< Genesis 41 >

1 And it comes to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and behold, he is standing by the River,
وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ سَنَتَيْنِ رَأَى فِرْعَوْنُ حُلْماً، وَإذَا بِهِ وَاقِفٌ بِجُوَارِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ١
2 and behold, from the River coming up are seven cows, of beautiful appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ، صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ أَخَذَتْ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ،٢
3 and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the cows on the edge of the River,
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخْرَى قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ وَتَقِفُ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ.٣
4 and the cows of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven cows of beautiful appearance, and fat—and Pharaoh awakens.
وَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ الْبَقَرَاتِ السَّبْعَ الْحَسَنَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَالسَّمِينَاتِ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ.٤
5 And he sleeps, and dreams a second time, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,
ثُمَّ نَامَ، فَحَلُمَ ثَانِيَةً، وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ٥
6 and behold, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
ثُمَّ رَأَى سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةً وَرَاءَهَا،٦
7 and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears—and Pharaoh awakens, and behold, a dream.
فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ السَّنَابِلَ الزَّاهِيَةَ الْمُمْتَلِئَةَ. وَأَفَاقَ فِرْعَوْنُ، وَأَدْرَكَ أَنَّهُ حُلْمٌ.٧
8 And it comes to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sends and calls all the enchanters of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounts to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.
وَلَمَّا كَانَ الصَّبَاحُ اسْتَوْلَى الانْزِعَاجُ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ فَأَرْسَلَ وَاسْتَدْعَى جَمِيعَ سَحَرَةِ مِصْرَ وَكُلَّ حُكَمَائِهَا، وَسَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ حُلْمَهُ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُ لَهُ.٨
9 And the chief of the butlers speaks with Pharaoh, saying, “I mention my sin this day:
عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ رَئِيسُ السُّقَاةِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنِّي أَذْكُرُ الْيَوْمَ ذُنُوبِي.٩
10 Pharaoh has been angry against his servants, and puts me in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;
لَقَدْ سَخَطَ فِرْعَوْنُ عَلَى عَبْدَيْهِ، فَزَجَّنِي وَرَئِيسَ الْخَبَّازِينَ فِي مُعْتَقَلِ بَيْتِ رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ.١٠
11 and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
فَحَلُمَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا حُلْماً فِي نَفْسِ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَكَانَ تَفْسِيرُ كُلِّ حُلْمٍ يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ أَحْوَالِ رَائِيهِ.١١
12 And there [is] with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interprets to us our dreams, [to] each according to his dream has he interpreted,
وَكَانَ مَعَنَا هُنَاكَ غُلامٌ عِبْرَانِيٌّ، عَبْدٌ لِرَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ، فَسَرَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ حُلْمَيْنَا فَفَسَّرَهُمَا لِكُلٍّ مِنَّا حَسَبَ تَعْبِيرِ حُلْمِهِ.١٢
13 and it comes to pass, as he has interpreted to us so it has been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.”
وَقَدْ تَمَّ مَا فَسَّرَهُ لَنَا. فَرَدَّنِي فِرْعَوْنُ إِلَى وَظِيفَتِي وَأَمَّا ذَاكَ فَعَلَّقَهُ (عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ)».١٣
14 And Pharaoh sends and calls Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaves, and changes his garments, and comes to Pharaoh.
فَبَعَثَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَاسْتَدْعَى يُوسُفَ، فَأَسْرَعُوا وَأَتَوْا بِهِ مِنَ السِّجْنِ فَحَلَقَ وَاسْتَبْدَلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ.١٤
15 And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it, and I have heard concerning you, saying, You understand a dream 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 and Joseph answers Pharaoh, saying, “Without me—God answers Pharaoh with peace.”
فَأَجَابَ يُوسُفُ: «لا فَضْلَ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ، بَلْ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُعْطِي فِرْعَوْنَ الْجَوَابَ الصَّائِبَ».١٦
17 And Pharaoh speaks to Joseph: “In my dream, behold, I am standing by the edge of the River,
فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «رَأَيْتُ نَفْسِي فِي الْحُلْمِ وَإذَا بِي أَقِفُ عَلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ،١٧
18 and behold, out of the River coming up are seven cows, fat [in] flesh, and of beautiful form, and they feed among the reeds;
وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ حِسَانِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسَمِينَاتِ الأَبْدَانِ صَاعِدَاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ تَرْعَى فِي الْمَرْجِ،١٨
19 and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ أُخَرَ قَبِيحَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَهَزِيلاتٍ تَصْعَدُ وَرَاءَهَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ. لَمْ أَرَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا نَظِيرَهَا فِي الْقَبَاحَةِ.١٩
20 And the lean and the bad cows eat up the first seven fat cows,
فَالْتَهَمَتِ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْهَزِيلاتُ الْقَبِيحَاتُ السَّبْعَ الْبَقَرَاتِ الأُولَى السَّمِينَاتِ.٢٠
21 and they come in to their midst, and it has not been known that they have come in to their midst, and their appearance [is] bad as at the commencement; and I awake.
