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).
Och det begaf sig derefter, att Konungens i Egypten höfvitsman öfver skänkerna, och höfvitsmannen öfver bakarena, bröto deras herra Konungenom i Egypten emot.
2 The king became angry with both of them.
Och Pharao vardt vred uppå dem,
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.
Och lät sätta dem i hofmästarens hus i fängelse, der Joseph låg fången.
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.
Och hofmästaren satte Joseph öfver dem, att han skulle tjena dem; och de såto några dagar.
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.
Och både skänken och bakaren drömde om ena natt hvar sin dröm, och hvars deras dröm hade sin uttydelse.
6 The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
Då nu Joseph kom om morgonen in till dem, och såg dem ångse,
7 So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Frågade han dem, och sade: Hvi ären I så ångse i dag?
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.”
De svarade: Oss hafver drömt, och vi hafvom ingen, som oss det utlägger. Joseph sade: Utläggningen hörer Gudi till; dock förtäljer mig det.
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.
Då förtäljde skänken sin dröm för Joseph, och sade till honom: Mig drömde, att ett vinträ var för mig:
10 On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
Det hade tre grenar; det grönskades, växte och blomstrades, och dess drufvor vordo mogna:
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.”
Och jag hade Pharaos skänkekar i mine hand, och tog och kryste dem i skänkekaret, och fick Pharao skänkekaret i handena.
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 sade: Detta är uttydningen: Tre grenar äro tre dagar.
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.
Efter tre dagar skall Pharao upphäfva ditt hufvud, och sätta dig åter till dit ämbete, att du får honom skänkekaret i hans hand, såsom tillförene, då du var hans skänk.
14 But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
Men tänk uppå mig, då dig går väl, och gör barmhertighet med mig, att du Pharao ingifver, att han tager mig utaf detta huset;
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!”
Ty jag är hemliga bortstulen utaf de Ebreers lande: Så hafver jag ock här intet gjort, att de mig insatt hafva.
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.
Då bakaren såg, att uttydningen var god, sade han till Joseph: Mig hafver ock drömt, att jag bar tre flätade korgar på mitt hufvud;
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!”
Och i öfversta korgenom allahanda bakad mat till Pharaos behof; och foglarne åto af korgenom på mitt hufvud.
18 God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
Joseph svarade, och sade: Detta är uttydningen: Tre korgar äro tre dagar.
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.”
Och efter tre dagar skall Pharao upphäfva ditt hufvud, och hänga dig i en galga; och foglarne skola äta ditt kött på dig.
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.
Och det hände tredje dagen, då begick Pharao sin årsdag, och han gjorde alla sina tjenare ena måltid: Och upphof den öfversta skänkens hufvud, och den öfversta bakarens, ibland sina tjenare;
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.
Och satte den öfversta skänken åter till sitt skänkeämbete, att han skulle få Pharao skänkekaret i handena;
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.
Men den öfversta bakaren lät han hänga; som Joseph hade uttydt honom.
23 But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
Men den öfverste skänken tänkte intet på Joseph, utan förgat honom.
