Genesis 41
1 Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
Och tu år derefter hade Pharao en dröm, såsom han hade ståndit vid älfvena,
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Och sett af älfvene uppstiga sju nöt skön och fet; och de gingo i goda bet.
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.
Sedan såg han annor sju nöt uppstiga af älfvene, vanskapeliga och magra; och gingo jemte de andra på strandene vid älfvena.
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
Och de sju vanskapeliga och magra nöten åto upp de sju sköna och feta nöten. Då vaknade Pharao.
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.
Och han somnade åter, och åter drömde honom, och såg, att sju ax full och tjock växte på enom stjelk.
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.
Derefter såg han sju tunn förvissen ax uppgå.
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.
Och de sju magra axen uppslukte de sju stora och fulla axen. Då vaknade Pharao, och såg, att det var en dröm.
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.
Och då det vardt morgon, var hans ande bedröfvad; och skickade ut, och lät kalla alla spåmän i Egypten, och alla visa, och förtäljde dem sin dröm: Men der var ingen, som honom kunde uttyda för Pharao.
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.
Då talade den öfverste skänken med Pharao, och sade: Jag kommer ihåg i dag mina 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.
Då Pharao var förtörnad på sina tjenare, och lade mig med den öfversta bakaren i fängelse, i hofmästarens hus;
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Då drömde oss bådom i ene natt, hvar sin dröm, hvars uttydning hvarjom för sig pågalt.
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.
Då var när oss en Ebreisk ung man, hofmästarens tjenare; honom förtäljde vi det, och han uttydde oss våra drömmar, hvarjom efter sinom dröm.
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].”
Och som han oss uttydde, så är det gånget; ty jag är åter satt till mitt ämbete, och han är hängder.
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.
Då sände Pharao bort, och lät kalla Joseph, och de hade honom utu fängslet. Och han lät raka sig, och förvandla sin kläder, och kom in till Pharao.
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.”
Då sade Pharao till honom: Mig hafver drömt en dröm, och ingen är, som honom uttyder: Men jag hafver hört af dig sägas, att när du hörer en dröm, då uttyder du honom.
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 svarade Pharao, och sade: Det står icke mig till; men Gud skall dock förkunna Pharao det godt är.
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
Pharao sade till Joseph: Mig drömde, jag stod på strandene vid älfvena,
18 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Och såg uppstiga af älfvene sju nöt, fet och skön, och de gingo i goda bet;
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!
Och efter dem såg jag sju annor nöt uppstiga, tunn och fast vanskapeliga och magra; jag hafver icke i hela Egypten sett så vanskapeliga.
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
Och de sju vanskapeliga och magra nöten åto upp de sju första feta nöten.
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.
Och då de hade ätit dem upp, syntes intet på dem, att de hade ätit dem, och voro vanskapeliga såsom tillförene. Då vaknade jag.
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.
Och såg åter i minom dröm sju ax vuxen på enom stjelk full och tjock.
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.
Derefter gingo upp sju torr ax tunn och förvissen.
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.”
Och de sju tunna axen uppslöko de sju torra axen. Och jag hafver sagt det mina spåmän; men de kunna icke tyda mig det ut.
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 svarade Pharao: Båda drömmarne, Pharao, äro ens. Gud förkunnar Pharao, hvad han göra vill.
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 sju sköna nöten äro sju år, och de sju fulla axen äro ock de sju åren: Det är allt enahanda dröm.
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).
De sju magra nöten och vanskapeliga, som efter de andra uppstigna äro, äro sju år; och de sju magra och förvissnade axen skola vara sju hård år.
28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
Det är nu det jag sagt hafver till Pharao, att Gud undervisar Pharao, hvad han göra vill.
29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
Si, sju år varda kommande med stor ymnoghet i hela Egypti lande.
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.
Och efter dem varda sju hård år kommande, att man varder förgätandes all sådana ymnoghet i Egypti lande: Och den dyre tiden varder förtärandes landet;
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
Att man intet skall veta af den ymnoghetene i landena, för den dyra tidens skull, som efter kommer; förty han skall varda ganska svår.
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 det Pharao hafver andra resona drömt betyder, att Gud skall sådant visserliga och snarliga göra.
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 må Pharao se efter en förståndig och vis man, den han sätta må öfver Egypti 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.
Och skaffa, att han förskickar ämbetsmän i landena, och taga den femte delen i Egypti lande i de sju rika åren.
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.
Och församle alla spisning af de goda åren, som komma skola, att de låta inkomma säd uti Pharaos kornhus till förråd i städerna, och förvara 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.”
På det man finner landena spisning i de sju hårda åren, som komma skola öfver Egypti land; att landet icke förderfvas af hunger.
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
Det talet behagade Pharao och alla hans tjenare väl.
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]
Och Pharao sade till sina tjenare: Huru kunne vi finna en sådana man, som Guds Ande är uti?
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.
Och sade till Joseph: Efter Gud hafver allt sådant kundgjort dig, är ingen så klok och förståndig, 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 skall vara öfver mitt hus, och efter dino orde skall allt mitt folk lydigt vara: Allena i mitt Konungsliga säte vill jag vara mer än du.
41 Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Och sade: Si, jag hafver satt dig öfver hela Egypti 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.
Och tog sin ring af sine hand, och gaf honom Joseph på sina hand, och klädde honom Joseph i hvitt silke, och hängde en guldkedjo på 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.
Och lät honom sitta på den andra vagnen, och lät utropa honom: Denne är landsens fader: Och satte honom öfver hela Egypti 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.”
Och Pharao sade till Joseph: Jag är Pharao; utan din vilja skall ingen, i hela Egypti lande, röra sin hand eller fot.
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.
Och kallade honom det hemligaste rådet; och gaf honom till hustru Asnath Potiphera dotter Prestens i On. Så for Joseph ut till att bese Egypti 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.
Och han var tretio år gammal, då han stod för Pharao. Och for ut ifrå Pharao, och for omkring hela Egypti land.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
Och landet gjorde allt så i de sju rika åren.
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.
Och församlade i de sju åren alla spisning i Egypti land, och läto det i städerna: Ehvad spisning som växte på markene vid hvar och en stad allt omkring, det läto de komma der in.
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 lade Joseph tillhopa sädena öfver måtto mycket, som sandkornen i hafvet, så att han vände igen att räkna; ty man kunde det icke räkna.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
Och Joseph vordo födde två söner, förra än den dyre tiden kom, hvilka honom födde Asnath Potiphera dotter Prestens 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.”
Och kallade den första Manasse; förty, sade han, Gud hafver låtit mig förgäta alla mina olycko, och mins faders 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.”
Den andra kallade han Ephraim; förty, sade han, Gud hafver låtit mig växa till i mins eländes lande.
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
Då nu de sju rika åren voro framliden i Egypten,
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.
Så begynte de sju hårda åren gå uppå, som Joseph hade omtalat. Och vardt en dyr tid i all land; men i hela Egypti lande var bröd.
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.”
Då nu Egypti land ock led hunger, ropade folket till Pharao om bröd. Men Pharao sade till alla Egyptier: Går bort till Joseph, hvad han säger eder, det görer.
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.
När nu dyr tid var öfver allt landet, slog Joseph kornhusen upp allestäds, och sålde de Egyptier; förty som dyre tiden vardt ju längre ju större i landena.
57 And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
Och all land kommo till Egypten, till att köpa när Joseph; förty den dyre tiden fick öfverhandena i all land.
