< تكوين 41 >

وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ سَنَتَيْنِ رَأَى فِرْعَوْنُ حُلْماً، وَإذَا بِهِ وَاقِفٌ بِجُوَارِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ ١ 1
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ، صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ أَخَذَتْ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ، ٢ 2
when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخْرَى قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ وَتَقِفُ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ. ٣ 3
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
وَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ الْبَقَرَاتِ السَّبْعَ الْحَسَنَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَالسَّمِينَاتِ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ. ٤ 4
And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,
ثُمَّ نَامَ، فَحَلُمَ ثَانِيَةً، وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ ٥ 5
but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
ثُمَّ رَأَى سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةً وَرَاءَهَا، ٦ 6
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ السَّنَابِلَ الزَّاهِيَةَ الْمُمْتَلِئَةَ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ، وَأَدْرَكَ أَنَّهُ حُلْمٌ. ٧ 7
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
وَلَمَّا كَانَ الصَّبَاحُ اسْتَوْلَى الانْزِعَاجُ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ فَأَرْسَلَ وَاسْتَدْعَى جَمِيعَ سَحَرَةِ مِصْرَ وَكُلَّ حُكَمَائِهَا، وَسَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ حُلْمَهُ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُ لَهُ. ٨ 8
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ رَئِيسُ السُّقَاةِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنِّي أَذْكُرُ الْيَوْمَ ذُنُوبِي. ٩ 9
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
لَقَدْ سَخَطَ فِرْعَوْنُ عَلَى عَبْدَيْهِ، فَزَجَّنِي وَرَئِيسَ الْخَبَّازِينَ فِي مُعْتَقَلِ بَيْتِ رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ. ١٠ 10
Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
فَحَلُمَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا حُلْماً فِي نَفْسِ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَكَانَ تَفْسِيرُ كُلِّ حُلْمٍ يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ أَحْوَالِ رَائِيهِ. ١١ 11
One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
وَكَانَ مَعَنَا هُنَاكَ غُلامٌ عِبْرَانِيٌّ، عَبْدٌ لِرَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ، فَسَرَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ حُلْمَيْنَا فَفَسَّرَهُمَا لِكُلٍّ مِنَّا حَسَبَ تَعْبِيرِ حُلْمِهِ. ١٢ 12
Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
وَقَدْ تَمَّ مَا فَسَّرَهُ لَنَا. فَرَدَّنِي فِرْعَوْنُ إِلَى وَظِيفَتِي وَأَمَّا ذَاكَ فَعَلَّقَهُ (عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ)». ١٣ 13
And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
فَبَعَثَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَاسْتَدْعَى يُوسُفَ، فَأَسْرَعُوا وَأَتَوْا بِهِ مِنَ السِّجْنِ فَحَلَقَ وَاسْتَبْدَلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ. ١٤ 14
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ حُلْماً وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُ، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنْكَ حَدِيثاً أَنَّكَ إِنْ سَمِعْتَ حُلْماً تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تُفَسِّرَهُ». ١٥ 15
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
فَأَجَابَ يُوسُفُ: «لا فَضْلَ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ، بَلْ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُعْطِي فِرْعَوْنَ الْجَوَابَ الصَّائِبَ». ١٦ 16
“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «رَأَيْتُ نَفْسِي فِي الْحُلْمِ وَإذَا بِي أَقِفُ عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ، ١٧ 17
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ، ١٨ 18
when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخَرَ قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ. لَمْ أَرَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا نَظِيرَهَا فِي الْقَبَاحَةِ. ١٩ 19
After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
فَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْهَزِيلاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ السَّبْعَ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى السَّمِينَاتِ. ٢٠ 20
Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
وَمَعَ أَنَّهَا ابْتَلَعَتْهَا ظَلَّتْ عَجْفَاءَ وَكَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَبْتَلِعْهَا وَبَقِيَ مَنْظَرُهَا قَبِيحاً كَمَا كَانَتْ. وَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ. ٢١ 21
