Genesi
48 Ka nthago ga dilo tsowa, ba botsa Josefa gore: “Papago o thomisa go lelemela.” Mo ba reyane, a tseya barwayi bage ka babedi Manase le Eforayimi a ya nabo ga Jakobo.+ 2 Ba botsa Jakobo gore: “Morwayi wago Josefa ke yewa o tlile gago.” Byalo, Israyele a liketsa ka matla gore a tsoge a dule gabutši mo mpetong wage. 3 Jakobo a re ga Josefa:
“Modimo wa Matšhika ka Moka o nyarele gaka ku Luzi nageng ya Kanana a nrufa.+ 4 O yitseri gaka, ‘Ke nyoko maka gore o be le bana ba go tlala, fote ke nyoko maka gore mo gago go tšwe ditšhaba tsa go tlala,+ naga yowa ke nyoko yi neya ditlogolwane* tsago gore go be ya tsona go ya go yye.’+ 5 Byalo, barwayi bago ka babedi ba gore ba go belegele bona mo nageng ya Egepita mo ke soko tla gago mo Egepita ke baka.+ Eforayimi le Manase go nyoko ba baka go fo tshwana le mo Rubeni le Simiyoni go le baka.+ 6 Mara bana bo ba ko go belegelang bona ka nthago go ko ba bago. Ba nyoko kraya sekopa sa naga ga lefa la bobhuti ba bona.+ 7 Nakwela ke tšwa Padhane, Reyitšhele o kgwile+ nkene ke mo lebelele ku nageng ya Kanana, ke mo re sa le kgole le go segela nageng ya Eforathe.+ Byalo, ka mmoloka gana hone tseleng ya go ya Eforathe, ya gore ke Bhetlelehema.”+
8 Ke mokane Israyele a bona barwayi ba Josefa, a butsisa gore: “Ke bomang bowa?” 9 Josefa a re ga papage: “Ke barwayi baka ba gore Modimo o nneyye bona ga poleke yowa.”+ Mo a reyane, Jakobo a re: “Ke kgopela o ba leye howa gore ke thogo ba rufa.”+ 10 Ka gore Israyele ke mo a šele a tsofele, ke mo a sa sa bona gabutši. Byalo Josefa a ba leya hone gage, Jakobo a ba khisa, a ba tlaparela. 11 Israyele a re ga Josefa: “Ke mo ke sa nagane gore nka go bona,+ mara Modimo o makiye gore ke bone le bana* bago.” 12 Josefa a ba tlosa mone matolong ya Israyele, ke mokane yene a kgotama a yinamisiye hlogo.
13 Josefa a ba tseya ba le ka babedi, a tshwara Eforayimi+ ka letsogo lage la go ja a mo yisa ga letsogo la Israyele la sepata, a tshwara Manase+ ka letsogo la sepata a mo yisa ga letsogo la go ja la Israyele, a ba šutetsa mo thina le Israyele. 14 Mara, Israyele a wolola letsogo lage la go ja a le beya gedimo ga hlogo ya Eforayimi le mo go na go le ye monyana, ke mokane a beya letsogo lage la sepata gedimo ga hlogo ya Manase. O f’lo maka ka bomu le mo Manase go le letšibula.+ 15 A rufa Josefa ke mokane a re:+
“Nkare Modimo wa mannete wa gore bopapaka Abhrahama le Isaka ne ba sepela mahlong gage,+
Modimo wa mannete wa gore o pasopiye lephelo laka go segela lekgono,+
16 Yene wa gore mo ke tlela ke tsa go baba ke mo a n’gelepa a berekisa lengeloyi lage,+ a ka rufa bašomanyana bowa.+
Ba ba bitse ka lebitso laka le lebitso la bopapaka, Abhrahama le Isaka,
Nkare ba ka yeketsega ba tlala mo lefaseng.”+
17 Mo Josefa a di bona gore papage o beyye letsogo lage la go ja hlogong ya Eforayimi, a fo kwa di sa mo jabodisi, byalo a liketsa go tlosa letsogo la papage hlogong ya Eforayimi a le yisa hlogong ya Manase. 18 Josefa a re ga papage: “Awwa papa, yewa ke yene letšibula.+ Beya letsogo lago la go ja gedimo ga hlogo yage.” 19 Mara papage a fo ya mahlong a gana, a re: “Ke ya di tšiba morwayi, ke ya di tšiba. Le yene go ko tšwa batho ba go tlala ho gage. Mara yewa ye monyana o nyoko mo phala,+ bana* bage ba nyoko tlala gwa tšwa ditšhaba tsa go tlala mo gage.”+ 20 Byalo, a ya mahlong a ba rufa ka lona letšatši lone+ a re:
“Maisrayele mo ma rufana ma berekise mabitso ya lune, ma re,
‘Nkare Modimo a ka maka gore o tshwane le Eforayimi le Manase.’”
Jakobo ke mo a fo dula a maka gore Eforayimi a yete Manase mahlong.
21 Ke mokane Israyele a botsa Josefa gore: “Ke šele ke nyoko kgwa byalo,+ mara Modimo o nyoko ya mahlong a le nago fote o nyoko go busetsa nageng ya bokokwane bago.+ 22 Ke nyoko go neya naga ya go feta ya bobhuti bago ka sekopa ka ssoši, naga ya gore ke yi tsere ga Maamore ka sabola yaka le mosefo waka.”