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.
1Po tų įvykių Juozapas sužinojo, kad jo tėvas serga. Jis pasiėmė su savimi abu sūnusManasą ir Efraimą.
2Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
2Jokūbui buvo pranešta, kad ateina Juozapas, ir Izraelis sukaupė savo jėgas, ir atsisėdo lovoje.
3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
3Jokūbas tarė Juozapui: “Visagalis Dievas man pasirodė Lūzoje, Kanaano šalyje, ir palaimino mane,
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.’
4ir pasakė: ‘Aš padarysiu tave vaisingą ir padauginsiu, padarysiu iš tavęs daugybę tautų ir šitą kraštą duosiu tavo palikuonims amžinon nuosavybėn’.
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.
5Abu tavo sūnūs, gimę Egipte pirmiau, negu aš atvykau pas tave, man priklauso. Efraimas ir Manasas priklausys man taip, kaip ir Rubenas su Simeonu.
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.
6O tavo vaikai, kurie gims po jų, tau priklausys. Jie bus vadinami pagal brolius savo paveldėtose dalyse.
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).”
7Man keliaujant iš Mesopotamijos, kelyje mirė Rachelė; ją palaidojau pakeliui į Efratą, kuri yra Betliejus”.
8Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
8Izraelis, pamatęs Juozapo sūnus, klausė: “Kas šitie?”
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.”
9Juozapas atsakė tėvui: “Jie yra mano sūnūs, kuriuos Dievas man čia davė”. Jis sakė: “Atvesk juos prie manęs, kad juos palaiminčiau!”
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.
10Izraelio akys buvo aptemusios dėl senatvės, jis vos matė. Privedus juos prie jo, jis apkabinęs juos pabučiavo
11Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.”
11ir tarė Juozapui: “Aš nesitikėjau pamatyti tave, o dabar štai Dievas man parodė net ir tavo vaikus!”
12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
12Tada Juozapas atitraukė sūnus nuo jo kelių ir nusilenkė iki žemės.
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.
13Po to Juozapas paėmė savo dešine Efraimą ties Izraelio kaire ir savo kairiąja Manasą ties Izraelio dešine ir juos privedė prie jo.
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.
14Izraelis, ištiesęs savo dešinę, uždėjo ant Efraimo galvos, nors jis buvo jaunesnysis, ir savo kairę ant pirmagimio Manaso galvos, taip padarydamas sąmoningai.
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,
15Ir jis laimino Juozapą: “Dievas, kurio akivaizdoje vaikščiojo mano tėvai Abraomas ir Izaokas, Dievas, kuris vedė mane per visą mano gyvenimą iki pat šios dienos,
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.”
16angelas, kuris mane išgelbėjo iš viso pikto, tepalaimina šiuos vaikus! Tebūna jie vadinami mano vardu ir mano tėvų Abraomo ir Izaoko vardu ir jų palikuonys tedaugėja žemėje!”
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.
17Juozapas, pamatęs tėvą laikant dešinę ranką ant Efraimo galvos, buvo nepatenkintas. Jis paėmė savo tėvo ranką, norėdamas ją perkelti nuo Efraimo galvos ant Manaso galvos,
18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
18ir tarė: “Ne taip, tėve! Šitas pirmagimis! Padėk savo dešinę ant jo galvos”.
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.”
19Bet jo tėvas nesutiko ir sakė: “Aš žinau, mano sūnau, aš žinau. Jis irgi taps tauta ir bus didis. Tačiau jo jaunesnysis brolis bus didesnis už jį ir jo palikuonys taps daugybe tautų”.
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.
20Jis juos laimino: “Tavo vardu bus laiminama Izraelyje, kur sakys: ‘Dievas tepadaro tave kaip Efraimą ir Manasą’ ”. Taip jis pastatė Efraimą pirma Manaso.
21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
21Izraelis tarė Juozapui: “Aš mirsiu, bet Dievas bus su jumis ir jus parves atgal į jūsų tėvų šalį.
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.”
22Be to, aš daviau tau viena dalimi daugiau negu tavo broliams, kurią atėmiau iš amoritų savo kardu ir savo lanku”.