When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ فِي حُلْمِي وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، ٢٢ 22
In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ يَابِسَةٍ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةٍ وَرَاءَهَا، ٢٣ 23
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ الزَّاهِيَةَ. وَلَقَدْ سَرَدْتُ عَلَى السَّحَرَةِ هَذَيْنِ الْحُلْمَيْنِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُمَا لِي». ٢٤ 24
And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «حُلْمَا فِرْعَوْنَ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ. وَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ فَاعِلٌ. ٢٥ 25
At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
السَّبْعُ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْحِسَانُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. وَالسَّبْعُ السَّنَابِلُ الزَّاهِيَاتُ هِيَ أَيْضاً سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. فَالْحُلْمَانِ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ. ٢٦ 26
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
وَالسَّبْعُ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ الْهَزِيلاتُ الَّتِي صَعِدَتْ وَرَاءَهَا هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. وَالسَّبْعُ السَّنَابِلُ الْفَارِغَاتُ الْمَلْفُوحَاتُ بِالرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ سَتَكُونُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتِ جُوعٍ ٢٧ 27
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
وَالأَمْرُ هُوَ كَمَا أَخْبَرْتُ بِهِ فِرْعَوْنَ: فَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ صَانِعٌ ٢٨ 28
It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
هُوَذَا سَبْعُ سِنِينَ رَخَاءٍ عَظِيمٍ قَادِمَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، ٢٩ 29
Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
تَعْقُبُهَا سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ جُوعٍ، حَتَّى يَنْسَى النَّاسُ كُلَّ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ، وَيُتْلِفُ الْجُوعُ الأَرْضَ، ٣٠ 30
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
وَيَخْتَفِي كُلُّ أَثَرٍ لِلرَّخَاءِ فِي الْبِلادِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْمَجَاعَةِ الَّتِي تَعْقُبُهُ، لأَنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ قَاسِيَةً جِدّاً ٣١ 31
The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
أَمَّا تَكْرَارُ الْحُلْمِ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَلَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ قَدْ قَرَّرَهُ اللهُ، وَلابُدَّ أَنْ يُجْرِيَهُ سَرِيعاً. ٣٢ 32
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
وَالآنَ لِيَبْحَثْ فِرْعَوْنُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ بَصِيرٍ حَكِيمٍ يُوَلِّيهِ عَلَى الْبِلادِ، ٣٣ 33
Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
وَلْيُقِمْ فِرْعَوْنُ نُظَّاراً عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ يَجْبُونَ خُمْسَ غَلَّتِهَا فِي سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ السَّبْعِ. ٣٤ 34
Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
وَلِيَجْمَعُوا كُلَّ طَعَامِ سَنَوَاتِ الْخَيْرِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ، وَيَخْزِنُوا الْقَمْحَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَيَحْفَظُوهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ لِيَكُونَ طَعَاماً، ٣٥ 35
Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
وَمَؤُونَةً لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فِي سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ السَّبْعِ الَّتِي سَتَسُودُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ فَلا يَهْلِكُونَ جُوعاً». ٣٦ 36
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
فَاسْتَحْسَنَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَرِجَالُهُ جَمِيعاً هَذَا الْكَلامَ، ٣٧ 37
This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «هَلْ نَجِدُ نَظِيرَ هَذَا رَجُلاً فِيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ؟» ٣٨ 38
So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَطْلَعَكَ عَلَى كُلِّ هَذَا، فَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ بَصِيرٌ وَحَكِيمٌ نَظِيرَكَ. ٣٩ 39
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
لِذَلِكَ أُوَلِّيكَ عَلَى بَيْتِي، وَيُذْعِنُ شَعْبِي لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تُصْدِرُهُ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْكَ سِوَايَ أَنَا صَاحِبِ الْعَرْشِ». ٤٠ 40
You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». ٤١ 41
Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
