Kejadian 48
1 Beberapa waktu kemudian dikabarkan kepada Yusuf bahwa ayahnya sakit keras. Jadi pergilah ia dengan kedua anaknya, yaitu Manasye dan Efraim mengunjungi Yakub.
Some time later, someone told Joseph, “[Hey, ] your father is ill.” When Joseph heard that, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to see his father.
2 Ketika Yakub mendengar bahwa Yusuf datang, ia mengumpulkan seluruh tenaganya, lalu duduk di tempat tidur.
When someone told Jacob, “Look, your son Joseph has come to see you!” Jacob sat up on the bed, even though it was difficult for him to do that.
3 Kata Yakub kepada Yusuf, "Allah Yang Mahakuasa telah menampakkan diri kepadaku di Lus, di tanah Kanaan, dan telah memberkati aku."
He said to Joseph, “When I was at Luz in Canaan, God Almighty appeared to me. He blessed me
4 Dia berkata kepadaku, "Aku akan memberikan kepadamu banyak anak cucu, supaya keturunanmu menjadi banyak bangsa; Aku akan memberikan negeri ini kepada keturunanmu sebagai milik mereka untuk selama-lamanya."
and said to me, ‘I am going to enable you to become the father of many children. You will have many descendants, and they will become [the ancestors of] many people-groups. And I will give this land to your descendants to possess forever.’
5 Yakub meneruskan, "Yusuf, kedua anakmu Efraim dan Manasye yang lahir di Mesir ini sebelum aku tiba di sini, kuanggap anakku, sama seperti Ruben dan Simeon.
“And now I will consider that your two sons, who were born to you here in Egypt before I came here, will (belong to me/be as though they are my sons). Ephraim and Manasseh will be [as though they were] my sons, and they will inherit my possessions, just like my sons Reuben and Simeon [and the others] will.
6 Jika engkau mendapat anak-anak lagi, mereka tidak akan kuanggap sebagai anakku melainkan tetap anakmu; warisan untuk mereka akan mereka terima dari Efraim dan Manasye.
If you later become the father of any more children, they will not be considered to be my children, but as my grandchildren, and [in Canaan] they will receive as part of what they inherit some of the same land that is in the territory that their brothers [Ephraim and Manasseh] will inherit.
7 Aku melakukan hal itu untuk Rahel ibumu. Dalam perjalananku kembali dari Mesopotamia, ibumu meninggal di tanah Kanaan, tidak jauh dari Efrata, dan aku sangat sedih. Aku menguburkannya di sana, di sisi jalan ke Efrata." (Sekarang Efrata dikenal sebagai Betlehem.)
Many years ago, as I was returning from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, your mother Rachel died in the Canaan region, while we were still traveling, not far from Ephrath [town]. So I buried her body there alongside the road to Ephrath [which is now called Bethlehem].”
8 Ketika Yakub melihat anak-anak Yusuf itu, ia bertanya, "Siapa anak-anak ini?"
When Jacob saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these boys?”
9 Jawab Yusuf, "Inilah anak-anak saya yang diberikan Allah kepada saya di sini, di Mesir." Yakub berkata, "Dekatkanlah mereka kepadaku supaya kuberkati."
Joseph replied, “They are the sons that God has given to me here in Egypt.” Jacob said, “Bring them close to me so that I can bless them.”
10 Yakub tidak dapat melihat dengan terang karena sudah tua dan matanya sudah kabur. Yusuf mendekatkan anak-anak itu kepada Yakub, dan ia memeluk serta mencium mereka.
Jacob was almost blind because he was very old. He could not recognize the boys. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father, and Jacob kissed them and hugged them.
11 Lalu berkatalah Yakub kepada Yusuf, "Sama sekali tidak kusangka akan bertemu lagi dengan engkau, tetapi sekarang Allah bahkan mengizinkan aku melihat anak-anakmu juga."
Jacob said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see you again, but look at this! God has allowed me to see not only you, but he has allowed me to see your children, too!”
