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).
À la suite de ces événements, il arriva que le grand échanson du roi d'Égypte et le grand panetier se rendirent coupables envers leur seigneur le roi d'Égypte.
2 The king became angry with both of them.
Et le Pharaoh fut transporté de colère contre ses deux eunuques: le grand échanson et le grand panetier,
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.
Il les fit jeter en prison, au lieu même où avait été conduit Joseph.
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.
Et le geôlier les confia à Joseph qui prit soin d'eux; ils furent bien des jours dans la 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.
Après quoi, tous les deux en la même nuit eurent un songe; cette vision en songe du grand échanson et du grand panetier du roi d'Égypte dans la prison était telle qu'on va dire:
6 The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
Joseph étant entré près d'eux le matin, les vit tout troublés.
7 So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Il interrogea les eunuques du Pharaon qui étaient en prison avec lui, au pouvoir de son maître, disant: Pourquoi vos visages sont-ils attristés 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 répondirent: Nous avons eu chacun un songe, et il n'y a personne ici pour les interpréter. Joseph leur dit: N'est-ce pas à Dieu qu'il appartient de les expliquer? Racontez-les-moi donc.
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 grand échanson raconta donc à Joseph le songe qu'il avait eu, et il dit: Pendant mon sommeil, une vigne était devant moi,
10 On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
Elle avait trois souches, et elle était en fleur, projetant des bourgeons, et même des grappes de raisin mûr.
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.”
Comme j'avais en ma main la coupe du Pharaon, je pris une grappe et je la pressai dans la coupe que je remis en la main du 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.
Voici, lui dit Joseph, l'interprétation de ton songe: Les trois souches 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 le Pharaon se souviendra de tes services; il te rétablira dans ta charge de grand échanson, et tu mettras la coupe en la main du Pharaon, comme autrefois quand tu lui versais à boire.
14 But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
Mais souviens-toi de moi, au nom de toi-même, lorsque tu seras heureux; use envers moi de miséricorde, parle en ma faveur au Pharaon, afin qu'il me tire de cette forteresse:
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 larcin que j'ai été enlevé de la terre des Hébreux, puis, en ce pays j'ai été jeté en prison, sans avoir rien fait.
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 grand panetier, voyant qu'il avait si bien interprété, dit à son tour à Joseph: Moi aussi j'ai eu un songe: il me semblait porter sur ma tête trois corbeilles de grain.
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!”
La corbeille la plus élevée contenait toutes les espèces de gâteaux dont mange le Pharaon; et les oiseaux du ciel aussi mangeaient dans la corbeille la plus haute qui était sur ma tête.
18 God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
Et Joseph, répondant, lui dit: Voici ton 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 le Pharaon séparera ta tête de ton corps; il te suspendra à une croix, et les oiseaux du ciel mangeront de tes chairs.
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 vint, jour de la naissance du Pharaon, et il fit un festin à tous ses serviteurs. Mais, du milieu d'eux, il se souvint de l'office du grand échanson et de l'office du grand panetier.
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 grand échanson en son office, et celui-ci mit la coupe dans les mains du 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.
Quant au grand panetier, il fut suspendu à une croix, selon ce que leur avait dit Joseph.
23 But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
Cependant, le grand échanson ne se souvint point de Joseph, et le laissa en oubli.
