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Yoqub Efrayim bilan Manasheni duo qiladi
1 Bir kuni Yusufga: “Otangiz kasal” degan xabar yetib keldi. Yusuf ikkala oʻgʻlini — Manashe bilan Efrayimni yoniga olib, otasining huzuriga bordi. 2 Yoqub Yusufning kelganini eshitgach, kuchini yigʻib, toʻshagiga oʻtirdi. 3 Yoqub Yusufga dedi:
— Qodir Xudo Kanʼon yurtidagi Luz shahrida menga zohir boʻlgan va marhamat koʻrsatib, 4 shunday degan edi: “Men seni barakali qilib, naslingni koʻpaytiraman. Men sendan koʻp xalqlarni yarataman. Bu yerni sendan keyin naslingga abadiy mulk qilib beraman.” 5 Men Misrga kelmasimdan avval Efrayim bilan Manashe bu yerda tugʻilgan edilar. Shu ikkala oʻgʻling endi mening oʻgʻillarimdir. Ruben va Shimoʻn menga qanday oʻgʻil boʻlsa, sening ikkala oʻgʻling ham mening oʻgʻillarim boʻladi. 6 Efrayim bilan Manashedan keyin tugʻiladigan oʻgʻillaring esa oʻzingniki boʻladi. Tugʻiladigan oʻgʻillaringga Efrayim va Manashega qarashli yerlardan meros berilsin. 7 Buni shu sababdan qilyapmanki, men Paddondan qaytib kelayotganimda, afsuski, onang Rohila Kanʼon yurtida — Efratga yetib bormasdan yoʻlda olamdan oʻtgan edi. Men uni oʻsha yerda — Efratga boradigan yoʻl boʻyida dafn qilganman. (Efrat hozir Baytlahm deb yuritiladi.)
8-10 Bu paytga kelib Yoqubning koʻzlari keksalikdan xiralashgan, yaxshi koʻrmas edi. Yoqub Yusufning oʻgʻillarini koʻrganda, “Bular kimlar?” deb soʻradi.
— Bular Xudo shu yerda menga bergan oʻgʻillarim, — deb javob berdi Yusuf.
— Menga yaqinroq olib kelgin ularni, duo qilayin.
Yusuf oʻgʻillarini otasiga yaqinroq olib bordi. Yoqub bolalarni bagʻriga bosib, oʻpdi. 11 Yoqub Yusufga dedi:
— Men seni hech qachon koʻrmayman, deb oʻylagan edim. Ammo Xudo sening bolalaringni ham koʻrishni nasib etdi.
12 Yusuf bolalarni otasining tizzasidan oldi va otasiga muk tushib taʼzim qildi. 13 Yusuf oʻng qoʻli bilan Efrayimni ushlab, Yoqubning chap tomoniga, chap qoʻli bilan Manasheni ushlab, Yoqubning oʻng tomoniga yaqinroq olib keldi. 14 Lekin Yoqub qoʻllarini chalishtirdi–yu, oʻng qoʻlini kenja oʻgʻil Efrayimning boshiga, chap qoʻlini toʻngʻich oʻgʻil Manashening boshiga qoʻydi. 15 Soʻngra Yusufni duo qildi :
“Ota–bobolarim Ibrohim va Isʼhoqqa yoʻl koʻrsatgan Xudo,
Umrim boʻyi mening choʻponim boʻlgan Xudo,
16 Barcha ofatlardan meni saqlagan farishta
Bu bolalarga ham marhamat koʻrsatsin.
Mening nomim, bobom Ibrohim, otam Isʼhoqning nomi
Shu bolalar orqali yashasin, yer yuzida ular lak–lak koʻpaysin.”
17 Lekin otasi oʻng qoʻlini Efrayimning boshiga qoʻygani Yusufga yoqmadi. Shuning uchun otasining oʻng qoʻlini Efrayimning boshidan Manashening boshiga olib qoʻymoqchi boʻldi.
18 — Bunday emas, ota, — dedi Yusuf, — bunisi toʻngʻichi, oʻng qoʻlingizni uning boshiga qoʻying.
19 Lekin otasi rozi boʻlmadi:
— Bilaman, oʻgʻlim, bilaman. Manashening nasli ham buyuk xalq boʻladi. Lekin Efrayimning avlodi, Manashenikiga qaraganda, yanada buyuk boʻlib, Efrayimning avlodidan koʻp xalqlar kelib chiqadi.
20 Yoqub oʻsha kuni Efrayim bilan Manasheni shunday deb duo qildi:
“Isroil xalqi sizlarning nomingizni aytar bir–birini duo qilganda,
Efrayim va Manasheday qilsin seni Xudo, deb aytganlarida.”
Shunday qilib, Yoqub Efrayimni Manashedan yuqori qoʻydi.
21 Shundan keyin Yoqub Yusufga dedi:
— Mening umrim oxirlab boryapti. Lekin Xudo sizlar bilan birga boʻladi, sizlarni ota–bobolaringizning yeriga yana qaytarib olib boradi. 22 Shakamni esa akalaringga emas, senga beryapman. Bu hosildor yerlarni men qilichu kamonim bilan Amor xalqlaridan tortib olganman .
1 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 Beth-lehem.
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.
