Genesis 41
1 Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
Så hendte det da to år var omme, at Farao drømte han stod ved elven.
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Og se, det steg op av elven syv kyr, vakre å se til og fete, og de gikk og beitet i elvegresset.
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.
Og efter dem steg det op av elven syv andre kyr, stygge å se til og magre, og de stod ved siden av de andre kyr på elvebredden.
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
Og de stygge og magre kyr åt op de syv vakre og fete kyr. Da våknet Farao.
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.
Så sovnet han igjen og drømte annen gang, og se, syv aks, frodige og gode, vokste op på ett strå.
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.
Og efter dem skjøt det op syv aks som var tynne og svidd av østenvind.
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.
Og de tynne aks slukte de syv frodige og fulle aks. Da våknet Farao, og skjønte at det var en drøm.
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.
Men om morgenen var han urolig til sinns, og han sendte bud og lot kalle alle tegnsutleggerne og alle vismennene i Egypten; og Farao fortalte dem sine drømmer, men det var ingen som kunde tyde dem for ham.
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 talte den øverste munnskjenk til Farao og sa: Jeg må idag minne om mine synder.
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.
Farao blev vred på sine tjenere og satte mig fast hos høvdingen over livvakten, både mig og den øverste baker.
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Da hadde vi hver sin drøm i samme natt, jeg og han, og våre drømmer hadde hver sin mening.
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.
Og det var en hebraisk gutt sammen med oss der; han var tjener hos høvdingen over livvakten; ham fortalte vi våre drømmer, og han tydet dem for oss; efter som enhver hadde drømt, tydet han dem.
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].”
Og som han tydet dem for oss, således gikk det; jeg blev satt i mitt embede igjen, og han blev hengt.
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 sendte Farao bud og lot Josef kalle, og de førte ham skyndsomt ut av fengslet; og han lot sig rake og skiftet klær og trådte frem for Farao.
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.”
Da sa Farao til Josef: Jeg har hatt en drøm, og det er ingen som kan tyde den; men jeg har hørt si om dig at så snart du hører en drøm, kan du tyde den.
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.”
Og Josef svarte Farao og sa: Det står ikke til mig; Gud vil gi et svar som spår lykke for Farao.
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
Da sa Farao til Josef: Jeg syntes i drømme at jeg stod på elvebredden.
18 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Og se, av elven steg det op syv kyr, fete og vakre av skikkelse, og de gikk og beitet i elvegresset.
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!
Og efter dem steg det op syv andre kyr, tynne og svært stygge av skikkelse og magre; jeg har aldri sett så stygge kyr i hele Egyptens land.
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
Og de magre og stygge kyr åt op de syv første, fete kyr.
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.
Og da de hadde fått dem til livs, kunde det ikke merkes på dem, de var like stygge å se til som før. Da våknet jeg.
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.
Så drømte jeg igjen, og se: Syv aks, fulle og gode, vokste op på ett strå.
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.
Og efter dem skjøt det op syv aks som var fortørket og tynne og svidd av østenvind.
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.”
Og de tynne aks slukte de syv gode aks. Og jeg fortalte det til tegnsutleggerne, men ingen kunde forklare det for mig.
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 sa Josef til Farao: Faraos drømmer har én mening; hvad Gud vil gjøre, har han latt Farao få vite.
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.
De syv gode kyr er syv år, og de syv gode aks er syv år; det er en og samme drøm.
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).
Og de syv magre og stygge kyr som steg op efter dem, er syv år, og de syv tomme aks som var svidd av østenvinden, er syv hungersår, som skal komme.
28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
Det er som jeg sa til Farao: Hvad Gud vil gjøre, har han latt Farao se.
29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
Det kommer syv år med stor overflod i hele Egyptens land;
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.
men efter dem kommer det syv hungersår, så all denne overflod skal bli glemt i Egyptens land, og hungeren skal arme ut landet;
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
og ingen skal minnes den overflod som var i landet, for hungeren bakefter; for den skal bli meget hård.
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.
Men at drømmen kom to ganger for Farao, det vil si at saken er fast besluttet av Gud, og at Gud vil gjøre det snart.
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.
Nu skulde Farao utse sig en forstandig og vis mann og sette ham over Egyptens land!
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.
Det skulde Farao gjøre og så sette opsynsmenn over landet og ta femtedelen av avgrøden i Egyptens land i de syv overflodsår.
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.
Og de skal samle alt som kan tjene til føde, i disse gode år som kommer, og under Faraos hånd dynge op korn i byene til føde og ta vare på det.
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.”
Og kornet skal tjene til forråd for landet i de syv hungersår som skal komme over Egyptens land, så landet ikke skal ødelegges av hungeren.
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
Disse ord syntes Farao og alle hans tjenere godt om.
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]
Og Farao sa til sine tjenere: Mon det finnes nogen som han, en mann som har Guds ånd?
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.
Så sa Farao til Josef: Siden Gud har latt dig vite alt dette, så er det ingen så forstandig og vis som 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 skal forestå mitt hus, og hele mitt folk skal rette sig efter ditt ord; bare tronen vil jeg ha fremfor dig.
41 Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Og Farao sa fremdeles til Josef: Se, jeg setter dig over hele Egyptens land.
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.
Og Farao tok sin signetring av sin hånd og satte den på Josefs hånd og klædde ham i klær av fint lin og hengte en gullkjede om hans 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.
Og han lot ham kjøre i den vogn som var nærmest efter hans egen, og de ropte foran ham: Abrek! Og han satte ham over hele Egyptens land.
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.”
Og Farao sa til Josef: Jeg er Farao, og uten din vilje skal ingen mann løfte hånd eller fot i hele Egyptens land.
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.
Og Farao gav Josef navnet Sofnat-Paneah og gav ham til hustru Asnat, en datter av Potifera, presten i On. Så drog Josef omkring i Egyptens land.
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.
Josef var tretti år gammel da han stod for Egyptens konge Faraos åsyn. Og efterat Josef var gått ut fra Farao, reiste han gjennem hele Egyptens land.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
Og jorden bar rikelig i de syv overflodsår.
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.
Og han samlet alle slags grøde i de syv gode år som kom i Egyptens land, og la den op i byene; i hver by la han op avgrøden fra landet som lå omkring.
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.
Så hopet da Josef op korn som havets sand, i svære mengder, inntil de holdt op med å telle; for det var ikke tall på det.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
Før det første hungersår kom, fikk Josef to sønner med Asnat, datter av Potifera, presten i On.
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.”
Og Josef kalte sin førstefødte sønn Manasse; for sa han Gud har latt mig glemme all min møie og hele min fars hus.
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.”
Og den andre sønn kalte han Efra'im; for sa han Gud har gjort mig fruktbar i det land som jeg led ondt i.
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
Da de syv overflodsår i Egyptens land var til ende,
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.
begynte de syv hungersår å komme, således som Josef hadde sagt. Da blev det hungersnød i alle landene, men i hele Egyptens land var det brød.
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.”
Og da hele Egyptens land led hunger, ropte folket til Farao om brød. Da sa Farao til alle egypterne: Gå til Josef! Hvad han sier eder, skal I gjøre.
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.
Da det nu var hungersnød over hele landet, åpnet Josef alle oplagshusene og solgte korn til egypterne; for hungersnøden var hård i Egyptens land.
57 And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
Og fra alle landene kom de til Josef i Egypten for å kjøpe korn; for hungersnøden var hård i alle landene.
