Genesis 41
1 Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
E aconteceu que passados dois anos teve Faraó um sonho: Parecia-lhe que estava junto ao rio;
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
E que do rio subiam sete vacas, belas à vista, e muito gordas, e pastavam entre os juncos:
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.
E que outras sete vacas subiam depois delas do rio, de feia aparência, e magras de carne, e pararam perto das vacas belas à beira do rio;
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
E que as vacas de feia aparência e magras de carne devoravam as sete vacas belas e muito gordas. E despertou Faraó.
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.
Dormiu de novo, e sonhou a segunda vez: Que sete espigas cheias e belas subiam de uma só haste:
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.
E que outras sete espigas miúdas e abatidas do vento oriental, saíam depois delas:
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.
E as sete espigas miúdas devoravam as sete espigas espessas e cheias. E despertou Faraó, e eis que era sonho.
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.
E aconteceu que à manhã estava movido seu espírito; e enviou e fez chamar a todos os magos do Egito, e a todos os seus sábios: e contou-lhes Faraó seus sonhos, mas não havia quem a Faraó os interpretasse.
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.
Então o chefe dos copeiros falou a Faraó, dizendo: Lembro-me hoje de minhas faltas:
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.
Faraó se irou contra seus servos, e a mim me lançou à prisão da casa do capitão dos da guarda, a mim e ao chefe dos padeiros:
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
E eu e ele vimos um sonho uma mesma noite: cada um sonhou conforme a interpretação de seu sonho.
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.
E estava ali conosco um jovem hebreu, servente do capitão dos da guarda; e o contamos a ele, e ele nos interpretou nossos sonhos, e interpretou a cada um conforme seu sonho.
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].”
E aconteceu que como ele nos interpretou, assim foi: a mim me fez voltar a meu posto, e fez enforcar ao outro.
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.
Então Faraó enviou e chamou a José; e fizeram-lhe sair correndo do cárcere; e ele rapou-se a barba, mudou-se de roupas, e veio a Faraó.
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.”
E disse Faraó a José: Eu tive um sonho, e não há quem o interprete; mas ouvi dizer de ti, que ouves sonhos para os interpretar.
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.”
E respondeu José a Faraó, dizendo: Não está em mim; Deus será o que responda paz a Faraó.
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
Então Faraó disse a José: Em meu sonho parecia-me que estava à beira do rio:
18 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
E que do rio subiam sete vacas de gordas carnes e bela aparência, que pastavam entre os juncos:
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!
E que outras sete vacas subiam depois delas, magras e de muito feio aspecto; tão abatidas, que não vi outras semelhantes em toda a terra do Egito em feiura:
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
E as vacas magras e feias devoravam as sete primeiras vacas gordas:
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.
E entravam em suas entranhas, mas não se conhecia que houvesse entrado nelas, porque sua aparência era ainda má, como de antes. E eu despertei.
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.
Vi também sonhando, que sete espigas subiam em uma mesma haste, cheias e belas;
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.
E que outras sete espigas miúdas, definhadas, abatidas do vento oriental, subiam depois delas:
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.”
E as espigas miúdas devoravam as sete espigas belas: e disse-o aos magos, mas não há quem o interprete a mim.
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.
Então respondeu José a Faraó: O sonho de Faraó é um mesmo: Deus mostrou a Faraó o que vai fazer.
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.
As sete vacas belas são sete anos, e as espigas belas são sete anos; o sonho é um mesmo.
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).
Também as sete vacas magras e feias que subiam atrás elas, são sete anos; e as sete espigas miúdas e definhadas do vento oriental serão sete anos de fome.
28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
Isto é o que respondo a Faraó. O que Deus vai fazer, mostrou-o a Faraó.
29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
Eis que vêm sete anos de grande fartura toda a terra do Egito:
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.
E se levantarão depois eles sete anos de fome; e toda a fartura será esquecida na terra do Egito; e a fome consumirá a terra;
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
E aquela abundância não mais será vista por causa da fome seguinte, a qual será gravíssima.
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.
E o suceder o sonho a Faraó duas vezes, significa que a coisa é firme da parte de Deus, e que Deus se apressa a fazê-la.
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.
Portanto, providencie Faraó agora um homem prudente e sábio, e ponha-o sobre a terra do Egito.
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.
Faça isto Faraó, e ponha governadores sobre esta terra, e tome a quinta parte da terra do Egito nos sete anos da fartura;
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.
E juntem toda a provisão destes bons anos que vêm, e acumulem o trigo sob a mão de Faraó para mantimento das cidades; e guardem-no.
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.”
E esteja aquela provisão em depósito para esta terra, para os sete anos de fome que serão na terra do Egito; e esta terra não perecerá de fome.
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
E o negócio pareceu bem a Faraó, e a seus servos.
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]
E disse Faraó a seus servos: Acharemos outro homem como este, em quem haja espírito de Deus?
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.
E disse Faraó a José: Pois que Deus te fez saber tudo isto, não há entendido nem sábio como tu:
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.”
Tu serás sobre minha casa, e pelo que disseres se governará todo o meu povo; somente no trono serei eu maior que tu.
41 Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Disse mais Faraó a José: Eis que te pus sobre toda a terra do Egito.
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.
Então Faraó tirou seu anel de sua mão, e o pôs na mão de José, e fez-lhe vestir de roupas de linho finíssimo, e pôs um colar de ouro em seu pescoço;
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.
E o fez subir em seu segundo carro, e proclamaram diante dele: Dobrai os joelhos; e pôs-lhe sobre toda a terra do Egito.
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.”
E disse Faraó a José: Eu sou Faraó; e sem ti ninguém levantará sua mão nem seu pé toda a terra do Egito.
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.
E chamou Faraó o nome de José, Zefenate-Paneia; e deu-lhe por mulher a Azenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om. E saiu José por toda a terra do Egito.
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.
E era José de idade de trinta anos quando foi apresentado diante de Faraó, rei do Egito: e saiu José de diante de Faraó, e transitou por toda a terra do Egito.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
E fez a terra naqueles sete anos de fartura a amontoados.
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.
E ele juntou todo o mantimento dos sete anos que foram na terra do Egito, e guardou mantimento nas cidades, pondo em cada cidade o mantimento do campo de seus arredores.
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.
E ajuntou José trigo como areia do mar, muito em extremo, até não se poder contar, porque não tinha número.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
E nasceram a José dois filhos antes que viesse o primeiro ano da fome, os quais lhe deu à luz Azenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om.
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.”
E chamou José o nome do primogênito Manassés; porque disse: Deus me fez esquecer todo o meu sofrimento, e toda a casa de meu pai.
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.”
E o nome do segundo chamou-o Efraim; porque disse: “Deus me fez frutífero na terra de minha aflição”.
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
E cumpriram-se os sete anos da fartura, que houve na terra do Egito.
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.
E começaram a vir os sete anos de fome, como José havia dito; e houve fome em todos os países, mas em toda a terra do Egito havia pão.
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.”
E quando se sentiu a fome toda a terra do Egito, o povo clamou a Faraó por pão. E disse Faraó a todos os egípcios: Ide a José, e fazei o que ele vos disser.
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.
E a fome estava por toda a extensão daquela terra. Então abriu José todo depósito de grãos onde havia, e vendia aos egípcios; porque havia crescido a fome na terra do Egito.
57 And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
E toda a terra vinha ao Egito para comprar de José, porque por toda a terra havia aumentado a fome.