وَمَعَ أَنَّهَا ابْتَلَعَتْهَا ظَلَّتْ عَجْفَاءَ وَكَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَبْتَلِعْهَا وَبَقِيَ مَنْظَرُهَا قَبِيحاً كَمَا كَانَتْ. وَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ.٢١
22 And I see in my dream, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;
ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ فِي حُلْمِي وَإذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ زَاهِيَةٍ وَمُمْتَلِئَةٍ نَابِتَةٍ مِنْ سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ،٢٢
23 and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
ثُمَّ إِذَا بِسَبْعِ سَنَابِلَ يَابِسَةٍ عَجْفَاءَ قَدْ لَفَحَتْهَا الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ نَابِتَةٍ وَرَاءَهَا،٢٣
24 and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell [it] to the enchanters, and there is none declaring [it] to me.”
فَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنَابِلُ الْعَجْفَاءُ السَّبْعَ الزَّاهِيَةَ. وَلَقَدْ سَرَدْتُ عَلَى السَّحَرَةِ هَذَيْنِ الْحُلْمَيْنِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُمَا لِي».٢٤
25 And Joseph says to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh;
فَقَالَ يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «حُلْمَا فِرْعَوْنَ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ. وَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ فَاعِلٌ.٢٥
26 the seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;
السَّبْعُ الْبَقَرَاتُ الْحِسَانُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. وَالسَّبْعُ السَّنَابِلُ الزَّاهِيَاتُ هِيَ أَيْضاً سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ. فَالْحُلْمَانِ هُمَا حُلْمٌ وَاحِدٌ.٢٦
27 and the seven thin and bad cows which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are 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 this [is] the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is doing.
وَالأَمْرُ هُوَ كَمَا أَخْبَرْتُ بِهِ فِرْعَوْنَ: فَقَدْ أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَمَّا هُوَ صَانِعٌ٢٨
29 Behold, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,
هُوَذَا سَبْعُ سِنِينَ رَخَاءٍ عَظِيمٍ قَادِمَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ،٢٩
30 and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine has finished the land,
تَعْقُبُهَا سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ جُوعٍ، حَتَّى يَنْسَى النَّاسُ كُلَّ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ، وَيُتْلِفُ الْجُوعُ الأَرْضَ،٣٠
31 and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it [is] very grievous.
وَيَخْتَفِي كُلُّ أَثَرٍ لِلرَّخَاءِ فِي الْبِلادِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْمَجَاعَةِ الَّتِي تَعْقُبُهُ، لأَنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ قَاسِيَةً جِدّاً٣١
32 And because of the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hurrying to do it.
أَمَّا تَكْرَارُ الْحُلْمِ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَلَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ قَدْ قَرَّرَهُ اللهُ، وَلابُدَّ أَنْ يُجْرِيَهُ سَرِيعاً.٣٢
33 And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
وَالآنَ لِيَبْحَثْ فِرْعَوْنُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ بَصِيرٍ حَكِيمٍ يُوَلِّيهِ عَلَى الْبِلادِ،٣٣
34 let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,
وَلْيُقِمْ فِرْعَوْنُ نُظَّاراً عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ يَجْبُونَ خُمْسَ غَلَّتِهَا فِي سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ السَّبْعِ.٣٤
35 and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up grain under the hand of Pharaoh—food in the cities; and they have kept [it],
وَلِيَجْمَعُوا كُلَّ طَعَامِ سَنَوَاتِ الْخَيْرِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ، وَيَخْزِنُوا الْقَمْحَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَيَحْفَظُوهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ لِيَكُونَ طَعَاماً،٣٥
36 and the food has been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.”
وَمَؤُونَةً لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فِي سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ السَّبْعِ الَّتِي سَتَسُودُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ فَلا يَهْلِكُونَ جُوعاً».٣٦
37 And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,
فَاسْتَحْسَنَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَرِجَالُهُ جَمِيعاً هَذَا الْكَلامَ،٣٧
38 and Pharaoh says to his servants, “Do we find like this, a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?”
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «هَلْ نَجِدُ نَظِيرَ هَذَا رَجُلاً فِيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ؟»٣٨
39 And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “After God’s causing you to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as you;
ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَطْلَعَكَ عَلَى كُلِّ هَذَا، فَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ بَصِيرٌ وَحَكِيمٌ نَظِيرَكَ.٣٩
40 you are over my house, and at your mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than you.”
