Genesis 41
1 Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
Nach Verlauf zweier Jahre träumte Pharao, er stehe am Nil.
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Da stiegen aus dem Nil sieben Kühe, prächtig von Aussehen und fett an Fleisch, und weideten im Riedgras.
3 Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile [River]. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank.
Ihnen nach stiegen sieben andere Kühe aus dem Nil, häßlich von Aussehen und mager an Fleisch, und traten neben jene Kühe am Nilufer.
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
Dann fraßen die häßlichen und mageren Kühe die sieben stattlichen und fetten Kühe. Da erwachte Pharao.
5 The king went to sleep again, and he had another dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain that were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and all growing on one stalk.
Er schlief wieder ein, da träumte er zum zweitenmal. Sieben Ähren wuchsen an einem Halm, dick und schön.
6 After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
Ihnen nach sproßten sieben Ähren, dürr und vom Ostwind versengt.
7 Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had been dreaming.
Und die dürren Ähren verschlangen die sieben dicken und vollen Ähren. Da erwachte Pharao; ein Traum war es gewesen.
8 But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams.
Am Morgen aber war sein Gemüt noch unruhig; da sandte er hin und ließ alle Schriftkundigen und Weisen Ägyptens rufen. Und Pharao erzählte ihnen seine Träume; aber niemand vermochte sie dem Pharao zu deuten.
9 Then the chief drink-server said to the king, “Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you.
Da nahm der Obermundschenk das Wort und sprach zu Pharao: "Heute muß ich meiner Nachlässigkeit gedenken.
10 One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards.
Der Pharao hatte einst auf seine Diener gezürnt, und so legte er mich in Gewahrsam in das Haus des Anführers der Leibwächter, mich und den Oberbäcker.
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Da träumten wir beide in einer Nacht, und zwar hatte jeder einen besonderen Traum.
12 There was a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.
Nun war bei uns dort ein hebräischer Jüngling, ein Sklave des Obersten der Leibwächter, und dem erzählten wir es, und jener deutete uns unsere Träume. Jedem deutete er, seinem Traum gemäß.
13 And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. [The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph].”
Und wie er es uns gedeutet, so traf es ein. Mich hat man wieder auf meinen Posten gestellt, und ihn hat man gehenkt."
14 When the king heard that, he told some servants to bring Joseph to him, and they quickly brought Joseph out of the prison. Joseph shaved and put on better clothes, and then he went and stood in front of the king.
Da sandte Pharao und ließ Joseph rufen. Eilends entließen sie ihn aus dem Kerker. Er ließ sich scheren und wechselte seine Kleider. Dann kam er zu Pharao.
15 The king said to Joseph, “I had two dreams, and no one can tell me what they mean. But someone told me that when you hear someone tell about a dream he has had, you can tell that person what the dream means.”
Und Pharao sprach nun zu Joseph: "Ich habe einen Traum gehabt, und niemand kann ihn deuten. Nun habe ich von dir gehört, man sage, du brauchtest einen Traum nur zu hören, und du könntest ihn deuten!"
16 But Joseph replied to the king, “No, I cannot do that. It is God who knows the meaning of dreams, but he will enable me to tell you their meaning, and they will mean something good.”
Da erwiderte Joseph dem Pharao also: "Ich nicht; Gott nur kann offenbaren, was Pharao frommt."
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
Da erzählte Pharao dem Joseph: "In meinem Traume stand ich an des Niles Ufer.
18 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Da stiegen sieben Kühe aus dem Nil, fett an Fleisch und stattlich anzusehen, und weideten im Riedgras.
19 Soon seven other cows, ugly and thin ones, came up behind them from the river. I never saw such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
Ihnen nach stiegen sieben andere Kühe, elend und häßlich an Gestalt und mager an Fleisch. In ganz Ägypten habe ich nie etwas so Häßliches gesehen wie sie.
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
Da fraßen die mageren und häßlichen Kühe die ersten sieben fetten Kühe.
21 But afterwards, no one would have known that the thin cows ate them, because they were just as ugly as they were before. Then I woke up.
Sie kamen so in ihren Magen; aber man hatte gar nicht gemerkt, daß sie in ihren Magen gekommen waren; denn ihr Aussehen blieb häßlich, wie zuvor. Da erwachte ich.
