Genesis 41
1 A full two years later, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing beside the River Nile.
Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
2 He saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
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.
Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
4 Then the ugly, skinny cows ate the well-fed, healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
5 Pharaoh fell asleep again and had a second dream. Seven heads of grain were growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
6 Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, thin and dried by the east wind.
aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
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.
devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
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.
et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes conjectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes, et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
9 But then the chief cupbearer spoke up. “Today I've just remembered a bad mistake I've made,” he explained.
Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
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.
iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi jussit in carcerem principis militum:
11 We each had a dream. They were different dreams, each with its own meaning.
ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
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.
Erat ibi puer hebræus, ejusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
13 Everything happened just as he said it would—I was given back my job and the baker was hanged.”
audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus; ego enim redditus sum officio meo, et ille suspensus est in cruce.
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.
Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Joseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei.
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.”
Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime conjicere.
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.”
Respondit Joseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
17 Pharaoh explained to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.
Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
18 I saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.
et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
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!
Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves, in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
20 These skinny, ugly cows ate the first seven healthy-looking cows.
quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
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.
nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
22 Then I fell asleep again. In my second dream I saw seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, ripe and healthy.
vidi somnium. Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
23 Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, withered and thin and dried by the east wind.
Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
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.”
quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi conjectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
25 “Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing,” Joseph responded. “God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.
Respondit Joseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
26 The seven good cows and the seven good heads of grain represent seven good years of harvest. The dreams mean the same thing.
Septem boves pulchræ, et septem spicæ plenæ, septem ubertatis anni sunt: eamdemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
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.
Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentæ, quæ ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicæ tenues, et vento urente percussæ, septem anni venturæ sunt famis.
28 It's just as I told Your Majesty—God has shown Pharaoh what he is going to do.
Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
29 There are going to be seven years with plenty of food produced throughout the whole country of Egypt.
ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti,
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.
quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
31 The time of plenty will be completely forgotten because the famine that follows it will be so terrible.
et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
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.
Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
33 So Your Majesty should choose a man with insight and wisdom, and put him in charge of the whole country of Egypt.
Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum terræ Ægypti:
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.
qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
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.
qui jam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
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.”
Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
37 Pharaoh and all his officials thought Joseph's proposal was a good idea.
Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris ejus:
38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Where can we find a man like this who has the spirit of God in him?”
locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui spiritu Dei plenus sit?
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,
Dixit ergo ad Joseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
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.”
Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
41 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Look, I'm putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Joseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
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.
Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu ejus: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
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.
Fecitque eum ascendere super currum suum secundum, clamante præcone, ut omnes coram eo genu flecterent, et præpositum esse scirent universæ terræ Ægypti.
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.”
Dixit quoque rex ad Joseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
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.
Vertitque nomen ejus, et vocavit eum, lingua ægyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Joseph ad terram Ægypti
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.
(triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis), et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
47 During the seven years of good harvests, the land produced plenty of food.
Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.
48 He collected all the food during the seven good years, and he stored the grain produced in the local fields in each town.
Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
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!
Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
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.
Nati sunt autem Joseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
51 Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, because he said, “The Lord has made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family.”
Vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
52 His second son he named Ephraim, because he said, “God has made me fruitful in the country of my misery.”
Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
53 The seven years of plenty in Egypt came to an end,
Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto,
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.
cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ, quos prædixerat Joseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
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.”
Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Joseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
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,
Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Joseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
57 in fact the famine was very bad everywhere, so people from other countries all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph.
Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
