Genesis 48
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Binasbasan ni Jacob sina Efraim at Manases
48 Nabalitaan ni Jose na may sakit ang kanyang ama, kaya't isinama niya ang dalawang anak na lalaki, sina Manases at Efraim, at dinalaw ang matanda. 2 Nang sabihin kay Jacob na dumating si Jose, nagpilit siyang bumangon at naupo sa kanyang higaan. 3 Sinabi(A) niya kay Jose, “Nang ako'y nasa Luz, nagpakita sa akin ang Makapangyarihang Diyos at binasbasan ako. 4 Sinabi niya na darami ang aking mga anak at ang aking lahi ay magiging isang malaking bansa, at ibibigay niya sa kanila ang lupaing iyon habang panahon. 5 Ang dalawa mong anak na isinilang dito sa Egipto bago ako dumating ay ibibilang sa aking mga anak. Kaya, tulad nina Ruben at Simeon, sina Efraim at Manases ay magiging tagapagmana ko rin. 6 Ngunit ang susunod mong mga anak ay mananatiling iyo at ibibilang na lamang sa lipi ng dalawa nilang kapatid. 7 Ipinasiya(B) ko ito alang-alang kay Raquel na iyong ina. Nang pabalik ako buhat sa Mesopotamia, namatay siya sa Canaan, malapit sa Efrata. At dinamdam ko nang labis ang kanyang pagpanaw. Doon ko na siya inilibing.” (Ang Efrata ay tinatawag ngayong Bethlehem.)
8 Nang makita ni Israel ang mga anak ni Jose, tinanong ito, “Ito ba ang iyong mga anak?”
9 “Opo! Sila po ang ipinagkaloob sa akin ng Diyos dito sa Egipto,” tugon niya.
Sinabi ni Israel, “Ilapit mo sila sa akin at babasbasan ko.” 10 Halos hindi na makakita noon si Israel dahil sa kanyang katandaan. Inilapit nga ni Jose ang mga bata at sila'y niyakap at hinagkan ng matanda. 11 Sinabi ni Jacob kay Jose, “Wala na akong pag-asa noon na makikita pa kita. Ngayon, nakita ko pati iyong mga anak.”
12 Inalis ni Jose ang mga bata sa kandungan ni Israel at yumuko siya sa harapan nito.
13 Pagkatapos, inilapit niya sa matanda ang dalawang bata, si Efraim sa gawing kaliwa at si Manases sa gawing kanan nito. 14 Ngunit pinagkurus ni Israel ang kanyang kamay at ipinatong ang kanan sa ulo ng nakababatang si Efraim at ang kaliwa sa ulo ni Manases. 15 At sila'y binasbasan,
“Pagpalain nawa kayo at palaging subaybayan,
ng Diyos na pinaglingkuran ni Isaac at ni Abraham;
ng Diyos na sa aki'y nangalaga't pumatnubay,
simula sa pagkabata't magpahanggang ngayon man.
16 At pati na ang anghel na sa akin ay nagligtas,
pagpalain nawa kayo, tanggapin ang kanyang basbas;
maingatan nawa ninyo at taglayin oras-oras
ang ngalan ko, at ang ngalan ni Abraham at ni Isaac.
Nawa kayo ay lumago, dumami at lumaganap.”
17 Nang makita ni Jose ang ginawa ng kanyang ama, minasama niya iyon kaya't hinawakan niya ang kanang kamay nito upang ilipat sa ulo ni Manases. 18 Wika niya, “Ito po ang matanda, ama. Sa kanya ninyo ipatong ang inyong kanang kamay.”
19 Ngunit sinabi ni Jacob, “Alam ko iyan, anak, alam ko. Alam kong magiging dakila si Manases, pati ang kanyang mga anak, ngunit lalong magiging dakila ang nakababata niyang kapatid. Ang kanyang lahi ay magiging dakilang mga bansa.”
20 Sinabi(C) pa niya ito:
“Ang mga Israelita, sa Diyos ay hihilingin,
dahil kayo'y pinagpala, sila ma'y pagpalain din.
Sa kanilang kahilingan, ganito ang sasabihin:
‘Kayo nawa ay matulad kay Efraim at Manases.’”
Sa ganitong paraan ginawa ni Jacob na una si Efraim kay Manases.
21 Pagkatapos nito, sinabi ni Israel, “Jose, ako'y mamamatay na ngunit huwag kang mababahala. Sasamahan ka ng Diyos at kayo'y ibabalik niya sa lupain ng inyong mga ninuno. 22 Ikaw ang tanging magmamana ng Shekem na nakuha ko sa mga Amoreo sa pamamagitan ng aking tabak at pana.”
Genesis 48
King James Version
48 And it came to pass after these things, that one told 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 multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
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 in this place. 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 shewed me also thy seed.
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 firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which 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 firstborn; 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: but truly 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 shall 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 shall 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.