Genesis 40
1 And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt.
Ces choses s’étant ainsi passées, il arriva que deux eunuques, l’échanson du roi d’Égypte et le panetier, offensèrent leur maître.
2 And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.
Et Pharaon, irrité contre eux (car l’un commandait aux échansons et l’autre aux panetiers),
3 And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.
Les envoya dans la prison du chef des soldats, où Joseph aussi était détenu.
4 And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were [some] days in the prison.
Mais le gardien de la prison leur donna Joseph pour les servir. Quelque temps s’était écoulé, et eux étaient détenus dans la prison.
5 And they both had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.
Or ils virent tous deux, dans une même nuit, un songe qui, selon son interprétation, se rapportait à eux.
6 Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled.
Lorsque Joseph fut entré près d’eux le matin, et qu’il les eut vus tristes,
7 And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad to-day?
Il les interrogea, disant: Pourquoi votre visage est-il plus triste aujourd’hui que de coutume?
8 And they said to him, We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the interpretation of them through god? tell [them] than to me.
Ceux-ci répondirent: Nous avons vu un songe, et il n’y a personne pour nous l’interpréter. Joseph leur dit: N’est-ce pas à Dieu qu’appartient l’interprétation? Rapportez-moi ce que vous avez vu.
9 And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me.
Le grand échanson raconta le premier son songe: Je voyais devant moi qu’une vigne,
10 And in the vine [were] three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.
Où il y avait trois provins, poussait peu à peu des boutons, et qu’après des fleurs, des raisins mûrissaient,
11 And the cup of Pharao was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharao's hand.
Et que la coupe de Pharaon était dans ma main: je pris donc les raisins et les pressai dans la coupe que je tenais, et je donnai la coupe à Pharaon.
12 And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.
Joseph répondit: Voici l’interprétation du songe: Les trois provins, ce sont trois jours encore,
13 Yet three days and Pharao shall remember thy office, and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.
Après lesquels Pharaon se souviendra de ton ministère, et te rétablira dans ton ancienne charge; tu lui présenteras la coupe, selon ton office, comme tu avais coutume de le faire auparavant.
14 But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.
Seulement souviens-toi de moi, quand bien t’arrivera, et fais-moi miséricorde en suggérant à Pharaon de me tirer de cette prison:
15 For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.
Car j’ai été enlevé par fraude du pays des Hébreux, et innocent, j’ai été jeté ici dans la fosse.
16 And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.
Le grand panetier voyant qu’il avait sagement expliqué le songe, dit: Et moi aussi j’ai vu un songe: J’avais trois corbeilles de farine sur ma tête;
17 And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.
Et dans l’une des corbeilles, qui était la plus élevée, je portais de tous les aliments qui s’apprêtent par l’art du boulanger, et les oiseaux en mangeaient.
18 And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days.
Joseph répondit: Voici l’interprétation du songe: Les trois corbeilles, ce sont trois jours encore,
19 Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Après lesquels Pharaon t’enlèvera la tête, et te suspendra à une croix, et les oiseaux déchireront tes chairs.
20 And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharao's birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.
Le troisième jour d’après était le jour de la naissance de Pharaon, qui, faisant un grand festin à ses serviteurs, se ressouvint, pendant le repas, du grand échanson et du grand panetier.
21 And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.
Or il rétablit l’un dans sa charge, pour qu’il lui présentât la coupe,
22 And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.
Et il suspendit l’autre à une potence; en sorte que la véracité de l’interprète se trouva justifiée.
23 Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him.
Cependant, tout lui prospérant, le grand échanson oublia son interprète.
