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 más tarde, el Faraón soñó que estaba de pie junto al río Nilo.
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Vio siete vacas que subían del río. Parecían bien alimentadas y sanas mientras pastaban entre los 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.
Luego vio otras siete vacas que subían por detrás de ellas. Se veían feas y flacas mientras estaban junto a las otras vacas en la orilla del Nilo.
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
Luego las vacas feas y flacas se comieron a las vacas bien alimentadas y sanas. Entonces el Faraón se despertó.
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.
El Faraón se durmió de nuevo y tuvo un segundo sueño. En un tallo crecían siete cabezas de grano, maduras y sanas.
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.
Entonces siete cabezas de grano crecieron después de ellas, delgadas y secas por el viento del este.
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.
Las siete cabezas de grano delgadas y secas se tragaron las maduras y sanas. Entonces el Faraón se despertó y se dio cuenta de que había estado soñando.
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 siguiente el Faraón estaba preocupado por sus sueños, así que mandó llamar a todos los magos y sabios de Egipto. El Faraón les habló de sus sueños, pero nadie pudo interpretar su significado para él.
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.
Pero entonces el copero principal habló. “Hoy acabo de recordar un grave error que he cometido”, explicó.
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.
“Su Majestad se enfadó con algunos de sus oficiales y me encarceló en la casa del comandante de la guardia, junto con el panadero jefe.
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Cada uno de nosotros tuvo un sueño. Eran sueños diferentes, cada uno con su propio significado.
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.
Un joven hebreo estaba allí con nosotros, un esclavo del comandante de la guardia. Cuando le contamos nuestros sueños, nos interpretó el significado de nuestros diferentes sueños.
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].”
Todo sucedió tal y como él dijo que sucedería, me devolvieron mi trabajo y colgaron al panadero”.
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 convocó a José, y rápidamente lo trajeron de la prisión. Después de que se afeitara y se cambiara de ropa, fue presentado 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.”
El Faraón le dijo a José: “Tuve un sueño, pero nadie puede interpretar su significado. Pero he oído que cuando alguien te cuenta un sueño sabes cómo 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.”
“No soy yo quien puede hacer esto”, respondió José. “Pero Dios explicará su significado para tranquilizar la mente de Su Majestad”
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
El Faraón le explicó a José, “En mi sueño estaba parado a la orilla del Nilo.
18 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Vi siete vacas que subían del río. Parecían bien alimentadas y sanas mientras pastaban entre los 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!
Luego vi otras siete vacas que subían por detrás de ellas. Se veían enfermas, feas y flacas. ¡Nunca había visto vacas tan feas en todo Egipto!
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
Estas vacas flacas y feas se comieron las primeras siete vacas de aspecto saludable.
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.
Pero después no se podía saber que se las habían comido porque se veían tan flacas y feas como antes. Entonces me 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.
“Luego me volví a dormir. En mi segundo sueño vi siete cabezas de grano creciendo en un tallo, maduras y sanas.
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.
Después de ellos crecieron siete cabezas de grano, marchitas y delgadas y secas por el viento del este.
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.”
Las siete delgadas cabezas de grano se tragaron las sanas. Les dije todo esto a los magos, pero ninguno de ellos pudo explicarme su significado”.
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.
“Los sueños del faraón significan lo mismo”, respondió José. “Dios le está diciendo a 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 buenas vacas y las siete buenas cabezas de grano representan siete buenos años de cosecha. Los sueños significan lo 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 vinieron después de ellas y las siete finas cabezas de grano secadas por el viento del este representan siete años de hambruna.
28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
Es tal como le dije a Su Majestad: Dios ha mostrado 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,
Van a ser siete años con mucha comida producida en todo el país de Egipto.
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.
Pero después de ellos vendrán siete años de hambruna. La gente olvidará la época en que había mucha comida en todo Egipto. La hambruna arruinará el país.
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
El tiempo de abundancia se olvidará por completo porque la hambruna que le sigue será terrible.
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.
El hecho de que el sueño se repitiera dos veces significa que definitivamente ha sido decidido por Dios, y que Dios lo hará pronto.
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.
“Así que Su Majestad debería elegir un hombre con perspicacia y sabiduría, y ponerlo a cargo de todo el 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.
Su Majestad también debe nombrar funcionarios para que estén a cargo de la tierra, y hacer que recojan una quinta parte del producto del país durante los siete años de abundancia.
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.
Deben recoger todos los alimentos durante los años buenos que se avecinan, y almacenar el grano bajo la autoridad del Faraón, manteniéndolo bajo vigilancia para proporcionar alimentos a los pueblos.
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.”
Esto será una reserva de alimentos para el país durante los siete años de hambruna para que la gente no muera de hambre”.
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
El Faraón y todos sus oficiales pensaron que la propuesta de José era una buena idea.
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]
Así que el Faraón les preguntó: “¿Dónde podemos encontrar a un hombre como este que tiene el espíritu de Dios en él?”
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.
Entonces el Faraón habló con José, diciéndole: “Puesto que Dios te ha revelado todo esto, y no hay nadie como tú con tanta perspicacia y sabiduría,
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 estarás a cargo de todos mis asuntos, y todo mi pueblo obedecerá tus órdenes. Sólo yo, con mi condición de rey 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.”
Entonces el Faraón le dijo a José: “Mira, te pongo a cargo de todo el país 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.
El Faraón se quitó el anillo del sello del dedo y lo puso en el dedo de José. Lo vistió con ropas de lino fino y le puso una cadena de oro alrededor del 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.
Hizo que José viajara en el carro designado para su segundo al mando mientras sus asistentes se adelantaron gritando, “¡Inclínate!” Así es como el Faraón le dio a José autoridad sobre todo 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.”
Entonces el Faraón le dijo a José, “Yo soy el Faraón, pero sin tu permiso nadie levantará una mano o un pie en todo el país”.
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 le dio a José el nombre de Zafnat Paneajab, y arregló que se casara con Asenat, la hija de Potifera, sacerdote de On. Así es como José se elevó al poder en todo 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 empezó a trabajar para el Faraón, rey de Egipto. Después de dejar al Faraón, José viajó en una gira de inspección por todo Egipto.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
Durante los siete años de buenas cosechas, la tierra produjo muchos alimentos.
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.
Recolectó todos los alimentos durante los siete años buenos, y almacenó el grano producido en los campos locales de cada ciudad.
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.
José apiló tanto grano que era como la arena de la orilla del mar. Eventualmente dejó de llevar registros porque había mucho.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
Fue durante este tiempo, antes de que llegaran los años de hambruna, que José tuvo dos hijos con Asenat, la hija de Potifera, 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.”
José nombró a su primogénito Manasés, porque dijo: “El Señor me ha hecho olvidar todos mis problemas y toda la familia 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.”
A su segundo hijo le puso el nombre de Efraín, porque dijo: “Dios me ha hecho fructífero en el país de mi miseria”.
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
Los siete años de abundancia en Egipto llegaron a su fin,
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.
y los siete años de hambruna comenzaron, tal como José había dicho. Había hambruna en todos los demás países, pero todo Egipto tenía comida.
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.”
Cuando todo Egipto tuvo hambre, la gente clamó al Faraón por comida, y él les dijo a todos: “Vayan a ver a José y hagan lo que él les diga”.
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.
La hambruna se había extendido por todo el país, así que José abrió todos los almacenes y vendió el grano al pueblo de Egipto. La hambruna era muy mala en 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].
de hecho, la hambruna era muy mala en todas partes, así que la gente de otros países de todo el mundo vino a Egipto para comprar grano a José.