لِذَلِكَ أُوَلِّيكَ عَلَى بَيْتِي، وَيُذْعِنُ شَعْبِي لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ تُصْدِرُهُ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْكَ سِوَايَ أَنَا صَاحِبِ الْعَرْشِ».٤٠
41 And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.”
ثُمَّ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ».٤١
42 And Pharaoh turns aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and puts it on the hand of Joseph, and clothes him [with] garments of fine linen, and places a chain of gold on his neck,
وَنَزَعَ فِرْعَوْنُ خَاتَمَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي يَدِ يُوسُفَ، وَأَلْبَسَهُ ثِيَابَ كَتَّانٍ فَاخِرَةً وَطَوَّقَ عُنُقَهُ بِطَوْقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ،٤٢
43 and causes him to ride in the second chariot which he has, and they proclaim before him, “Bow the knee!” And [he] set him over all the land of Egypt.
وَأَرْكَبَهُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ الثَّانِيَةِ، وَنَادُوا: «ارْكَعُوا أَمَامَهُ». وَأَقَامَهُ وَالِياً عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.٤٣
44 And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “I [am] Pharaoh, and without you a man does not lift up his hand and his foot in all the land of Egypt”;
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «أَنَا فِرْعَوْنُ، وَلا أَحَدَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُحَرِّكَ سَاكِناً فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِذْنِكَ».٤٤
45 and Pharaoh calls Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he gives to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goes out over the land 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 And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goes out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passes over through all the land of 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 and the land makes in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
وَفِي سَنَوَاتِ الْخِصْبِ السَّبْعِ غَلَّتِ الأَرْضُ بِوَفْرَةٍ،٤٧
48 And he gathers all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and puts food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] around [each] city has he put in its midst;
فَجَمَعَ كُلَّ طَعَامِ السَّبْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ الْمُتَوَافِرِ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَخَزَنَهُ فِي الْمُدُنِ، فَاخْتَزَنَ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ غَلَّاتِ مَا حَوْلَهَا مِنْ حُقُولٍ.٤٨
49 and Joseph gathers grain as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until he has ceased to number, for there is no number.
وَادَّخَرَ يُوسُفُ كَمِّيَّاتٍ هَائِلَةً مِنَ الْقَمْحِ حَتَّى كَفَّ عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا لِوَفْرَتِهَا الْعَظِيمَةِ.٤٩
50 And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine comes, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, has borne to him,
وَأَنْجَبَتْ أَسْنَاتُ بِنْتُ فُوطِي فَارَعَ كَاهِنِ أُونَ لِيُوسُفَ ابْنَيْنِ قَبْلَ حُلُولِ سَنَوَاتِ الْجُوعِ.٥٠
51 and Joseph calls the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me to forget all my labor, and all the house of my father”;
فَدَعَا يُوسُفُ اسْمَ الْبِكْرِ مَنَسَّى (وَمَعْنَاهُ: مَنْ يَنْسَى أَوْ الْمَنْسِيُّ) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ أَنْسَانِي كُلَّ مَشَقَّتِي وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ أَبِي».٥١
52 and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
أَمَّا الثَّانِي فَدَعَا اسْمَهُ أَفْرَايِمَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْمُثْمِرُ مُضَاعَفاً) وَقَالَ: «لأَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَنِي مُثْمِراً فِي أَرْضِ مَذَلَّتِي».٥٢
53 And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
ثُمَّ انْتَهَتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الرَّخَاءِ الَّذِي عَمَّ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ.٥٣
54 and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt has been bread;
وَحَلَّتْ سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتِ الْمَجَاعَةِ كَمَا أَنْبَأَ يُوسُفُ. فَحَدَثَتْ مَجَاعَةٌ فِي جَمِيعِ الْبُلْدَانِ. أَمَّا أَرْضُ مِصْرَ فَقَدْ تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا الْخُبْزُ.٥٤
55 and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people cry to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh says to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; that which he says to you—do.”
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 And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph opens all [places] which have [grain] in them, and sells to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,
وَطَغَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلادِ فَفَتَحَ يُوسُفُ الْمَخَازِنَ وَبَاعَ الطَّعَامَ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَلَكِنَّ وَطْأَةَ الْجُوعِ اشْتَدَّتْ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.٥٦
57 and all the earth has come to Egypt, to buy, to Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
وَأَقْبَلَ أَهْلُ الْبُلْدَانِ الأُخْرَى إِلَى مِصْرَ، إِلَى يُوسُفَ، لِيَبْتَاعُوا قَمْحاً لأَنَّ الْمَجَاعَةَ كَانَتْ شَدِيدَةً فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.٥٧

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