< Genesis 41 >

1 A full two years later, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing beside the River Nile.
وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ سَنَتَيْنِ رَأَى فِرْعَوْنُ حُلْماً، وَإذَا بِهِ وَاقِفٌ بِجُوَارِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ١
2 He saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ، صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ أَخَذَتْ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ،٢
3 Then he saw another seven cows that came up behind them. They looked ugly and skinny as they stood beside the other cows on the bank of the Nile.
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخْرَى قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ وَتَقِفُ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ.٣
4 Then the ugly, skinny cows ate the well-fed, healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
وَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ الْبَقَرَاتِ السَّبْعَ الْحَسَنَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَالسَّمِينَاتِ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ.٤
5 Pharaoh fell asleep again and had a second dream. Seven heads of grain were growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
ثُمَّ نَامَ، فَحَلُمَ ثَانِيَةً، وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ٥
6 Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, thin and dried by the east wind.
ثُمَّ رَأَى سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةً وَرَاءَهَا،٦
7 The seven thin and dried heads of grain swallowed up the ripe and healthy ones. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized he'd been dreaming.
فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ السَّنَابِلَ الزَّاهِيَةَ الْمُمْتَلِئَةَ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ، وَأَدْرَكَ أَنَّهُ حُلْمٌ.٧
8 The next morning Pharaoh was worried by his dreams, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men in Egypt. Pharaoh told them about his dreams, but no one could interpret their meaning for him.
وَلَمَّا كَانَ الصَّبَاحُ اسْتَوْلَى الانْزِعَاجُ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ فَأَرْسَلَ وَاسْتَدْعَى جَمِيعَ سَحَرَةِ مِصْرَ وَكُلَّ حُكَمَائِهَا، وَسَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ حُلْمَهُ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُ لَهُ.٨
9 But then the chief cupbearer spoke up. “Today I've just remembered a bad mistake I've made,” he explained.
عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ رَئِيسُ السُّقَاةِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنِّي أَذْكُرُ الْيَوْمَ ذُنُوبِي.٩
10 “Your Majesty was angry with some of your officials and you imprisoned me in the house of the commander of the guard, along with the chief baker.
لَقَدْ سَخَطَ فِرْعَوْنُ عَلَى عَبْدَيْهِ، فَزَجَّنِي وَرَئِيسَ الْخَبَّازِينَ فِي مُعْتَقَلِ بَيْتِ رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ.١٠
11 We each had a dream. They were different dreams, each with its own meaning.
فَحَلُمَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا حُلْماً فِي نَفْسِ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَكَانَ تَفْسِيرُ كُلِّ حُلْمٍ يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ أَحْوَالِ رَائِيهِ.١١
12 A young Hebrew was there with us, a slave of the commander of the guard. When we told him our dreams, he interpreted for us the meaning of our different dreams.
وَكَانَ مَعَنَا هُنَاكَ غُلامٌ عِبْرَانِيٌّ، عَبْدٌ لِرَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ، فَسَرَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ حُلْمَيْنَا فَفَسَّرَهُمَا لِكُلٍّ مِنَّا حَسَبَ تَعْبِيرِ حُلْمِهِ.١٢
13 Everything happened just as he said it would—I was given back my job and the baker was hanged.”
وَقَدْ تَمَّ مَا فَسَّرَهُ لَنَا. فَرَدَّنِي فِرْعَوْنُ إِلَى وَظِيفَتِي وَأَمَّا ذَاكَ فَعَلَّقَهُ (عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ)».١٣
14 Pharaoh summoned Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the prison. After he'd shaved and changed his clothes, he was presented to Pharaoh.
فَبَعَثَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَاسْتَدْعَى يُوسُفَ، فَأَسْرَعُوا وَأَتَوْا بِهِ مِنَ السِّجْنِ فَحَلَقَ وَاسْتَبْدَلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ.١٤
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, but no one can interpret its meaning. But I've heard that when someone tells you a dream you know how to interpret it.”
فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ حُلْماً وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُ، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنْكَ حَدِيثاً أَنَّكَ إِنْ سَمِعْتَ حُلْماً تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تُفَسِّرَهُ».١٥
16 “It's not me who can do this,” Joseph replied. “But God will explain its meaning to set Your Majesty's mind at rest.”
فَأَجَابَ يُوسُفُ: «لا فَضْلَ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ، بَلْ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُعْطِي فِرْعَوْنَ الْجَوَابَ الصَّائِبَ».١٦
17 Pharaoh explained to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.
فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «رَأَيْتُ نَفْسِي فِي الْحُلْمِ وَإذَا بِي أَقِفُ عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ،١٧
18 I saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ،١٨
19 Then I saw another seven cows that came up behind them. They looked sickly and ugly and skinny—I've never seen such ugly cows in the whole of Egypt!
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخَرَ قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ. لَمْ أَرَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا نَظِيرَهَا فِي الْقَبَاحَةِ.١٩
20 These skinny, ugly cows ate the first seven healthy-looking cows.
فَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْهَزِيلاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ السَّبْعَ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى السَّمِينَاتِ.٢٠
21 But afterwards you couldn't tell they'd eaten them because they looked just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.
