanakomana vaJo­sefa, akati, ndivana aniko?

⁸Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”

⁹Josefa akati kuna baba vake, Ndivo vanakomana vangu vandakapiwa pano naMwari. Vakati, Douya navo kwandiri ndivaropafadze.

⁹Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”

¹⁰Zvino meso aIsiraeri akanga oona madzerere noku­kwegura, akanga asisagoni kuona. Aka­vaswededza kwavari, Isiraeri akavatsvoda, akavambundikira.

¹⁰Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

¹¹Isiraeri akati kuna Josefa, Handina kufunga kuti ndichaona chiso chakozve, zvino tarira, Mwari aka­ndionesa navana vakowo.

¹¹Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.”

¹²Josefa aka­vabvisa pakati pamabvi avo akakotamira pasi nechiso chake.

¹²Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

¹³Josefa akavabata vari vaviri, Efu­remu norudyi rwake kuruboshwe rwaIsi­raeri, naManase noruboshwe rwake kuru­dyi rwaIsiraeri, akavaswededza pedo naye.

¹³Joseph 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 to him.

¹⁴lsiraeri akatambanudza ruoko rwake rworudyi, akaruisa pamusoro paEfuremu, aiva muduku, noruoko rwake rworuboshwe pamusoro waManase, aka­pesanisa maoko ake achizviziva, nekuti Manase aiva wedangwe.

¹⁴Israel 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.

¹⁵Akaropafadza Josefa, akati, Mwari uya, akafamba madzibaba angu pamberi pake, vana Abhurahamu naIsaka, Mwari akandifudza paupenyu hwangu hwose kusvikira zuva ranhasi;

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

¹⁶mutumwa wakandidzikunura pane zvakaipa zvose, ngaaropafadze vanakomana ava; zita rangu ngaritumidzwe kwavari, namazita amadzibaba angu, Abhurahamu naIsaka, vawande kwazvo panyika.

¹⁶the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

¹⁷Zvino Josefa akati achiona kuti baba vake vaisa ruoko rwavo rworudyi pamusoro waEfuremu, hazvina kumufa­dza, akabata ruoko rwababa vake, kuti arubvise pamusoro waEfuremu, aruise pamusoro waManase.

¹⁷When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

¹⁸Josefa akati kuna baba vake, Regai kudaro, baba vangu, nekuti ndiye wedangwe, isai ruoko rwe­nyu pamusoro wake.

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

¹⁹Baba vake vakaramba, vakati, Ndinoziva, mwana wangu, ndinoziva; naiyewo achava rudzi, naiye achava mu­kuruwo, asi munin'ina wake achava mu­kuru kwaari, vana vake vachava ndudzi zhinji.

¹⁹His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations.”

²⁰Akavaropafadza nomusi iwoyo, akati, Newe vaIsiraeri vacharopafadza, vachiti, Mwari ngaakuite saEfuremu naManase. Akaisa Efuremu pamberi paManase.

²⁰He blessed them that day, saying, “In you will Israel bless, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.

²¹Zvino Isiraeri akati kuna Josefa, Tarira, ndofa, asi Mwari achava nemi, achakudzoserai kunyika yamadzibaba enyu.

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

²²Newe ndinokupa mugove mu­mwe kupfuura vamwe vana vababa vako, uya wandakatorera vaAmori nomunondo wangu nouta hwangu.

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