• Genesi 48:19, 20
    Bhibhlya ya Dziko Ipswa

    • 19 Mbwenye pai wace apitiriza kukhonda, mbampanga: “Ine ndisapidziwa mwananga, ine ndisapidziwa. Iyembo anadzakhala mbumba, pontho iye anadzakhalambo wankulu. Ngakhale tenepo, mʼbale wace wangʼono anadzakhala wankulu kakamwe kupiringana iye,+ pontho dzindza* ya Efraimu inadzakhala ikulu kakamwe yakuti inakwana toera kukhazikisa mbumba zizinji.”+ 20 Natenepa, iye apitiriza kuapasa nkhombo pa ntsiku ineyi,+ mbalonga:

      “Mbumba ya Izraeli mbilonge dzina yako pakupasa nkhombo, kuti:

      ‘Mulungu mbakucitise kukhala ninga Efraimu, pontho ninga Manase.’”

      Munjira ineyi, iye apitiriza kuikha Efraimu patsogolo pa Manase.