22 Then I had another dream. I saw seven heads of grain. They were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and they were all growing on one stalk.
Und wieder sah ich in meinem Traum: Da wuchsen sieben Ähren voll und schön an einem Halm.
23 Then [to my surprise] I saw seven other heads of grain that sprouted. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
Ihnen nach sproßten sieben andere Ähren, taub, dürr und vom Ostwind versengt.
24 The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain to me what they meant.”
Und diese dürren Ähren verschlangen die sieben schönen Ähren. Ich sagte es den Schriftgelehrten; aber keiner konnte mir Bescheid geben."
25 Then Joseph said to the king, “Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams what he is about to do.
Da sprach Joseph zu Pharao: "Pharaos Traum ist unzweideutig. Gott tut dem Pharao kund, was er zu tun gedenkt.
26 The seven healthy cows represent seven years. The seven good heads of grain also represent seven years. The two dreams both have the same meaning.
Die sieben schönen Kühe sind sieben Jahre. Die sieben schönen Ähren sind auch sieben Jahre. Nur ein Traum ist es.
27 The seven thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce).
Und diese sieben mageren und häßlichen Kühe, die nach ihnen kamen, sind sieben Jahre, und die sieben leeren, vom Ostwind versengten Ähren bedeuten sieben Hungerjahre.
28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
Das ist dasselbe, was ich Pharao schon sagte: 'Was Gott zu tun gedenkt, hat er Pharao schauen lassen.'
29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
Sieh, sieben Jahre kommen, da herrscht großer Überfluß im ganzen Land Ägypten.
30 but after that there will be seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce). Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
Nach ihnen kommen sieben Hungerjahre. Da weiß man nichts mehr von irgendwelchem Überfluß im Land Ägypten. Dann zehrt der Hunger im Land.
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
Dann merkt man nichts mehr vom Überfluß im Land wegen dieser Hungersnot hernach; denn sie wird überschwer sein.
32 The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he [wants you to know] that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon.
Und daß der Traum des Pharao zweimal in verschiedener Form erschien, heißt: Die Sache ist fest bei Gott beschlossen, und Gott setzt eilends sie ins Werk.
33 “Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country.
Nun ersehe sich Pharao einen klugen, weisen Mann und setze ihn über das Ägypterland!
34 You should also appoint supervisors over the country, in order that they can arrange to collect one-fifth of all the grain that is harvested during the seven years when food is plentiful.
Möge Pharao unverzüglich über das Land Aufseher setzen und dann den fünften Teil aus dem Land Ägypten in den sieben Jahren des Überflusses als Abgabe erheben.
35 They should collect this amount of grain during those seven years that are coming, when there will be plenty of food. You should supervise them as they store it in the cities.
Dann soll man jeglich Korn dieser kommenden guten Jahre aufspeichern und Getreide zu Pharaos Verfügung in den Städten zur Nahrung anhäufen und verwahren!
36 This grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.”
Dann ist das Korn dem Land ein Rückhalt für die sieben Hungerjahre, die über das Ägypterland kommen, damit das Land durch die Hungersnot nicht zugrunde gehe."
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
Diese Rede gefiel nun Pharao und all seinen Dienern.
38 So the king said to them, “(Can we find any other man like Joseph, a man to whom God has given his Spirit?/It is not likely that we will find another man like this man, one to whom God has given his Spirit!)” [RHQ]
Und Pharao sprach zu seinen Dienern: "Könnten wir jemanden wie diesen finden, einen Mann, in dem Gottes Geist ist?"
39 Then the king said to Joseph, “Because God has revealed all this to you, it seems to me that there is no one who is as wise as you and who can decide wisely about things.
Und Pharao sprach zu Joseph: "Weil ein Gott dir all dies geoffenbart, ist keiner so klug und weise wie du.
40 So I will put you in charge of everything in my palace. All the people here in Egypt must obey what you command. Only because I am king [MTY] will I have more authority than you.”
Du sollst meinem Hause vorstehen! Mein ganzes Volk soll deine Rede achten! Nur um den Thron will ich größer sein als du."
41 Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Dann sprach Pharao zu Joseph: "Siehe! Ich setze dich über ganz Ägypterland."