12 Kemudian Yusuf mengambil mereka dari pangkuan Yakub, lalu ia sendiri sujud di hadapan ayahnya.
Joseph took the boys from alongside Jacob’s knees. Then he bowed down with his face to the ground.
13 Setelah itu Yusuf menempatkan kedua anaknya di dekat Yakub, Efraim yang bungsu itu di sebelah kiri dan Manasye yang sulung di sebelah kanan. Tetapi Yakub menyilangkan lengannya dan meletakkan tangan kanannya di atas kepala Efraim, sedangkan tangan kirinya diletakkannya di atas kepala Manasye.
Then Joseph took both of the boys, putting Ephraim on his right side toward Jacob’s left hand, and putting Manasseh on his left side toward Jacob’s right hand, and brought them close to Jacob.
But Jacob [did not do what Joseph wanted him to do. Instead], he reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, even though he was the younger son. He crossed his arms and put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the older son.
15 Sesudah itu diberkatinya Yusuf, katanya, "Allah, Dialah Tuhan, pujaan Abraham dan Ishak, Dialah yang membimbing aku sampai sekarang;
Then he (blessed/asked God to bless) Joseph and his sons, saying, “My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac conducted their lives as God desired, and to this very day God has led me and taken care of me as a shepherd leads and cares for his sheep [MET].
16 Dialah malaikat yang telah melepaskan aku dari segala bahaya. Semoga Allah itu memberkati anak-anak ini. Semoga terus hidup namaku dan nama Abraham dan Ishak oleh karena anak-anak ini! Semoga mereka beranak cucu, dan berketurunan banyak di bumi."
The angel whom he sent has kept me from being harmed in any way. I pray that God will bless these boys. I pray that people will never forget about me and about Abraham and Isaac because of what God does for these boys. I pray that they will have many descendants who will live all over the earth.”
17 Yusuf tidak senang ketika melihat ayahnya meletakkan tangan kanannya di atas kepala Efraim; lalu dipegangnya tangan ayahnya untuk memindahkannya dari atas kepala Efraim ke atas kepala Manasye.
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head and not on Manasseh’s head, he was distressed/displeased. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 Katanya kepada Ayahnya, "Jangan begitu, Ayah. Inilah anak yang sulung; letakkanlah tangan kanan Ayah ke atas kepalanya."
Joseph said to him, “My father, that is not right! The one on whom you put your left hand is my older son. Put your right hand on his head.”
19 Tetapi ayahnya menolak, katanya, "Aku tahu, anakku, aku tahu. Manasye akan besar kuasanya dan keturunannya pun akan menjadi bangsa yang besar. Tetapi adiknya akan lebih besar kuasanya daripada dia, dan keturunan adiknya itu akan menjadi bangsa-bangsa yang besar."
But his father refused, saying, “I know that, my son, I know what I am doing. Manasseh’s descendants will also become a people-group, and they will become important. But his younger brother’s descendants will become greater than his will. His descendants will become several nations.”
20 Lalu diberkatinya lagi anak-anak itu pada hari itu, katanya, "Orang Israel akan menyebut namamu bilamana mereka memberkati orang. Mereka akan berkata, 'Semoga Allah membuat engkau seperti Efraim dan Manasye.'" Dengan demikian Yakub mendahulukan Efraim daripada Manasye.
So he blessed them both on that day, saying, “The people in Israel will use your names when they bless people. They will say, ‘We pray that God will help you as he helped Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In that way, Jacob said that Ephraim would become more important than Manasseh.
21 Lalu berkatalah Yakub kepada Yusuf, "Seperti engkau lihat, ajalku sudah dekat, tetapi Allah akan menolong kalian dan membawa kalian kembali ke negeri leluhurmu.
Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I am about to die. But I know that God will help/protect you. And some day he will take your descendants back to the land of their ancestors.
22 Kepadamulah, dan bukannya kepada saudara-saudaramu, aku berikan Sikhem, daerah subur itu yang telah kurebut dari orang Amori dengan pedang dan panahku."
And it is to you, not to your brothers, that I will give the fertile hill in the Shechem area. I captured that land from the Amor people-group, fighting them with my sword and my bow and arrows.”
