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.
1Huan, huaite nungin hichi ahia, Joseph kiangah, ngaiin, na pa a chi ana, achi ua. Huchiin, a tapa nihte Manassi leh Ephraim a kiangah a tonpiha,
2Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
2Huan, Jakob kingah, ngaiin, na tapa Joseph na kiangah a hong hi, chiin. A hilh ua: huchiin, Israel a kihalhsaka, lupna ah a tuta a.
3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
3Huan, Jakob in, Joseph kiangah, Pathian bangkim hihthei Kanan gama Luz khua ah ka kiangah a kilaka, a honvualjawla,
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.’
4Ka kiangah, chi tampi ka honsuangsak dinga, ka honhihpung lai ding, chi tuamtuam omkhawm in ka honbawl ding; huan, hiai gam na nunga na suante kiangah khantawn gou dingin ka pe ding, honchi a.
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.
5Huan, na tapa nihte, Aigupta gama na neihte, keia ahi uh; Ephraim leh Manassi, Reuben leh Simeon bangmah in, keia ahi ding uh.
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.
6Huan, hiai mite nunga ta ne neihte nanga ahi ding uh, a goutan uah a ute uh min a kikoppih mai ding uh.
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).”
7Huan, kei tungthu ahihleh, Paddan gam a kipana ka hong laiin Rakil pen Kanan gamah lamkalah, Ephtath khua a gamla kuam ahihlaiin, ka kiangah a si a: huailaiah Ephrath kho lampi ah ka vuita, (huaibel Bethlehem khua ahi), achia.
8Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
8Huan, Israel in Joseph tapate a ena, hiaite kuate ahi ua? achia.
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.”
9Huan, Joseph in, apa kiangah, hiaite ka tapa, Pathian in hiai laia honpiak te ahi uh, achia. Huan, aman, hehpihtakin ka kiangah honpiin, amau kana vualjawl ding, achia.
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.
10Israel mit bel a upat jiakin a chim nawn kei a, huan, aman ana tawp a, ana pom a.
11Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.”
11Huan, Israel in, Joseph kiangah, na mel muh ka lamen nawn keia, himahleh, ngaiin, Pathian in, na suante mel nangawn a honmusakta hi, achia.
12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
12Huan, Joseph in amau apa pheikal akipan a kai khia a, a maia lei siin chibai a buka.
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.
13Huan, Joseph in a nih un a kai a, Ephraim pen a khut taklamin Israel khut veilam pangah a kai a, Manassi pen a khut veilamin Israel khut taklam pangah a kai a, honpi nai a.
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.
14Huan, Israel in a sawk kalh teitei a, a khut taklam in a sawka, Ephraim a naupang jaw siipah a nga a; Manassi lah ta masa ahi ngala.
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,
15Huan, Joseph a vualjawla, honsuangpa Abraham leh Isaak ama a a om jelna Pathian, tuni tana ka damsung tengtenga honvakpa Pathian,
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.”
16Gilou tengteng a kipan hon tanpa angel in naupang te vualjawl hen; huan, ka min leh honsuangpa Abraham leh Isaak min amau minin pu uhen; huan, khovel laizang ah mipa thupitak hi dingin hongpung uhen, achia.
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.
17Huan, Joseph in apan akhut taklam Ephraim sipa a ngak a muhin a lungkim takei a; huchiin apa khut Ephraim sipa kipan Manassi sipa suan dingin a domkanga.
18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
18Huan, Joseph in, apa kiangah, pa, hichibang ding ahi kei: hiai ahi ta masa, na khut taklam a siipah nga jaw in, achia.
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.”
19Himahleh, apa a ut keia, ka thei hi, ka tapa aw, ka thei hi: amah leh nam a gen thamin a om sam dinga, amah leng a thupi sam ding: Ahihhangin a naupa amah sangin a thupi zo dinga, a suante leng chi tuamtuam tamtak a hong hi ding uh, achia.
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.
20Huchiin, Jakob in, Israelten, Ephraim leh Manassi bangin Pathianin nang honomsak hen, chiin, noumau min louin ahon vualjawl jel ding uh, chiin huai niin, amau a vualjawl a: huchiin Ephraim Manassi maah a omsakta hi.
21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
21Huan, Israel mahin, Joseph kiangah, ngaiin, si ding ka hita hi: himahleh Pathian jaw na kiang uah a om ding a, nou hon suangte gamah a honpi lut nawn ding.Huailou leng, na unaute tantuan sangin tan khat in ka honpe tuan hi, ka namsau leh ka thalpeu a Amor te khut akipan ka laksak pen, achia.
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.”
22Huailou leng, na unaute tantuan sangin tan khat in ka honpe tuan hi, ka namsau leh ka thalpeu a Amor te khut akipan ka laksak pen, achia.