42 The king took from his finger the ring that had his seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He put robes made of fine linen on him, and he put a gold chain around his neck.
Dann zog Pharao seinen Siegelring von seiner Hand und streifte ihn an Josephs Hand, kleidete ihn mit Linnengewändern und legte ihm die goldene Kette um den Hals.
43 Then he arranged for Joseph to ride around in the chariot [that showed that he was] the second-most important man in the country. When Joseph rode in the chariot, men shouted to the people who were on the road in front of him, “Get off the road!” So the king put Joseph in charge of everything in the country.
Dann ließ er ihn auf seinem Wagen zweiten Ranges fahren und vor ihm ausrufen: Abrek! und daß man ihn einsetze als König über ganz Ägypterland.
44 The king said to Joseph, “I am the king, but no one in the whole land of Egypt will do anything [IDM] if you do not permit them to do it.”
Und Pharao sprach zu Joseph: "Ich bin Pharao. Aber ohne dich hebe niemand Hand noch Fuß in ganz Ägypterland!"
45 The king gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath to be his wife. She was the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in a temple in On [city]. Then Joseph became known (OR, traveled) through all the land of Egypt.
Und Pharao hieß Joseph Saphnat Paneach. Und er gab ihm zum Weibe Asenat, die Tochter Potipheras, des Priesters von On. So ward Joseph im Ägypterland bekannt.
46 Joseph was 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt.
Joseph war dreißig Jahre alt, als er in des ägyptischen Königs Pharao Dienste trat. Nachdem Joseph von Pharao weggegangen war, durchzog er ganz Ägypterland.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
Das Land war nun in den sieben Jahren des Überflusses überaus fruchtbar.
48 As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that city.
So speicherte er jegliches Korn der sieben Jahre im Ägypterland auf und legte Korn in die Städte. In jede Stadt legte er das Korn des Feldes, das sie umgab.
49 Joseph had them store up a huge amount of grain. It looked as plentiful as the sand on the seashore. There was so much grain that after a while they stopped keeping records of how much grain was stored, because there was more grain than they could measure.
So häufte Joseph Getreide wie Sand am Meere überaus viel auf, bis man das Messen lassen mußte; denn es war unmeßbar.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
Zwei Söhne aber waren Joseph geboren worden, bevor das Hungerjahr kam. Asenat, die Tochter Potipheras, des Priesters von On, hatte sie ihm geboren.
51 Joseph named the first one Manasseh, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget]’, because, he said, “God has caused me to forget all my troubles and all my father’s family.”
Und Joseph nannte den Erstgeborenen Manasse; denn "Gott hat mich vergessen lassen all mein Unglück und mein ganzes Haus".
52 He named his second son Ephraim, [which means ‘to have children]’, because, he said, “God has given me children here in this land where I have suffered.”
Den zweiten nannte er Ephraim; denn "Gott hat mich zur Macht im Lande meines Elends kommen lassen".
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
Zu Ende gingen nun die sieben Jahre des Überflusses im Ägypterland.
54 Then the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. There was also a famine in all the other nearby lands, but although the crops did not grow, there was food everywhere in Egypt, because of the grain they had stored up in the cities.
Und die sieben Jahre des Hungers hoben an, wie Joseph gesagt hatte. Hunger war in allen Ländern; aber in ganz Ägypten gab es Brot.
55 When all the people of [MTY] Egypt had eaten all of their own food and were still hungry, they begged the king for food. So the king told all the people of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, and do what he tells you to do.”
Als aber auch ganz Ägypterland hungerte, schrie das Volk zu Pharao um Brot; da sprach Pharao zu jedem Ägypter: "Geht zu Joseph! Was er euch sagen wird, tut!"
56 When the famine was very bad throughout the whole country, Joseph ordered his helpers to open the storehouses. Then they sold the grain in the storehouses to the people of Egypt, because the famine was very severe all over Egypt.
Nun kam der Hunger über die ganze Erde. Da öffnete Joseph alle Speicher und verkaufte den Ägyptern Getreide. Aber auch in Ägypten ward der Hunger immer stärker.
57 And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
Alle Welt kam nun nach Ägypten, Getreide bei Joseph zu kaufen, denn stark war der Hunger auf der ganzen Erde geworden.
