Genesis
48:1 Kwathi emva kwalezi zinto, kwathiwa kuJosefa: "Bheka!
uyihlo uyagula; wathatha amadodana akhe amabili, uManase noManase
Efrayimi.
48:2 UJakobe watshelwa, wathi: "Bheka, indodana yakho uJosefa iyeza kuwe.
u-Israyeli waziqinisa, wahlala embhedeni.
48:3 UJakobe wathi kuJosefa: "UNkulunkulu uSomandla wabonakala kimi eLuze empumalanga."
ezweni laseKhanani, wangibusisa,
48:4 Wathi kimi: “Bheka, ngiyakukwenza ube nenzalo, ngikwandise;
ngiyakukwenza uquqaba lwezizwe; futhi ngizonika leli zwe
enzalweni yakho emva kwakho ibe yifa laphakade.
48:5 Manje amadodana akho amabili, u-Efrayimi noManase, abazalelwa kuwe
izwe laseGibithe, ngingakafiki kuwe eGibithe, lingelami; njenge
oRubeni noSimeyoni bayakuba ngabami;
48:6 Futhi inzalo yakho, oyizalayo ngemva kwabo, kuyoba ngeyakho, futhi
bayakubizwa ngegama labafowabo efeni labo.
48:7 Futhi mina, lapho ngisuka ePhadani, uRaheli wafa eduze kwami ezweni
iKhanani endleleni, kuseyingcosana nje yokufika kuyo
E-Efrata, ngammbela khona endleleni yase-Efrati; kuyafana
Betlehema.
8 U-Israyeli wabona amadodana kaJosefa, wathi: "Ngobani laba?
48:9 UJosefa wathi kuyise: "Ngamadodana ami uNkulunkulu anginikile."
mina kulendawo. Wathi: "Ake niwalethe kimi, nami."
uzobabusisa.
48:10 Manje amehlo ka-Israyeli ayesefiphele ngenxa yobudala, kangangokuthi wayengakwazi ukubona. Futhi
wazisondeza kuye; wabanga, wabagona.
48:11 U-Israyeli wathi kuJosefa: "Ngangingacabangi ukubona ubuso bakho;
UNkulunkulu ungibonisile nenzalo yakho.
48:12 UJosefa wabakhipha phakathi kwamadolo akhe, futhi wakhothama
ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi.
48:13 UJosefa wabathatha bobabili, u-Efrayimi ngesandla sakhe sokunene, phezu kwesika-Israyeli
isandla sobunxele, noManase esandleni sakhe sobunxele ngakwesokunene sika-Israyeli, futhi
wazisondeza kuye.
48:14 U-Israyeli welula isandla sakhe sokunene, wasibeka phezu kuka-Efrayimi
ikhanda elalingomncane, nesandla sakhe sokhohlo ekhanda likaManase;
eqondisa izandla zakhe ngokuqonda; ngoba uManase wayeyizibulo.
48:15 Wambusisa uJosefa, wathi: "UNkulunkulu, phambi kwakhe obaba u-Abrahama futhi
U-Isaka wahamba, uNkulunkulu ongondlile konke ukuphila kwami kuze kube namuhla;
48:16 INgelosi eyangikhulula kukho konke okubi, ibusise abafana; futhi ake wami
igama libizwe kubo, negama lawobaba o-Abrahama no-Isaka; futhi
mazikhule zibe ziningi emhlabeni.
48:17 Futhi lapho uJosefa ebona ukuthi uyise wabeka isandla sakhe sokunene ekhanda likayise
u-Efrayimi kwaba kubi emehlweni akhe; wabamba isandla sikayise ukuba asuke
kusukela ekhanda lika-Efrayimi kuze kufike ekhanda likaManase.
48:18 UJosefa wayesethi kuyise: "Qha, baba, ngokuba lokhu kuyinkosi."
izibulo; beka isandla sakho sokunene ekhanda lakhe.
48:19 Uyise wala, futhi wathi: "Ngiyazi, ndodana yami, ngiyazi
uyakuba yisizwe, naye abe mkhulu, kepha impela umncane wakhe
umfowabo uyakuba mkhulu kunaye, nenzalo yakhe ibe ningi
wezizwe.
48:20 Wababusisa ngalolo suku, wathi: Ngawe u-Israyeli uyakubusisa.
wathi: “UNkulunkulu akwenze ube njengo-Efrayimi nanjengoManase,” wamisa u-Efrayimi
phambi kukaManase.
48:21 U-Israyeli wathi kuJosefa: "Bheka, ngiyafa, kodwa uNkulunkulu uyakuba nawe.
nginibuyisele ezweni lawoyihlo.
48:22 Futhi nginiké kuwe ingxenye eyodwa ngaphezu kwabafowenu, mina
esandleni sama-Amori ngenkemba yami nangomnsalo wami.