Genesis
48 Berɛ bi akyi no, wɔka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: “Hwɛ, wo papa ayɛ mmerɛ.” Ɔtee saa no, ɔfaa Manase ne Efraim, ne mma mmienu no, ne wɔn kɔɔ hɔ.+ 2 Ɛnna wɔka kyerɛɛ Yakob sɛ: “Wo ba Yosef aba wo nkyɛn.” Enti Israel miaa n’ani sɔre tenaa ne mpa so. 3 Na Yakob ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ:
“Adeɛ nyinaa so Tumfoɔ Nyankopɔn yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ me wɔ Lus wɔ Kaanan asaase so, na ɔhyiraa me.+ 4 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Mɛma w’ase atrɛ ayɛ bebree, na mɛma woabɛyɛ aman asafodɔm.+ Mede asaase yi bɛma w’asefoɔ* a wɔbɛdi w’akyi aba, na ayɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ daa.’+ 5 Hwɛ, wo mma mmienu a wowoo wɔn wɔ Egypt ansa na mereba wo nkyɛn wɔ Egypt ha no yɛ me dea.+ Efraim ne Manase bɛyɛ me ara me mma te sɛ Ruben ne Simeon.+ 6 Na mma a wobɛnya wɔ wɔn akyi no na wɔbɛyɛ wo dea. Na agyapadeɛ a wɔn nuanom mmienu no din da so no, ɛno bi na wɔbɛnya.+ 7 Me deɛ, berɛ a mefiri Padan reba no, Rahel wu too me so+ wɔ Kaanan asaase so. Ná baabi a yɛaduro no ne Efrat+ ntam twe kakra, enti mesiee no Efrat anaasɛ Betlehem+ kwan so.”
8 Afei Israel huu Yosef mma no, na ɔbisaa sɛ: “Hwannom nie?” 9 Yosef buaa ne papa sɛ: “Mma a Onyankopɔn ama manya wɔ ha nie.”+ Ɛnna ɔkaa sɛ: “Mesrɛ wo, fa wɔn brɛ me na menhyira wɔn.”+ 10 Ɔnyini nti, na Israel ani so ayɛ no wisiwisi, na na ɔnhunu adeɛ yie. Enti ɔde wɔn bɛn no na ɔfee wɔn ano bam wɔn. 11 Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: “Mansusu da sɛ mɛhu w’anim bio,+ nanso hwɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn ama mahu w’asefoɔ* mpo aka wo ho.” 12 Afei Yosef yii wɔn firii Israel anim,* na ɔbɔɔ ne mu ase de n’anim butuu fam.
13 Ɛnna Yosef de ne nsa nifa sɔɔ Efraim+ mu gyinaa Israel benkum, na ɔde ne nsa benkum sɔɔ Manase+ mu gyinaa Israel nifa, na ɔmaa wɔn mmienu bɛn no. 14 Nanso Israel de ne nsa nifa too Efraim a ɔyɛ kumaa no mmom tiri so, na ɔde ne nsa benkum too Manase tiri so. Manase na na ɔyɛ panin,+ nanso ɔhyɛɛ da na ɔyɛɛ no saa. 15 Ɛnna ɔhyiraa Yosef kaa sɛ:+
“Nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no a m’agyanom Abraham ne Isak nantee n’anim,+
Nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no a wahwɛ me so me nkwa nna nyinaa abɛsi nnɛ;+
16 Deɛ ɔnam ne bɔfoɔ so yii me firii m’ahohia nyinaa mu no,+ ɔno na ɔnhyira mmɔfra yi.+
Ma wɔmfa me din ne m’agyanom Abraham ne Isak din nto wɔn so,
Na ma wɔnnɔre nyɛ bebree wɔ asaase so.”+
17 Berɛ a Yosef huu sɛ ne papa de ne nsa nifa ato Efraim tiri so no, n’ani annye ho, enti ɔyɛɛ sɛ ɔreyi ne papa nsa afiri Efraim tiri so de ato Manase tiri so. 18 Yosef ka kyerɛɛ ne papa sɛ: “Papa, nyɛ no saa, ɛfiri sɛ wei ne panin.+ Fa wo nsa nifa to ɔno mmom tiri so.” 19 Nanso ne papa antie, na ɔkaa sɛ: “Menim saa, me ba, menim saa. Ɔno nso bɛyɛ ɔman, na ɔbɛyɛ kɛse. Nanso ne nua kumaa no bɛyɛ kɛse asene no,+ na n’asefoɔ* bɛyɛ sɛ aman pii.”+ 20 Enti saa da no, ɔtoaa so hyiraa wɔn+ sɛ:
“Ma Israelfoɔ mfa wo din nhyira wɔn ho nka sɛ,
‘Onyankopɔn nyɛ wo sɛ Efraim ne Manase.’”
Enti sɛ ɔhyira wɔn biara a, ɔde Efraim di Manase anim.
21 Afei Israel ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ: “Hwɛ, merebɛwu,+ nanso Onyankopɔn bɛka mo ho daa, na ɔde mo bɛsan akɔ mo agyanom asaase so.+ 22 Na asaase a mede me sekan ne m’agyan gye firii Amorifoɔ hɔ no, mede baako bɛka wo deɛ ho ama no ayɛ kɛse asene wo nuanom deɛ.”