1 Mosebog 41
1 To Aar senere hændte det, at Farao havde en drøm. Han drømte, at han stod ved Nilen;
Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
2 og se, op af Floden steg der syv smukke og fede Køer, som gav sig til at græsse i Engen;
And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.
3 efter dem steg der syv andre Køer op af Nilen, usle at se til og magre, og de stillede sig ved Siden af de første Køer paa Nilens Bred;
And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.
4 og de usle og magre Køer aad de syv smukke og fede Køer. Saa vaagnede Farao.
And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.
5 Men han sov ind og havde en Drøm og saa syv tykke og gode Aks skyde frem paa et og samme Straa;
But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.
6 men efter dem voksede der syv golde og vindsvedne Aks frem;
And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.
7 og de golde Aks slugte de syv tykke og fulde Aks. Saa vaagnede Farao, og se, det var en Drøm.
And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.
8 Men om Morgenen var hans Sind uroligt; og han sendte Bud efter alle Ægyptens Tegnsudlæggere og Vismænd og fortalte dem sin Drøm, men ingen kunde tyde den for Farao.
And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.
9 Da sagde Overmundskænken til Farao: »Jeg maa i Dag minde om mine Synder.
Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;
10 Den Gang Farao vrededes paa sine Tjenere og lod dem sætte i Forvaring i Livvagtens Øverstes Hus, mig og Overbageren,
Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;
11 da drømte vi engang samme Nat hver en Drøm med sin særlige Betydning.
And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.
12 Sammen med os var der en Hebraisk Yngling, som var Træl hos Livvagtens Øverste, og da vi fortalte ham vore Drømme, tydede han dem for os, hver paa sin Maade;
And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.
13 og som han tydede dem for os, saaledes gik det: Jeg blev indsat i mit Embede, og Bageren blev hængt.«
And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.
14 Da sendte Farao Bud efter Josef, og man fik ham hurtigt ud af Fangehullet; og efter at have ladet sig rage og skiftet Klæder fremstillede han sig for Farao.
Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.
15 Saa sagde Farao til Josef: »Jeg har haft en Drøm, som ingen kan tyde; og nu har jeg hørt om dig, at du kun behøver at høre en Drøm, saa kan du tyde den.«
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.
16 Josef svarede Farao: »Ikke jeg — men Gud vil give Farao et gunstigt Svar!«
Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.
17 Da sagde Farao til Josef: »Jeg drømte, at jeg stod paa Nilens Bred;
Then Pharaoh said, In my dream I was by the side of the Nile:
18 og se, op af Floden steg der syv fede og smukke Køer, som gav sig til at græsse i Engen;
And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;
19 efter dem steg der syv andre Køer op, ringe, saare usle og magre, saa usle Dyr har jeg ikke set nogensteds i Ægypten;
Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;
20 og de magre og usle Køer aad de syv første, fede Køer;
And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;
21 men da de havde slugt dem, var det ikke til at kende paa dem; de saa lige saa usle ud som før. Saa vaagnede jeg.
And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.
22 Men jeg sov atter ind og saa i Drømme syv fulde og gode Aks skyde frem paa et og samme Straa;
And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:
23 men efter dem voksede der syv udtørrede, golde og vindsvedne Aks frem,
And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:
24 og de golde Aks slugte de syv gode Aks. Det fortalte jeg mine Tegnsudlæggere, men ingen kunde forklare mig det.«
And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.
25 Da sagde Josef til Farao: »Faraos Drømme betyder begge det samme, og Gud har kundgjort Farao, hvad han vil gøre.
Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 De syv gode Køer betyder syv Aar; de syv gode Aks betyder ligeledes syv Aar; det er en og samme Drøm.
The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.
27 Og de syv magre og usle Køer, der steg op efter dem, betyder syv Aar, og de syv golde og vindsvedne Aks betyder syv Hungersnødsaar.
The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.
28 Det var det, jeg mente, naar jeg sagde til Farao: Hvad Gud vil gøre, har han ladet Farao skue!
As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.
29 Se, der kommer syv Aar med stor Overflod i hele Ægypten;
Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;
30 men efter dem kommer der syv Hungersnødsaar, og man skal gemme al Overfloden i Ægypten; og Hungersnøden skal hærge Jorden,
And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;
31 saa man intet mærker til Overfloden paa Jorden paa Grund af den paafølgende Hungersnød; thi den bliver saare haard.