وَمَعَ أَنَّهَا ابْتَلَعَتْهَا ظَلَّتْ عَجْفَاءَ وَكَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَبْتَلِعْهَا وَبَقِيَ مَنْظَرُهَا قَبِيحاً كَمَا كَانَتْ. وَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ.٢١
22 Then I fell asleep again. In my second dream I saw seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ فِي حُلْمِي وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ،٢٢
23 Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, withered and thin and dried by the east wind.
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ يَابِسَةٍ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةٍ وَرَاءَهَا،٢٣
24 The seven thin heads of grain swallowed up the healthy ones. I told all this to the magicians, but none of them could explain its meaning to me.”
فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ الزَّاهِيَةَ. وَلَقَدْ سَرَدْتُ عَلَى السَّحَرَةِ هَذَيْنِ الْحُلْمَيْنِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُمَا لِي».٢٤
25 “Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing,” Joseph responded. “God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.
فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «حُلْمَا فِرْعَوْنَ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ. وَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ فَاعِلٌ.٢٥
26 The seven good cows and the seven good heads of grain represent seven good years of harvest. The dreams mean the same thing.
السَّبْعُ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْحِسَانُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. وَالسَّبْعُ السَّنَابِلُ الزَّاهِيَاتُ هِيَ أَيْضاً سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. فَالْحُلْمَانِ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ.٢٦
27 The seven skinny and ugly cows that came after them and the seven thin heads of grain dried by the east wind represent seven years of famine.
وَالسَّبْعُ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ الْهَزِيلاتُ الَّتِي صَعِدَتْ وَرَاءَهَا هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. وَالسَّبْعُ السَّنَابِلُ الْفَارِغَاتُ الْمَلْفُوحَاتُ بِالرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ سَتَكُونُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتِ جُوعٍ٢٧
28 It's just as I told Your Majesty—God has shown Pharaoh what he is going to do.
وَالأَمْرُ هُوَ كَمَا أَخْبَرْتُ بِهِ فِرْعَوْنَ: فَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ صَانِعٌ٢٨
29 There are going to be seven years with plenty of food produced throughout the whole country of Egypt.
هُوَذَا سَبْعُ سِنِينَ رَخَاءٍ عَظِيمٍ قَادِمَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ،٢٩
30 But after them will come seven years of famine. People will forget the time when there was plenty of food throughout Egypt. Famine will ruin the country.
تَعْقُبُهَا سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ جُوعٍ، حَتَّى يَنْسَى النَّاسُ كُلَّ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ، وَيُتْلِفُ الْجُوعُ الأَرْضَ،٣٠
31 The time of plenty will be completely forgotten because the famine that follows it will be so terrible.
وَيَخْتَفِي كُلُّ أَثَرٍ لِلرَّخَاءِ فِي الْبِلادِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْمَجَاعَةِ الَّتِي تَعْقُبُهُ، لأَنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ قَاسِيَةً جِدّاً٣١
32 The fact that the dream was repeated twice means that it has definitely been decided by God, and that God is going to do this soon.
أَمَّا تَكْرَارُ الْحُلْمِ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَلَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ قَدْ قَرَّرَهُ اللهُ، وَلابُدَّ أَنْ يُجْرِيَهُ سَرِيعاً.٣٢
33 So Your Majesty should choose a man with insight and wisdom, and put him in charge of the whole country of Egypt.
وَالآنَ لِيَبْحَثْ فِرْعَوْنُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ بَصِيرٍ حَكِيمٍ يُوَلِّيهِ عَلَى الْبِلادِ،٣٣
34 Your Majesty should also appoint officials to be in charge of the land, and have them collect one-fifth of the produce of the country during the seven years of plenty.
وَلْيُقِمْ فِرْعَوْنُ نُظَّاراً عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ يَجْبُونَ خُمْسَ غَلَّتِهَا فِي سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ السَّبْعِ.٣٤
35 They should collect all the food during the good years that are soon coming, and store the grain under Pharaoh's authority, keeping it under guard to provide food for the towns.
وَلِيَجْمَعُوا كُلَّ طَعَامِ سَنَوَاتِ الْخَيْرِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ، وَيَخْزِنُوا الْقَمْحَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَيَحْفَظُوهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ لِيَكُونَ طَعَاماً،٣٥
36 This will be a food reserve for the country during the seven years of famine so that the people won't die of starvation.”
وَمَؤُونَةً لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فِي سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ السَّبْعِ الَّتِي سَتَسُودُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ فَلا يَهْلِكُونَ جُوعاً».٣٦
37 Pharaoh and all his officials thought Joseph's proposal was a good idea.
فَاسْتَحْسَنَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَرِجَالُهُ جَمِيعاً هَذَا الْكَلامَ،٣٧
38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Where can we find a man like this who has the spirit of God in him?”
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «هَلْ نَجِدُ نَظِيرَ هَذَا رَجُلاً فِيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ؟»٣٨
39 Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, telling him, “Since God has revealed to you all this, and there's no one like you with such insight and wisdom,
ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَطْلَعَكَ عَلَى كُلِّ هَذَا، فَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ بَصِيرٌ وَحَكِيمٌ نَظِيرَكَ.٣٩
40 you will be in charge of all my affairs, and all my people will obey your orders. Only I with my status as king will be greater than you.”
