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).
His ita gestis, accidit ut peccarent duo eunuchi, pincerna regis Ægypti, et pistor, domino suo.
2 The king became angry with both of them.
Iratusque contra eos Pharao (nam alter pincernis præerat, alter pistoribus)
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.
misit eos in carcerem principis militum, in quo erat vinctus et Ioseph.
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.
At custos carceris tradidit eos Ioseph, qui et ministrabat eis: aliquantulum temporis fluxerat, et illi in custodia tenebantur.
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.
Videruntque ambo somnium nocte una iuxta interpretationem congruam sibi:
6 The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
ad quos cum introisset Ioseph mane, et vidisset eos tristes,
7 So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
sciscitatus est eos, dicens: Cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra?
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.”
Qui responderunt: Somnium vidimus, et non est qui interpretetur nobis. Dixitque ad eos Ioseph: Numquid non Dei est interpretatio? referte mihi quid videritis.
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.
Narravit prior, præpositus pincernarum, somnium suum: Videbam coram me vitem,
10 On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
in qua erant tres propagines, crescere paulatim in gemmas, et post flores uvas maturescere:
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.”
calicemque Pharaonis in manu mea: tuli ergo uvas, et expressi in calicem quem tenebam, et tradidi poculum Pharaoni.
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.
Respondit Ioseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: Tres propagines, tres adhuc dies sunt:
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.
post quos recordabitur Pharao ministerii tui, et restituet te in gradum pristinum: dabisque ei calicem iuxta officium tuum, sicut ante facere consueveras.
14 But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
Tantum memento mei, cum bene tibi fuerit, et facias mecum misericordiam: ut suggeras Pharaoni ut educat me de isto carcere:
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!”
quia furto sublatus sum de terra Hebræorum, et hic innocens in lacum missus sum.
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.
Videns pistorum magister quod prudenter somnium dissolvisset, ait: Et ego vidi somnium: Quod tria canistra farinæ haberem super caput meum:
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 in uno canistro quod erat excelsius, portare me omnes cibos qui fiunt arte pistoria, avesque comedere ex eo.
18 God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
Respondit Ioseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: Tria canistra, tres adhuc dies sunt:
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.”
post quos auferet Pharao caput tuum, ac suspendet te in cruce, et lacerabunt volucres carnes tuas.
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.
Exinde dies tertius natalitius Pharaonis erat: qui faciens grande convivium pueris suis, recordatus est inter epulas magistri pincernarum, et pistorum principis.
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.
Restituitque alterum in locum suum, ut porrigeret ei poculum:
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.
alterum suspendit in patibulo, ut coniectoris veritas probaretur.
23 But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
Et tamen succedentibus prosperis, præpositus pincernarum oblitus est interpretis sui.
