Yosef De Ne Mma Ba
Bere a Yakob rewu no, ɔkae yɛn Agya Ade Nyinaa So Tumfo wɔ Lus, na ɔfa Yosef mma mmarima baanu a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ Misraim no sɛ ne dea. Ɔsesa ne nsa de kumaa no, Efraim, di abakan no anim, na ɔmpɛ sɛ wɔteɛ no. Ɔde n'ankasa abrabɔ ho nhyehyɛe san yɛ bio ɔpɛ mu.
48 1Eyi akyi no, wɔka kyerɛɛ Yosef se, “Hwɛ, wʼagya yare.” Enti ɔfaa ne mmabarima baanu, Manase ne Efraim. 2Wɔka kyerɛɛ Yakob se, “Hwɛ, wo babarima Yosef aba wo nkyɛn.” Israel hyɛɛ ne ho den, na ɔtenaa ne mpa so. 3Yakob ka kyerɛɛ Yosef se, “El Shaddai—yɛn Agya Tumfo no—yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ me wɔ Lus wɔ Kanaan asase so, na ɔhyiraa me. 4Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Mɛma woawo mma bebree, mama woadɔɔso, na mama woayɛ aman dɔm; na mede asase yi bɛma wʼasefo a wɔbɛba wʼakyi no sɛ wɔn agyapade daa.’ 5Afei, wo mmabarima baanu a wɔwoo wɔn maa wo wɔ Misraim ansa na meba wo nkyɛn wɔ ha no yɛ me de. Efraim ne Manase bɛyɛ me de, sɛ Ruben ne Simeon ara pɛ. 6Nanso mma a wobɛwo wɔ wɔn akyi no bɛyɛ wo de; wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn wɔ wɔn nuanom din ase wɔ wɔn agyapade mu. 7Me de, bere a mefi Padan reba no, Rahel wuu wɔ me nkyɛn wɔ Kanaan asase so, wɔ kwan so, bere a na ɛda so aka kakra ansa na yɛadu Efrata; mesiee no wɔ hɔ wɔ Efrata kwan so” (kyerɛ sɛ, Betlehem).
8Bere a Israel huu Yosef mmabarima no, obisae se, “Hwannom ne eyinom?”
9Yosef ka kyerɛɛ nʼagya se, “Eyinom ne me mmabarima a yɛn Agya de wɔn maa me wɔ ha no.” Ɔkae se, “Mesrɛ wo, de wɔn bra me nkyɛn, na mahyira wɔn.”
10Israel aniwa ayɛ kusuu esiane ne nkwakoraa nti—na ontumi nhu ade yiye. Enti Yosef de wɔn bɛnee no, na ɔfee wɔn ano, na ɔbam wɔn. 11Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef se, “Mennwen da sɛ mɛhu wʼanim bio—nanso afei yɛn Agya ama mahu wʼasefo mpo.” 12Afei Yosef yii wɔn fii nʼagya kotodwe ntam, na ɔkotow de nʼanim butuw fam. a a v12 Mma a wɔde wɔn tena kotodwe ntam no yɛ tete nneyɛe bi a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔagye obi ato mu sɛ wɔn ankasa ba wɔ mmara kwan so. 13Yosef faa wɔn baanu nyinaa—Efraim wɔ ne nsa nifa mu, de kyerɛɛ Israel benkum so, na Manase wɔ ne nsa benkum mu, de kyerɛɛ Israel nifa so—na ɔde wɔn bɛnee no. 14Israel teɛɛ ne nsa nifa de guu Efraim ti so—ɔno ne kakraba no—afei ɔde ne nsa benkum guu Manase ti so, na ɔde ne nsa twaa mu—efisɛ Manase ne abakan no. 15Afei ɔhyiraa Yosef, na ɔkae se, “Yɛn Agya, a mʼagyanom Abraham ne Isak nantew nʼanim no— yɛn Agya a wayɛ me hwɛfo me nkwa nna nyinaa de besi nnɛ no, b b v15 Yakob bɔ yɛn Agya din sɛ ne hwɛfo — eyi ne bere a edi kan wɔ Kyerɛwnsɛm mu a wɔde abodin yi ma yɛn Agya. Hwɛfo asɛmti yi kɔ anim kodu Dwom 23, kodu Israel Hwɛfo a ɔwɔ Yesaia ne Hesekiel mu no, na ɛwie pɛyɛ wɔ Yesu mu, a ɔfrɛ ne ho Oguanhwɛfo Pa no. 16Ɔbɔfo a wagye me afi bɔne nyinaa mu no—hyira mmofra yi. Ma me din ntena so wɔ wɔn mu, ne mʼagyanom Abraham ne Isak din nso; na ma wɔnnɔɔso nyɛ dɔm wɔ asase so mfinimfini.” c c v16 Ɔbɔfo a ogye Yakob no ne yɛn Agya ankasa — nea oyii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no, ɔne no dii aperepere, na ɔne no nantew ne nkwa nna nyinaa mu no.
17Yosef huu sɛ nʼagya de ne nsa nifa agu Efraim ti so; ɛhaw no, enti ɔsoo nʼagya nsa mu sɛ ɔde befi Efraim ti so de akɔ Manase ti so. 18Yosef ka kyerɛɛ nʼagya se, “Dabi, mʼagya, efisɛ oyi ne abakan no—fa wo nsa nifa gu ne ti so.”
19Nanso nʼagya ampene, na ɔkae se, “Menim, me ba, menim. Ɔno nso bɛyɛ ɔman, ɔno nso bɛyɛ kɛse. Nanso ne nua kumaa no bɛyɛ kɛse asen no, na nʼasefo bɛyɛ aman bebree.” 20Saa da no ɔhyiraa wɔn se, “Israel bɛfa wo so ahyira, aka se, ‘Yɛn Agya nyɛ wo sɛ Efraim ne sɛ Manase.’” Na ɔde Efraim dii Manase anim. 21Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef se, “Hwɛ, merebewu, nanso yɛn Agya bɛka wo ho, na ɔde wo asan aba wʼagyanom asase so. 22Na wo na mede bepɔw afa baako a mede me nkrante ne me tadua gyee fii Amorifo nsam no ama, na ɛnyɛ wo nuanom.” d d v22 Saa “bepɔw afa” yi kyerɛ Sekem mantam no ebia, a akyiri yi ɛbɛyɛ Efraim ne Manase mmusuakuw asase titiriw.