And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.
32 Men at Drømmen gentog sig to Gange for Farao, betyder, at Sagen er fast besluttet af Gud, og at han snart vil lade det ske.
And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.
33 Men nu skulde Farao udse sig en indsigtsfuld og klog Mand og sætte ham over Ægypten,
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
34 og Farao skulde tage og indsætte Tilsynsmænd over Landet og opkræve Femtedelen af Ægyptens Afgrøde i Overflodens syv Aar;
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.
35 og de skal samle al Afgrøden fra de gode Aar, der kommer, og oplagre Høsten som Faraos Eje og bringe Afgrøden under Laas og Lukke i Byerne,
And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.
36 for at Afgrøden kan tjene til Forraad for Landet i Hungersnødens syv Aar, som skal komme over Ægypten, at ikke Landet skal gaa til Grunde ved Hungersnøden.«
And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.
37 Baade Farao og alle hans Tjenere syntes godt om den Tale,
And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
38 og Farao sagde til sine Tjenere: »Hvor finder vi en Mand, i hvem Guds Aand er som i ham?«
Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?
39 Og Farao sagde til Josef: »Efter at Gud har aabenbaret dig alt dette, kan ingen maale sig med dig i Indsigt og Kløgt;
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:
40 du skal forestaa mit Hus, og efter dit Ord skal alt mit Folk rette sig; kun Tronen vil jeg have forud for dig.«
You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.
41 Og Farao sagde til Josef: »Saa sætter jeg dig nu over hele Ægypten!«
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.
42 Og Farao tog Seglringen af sin Haand og satte den paa Josefs, klædte ham i fine Linnedklæder og hængte Guldkæden om hans Hals:
Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;
43 han lod ham køre i sin næstbedste Vogn, og de raabte Abrek for ham. Saaledes satte han ham over hele Ægypten.
And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 Og Farao sagde til Josef: »Jeg er Farao, men uden dit Minde skal ingen røre Haand eller Fod nogensteds i Ægypten!«
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.
45 Derpaa gav Farao Josef Navnet Zafenat-Panea, og han lod ham ægte Asenat, en Datter af Præsten Potifera i On; og Josef drog omkring i Ægypten.
And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.
46 Josef var tredive Aar gammel, da han stededes for Farao, Ægyptens Konge. Saa forlod Josef Farao og drog omkring i hele Ægypten.
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.
47 Og Landet bar i bugnende Fylde i Overflodens syv Aar;
Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.
48 og Josef samlede al Afgrøden i de syv Aar, i hvilke der var Overflod i Ægypten, og bragte den til Byerne; i hver By samlede han Afgrøden fra Markerne der omkring.
And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.
49 Saaledes ophobede Josef Korn i vældig Mængde, som Havets Sand, indtil man opgav at maale det, da det ikke var til at maale.
So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.
50 Før Hungersnødens Aar kom, fik Josef to Sønner med Asenat, Præsten i On Potiferas Datter;
And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.
51 og Josef gav den førstefødte Navnet Manasse, thi han sagde: »Gud har ladet mig glemme al min Møje og hele min Faders Hus.«
And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
52 Og den anden gav han Navnet Efraim, thi han sagde: »Gud har givet mig Livsfrugt i min Elendigheds Land.«
And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
53 Da Overflodens syv Aar, som kom over Ægypten, var omme,
And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.
54 begyndte Hungersnødens syv Aar, som Josef havde sagt; og der opstod Hungersnød i alle Lande, men i hele Ægypten var der Brød.
Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 Saa hungrede hele Ægypten; og Folket raabte til Farao om Brød; men Farao sagde til alle Ægypterne: »Gaa til Josef og gør, hvad han siger eder!«
And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.
56 Og der var Hungersnød over hele Jorden. Da aabnede Josef for alle Kornlagrene og solgte Korn til Ægypterne; men Hungersnøden tog til i Ægypten;
And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.
57 og Alverden kom til Ægypten for at købe Korn hos Josef; thi Hungersnøden tog til over hele Jorden.
And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.