وَنَزَعَ فِرْعَوْنُ خَاتَمَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي يَدِ يُوسُفَ، وَأَلْبَسَهُ ثِيَابَ كَتَّانٍ فَاخِرَةً وَطَوَّقَ عُنُقَهُ بِطَوْقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، ٤٢ 42
Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
وَأَرْكَبَهُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ الثَّانِيَةِ، وَنَادُوا: «ارْكَعُوا أَمَامَهُ». وَأَقَامَهُ وَالِياً عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. ٤٣ 43
He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «أَنَا فِرْعَوْنُ، وَلا أَحَدَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُحَرِّكَ سَاكِناً فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِذْنِكَ». ٤٤ 44
And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”
وَدَعَا فِرْعَوْنُ اسْمَ يُوسُفَ صَفْنَاتَ فَعْنِيحَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ بِالْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ مُخَلِّصُ الْعَالَمِ أَوْ حَافِظُ الْحَيَاةِ). وَزَوَّجَهُ مِنْ أَسْنَاتَ بِنْتِ فُوطِيفَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونَ، فَذَاعَ اسْمُ يُوسُفَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ مِصْرَ. ٤٥ 45
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
وَكَانَ يُوسُفُ فِي الثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا مَثَلَ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ. وَبَعْدَ أَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ شَرَعَ يَجُولُ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلادِ. ٤٦ 46
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
وَفِي سَنَوَاتِ الْخِصْبِ السَّبْعِ غَلَّتِ الأَرْضُ بِوَفْرَةٍ، ٤٧ 47
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
فَجَمَعَ كُلَّ طَعَامِ السَّبْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ الْمُتَوَافِرِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَخَزَنَهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ، فَاخْتَزَنَ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ غَلَّاتِ مَا حَوْلَهَا مِنْ حُقُولٍ. ٤٨ 48
During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
وَادَّخَرَ يُوسُفُ كَمِّيَّاتٍ هَائِلَةً مِنَ الْقَمْحِ حَتَّى كَفَّ عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا لِوَفْرَتِهَا الْعَظِيمَةِ. ٤٩ 49
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
وَأَنْجَبَتْ أَسْنَاتُ بِنْتُ فُوطِي فَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونَ لِيُوسُفَ ابْنَيْنِ قَبْلَ حُلُولِ سَنَوَاتِ الْجُوعِ. ٥٠ 50
Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
فَدَعَا يُوسُفُ اسْمَ الْبِكْرِ مَنَسَّى (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنْ يَنْسَى أَوْ الْمَنْسِيُّ) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ أَنْسَانِي كُلَّ مَشَقَّتِي وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَبِي». ٥١ 51
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
أَمَّا الثَّانِي فَدَعَا اسْمَهُ أَفْرَايِمَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْمُثْمِرُ مُضَاعَفاً) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَنِي مُثْمِراً فِي أَرْضِ مَذَلَّتِي». ٥٢ 52
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
ثُمَّ انْتَهَتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ. ٥٣ 53
When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
وَحَلَّتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ كَمَا أَنْبَأَ يُوسُفُ. فَحَدَثَتْ مَجَاعَةٌ فِي جَمِيعِ الْبُلْدَانِ. أَمَّا أَرْضُ مِصْرَ فَقَدْ تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا الْخُبْزُ. ٥٤ 54
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
وَعِنْدَمَا عَمَّتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ جَمِيعَ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ صَرَخَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ طَالِبِينَ الْخُبْزَ، فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِكُلِّ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ: «اذْهَبُوا إِلَى يُوسُفَ وَافْعَلُوا كَمَا يَقُولُ لَكُمْ». ٥٥ 55
When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
وَطَغَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلادِ فَفَتَحَ يُوسُفُ الْمَخَازِنَ وَبَاعَ الطَّعَامَ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَلَكِنَّ وَطْأَةَ الْجُوعِ اشْتَدَّتْ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. ٥٦ 56
When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
وَأَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْبُلْدَانِ الأُخْرَى إِلَى مِصْرَ، إِلَى يُوسُفَ، لِيَبْتَاعُوا قَمْحاً لأَنَّ الْمَجَاعَةَ كَانَتْ شَدِيدَةً فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ. ٥٧ 57
And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

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