Genesis 40
1 And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord 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 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains — with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers;
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 he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.
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 And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were [several] days in custody.
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 And they dreamed a dream, both of them in one night, each his dream, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup-bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the tower-house.
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 And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and behold, they were sad.
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 And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces [so] sad to-day?
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 And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [your dreams], I pray you.
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 Then the chief of the cup-bearers told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was 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 in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, 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 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's 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 And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: 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 In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer.
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 Only bear a remembrance with thee of me when it goes well with thee, and deal kindly, I pray thee, with me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;
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 indeed I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the 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 And when the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were 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 And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon 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 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: 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 In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
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 And it came to pass the third day — Pharaoh's birthday — that he made a feast to all his bondmen. And he lifted up the head of the chief of the cup-bearers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his bondmen.
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 And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into 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 And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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 But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot 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。
