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.

¹A stalo sa po týchto udalostiach, že povedali Jozefovi: Hľa, tvoj otec je nemocný. Vtedy vzal so sebou svojich dvoch synov, Manassesa a Efraima.

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

²A oznámili Jakobovi a riekli: Hľa, tvoj syn Jozef prišiel k tebe. A Izrael sa posilnil a posadil sa na posteli.

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

³A Jakob riekol Jozefovi: Silný Bôh všemohúci sa mi ukázal v Lúze, v Kananejskej zemi, a požehnal ma

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.’

⁴a riekol mi: Hľa, rozplodím ťa a rozmnožím ťa a učiním ťa hromadou národov a dám túto zem tvojmu semenu po tebe za večné vlastníctvo.

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.

⁵A tak teraz tvoji dvaja synovia, ktorí sa ti narodili v Egyptskej zemi, prv ako som ja prišiel k tebe do Egypta, sú moji, Efraim a Manasses, a budú mi jako Rúben a Simeon.

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.

⁶Ale tvoj rod, tvoje deti, ktoré splodíš po nich, budú tvoje; budú sa menovať menom svojich bratov vo svojom dedičstve.

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).”

⁷Lebo keď som ja prišiel z Pádana, zomrela mi Rácheľ v Kananejskej zemi na ceste, keď už nebolo ďaleko do Efraty, a pochoval som ju tam na ceste do Efraty, to je Betlehem.

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

⁸A keď videl Izrael synov Jozefových, riekol: Kto sú títo?

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.”

⁹A Jozef odpovedal svojmu otcovi: To sú moji synovia, ktorých mi dal Bôh tu. A riekol: Doveď ich, prosím, ku mne, a požehnám ich.

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.

¹⁰A oči Izraelove boly ťažké od staroby; nemohol vidieť, a Jozef ich priviedol k nemu, a on ich bozkával a objímal ich.

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

¹¹A Izrael riekol Jozefovi: Nemyslel som, že by som voľakedy videl tvoju tvár, a hľa, Bôh mi dal vidieť i tvoje semeno.

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

¹²Potom ich odviedol Jozef od jeho kolien a poklonil sa tvárou k zemi.

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.

¹³A Jozef ich pojal oboch, Efraima do svojej pravej ruky, z ľavej strany Izraelovi, a Manassesa do svojej ľavej ruky, z pravej strany Izraelovi, a doviedol ich k nemu.

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.

¹⁴A Izrael vystrel svoju pravú ruku a položil ju na hlavu Efraimovi, ktorý bol mladší, a svoju ľavú ruku položil na hlavu Manassesovu prekrížiac svoje ruky s rozmyslom, lebo Manasses bol prvorodený.

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,

¹⁵A požehnal Jozefa a riekol: Bôh, pred ktorého tvárou chodili moji otcovia, Abrahám a Izák, Bôh, ktorý ma opatroval celý môj život až do tohoto dňa,

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.”

¹⁶ten Anjel, ktorý ma vyprostil zo všetkého zlého, nech požehná týchto mládencov, a nech sa volajú po mojom mene a po mene mojich otcov, Abraháma a Izáka, a čo do množstva nech sa až hemžia prostred zeme.

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.

¹⁷A keď videl Jozef, že jeho otec položil svoju pravú ruku na hlavu Efraimovu, neľúbilo sa mu to, a pochytil ruku svojho otca, aby ju preniesol s hlavy Efraimovej na hlavu Manassesovu.

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

¹⁸A Jozef povedal svojmu otcovi: Nie tak, môj otče, lebo toto je prvorodený; polož svoju pravicu na jeho hlavu.

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.”

¹⁹Ale jeho otec odoprel a riekol: Viem, môj synu, viem, aj on bude ľudom a on tiež bude veľký, avšak jeho mladší brat bude väčší od neho, a jeho semeno bude početným medzi národami.

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.

²⁰A požehnal ich toho dňa a riekol: Tebou bude dávať požehnanie Izrael a povie: Nech ťa učiní Bôh ako Efraima a Manassesa! A postavil Efraima pred Manassesa.

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

²¹A Izrael riekol Jozefovi: Hľa, ja už zomriem, ale Bôh bude s vami a navráti vás do zeme vašich otcov.

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.”

²²A ja som ti dal jeden diel nad tvojich bratov, ktorý som vzal z ruky Amoreja svojím mečom a svojím lukom.