Genesis 41
1 Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
Dos años después tuvo el Faraón un sueño: le parecía que estaba junto al río,
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
y subían del río siete vacas hermosas de parecer y gordas de carne, y pacían en los lugares lagunosos.
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.
Y he aquí otras siete vacas que subían del río tras ella, feas de parecer y flacas de carne, que se pusieron junto a aquellas vacas a la orilla del río.
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
Y las vacas feas de parecer y flacas de carne devoraron a las siete vacas hermosas de parecer y gordas. Tras esto despertó el Faraón.
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.
Volvió a dormirse y tuvo un segundo sueño: vio siete espigas que brotaban de una misma caña, gruesas y lozanas.
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.
Pero detrás de ellas brotaban siete espigas delgadas y abrasadas por el solano;
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.
y las siete espigas delgadas devoraron a las siete espigas gruesas y llenas. Despertó el Faraón, y he aquí que era un sueño.
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.
A la mañana, sintiendo perturbado su espíritu, envió a llamar a todos los adivinos de Egipto y a todos sus sabios. Les contó el Faraón su sueño, mas no hubo quien se lo interpretase al Faraón.
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.
Entonces habló el jefe de los coperos al Faraón, diciendo: “Ahora recuerdo mis 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.
Cuando el Faraón estuvo enojado con sus siervos y me echó en la cárcel en la casa del capitán de la guardia, a mí y al jefe de los panaderos,
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
soñamos sueños en una misma noche, yo y él, soñando cada uno según el significado que correspondía a su sueño.
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.
Estaba allí con otros un joven hebreo, siervo del capitán de la guardia; le contamos nuestros sueños y él nos dio su interpretación, cada uno la interpretación correspondiente a su sueño.
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].”
Y según nos había interpretado, así ocurrió: a mí me restituyó a mi cargo, y al otro lo hizo colgar.”
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.
El Faraón envió a llamar a José, al cual sacaron a toda prisa del calabozo. Se afeitó, se mudó de ropa y vino al Faraón.
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.”
Y dijo el Faraón a José: “He tenido un sueño, y no hay quien lo interprete; mas he oído decir de ti que apenas oído un sueño sabes interpretarlo.”
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.”
Contestó José al Faraón: “No depende de mí; Dios es quien dará al Faraón una respuesta favorable.”
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
Dijo entonces el Faraón a José: “En mi sueño, me parecía que estaba de pie a la orilla del río,
18 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
y he aquí que subían del río siete vacas gordas de carne y hermosas de aspecto, que pacían en los lugares lagunosos.
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!
Mas he aquí que otras siete vacas subían detrás de ellas, delgadas, y muy feas de parecer y flacas de carne; nunca las he visto tan feas como ellas, en todo el país de Egipto.
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
Y las vacas flacas y feas devoraron a los primeras siete 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.
las cuales entraron en su vientre sin que se notase que en él hubieran penetrado, siendo su aspecto tan feo como antes. Y desperté.
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 también en mi sueño siete espigas que brotaban de una misma caña, gruesas y lozanas.
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.
Mas tras ellas brotaban siete espigas secas, delgadas y abrasadas por el solano;
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.”
y las siete espigas delgadas se tragaron a las siete espigas buenas. Se lo he contado a los adivinos mas no hay quien me lo interprete.”
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.
Dijo entonces José al Faraón: “El sueño del Faraón es uno solo. Dios ha manifestado al Faraón lo que va a hacer.
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.
Las siete vacas hermosas son siete años, y las siete espigas lozanas son siete años; el sueño es uno mismo.
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).
Las siete vacas flacas y feas, que subían después de ellas, son también siete años, y serán, (como) las siete espigas vacías que abrasó el solano, siete años de hambre.
28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
Es lo que he dicho al Faraón: Dios ha manifestado al Faraón lo que va a hacer.
29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
He aquí que vendrán siete años de grande abundancia en todo el país.
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.
Después de ellos vendrán siete años de hambre, y se olvidará en la tierra de Egipto toda la abundancia, pues el hambre consumirá el país.
