Genesis 40
1 Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
これらの事の後、エジプト王の給仕役と料理役とがその主君エジプト王に罪を犯した。
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
パロはふたりの役人、すなわち給仕役の長と料理役の長に向かって憤り、
3 and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
侍衛長の家の監禁所、すなわちヨセフがつながれている獄屋に入れた。
4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
侍衛長はヨセフに命じて彼らと共におらせたので、ヨセフは彼らに仕えた。こうして彼らは監禁所で幾日かを過ごした。
5 both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
さて獄屋につながれたエジプト王の給仕役と料理役のふたりは一夜のうちにそれぞれ意味のある夢を見た。
6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
ヨセフが朝、彼らのところへ行って見ると、彼らは悲しみに沈んでいた。
7 So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
そこでヨセフは自分と一緒に主人の家の監禁所にいるパロの役人たちに尋ねて言った、「どうして、きょう、あなたがたの顔色が悪いのですか」。
8 “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
彼らは言った、「わたしたちは夢を見ましたが、解いてくれる者がいません」。ヨセフは彼らに言った、「解くことは神によるのではありませんか。どうぞ、わたしに話してください」。
9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,
給仕役の長はその夢をヨセフに話して言った、「わたしが見た夢で、わたしの前に一本のぶどうの木がありました。
10 and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
そのぶどうの木に三つの枝があって、芽を出し、花が咲き、ぶどうのふさが熟しました。
11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
時にわたしの手に、パロの杯があって、わたしはそのぶどうを取り、それをパロの杯にしぼり、その杯をパロの手にささげました」。
12 Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
ヨセフは言った、「その解き明かしはこうです。三つの枝は三日です。
13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
今から三日のうちにパロはあなたの頭を上げて、あなたを元の役目に返すでしょう。あなたはさきに給仕役だった時にされたように、パロの手に杯をささげられるでしょう。
14 But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
それで、あなたがしあわせになられたら、わたしを覚えていて、どうかわたしに恵みを施し、わたしの事をパロに話して、この家からわたしを出してください。
15 For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
わたしは、実はヘブルびとの地からさらわれてきた者です。またここでもわたしは地下の獄屋に入れられるような事はしなかったのです」。
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
料理役の長はその解き明かしの良かったのを見て、ヨセフに言った、「わたしも夢を見たが、白いパンのかごが三つ、わたしの頭の上にあった。
17 In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
一番上のかごには料理役がパロのために作ったさまざまの食物があったが、鳥がわたしの頭の上のかごからそれを食べていた」。
18 Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
ヨセフは答えて言った、「その解き明かしはこうです。三つのかごは三日です。
19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
今から三日のうちにパロはあなたの頭を上げ離して、あなたを木に掛けるでしょう。そして鳥があなたの肉を食い取るでしょう」。
20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
さて三日目はパロの誕生日であったので、パロはすべての家来のためにふるまいを設け、家来のうちの給仕役の長の頭と、料理役の長の頭を上げた。
21 Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
すなわちパロは給仕役の長を給仕役の職に返したので、彼はパロの手に杯をささげた。
22 But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
しかしパロは料理役の長を木に掛けた。ヨセフが彼らに解き明かしたとおりである。
23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
ところが、給仕役の長はヨセフを思い出さず、忘れてしまった。
