Uputukilo 48:1-22
48 Kulutwe lia yuma yino, Yosefwe yamulweza ngwo: “Tatenu haputuka kuhonga.” Mba iye yaya ni kumutala hamwe ni ana jenyi aali a malunga, Manase ni Eframe.
2 Yalweza Yakomba ngwo: “Mwane Yosefwe keza ni kukutala.” Mba, Izalele yalikolweza, yatwama ha muhela wenyi.
3 Yakomba yamba kuli Yosefwe ngwenyi:
“Zambi Mukwa-Ndundo-Jeswe kasolokele kuli yami ku Luze, mu chifuchi cha Kanana, yanguwahisa.
4 Yamba kuli yami ngwenyi: ‘Mungukakwaha ana, mungukakwokesa, mungukakupwisa chikungulwila cha mavungu, ni kuhana chifuchi chino ku munyachi* we ngwe chihinga cha mutolo.’
5 Haliapwila, ana je a malunga aali waze asemukinyine mu chifuchi cha Engitu shimbu yami te kanda nguchiza, mapwa a yami. Eframe ni Manase makapwa a yami, ngwe chize Rupene ni Simeone ali a yami.
6 Alioze, ana waze mukasema kulutwe, makapwa ana je, mba makatambula chihinga kupalikila mu jina lia ayayo.
7 Muze te ngunakatuka ku Panda, Rakele yafwila kumeso jami mu chifuchi cha Kanana, muze te hikwasala hakehe hanga tunjile mu Efrata. Chocho yingumufunjila kuzekwene, mu jila ya Efrata, che kwamba, Mbeteleme.
8 Mba Izalele yamona ana ja Yosefwe, yahula ngwenyi: “Wano aya?”
9 Yosefwe yakumbulula kuli tato ngwenyi: “Kali ana jami, waze Zambi angwaha ku chihela chino.” Mba tato yamba ngwenyi: “Lisesa, anehe kuli yami hanga ngwawahise.”
10 Meso ja Izalele te hafuwalala mumu lia ushinakaji, iye te keshi kuhasa kumona kanawa. Kashika, Yosefwe yakundamisa ana jenyi kuli tato, tato yaaha mbeju, ni kwakangayika.
11 Izalele yamba kuli Yosefwe ngwenyi: “Chakanyongene ngwami, mungukakumona nawa, alioze Zambi kangukwasa kumona chipwe ana je.”
12 Yosefwe yachiza ana jenyi ku makungunwa ja Izalele, chocho yafulamana hashi.
13 Yosefwe yanda anenyi eswe aali, Eframe ku chindume chenyi, apwe ku chimeso cha Izalele, Manase ku chimeso chenyi apwe ku chindume cha Izalele, chocho yaakundamisa kuli tato.
14 Alioze, chipwe ngwe Eframe mwe te kanuke, nihindu Izalele yolola kwoko lienyi lia chindume yalisa ha mutwe wenyi, kwoko lia chimeso yalisa ha mutwe wa Manase. Izalele kazangile lume kusa kwoko lienyi lia chindume hali iye, chipwe ngwe te kananyingika ngwenyi Manase mwe mukulwana.
15 Chocho yawahisa Yosefwe ni kwamba ngwenyi:
“Zambi wamwenemwene, yoze tata Apalahama ni tata Izake apwile ni kuwayila,Zambi wamwenemwene yoze wangufunga ku mwono wami weswe ndo musono,
16 Mungelo yoze wakungupulula ku lamba liami lieswe, awahise akweze wano.
Jina liami likapwe muli ayo,* ni jina lia tata Apalahama ni tata Izake.Akaseme ni kuliokesa hashi.”
17 Yosefwe yamona ngwenyi, tato te kananungu ni kusa kwoko lienyi lia chindume ha mutwe wa Eframe, alioze iye kachizangile, mba yeseka kuchiza kwoko lia tato ha mutwe wa Eframe ni kulisa ha mutwe wa Manase.
18 Yosefwe yamba kuli tato ngwenyi: “Achize ka tata, mumu au mwe mutangu. Sako kama kwoko lie lia chindume ha mutwe wenyi.”
19 Alioze, tato yalituna kuchilinga, chocho yamba ngwenyi: “Ngunanyingika mwanami, ngunanyingika. Neye makapwa vungu, chikwo nawa, makapwa munene. Alioze mwana-kwo makapwa munene kuhiana iye, ana ja Eframe makapwa anji, hanga apwe minyachi.”
20 Mba muze te machinunga ni kwawahisa ha tangwa lize, yamba ngwenyi:
“A-Izalele akatongole jina lie tangwa lize mawahisa atu akwo ngwo:‘Zambi akakupwise ngwe Eframe ni Manase.’”
Chocho iye yanunga ni kusa Eframe kulutwe lia Manase.
21 Mba Izalele yamba kuli Yosefwe ngwenyi: “Tala, yami kumungufwa, alioze, pundu lume, Zambi kumanunga hamwe ni yenu, kumakanuhilwisa ku chifuchi cha tulamba twenu.
22 Hakutwala kuli yami, mungukwaha mavu anene kuhiana mandumbu je, mavu waze natambwile ku moko ja A-Amore ni mukwale ni uta wami.”