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
Y no se conocerá más la abundancia en el país a causa del hambre que la seguirá y que será muy grande.
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.
La repetición del sueño al Faraón por dos veces significa que es cosa establecida por parte de Dios, y Dios se apresura a ejecutarla.
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.
Ahora, pues, busque el Faraón un hombre entendido y sabio, y póngale el frente del país de Egipto,
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.
y procure el Faraón nombrar intendentes sobre el país, que durante los siete años de abundancia recojan la quinta parte (de la cosecha) en la tierra de Egipto,
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.
y junten así toda la producción (sobrante) de esos años buenos que vienen, y almacenen trigo a disposición del Faraón, para abastecimiento de las ciudades, y lo conserven,
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.”
a fin de que esta producción sea una reserva para el país cuando vengan los siete años de hambre que habrá en la tierra de Egipto. De esta manera el país no será consumido por el hambre”.
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
Agradó este consejo al Faraón y a todos sus servidores.
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]
Y dijo el Faraón a sus siervos: “¿Podríamos acaso hallar un varón como este, lleno del espíritu de Dios?”
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.
Dijo, pues, el Faraón a José: “Ya que Dios te ha dado a conocer todo esto, no hay nadie que sea tan inteligente y sabio como tú.
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.”
Tú gobernarás mi casa, y obedecerá a tu voz todo mi pueblo. Tan solo por el trono seré más grande que tú.”
41 Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Y dijo el Faraón a José: “He aquí, te pongo sobre toda la tierra de Egipto.”
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.
Se quitó luego el Faraón su anillo de la mano y lo puso en la mano de José; lo vistió con vestiduras de lino finísimo, y colgó un collar de oro alrededor de su cuello.
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.
Lo hizo subir en la segunda carroza que tenía, gritando delante de él un heraldo: “Poneos de rodillas.” Así fue puesto sobre toda la tierra de Egipto.
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.”
También dijo el Faraón a José: “Yo soy el Faraón; mas sin ti nadie levantará mano ni pie en toda la tierra de Egipto.”
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.
El Faraón puso a José por nombre Safnat Panea, y le dio por mujer a Asenat, hija de Putifar, sacerdote de On. Y recorrió José la tierra de Egipto.
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 tenía treinta años cuando se presentó delante del Faraón, rey de Egipto. Recorrió, pues, José toda la tierra de Egipto, después de haberse retirado de la presencia del Faraón.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
La tierra produjo a montones en los siete años de abundancia;
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.
y él recogió toda la producción de los siete años que hubo en la tierra de Egipto, y almacenó la producción en las ciudades, depositando en cada ciudad los productos del campo que estaba alrededor de ella.
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.
Almacenó José tanto trigo como las arenas del mar; en tan gran cantidad que dejó de contarlo, porque no tenía número.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
Antes que viniese el año del hambre, le nacieron a José dos hijos, que le dio a luz Asenat, hija de Putifar, sacerdote de 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.”
Llamó José al primogénito Manasés (diciendo): “Dios me ha hecho olvidar todas mis penas y toda la casa de mi padre.”
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.”
Al segundo puso por nombre Efraím (diciendo): “Dios me ha dado prole en la tierra de mi aflicción.”
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
Terminados los siete años de abundancia que hubo en el país de Egipto,
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.
comenzaron a venir los siete años de hambre, como José había anunciado; y hubo hambre en todos los países, pero en toda la tierra de Egipto hubo pan.
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.”
Al sentir el hambre toda la tierra de Egipto clamó el pueblo al Faraón por pan; y dijo el Faraón a todos los egipcios: “Id a José; haced lo que él os dijere.”
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.
Y habiendo hambre sobre toda la faz de la tierra, abrió José todo lo que tenía en los graneros y vendió (trigo) a los egipcios, pues el hambre arreció en la tierra de Egipto.
57 And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
Y de todos los países fueron a Egipto a comprar grano a José; porque era grande el hambre en toda la tierra.
