¹ At nangyari, pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, na sinabi ng isa kay Jose, Narito, ang iyong ama ay may sakit: at kaniyang ipinagsama ang kaniyang dalawang anak, si Manases at si Ephraim.

² At may nagsaysay kay Jacob, at nagsabi, Narito, pinaparituhan ka ng anak mong si Jose: at si Israel ay nagpakalakas at umupo sa higaan.

³ At sinabi ni Jacob kay Jose, Ang Dios na Makapangyarihan sa lahat ay napakita sa akin sa Luz sa lupain ng Canaan, at binasbasan ako.

⁴ At sinabi sa akin, Narito, palalaguin kita, at pararamihin kita, at gagawin kitang isang kapisanan ng mga bayan; at aking ibibigay ang lupaing ito sa iyong lahi pagkamatay mo, na pinakaari magpakailan man.

⁵ At ang iyo ngang dalawang anak na ipinanganak sa iyo sa lupain ng Egipto bago ako naparito sa iyo sa Egipto, ay akin; si Ephraim at si Manases, gaya ni Ruben at ni Simeon ay magiging akin.

⁶ At ang iyong mga anak, na iyong mga naging anak na sumunod sa kanila ay magiging iyo; sila'y tatawagin ayon sa pangalan ng kanilang mga kapatid sa kanilang mana.

⁷ At tungkol sa akin, nang ako'y dumating mula sa Padan, si Raquel ay namatay sa akin sa lupain ng Canaan sa daan, nang kulang pa ng kaunti upang dumating sa Ephrata: at aking inilibing siya roon sa daan ng Ephrata (na siya ring Bethlehem).

⁸ At nakita ni Israel ang mga anak ni Jose, at sinabi, Sino sino ito?

⁹ At sinabi ni Jose sa kaniyang ama, Sila'y aking mga anak, na silang mga ibinigay ng Dios sa akin dito. At kaniyang sinabi, Isinasamo ko sa iyo, na iyong dalhin sila rito sa akin, at sila'y aking babasbasan.

¹⁰ Ang mga mata nga ni Israel ay malabo na dahil sa katandaan, na ano pa't hindi na siya makakita. At kaniyang inilapit sila sa kaniya; at sila'y kaniyang hinagkan, at niyakap.

¹¹ At sinabi ni Israel kay Jose, Hindi ko akalaing makita ang iyong mukha: at, narito, ipinakita sa akin ng Dios pati ng iyong binhi.

¹² At sila'y pinagkuha ni Jose sa pagitan ng kaniyang mga tuhod; at siya'y nagpatirapa sa lupa.

¹³ At kapuwa dinala ni Jose, si Ephraim sa kaniyang kanang kamay, sa dakong kaliwang kamay ni Israel, at si Manases sa kaniyang kaliwang kamay, sa dakong kanang kamay ni Israel, at inilapit niya sa kaniya.

¹⁴ At iniunat ni Israel ang kaniyang kanang kamay, at ipinatong sa ulo ni Ephraim, na siyang bunso, at ang kaniyang kaliwang kamay ay sa ulo ni Manases, na pinapatnubayang sadya ang kaniyang mga kamay; sapagka't si Manases ang panganay.

¹⁵ At kaniyang binasbasan si Jose, at sinabi, Ang Dios na sa harap niya ay lumakad ang aking mga magulang na si Abraham at si Isaac, ang Dios na nagpakain sa akin sa buong buhay ko hanggang sa araw na ito,

¹⁶ Ang anghel na tumubos sa akin sa buong kasamaan, ay siya nawang magpala sa mga batang ito; at tawagin nawa sila sa aking pangalan, at sa pangalan ng aking mga magulang na si Abraham at si Isaac; at magsidami nawa silang totoo sa ibabaw ng lupa.

¹⁷ At nang makita ni Jose na ipinatong ng kaniyang ama ang kaniyang kanang kamay sa ulo ni Ephraim, ay minasama niya; at itinaas niya ang kamay ng kaniyang ama, upang ilipat sa ulo ni Manases mula sa ulo ni Ephraim.

¹⁸ At sinabi ni Jose sa kaniyang ama, Hindi ganyan, ama ko: sapagka't ito ang panganay; ipatong mo ang iyong kanang kamay sa kaniyang ulo.

¹⁹ At tumanggi ang kaniyang ama, at sinabi, Talastas ko, anak ko, talastas ko; siya man ay magiging isang bayan, at siya man ay magiging dakila: gayon ma'y ang kaniyang kapatid na bata ay magiging lalong dakila kay sa kaniya, at ang kaniyang binhi ay magiging isang makapal na bansa.

²⁰ At kaniyang binasbasan sila ng araw na yaon, na sinasabi Sa iyo magbabasbas ang Israel, na magsasabi, Gawin ka nawa ng Dios na gaya ni Ephraim at gaya ni Manases, at kaniyang ipinagpauna si Ephraim bago si Manases.

²¹ At sinabi ni Israel kay Jose, Narito, ako'y namamatay: nguni't ang Dios ay sasainyo, at dadalhin kayo uli sa lupain ng inyong mga magulang.

²² Bukod dito'y binigyan kita ng isang bahaging higit kay sa iyong mga kapatid, na aking kinuha ng aking tabak at ng aking busog sa kamay ng Amorrheo.

¹ "Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.

² Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."

³ O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.

⁴ Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.

⁵ I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God." But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

⁶ Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backsliding is increased.

⁷ "How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.

⁸ They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.

⁹ Shouldn't I punish them for these things?" says Yahweh; "and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

¹⁰ "Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.

¹¹ For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me," says Yahweh.

¹² They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.

¹³ The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."

¹⁴ Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, "Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

¹⁵ Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel," says Yahweh. "It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don't know, neither understand what they say.

¹⁶ Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.

¹⁷ They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, [which] your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.

¹⁸ "But even in those days," says Yahweh, "I will not make a full end with you.

¹⁹ It will happen, when you say, 'Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'

²⁰ "Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

²¹ 'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't Hear:

²² Don't you fear me?' says Yahweh 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'

²³ "But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.

²⁴ Neither do they say in their heart, 'Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'

²⁵ "Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.

²⁶ For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

²⁷ As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

²⁸ They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.

²⁹ "Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

³⁰ "An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.

³¹ The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?