Genesis
48:1 Na eyinom akyi no, obiako ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: Hwɛ, .
w’agya yare, na ɔfaa ne mma mmienu, Manase ne
Efraim.
48:2 Na obiako ka kyerɛɛ Yakob sɛ: Hwɛ, wo ba Yosef reba wo nkyɛn.
na Israel hyɛɛ ne ho den, na ɔtenaa mpa no so.
48:3 Na Yakob ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: Ade nyinaa so Tumfoɔ Nyankopɔn yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ me wɔ Lus
Kanaan asase so, na ohyiraa me, .
48:4 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ: Hwɛ, mɛma wo awo na mama wo adɔɔso.
na mɛma wo ayɛ nnipadɔm; na ɔde asase yi bɛma
ma w’asefoɔ a wɔdi w’akyi no sɛ daa agyapadeɛ.
48:5 Na afei wo mma mmienu, Efraim ne Manase, a wɔwoo wo wɔ afe
Misraim asase ansa na mereba wo nkyɛn wɔ Misraim no yɛ me dea; sɛ
Ruben ne Simeon, wɔbɛyɛ me dea.
48:6 Na wo mma a wobɛwo wɔn akyi no bɛyɛ wo dea, na
wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn nuanom din wɔ wɔn agyapadeɛ mu.
48:7 Na me deɛ, berɛ a mefiri Padan baeɛ no, Rahel nam me so wuiɛ wɔ asase a
Kanaan wɔ kwan so, bere a na ɔkwan ketewaa bi da so ara wɔ hɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkɔ so
Efrat, na mesiee no wɔ hɔ Efrat kwan so; saa ara na ɛte
Betlehem.
48:8 Na Israel hunuu Yosef mma no se: Henanom ne yeinom?
48:9 Na Yosef ka kyerɛɛ n’agya sɛ: Wɔyɛ me mma a Onyankopɔn de wɔn ama wɔn
me wɔ saa beae yi. Na ɔkaa sɛ: Mesrɛ wo, fa wɔn bra me ne me nkyɛn
bɛhyira wɔn.
48:10 Afei Israel aniwa ayɛ kusuu esiane onyin nti, na ontumi nhu ade. Ne
ɔde wɔn baa ne nkyɛn; na ɔfew wɔn ano, na ɔyɛɛ wɔn atuu.
48:11 Na Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: Mansusuw sɛ mɛhunu w’anim.
Onyankopɔn akyerɛ me w’asefoɔ nso.
48:12 Na Yosef de wɔn firii ne nkotodwe ntam baeɛ, na ɔkotow
n’anim kyerɛ asase.
48:13 Na Yosef soo wɔn mmienu, Efraim wɔ ne nsa nifa mu kyerɛɛ Israel
benkum, na Manase de ne nsa benkum kyerɛ Israel nifa, na
de wɔn baa ne nkyɛn.
48:14 Na Israel tenee ne nsa nifa de too Efraim de so
ti, a na ɔyɛ akumaa no, na ne nsa benkum da Manase ti so, .
ne nsa a ɔde anifere kyerɛ kwan; efisɛ Manase ne abakan.
48:15 Na ɔhyiraa Yosef kaa sɛ: Onyankopɔn, m’agyanom Abraham ne n’anim
Isak nantewee, Onyankopɔn a ɔmaa me aduane me nkwa nna nyinaa de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.
48:16 Ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔgyee me firii bɔne nyinaa mu no, hyira mmarimaa no; na ma me
wɔmmɔ din wɔ wɔn so, ne m’agyanom Abraham ne Isak din; ne
ma wɔnnyin nkɔyɛ nnipadɔm wɔ asase mfimfini.
48:17 Na Yosef hunuu sɛ n’agya de ne nsa nifa ato ne ti
Efraim, anyɛ no dɛ, na ɔmaa n’agya nsa so sɛ ɔreyi
efi Efraim ti so kosi Manase ti so.
48:18 Na Yosef ka kyerɛɛ n’agya sɛ: Ɛnyɛ saa, m’agya, ɛfiri sɛ yei ne...
abakan; fa wo nsa nifa to ne ti so.
48:19 Na n’agya powee, na ɔkaa sɛ: Menim, me ba, menim
ɔbɛyɛ ɔman, na ɔno nso bɛyɛ kɛse, na ne kumaa ampa
onua bɛyɛ kɛse asen no, na n’asefo bɛyɛ nnipadɔm
aman ho nsɛm.
48:20 Na ɔhyiraa wɔn da no sɛ: Wo mu na Israel bɛhyira.
na ɔkae sɛ: Onyankopɔn nyɛ wo sɛ Efraim ne Manase, na ɔde Efraim sii hɔ
Manase anim.
48:21 Na Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: Hwɛ, mawu, na Onyankopɔn bɛka mo ho.
na momfa mo san ba mo agyanom asaase so.
48:22 Afei nso, mede kyɛfa baako ama wo sene wo nuanom, a me
de me nkrante ne me tadua yi fii Amori no nsam.