IGenesis
48:1 Kwathi emveni kwezi zinto, kwathiwa kuYosefu, Khangela!
uyihlo uyafa. Wathabatha oonyana bakhe bobabini, uManase noManase, bahamba naye
Efrayim.
48:2 Waxelelwa uYakobi kwathiwa, Nanku unyana wakho uYosefu esiza kuwe.
wazomeleza uSirayeli, wahlala esingqengqelweni.
48:3 Wathi uYakobi kuYosefu, UThixo uSomandla wabonakala kum eLuzi eLuzi
ezweni lakwaKanan, wandisikelela;
48:4 Wathi kum, Yabona, ndiya kukuqhamisa, ndikwandise;
ndikwenze isikhungu sezizwe; kwaye ndiya kulinika eli lizwe
kwimbewu yakho emva kwakho ibe lilifa ngonaphakade.
48:5 Kwaye ngoku oonyana bakho ababini, uEfrayim noManase, owazalelwa kuwe
ilizwe laseYiputa, ndingekafiki kuwe eYiputa, lelam; njengoko
uRubhen noSimon baya kuba ngabam;
48:6 Othe wabazala emva kwabo, baya kuba ngowakho;
baya kubizwa ngokwegama labazalwana babo elifeni labo.
48:7 Ekumkeni kwam ePadan, wafela ngakum uRakeli ezweni lasePadan
eKanana endleleni, kwakubon' ukuba kusesemncinane ukuba sifike khona
ndamngcwabela khona endleleni yase-Efrata; iyafana
eBhetelehem.
48:8 USirayeli wababona oonyana bakaYosefu, wathi, Ngoobani na aba?
48:9 Wathi uYosefu kuyise, Ngoonyana bam endibaphiwe nguThixo
mna kule ndawo. Wathi, Khawuwazise kum, ndiwazise
uya kubasikelela.
48:10 Ke amehlo kaSirayeli ayeselenorhatyazo kukwaluphala, engasaboni. Kwaye
wazisondeza kuye; wabanga, wabawola.
48:11 Wathi uSirayeli kuYosefu, Bendingacingi ukuba ndingabubona ubuso bakho;
UThixo undibonise nembewu yakho.
48:12 UYosefu wabakhupha phakathi kwamadolo akhe, waqubuda
ubuso bakhe bubheke emhlabeni.
48:13 UYosefu wabathabatha bobabini, uEfrayim ngesandla sakhe sokunene malunga nesikaSirayeli
uManase ngesokhohlo ngasesasekunene sikaSirayeli;
wazisondeza kuye.
48:14 USirayeli wasolula isandla sakhe sokunene, wasibeka phezu kwesikaEfrayim
intloko engomncinane, isandla sakhe sokhohlo entlokweni kaManase;
ekhokela izandla zakhe ngokuqonda; ngokuba uManase ebengowamazibulo.
48:15 Wamsikelela uYosefu, wathi, NguThixo, ababephambi kwakhe oobawo uAbraham
wahamba uIsake, uThixo owandondlayo yonke imihla yobomi bam, unanamhla;
48:16 Isithunywa eso, sandihlangula ebubini bonke, sabasikelela abafana; kwaye yeyam
igama loobawo libizwe phezu kwabo, negama loobawo libe nguAbraham noIsake; kwaye
mabakhule babe baninzi phakathi kwehlabathi.
48:17 Wabona uYosefu ukuba uyise usibeke isandla sakhe sokunene entloko
Kwaba kubi emehlweni akhe uEfrayim; wasibamba isandla sikayise, emsusa
yathabathela entlokweni kaEfrayim, yesa entlokweni kaManase.
48:18 Wathi uYosefu kuyise, Hayi, bawo;
izibulo; beka isandla sakho sokunene phezu kwentloko yakhe.
48:19 Akavuma uyise, wathi, Ndiyazi, nyana wam, ndiyazi;
uya kuba sisizwe, naye uya kuba mkhulu; kodwa, uya kuba ngumncinane kuye
umzalwana uya kuba mkhulu kunaye, nembewu yakhe ibe sininzi
yezizwe.
48:20 Wabasikelela ngaloo mini, esithi, Ngawe uya kusikelela uSirayeli;
Wathi, UThixo makakwenze unjengoEfrayim nanjengoManase. Wakumisa uEfrayim
phambi kukaManase.
48:21 Wathi uSirayeli kuYosefu, Yabona, ndiza kufa; kodwa uThixo uya kuba nani.
ndinibuyisele ezweni looyihlo.
48:22 Mna ke, ndikunika isabelo sibe sinye ngaphezu kwabazalwana bakho, endiya kukunika sona mna
ndawuthabatha esandleni somAmori, ngekrele lam nangesaphetha sam;