Genesis 40
1 Some time later, two of the king of Egypt’s officials did things that displeased him. One was his chief (drink-server/man who prepared the wine and served it to the king), and the other was his chief (baker/man who baked bread for the king).
Après ces choses, il arriva que l’échanson et le panetier du roi d’Égypte offensèrent leur maître, le roi d’Égypte.
2 The king became angry with both of them.
Pharaon fut irrité contre ses deux officiers, contre le chef des échansons et le chef des panetiers;
3 So he had them put in prison, in the house of the captain of the palace guards. That was the place where Joseph was being kept.
et il les fit enfermer chez le chef des gardes, dans la prison, dans le lieu où Joseph était enfermé.
4 The two men were in prison for a long time. And during that time the captain of the palace guards appointed Joseph to be their servant, to take care of their needs.
Le chef des gardes établit Joseph auprès d’eux, et il les servait; et ils furent un certain temps en prison.
5 One night while the king’s drink-server and his baker were there in the prison, each of them had a dream. Each dream had a different meaning.
L’échanson et le panetier du roi d’Égypte, qui étaient enfermés dans la prison, eurent tous deux un songe dans la même nuit, chacun le sien, ayant une signification différente.
6 The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
Joseph, étant venu le matin vers eux, les regarda; et voici, ils étaient tristes.
7 So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Il interrogea donc les officiers de Pharaon qui étaient avec lui en prison, dans la maison de son maître, et leur dit: « Pourquoi avez-vous le visage triste aujourd’hui? »
8 One of them answered, “We both had dreams last night, but there is no one who can tell us the meaning of the dreams.” Joseph said to them, “God is the only one who can [RHQ] tell the meaning of dreams. So tell me what you dreamed, and God will tell me the meaning.”
Ils lui dirent: « Nous avons eu un songe, et il n’y a personne ici pour l’expliquer. » Et Joseph leur dit: « N’est-ce pas à Dieu qu’appartiennent les interprétations? Racontez-moi, je vous prie, votre songe. »
9 So the king’s chief drink-server told his dream to Joseph. He said, “In my dream I saw a grapevine in front of me.
Le chef des échansons raconta son songe à Joseph, en disant: « Dans mon songe, voici, il y avait un cep devant moi,
10 On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
et ce cep avait trois branches; il poussa des bourgeons, la fleur sortit et ses grappes donnèrent des raisins mûrs.
11 I was holding the king’s cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave the cup to the king to drink the juice.”
La coupe de Pharaon était dans ma main; je pris des raisins, j’en pressai le jus dans la coupe de Pharaon et je mis la coupe dans la main de Pharaon. »
12 [God immediately told Joseph what the dream meant]. So Joseph said to him, “This is the meaning of your dream: The three branches of the vine represent three days.
Joseph lui dit: « En voici l’interprétation: les trois branches sont trois jours.
13 Within three days the king will release you from prison. He will let you do the work that you did before. You will take cups of wine to the king as you did before, when you were his drink-server.
Encore trois jours, et Pharaon relèvera ta tête et te rétablira dans ta charge, et tu mettras la coupe de Pharaon dans sa main, selon ton premier office, lorsque tu étais son échanson.
14 But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
Si tu te souviens de moi quand le bonheur te sera rendu, et si tu daignes user de bonté à mon égard, rappelle-moi au souvenir de Pharaon, et fais-moi sortir de cette maison.
15 People took me away forcefully from the land where my fellow Hebrews live. [I did nothing wrong there], and also while I have been here in Egypt, I have done nothing for which I deserved to be put in prison. So be kind to me and tell the king about me, so that he will release me from this prison!”
Car c’est par un rapt que j’ai été enlevé du pays des Hébreux, et ici même je n’ai rien fait pour qu’on m’ait mis dans cette prison. »
16 When the chief baker heard that the meaning of the dream of the king’s drink-server was very favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. In the dream I was surprised to see three baskets of bread stacked on my head.
Le chef des panetiers, voyant que Joseph avait donné une interprétation favorable, lui dit: « Moi aussi, dans mon songe, voici que j’avais sur la tête trois corbeilles de pain blanc.
17 In the top basket there were many kinds of baked goods for the king, but birds were eating them from the top basket that was on my head!”
Dans la corbeille de dessus se trouvaient toutes sortes de pâtisseries pour Pharaon, et les oiseaux les mangeaient dans la corbeille qui était sur ma tête. »
18 God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
Joseph répondit: « En voici l’interprétation: les trois corbeilles sont trois jours.
19 Within three days the king will command that your head be cut off. Then your body will be hung on a tree, and vultures will come and eat your flesh.”
Encore trois jours, et Pharaon enlèvera ta tête de dessus toi et te pendra à un bois, et les oiseaux dévoreront ta chair de dessus toi. »
20 The third day after that was the (king’s birthday/day they celebrated when the king became one year older). On that day the king invited all his officials to celebrate his birthday. During the celebration, while they were all gathered there, the king summoned his chief drink-server and chief baker from the prison.
Le troisième jour, qui était le jour de la naissance de Pharaon, il donna un festin à tous ses serviteurs; et il éleva la tête du chef des échansons et la tête du chef des panetiers:
21 He said that his chief drink-server could have his previous job again, so that again he took cups of wine to the king.
il rétablit le chef des échansons dans son office d’échanson, et celui-ci mit la coupe dans la main de Pharaon;
22 But he commanded that the chief baker should be killed by being hanged, just as Joseph had said would happen when he told the two men the meaning of their dreams.
et il fit pendre le chef des panetiers, selon l’interprétation que Joseph leur avait donnée.
23 But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
Mais le chef des échansons ne parla pas de Joseph, et l’oublia.
