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 du roi d'Égypte et le panetier offensèrent leur seigneur, le roi d'Égypte.
2 The king became angry with both of them.
Et Pharaon se mit en colère contre ses deux officiers, contre 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.
Et il les fit mettre en prison dans la maison du chef des gardes, dans la forteresse, 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.
Et le chef des gardes établit Joseph auprès d'eux, et il les servait; et ils furent quelque 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.
Et tous les deux eurent un songe, chacun le sien, dans une même nuit, chacun un songe d'une signification particulière, tant l'échanson que le panetier du roi d'Égypte qui étaient enfermés dans la forteresse.
6 The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
Et Joseph, venant vers eux le matin, les regarda, et voici, ils étaient tristes.
7 So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Et il interrogea ces officiers de Pharaon, qui étaient avec lui en prison dans la maison de son maître, et leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous mauvais visage 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.”
Et ils lui répondirent: Nous avons fait un songe, et il n'y a personne qui l'interprète. Et Joseph leur dit: Les interprétations n'appartiennent-elles pas à Dieu? Racontez-moi vos songes, je vous prie.
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.
Et le grand échanson raconta son songe à Joseph, et lui dit: Je songeais, et voici, un cep était 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 sarments. Or, il semblait qu'il poussait; sa 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.”
Et la coupe de Pharaon était dans ma main; et je pris les raisins, et je les pressai 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.
Et Joseph lui dit: En voici l'interprétation: Les trois sarments 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.
Dans trois jours, Pharaon élèvera ta tête, et te rétablira dans ta charge, et tu mettras la coupe de Pharaon dans sa main, comme tu le faisais auparavant, lorsque tu étais son échanson.
14 But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
Mais souviens-toi de moi, quand tu seras heureux, et use de bonté envers moi, je te prie; fais mention de moi à 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, certainement, j'ai été dérobé du pays des Hébreux, et ici non plus je n'ai rien fait pour qu'on me mît dans cette fosse.
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.
Alors le grand panetier, voyant que Joseph avait interprété en bien, lui dit: Moi aussi je songeais, et voici, j'avais trois corbeilles de pain blanc sur la tête;
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!”
Et dans la plus haute corbeille il y avait pour Pharaon de toutes sortes de mets faits par le boulanger; 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.
Et Joseph répondit, et dit: 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.”
Dans trois jours, Pharaon élèvera ta tête de dessus toi, et te fera pendre à un bois, et les oiseaux mangeront ta chair sur 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.
Et le troisième jour, jour de la naissance de Pharaon, il fit un festin à tous ses serviteurs, et il éleva la tête du grand échanson et du grand panetier, au milieu de ses serviteurs:
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 dans son office d'échanson, afin qu'il mît 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.
Mais il fit pendre le grand panetier; comme Joseph le leur avait déclaré.
23 But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
Or, le grand échanson ne se souvint point de Joseph; mais il l'oublia.