لِذَلِكَ أُوَلِّيكَ عَلَى بَيْتِي، وَيُذْعِنُ شَعْبِي لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تُصْدِرُهُ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْكَ سِوَايَ أَنَا صَاحِبِ الْعَرْشِ».٤٠
41 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Look, I'm putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».٤١
42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothes and placed a golden chain around his neck.
وَنَزَعَ فِرْعَوْنُ خَاتَمَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي يَدِ يُوسُفَ، وَأَلْبَسَهُ ثِيَابَ كَتَّانٍ فَاخِرَةً وَطَوَّقَ عُنُقَهُ بِطَوْقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ،٤٢
43 He had Joseph ride in the chariot designated for his second-in-command while his attendants went ahead, shouting, “Bow down!” This is how Pharaoh gave Joseph authority over all of Egypt.
وَأَرْكَبَهُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ الثَّانِيَةِ، وَنَادُوا: «ارْكَعُوا أَمَامَهُ». وَأَقَامَهُ وَالِياً عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.٤٣
44 Then Pharaoh told Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission nobody will lift a hand or a foot anywhere in the whole country.”
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «أَنَا فِرْعَوْنُ، وَلا أَحَدَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُحَرِّكَ سَاكِناً فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِذْنِكَ».٤٤
45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and arranged for him to marry Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. This is how Joseph rose to power over the whole of Egypt.
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
46 Joseph was thirty when he started working for Pharaoh, king of Egypt. After he had left Pharaoh, Joseph traveled on an inspection tour throughout 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
47 During the seven years of good harvests, the land produced plenty of food.
وَفِي سَنَوَاتِ الْخِصْبِ السَّبْعِ غَلَّتِ الأَرْضُ بِوَفْرَةٍ،٤٧
48 He collected all the food during the seven good years, and he stored the grain produced in the local fields in each town.
فَجَمَعَ كُلَّ طَعَامِ السَّبْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ الْمُتَوَافِرِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَخَزَنَهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ، فَاخْتَزَنَ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ غَلَّاتِ مَا حَوْلَهَا مِنْ حُقُولٍ.٤٨
49 Joseph piled up so much grain that it was like the sand of the seashore. Eventually he stopped keeping records because there was just so much!
وَادَّخَرَ يُوسُفُ كَمِّيَّاتٍ هَائِلَةً مِنَ الْقَمْحِ حَتَّى كَفَّ عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا لِوَفْرَتِهَا الْعَظِيمَةِ.٤٩
50 It was during this time, before the years of famine came, that Joseph had two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
وَأَنْجَبَتْ أَسْنَاتُ بِنْتُ فُوطِي فَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونَ لِيُوسُفَ ابْنَيْنِ قَبْلَ حُلُولِ سَنَوَاتِ الْجُوعِ.٥٠
51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, because he said, “The Lord has made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family.”
فَدَعَا يُوسُفُ اسْمَ الْبِكْرِ مَنَسَّى (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنْ يَنْسَى أَوْ الْمَنْسِيُّ) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ أَنْسَانِي كُلَّ مَشَقَّتِي وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَبِي».٥١
52 His second son he named Ephraim, because he said, “God has made me fruitful in the country of my misery.”
أَمَّا الثَّانِي فَدَعَا اسْمَهُ أَفْرَايِمَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْمُثْمِرُ مُضَاعَفاً) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَنِي مُثْمِراً فِي أَرْضِ مَذَلَّتِي».٥٢
53 The seven years of plenty in Egypt came to an end,
ثُمَّ انْتَهَتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ.٥٣
54 and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other countries but the whole of Egypt had food.
وَحَلَّتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ كَمَا أَنْبَأَ يُوسُفُ. فَحَدَثَتْ مَجَاعَةٌ فِي جَمِيعِ الْبُلْدَانِ. أَمَّا أَرْضُ مِصْرَ فَقَدْ تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا الْخُبْزُ.٥٤
55 When all of Egypt was hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, and he told everyone, “Go and see Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
وَعِنْدَمَا عَمَّتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ جَمِيعَ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ صَرَخَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ طَالِبِينَ الْخُبْزَ، فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِكُلِّ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ: «اذْهَبُوا إِلَى يُوسُفَ وَافْعَلُوا كَمَا يَقُولُ لَكُمْ».٥٥
56 The famine had spread all over the country so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the people of Egypt. The famine was very bad in Egypt,
وَطَغَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلادِ فَفَتَحَ يُوسُفُ الْمَخَازِنَ وَبَاعَ الطَّعَامَ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَلَكِنَّ وَطْأَةَ الْجُوعِ اشْتَدَّتْ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.٥٦
57 in fact the famine was very bad everywhere, so people from other countries all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph.
وَأَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْبُلْدَانِ الأُخْرَى إِلَى مِصْرَ، إِلَى يُوسُفَ، لِيَبْتَاعُوا قَمْحاً لأَنَّ الْمَجَاعَةَ كَانَتْ شَدِيدَةً فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.٥٧

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