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.