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.
1 I go no, hayey din banda, kal i ne Yusufu se: «Guna, ni baaba sinda baani.» Nga mo na nga ize hinka sambu ka kond'ey nga banda, Manasse da Ifraymu.
2Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
2 I ci Yakuba se ka ne: «Ni izo Yusufu neeya, a goono ga kaa ni do.» Israyla mo te bine-gaabi ka goro dima boŋ.
3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
3 Yakuba ne Yusufu se: «Irikoy, Hina-Kulu-Koyo bangay ay se Luz ra, Kanaana laabo ra, a n'ay albarkandi mo.
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.’
4 A ne ay se mo: ‹A go, ay ga ni no ize boobo, ay ga naŋ ni ma baa ka tonton, ay ga ni ciya mo dumi jama. Ay ga laabu woone no ni dumo se ni banda, a ma ciya araŋ wane hal abada.›
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.
5 Sohõ binde, ize hinka wo kaŋ yaŋ i hay ni se Misira laabo ra za ay mana kaa ni do Misira ra, ay wane yaŋ no. Sanda mate kaŋ cine Ruben da Simeyon ya ay wane yaŋ no, yaadin cine mo no Ifraymu da Manasse ga ciya ay wane yaŋ.
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.
6 Amma ni hayyaŋ kaŋ ni ga hay i banda, woodin yaŋ ga ti ni wane. I g'i maa ce i nya izey maayey boŋ i tubo ra.
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).”
7 Amma ay wo, waato kaŋ ay tun Padan-Aram, Rahila bu ay se Kanaana fonda boŋ, diraw kayna ga cindi iri jine hal iri ga to Efrata. Ay mo n'a fiji noodin fonda kaŋ ga koy Efrata boŋ, kaŋ ga ti Baytlahami.»
8Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
8 Israyla di Yusufu izey ka ne: «Borey wo, mayyaŋ no?»
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.”
9 Yusufu ne nga baabo se: «Woone yaŋ ay izey kaŋ Irikoy n'ay no neewo yaŋ no.» Israyla ne: «Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma kand'ey ay do, ay ma albarka gaara i se.»
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.
10 Amma Israyla moy ga tin zeenay sabbay se hal a si hin ka di. Yusufu kand'ey a jarga, nga mo n'i sambu, k'i garbey sunsum, k'i ganday.
11Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.”
11 Israyla ne Yusufu se: «Ay mana tammahã hal ay ga di ni moyduma. A go mo, Irikoy naŋ ay di ni izey mo.»
12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
12 Yusufu n'i kaa baabo kangey boŋ. A sombu hala moyduma to ganda.
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.
13 Yusufu n'i boro hinka sambu, Ifraymu a kambe ŋwaaro gaa ka koy Israyla kambe wow gaa haray, Manasse mo a kambe wow gaa ka koy Israyla kambe ŋwaaro gaa haray. A kond'ey a jarga.
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.
14 Israyla mo na nga kambe ŋwaaro salle, a n'a dake Ifraymu boŋo boŋ, nga kaŋ ga ti ikayna, a kambe wow mo, a n'a dake Manasse boŋo boŋ. A laakalo boŋ mo no a na nga kambey dake yaadin cine, zama Manasse ga ti hay-jina.
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,
15 A na albarka gaara mo Yusufu se ka ne: «Irikoyo kaŋ jine ay kaayey Ibrahim da Isaka dira, Irikoyo kaŋ n'ay haggoy ay fundi jirbey kulu ra hala hunkuna,
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.”
16 Malayka kaŋ n'ay fansa laala kulu gaa, a ma albarka daŋ arwasey wo gaa. I m'ay maa ci i boŋ, d'ay kaayey maayey, kaŋ ga ti Ibrahim da Isaka. I ma beeri hal i ma ciya jama ndunnya bindo ra.»
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.
17 Amma waato kaŋ Yusufu di nga baabo na nga kambe ŋwaaro dake Ifraymu boŋ, woodin mana kaan a se. Kal a na nga baabo kamba di, zama nga m'a ganandi Ifraymu boŋ k'a ye Manasse boŋ.
18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
18 Yusufu ne nga baabo se: «Manti yaadin no, ya ay baaba, zama woone ga ti hay-jina. Kala ni ma ni kambe ŋwaaro dake a boŋ.»
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.”
19 Amma a baabo wangu. A ne: «Ay bay, ay izo, ay bay. Nga mo ga ciya kunda, a ga beeri mo. Amma a kayno ga beeri ka bis'a. A izey mo ga ciya kunda jama.»
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.
20 A na albarka gaara i se zaaro din ra ka ne: «Araŋ do no Israyla ga albarka daŋ ka ne: ‹Irikoy ma ni ciya Ifraymu nda Manasse cine.› » A na Ifraymu gaabandi mo ka bisa Manasse.
21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
21 Israyla ne Yusufu se: «Guna, ay ga bu. Amma Irikoy ga goro araŋ banda. A ga ye ka konda araŋ mo hal araŋ kaayey laabo ra.
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.”
22 Koyne, ay na ni no baa fo ka bisa ni nya-izey waney, baa kaŋ ay ta Amorancey kambe ra d'ay takuba d'ay birawo mo.»