Gênesis 48

Ka Manaakitia a Ēparaima rāua ko Mānahi e Hākopa

1 Nā, i muri i ēnei mea, ka kōrerotia ki a Hōhepa, "Nanā, e mate ana tōu pāpā." Ā, ka tango ia i āna tamariki tokorua, i a Mānahi rāua ko Ēparaima, hei hoa mōna. 2 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Hākopa, ka meatia, "Nā, ko Hōhepa, ko tāu tama, tēnei te haere mai nei ki a koe," nā, ka whakakaha ake a Īharaira i a ia, ā, ka noho ki runga i te moenga.

3 Nā, ka mea a Hākopa ki a Hōhepa, "I puta mai te Atua Kaha Rawa ki ahau i Rutu, i te whenua o Kanaana, i manaaki i ahau, 4 i mea anō ki ahau, ‘Nā, ka meinga koe e ahau kia hua, ka whakanui ahau i a koe, ka meinga hoki koe e ahau hei huinga iwi; ā, ka hoatu e ahau tēnei whenua ki ōu uri i muri i a koe hei kāinga pūmau.’

5 "Nā, ko āu tama tokorua, ko Ēparaima rāua ko Mānahi, i whānau nei māu ki te whenua o Īhipa i mua ake o tōku taenga mai ki a koe, ki Īhipa, māku ēnā; ka riro mai rāua i ahau, ka pērā anō me Reupena rāua ko Himiona. 6 Ā, ko tāu whānau e whānau māu i muri i a rāua, māu ēnā; ka huaina ki a rātou te ingoa o ō rātou tuākana i tō rātou kāinga pūmau. 7 Ko ahau hoki, i tōku haerenga mai i Parana, ka mate a Rahera ki tōku taha, ki te whenua o Kanaana, ki te ara, e takoto mai ana he wāhi e haere atu ai ki Ēparata; ā, tanumia ana e ahau ki reira ki te ara ki Ēparata" (arā ki Pēterehema).

8 Ā, ka kite a Īharaira i ngā tama a Hōhepa, ka mea, "Ko wai ēnei?"

9 Ā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki tōna pāpā, "Ko āku tama ēnei i hōmai e te Atua ki ahau i konei."

Ka mea ia, "Nekehia mai nei ki ahau, kia manaaki ai ahau i a rāua."

10 Nā, he atarua ngā kanohi o Īharaira, nā, te koroheke hoki, kīhai ia i āhei te kite atu. Nā, ka whakatata ia i a rāua ki a ia, ā, ka kihi ia i a rāua, ka awhi hoki i a rāua.

11 Nā, ka mea a Īharaira ki a Hōhepa, "Kīhai ahau i mea ka kite ahau i tōu mata. Kua whakakitea mai nei anō hoki e te Atua ōu uri ki ahau."

12 Nā, ka nekehia atu rāua e Hōhepa i roto i ōna turi, ā, ka piko tōna mata ki te whenua. 13 Nā, ka puritia rāua e Hōhepa, a Ēparaima e tōna ringa matau ki te mauī o Īharaira, a Mānahi e tōna mauī ki te matau o Īharaira, ā, ka whakatata atu ia i a rāua ki a ia. 14 Nā, ka torona e Īharaira tōna ringa matau, ā, whakatakotoria ana e ia ki runga ki te mātenga o Ēparaima, ko ia anō hoki te teina, me tōna ringa mauī hoki ki runga ki te mātenga o Mānahi, he āta whakatakoto hoki nāna i ōna ringa, ko Mānahi hoki te mātāmua.

15 Nā, ka manaaki ia i a Hōhepa, ka mea,

"Mā te Atua i hāereere nei ōku mātua,

a Āperahama rāua ko Īhaka i tōna aroaro,

mā te Atua nāna nei ahau i whāngai i ahau

i ora nei ā taea noatia tēnei rā,

16 mā te anahera nāna nei ahau i whakaora i roto i ngā hē katoa,

e manaaki ēnei tamariki;

ā, kia huaina tōku ingoa ki a rāua,

me te ingoa hoki o ōku mātua,

o Āperahama rāua ko Īhaka;

ā, kia tino nui haere rāua i waenganui i te whenua."

17 Ā, nō te kitenga o Hōhepa kua whakatakotoria e tōna pāpā tōna matau ki runga ki te mātenga o Ēparaima, ka kino ki tāna titiro; ā, ka whakarewaina ake e ia te ringa o tōna pāpā, kia nekehia atu e ia i te mātenga o Ēparaima ki runga ki te mātenga o Mānahi. 18 Ā, ka mea a Hōhepa ki tōna pāpā, "Kaua e pēnā, e tōku pāpā; ko te tuakana hoki tēnei; whakatakotoria tōu matau ki runga ki tōna mātenga."

19 Nā, ka whakakāhore tōna pāpā, ka mea, "E mōhio ana ahau, e tāku tama, e mōhio ana ahau. Ka whakatupu iwi anō tēnei, ka nui anō hoki ia. Otiia, ka nui atu tōna teina i a ia, ā, ka waiho ōna uri hei iwi maha." 20 Nā, ka manaaki ia i a rāua i taua rangi, ka mea,

"Ko koe tā Īharaira manaakitanga,

ā, ka kōrerotia,

‘Kia meinga koe e te Atua kia rite ki a Ēparaima,

kia rite hoki ki a Mānahi.’ "

Nā, ka makā e ia a Ēparaima ki mua i a Mānahi.

21 Nā, ka mea a Īharaira ki a Hōhepa, "Ka mate tēnei ahau; hei a koutou ia te Atua, māna hoki koutou e whakahoki ki te whenua o ō koutou mātua. 22 Nā, kotahi te wāhi ka hoatu nei e ahau mōu, e hira ake ai tōu i tō ōu tuākana, ko tāku hoki i tango ai i ngā Amori ki tāku hoari, ki tāku kōpere."

1 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. 5 And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as 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 unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph 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 unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 the angel who hath 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; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.