Genesis 41
1 Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
Ao final de dois anos inteiros, o Faraó sonhou, e eis que ele estava ao lado do rio.
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Eis que sete cabeças de gado saíram do rio. Eram elegantes e gordos, e se alimentavam na grama do pântano.
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.
Eis que sete outros bovinos subiram atrás deles do rio, feios e magros, e ficaram ao lado dos outros bovinos à beira do rio.
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
O gado feio e magro devorou os sete gados elegantes e gordurosos. Então, o Faraó acordou.
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.
Ele dormiu e sonhou uma segunda vez; e eis que sete cabeças de grão subiram em um talo, saudável e bom.
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.
Eis que sete cabeças de grão, finas e queimadas com o vento leste, brotaram atrás 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.
As finas cabeças de grão engoliram as sete espigas saudáveis e cheias. O faraó acordou e eis que era um 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.
Pela manhã, seu espírito estava perturbado, e ele enviou e chamou todos os mágicos e sábios do Egito. O Faraó contou-lhes seus sonhos, mas não havia ninguém que pudesse interpretá-los ao Faraó.
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 porta-copos falou ao Faraó, dizendo: “Hoje me lembro de minhas falhas.
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.
O Faraó ficou furioso com seus servos e me colocou sob custódia na casa do capitão da guarda, com o chefe da padaria.
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Sonhamos um sonho em uma noite, ele e eu. Cada homem sonhou de acordo com 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.
Estava lá conosco um jovem, um hebreu, servo do capitão da guarda, e nós lhe contamos, e ele nos interpretou nossos sonhos. Ele interpretou para cada homem de acordo com 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].”
Como ele interpretou para nós, assim foi. Ele me devolveu ao meu escritório, e o enforcou”.
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 o Faraó enviou e chamou José, e o trouxeram apressadamente para fora do calabouço. Ele se barbeou, trocou de roupa e chegou até o 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.”
O Faraó disse a José: “Sonhei um sonho, e não há ninguém que possa interpretá-lo”. Ouvi dizer de você, que quando você ouve um sonho você pode interpretá-lo”.
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.”
Joseph respondeu ao Faraó, dizendo: “Não está em mim”. Deus dará ao faraó uma resposta de paz”.
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
O Faraó falou a José: “Em meu sonho, eis que eu 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 eis que sete cabeças de gado gordas e lustrosas saíram do rio. Eles se alimentaram na grama do pântano;
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 eis que outros sete bovinos subiram atrás deles, pobres e muito feios e magros, como nunca vi em toda a terra do Egito por fealdade.
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
O gado magro e feio comeu os primeiros sete bovinos gordos;
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 quando os comeram, não se podia saber que os tinham comido, mas ainda eram feios, como no início. Então, acordei.
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 em meu sonho, e eis que sete cabeças de grãos subiram em um pé, cheias e boas;
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 eis que sete cabeças de grãos, murchas, finas e queimadas com o vento leste, brotaram atrás 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.”
As finas cabeças de grão engoliram as sete boas cabeças de grão. Eu disse isso aos mágicos, mas não havia ninguém que pudesse me explicar”.
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.
Joseph disse ao faraó: “O sonho do faraó é um só. O que Deus está prestes a fazer, ele declarou ao Faraó.
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.
Os sete bons cabeças de gado são sete anos; e as sete boas cabeças de grãos são sete anos”. O sonho é um só.
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).
Os sete bovinos magros e feios que vieram depois deles são sete anos, e também as sete cabeças de grão vazias, queimadas com o vento leste; 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.
Foi o que eu falei ao Faraó. Deus mostrou ao faraó o que ele está prestes a fazer.
29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
Eis que sete anos de grande abundância em toda a terra do Egito estão chegando.
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.
Sete anos de fome surgirão depois deles, e toda a abundância será esquecida na terra do Egito. A fome consumirá a terra,
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
e a abundância não será conhecida na terra por causa da fome que se seguirá; pois será muito dolorosa.
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.
O sonho foi duplicado para o Faraó, porque a coisa é estabelecida por Deus, e Deus em breve a realizará.
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.
“Agora, portanto, deixe o Faraó procurar um homem discreto e sábio, e o ponha 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.
Que o Faraó faça isso, e que ele nomeie supervisores sobre a terra, e assuma a quinta parte da terra dos produtos do Egito nos sete abundantes anos.
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.
Let eles reúnem toda a comida destes bons anos que vêm, e armazenam os grãos sob a mão do Faraó para comida nas cidades, e deixem que eles a guardem.
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.”
Os alimentos serão para fornecer a terra contra os sete anos de fome, que estarão na terra do Egito; para que a terra não pereça por causa da fome”.
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
A coisa era boa aos olhos do Faraó, e aos olhos de todos os 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]
O Faraó disse a seus servos: “Podemos encontrar um homem como este, um homem em quem está o 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.
Faraó disse a José: “Porque Deus lhe mostrou tudo isso, não há ninguém tão discreto e sábio como você”.
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.”
Você estará sobre minha casa”. Todo o meu povo será governado de acordo com a sua palavra. Somente no trono serei maior do que vós”.
41 Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
O Faraó disse a José: “Eis que eu 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.
O Faraó tirou seu anel sinete da mão e o colocou na mão de José, vestiu-o com vestes de linho fino e colocou uma corrente 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.
Ele o fez andar na segunda carruagem que ele tinha. Choraram diante dele: “Curva o joelho!”. Ele o colocou 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.”
O Faraó disse a José: “Eu sou o Faraó. Sem você, nenhum homem levantará a mão ou o pé em 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.
O Faraó chamou José de Zafenath-Paneah. Ele lhe deu Asenath, a filha de Potiphera, sacerdote de On, como esposa. José saiu sobre 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.
José tinha trinta anos de idade quando se apresentou diante do Faraó, rei do Egito. José saiu da presença do Faraó, e percorreu toda a terra do Egito.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
Nos sete anos abundantes, a terra produziu em abundância.
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.
Ele reuniu todos os alimentos dos sete anos que estavam na terra do Egito, e depositou os alimentos nas cidades. Ele armazenava os alimentos em cada cidade a partir dos campos ao redor daquela cidade.
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.
Joseph depositou grãos como a areia do mar, muito, até que parou de contar, pois era sem número.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
Para José nasceram dois filhos antes do ano da fome, que Asenath, a filha de Potiphera sacerdote de On, lhe deu à luz.
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.”
Joseph chamou o nome do primogênito Manasseh, “Pois”, disse ele, “Deus me fez esquecer toda a minha labuta, 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.”
O nome do segundo, ele chamou Efraim: “Porque Deus me fez frutificar na terra da minha aflição”.
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
Os sete anos de abundância, que se passaram na terra do Egito, chegaram ao fim.
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.
Os sete anos de fome começaram a chegar, tal como José havia dito. Havia fome em todas as terras, mas em todas as terras 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.”
Quando toda a terra do Egito ficou faminta, o povo clamou ao Faraó por pão, e o Faraó disse a todos os egípcios: “Ide ter com José”. O que ele vos disser, fazei”.
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.
A fome estava sobre toda a superfície da terra. José abriu todas as casas das lojas e vendeu para os egípcios. A fome era severa 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].
Todos os países vieram ao Egito, a José, para comprar grãos, porque a fome era severa em toda a terra.
