Genesis 41
1 It came about at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. Behold, he stood by the Nile.
二年の後パロは夢を見た。夢に、彼はナイル川のほとりに立っていた。
2 Behold, seven cows came up out of the Nile, desirable and fat, and they grazed in the reeds.
すると、その川から美しい、肥え太った七頭の雌牛が上がってきて葦を食っていた。
3 Behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, undesirable and thin. They stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.
その後、また醜い、やせ細った他の七頭の雌牛が川から上がってきて、川の岸にいた雌牛のそばに立ち、
4 Then the undesirable and thin cows ate the seven desirable and fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
その醜い、やせ細った雌牛が、あの美しい、肥えた七頭の雌牛を食いつくした。ここでパロは目が覚めた。
5 Then he slept and dreamed a second time. Behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, wholesome and good.
彼はまた眠って、再び夢を見た。夢に、一本の茎に太った良い七つの穂が出てきた。
6 Behold, seven heads, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
その後また、やせて、東風に焼けた七つの穂が出てきて、
7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven wholesome and full heads. Pharaoh woke up, and, behold, it was a dream.
そのやせた穂が、あの太って実った七つの穂をのみつくした。ここでパロは目が覚めたが、それは夢であった。
8 It came about in the morning that his spirit was troubled. He sent and called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
朝になって、パロは心が騒ぎ、人をつかわして、エジプトのすべての魔術師とすべての知者とを呼び寄せ、彼らに夢を告げたが、これをパロに解き明かしうる者がなかった。
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am thinking about my offenses.
そのとき給仕役の長はパロに告げて言った、「わたしはきょう、自分のあやまちを思い出しました。
10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, the chief baker and me.
かつてパロがしもべらに向かって憤り、わたしと料理役の長とを侍衛長の家の監禁所にお入れになった時、
11 We dreamed a dream the same night, he and I. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
わたしも彼も一夜のうちに夢を見、それぞれ意味のある夢を見ましたが、
12 There was with us there a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him and he interpreted for us our dreams. He interpreted for each of us according to his dream.
そこに侍衛長のしもべで、ひとりの若いヘブルびとがわれわれと共にいたので、彼に話したところ、彼はわれわれの夢を解き明かし、その夢によって、それぞれ解き明かしをしました。
13 It came about as he interpreted for us, so it happened. Pharaoh restored me to my post, but the other one he hanged.”
そして彼が解き明かしたとおりになって、パロはわたしを職に返し、彼を木に掛けられました」。
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph. They quickly took him out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.
そこでパロは人をつかわしてヨセフを呼んだ。人々は急いで彼を地下の獄屋から出した。ヨセフは、ひげをそり、着物を着替えてパロのもとに行った。
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, but there is no interpreter for it. But I have heard about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
パロはヨセフに言った、「わたしは夢を見たが、これを解き明かす者がない。聞くところによると、あなたは夢を聞いて、解き明かしができるそうだ」。
16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God will answer Pharaoh with favor.”
ヨセフはパロに答えて言った、「いいえ、わたしではありません。神がパロに平安をお告げになりましょう」。
17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the Nile.
パロはヨセフに言った、「夢にわたしは川の岸に立っていた。
18 Behold, seven cows came up out of the Nile, fat and desirable, and they grazed among the reeds.
その川から肥え太った、美しい七頭の雌牛が上がってきて葦を食っていた。
19 Behold, seven other cows came up after them, weak, very undesirable, and thin. I never saw in all the land of Egypt such undesirableness like them.
その後、弱く、非常に醜い、やせ細った他の七頭の雌牛がまた上がってきた。わたしはエジプト全国で、このような醜いものをまだ見たことがない。
20 The thin and undesirable cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
ところがそのやせた醜い雌牛が、初めの七頭の肥えた雌牛を食いつくしたが、
21 When they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them, for they were still as undesirable as before. Then I awoke.
腹にはいっても、腹にはいった事が知れず、やはり初めのように醜かった。ここでわたしは目が覚めた。
22 I looked in my dream, and, behold, seven heads came up upon one stalk, full and good.
わたしはまた夢をみた。一本の茎に七つの実った良い穂が出てきた。
23 Behold, seven more heads—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind—sprang up after them.
その後、やせ衰えて、東風に焼けた七つの穂が出てきたが、
24 The thin heads swallowed up the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but there was none that could explain it to me.”
そのやせた穂が、あの七つの良い穂をのみつくした。わたしは魔術師に話したが、わたしにそのわけを示しうる者はなかった」。
25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are the same. What God is about to do, he has declared to Pharaoh.
ヨセフはパロに言った、「パロの夢は一つです。神がこれからしようとすることをパロに示されたのです。
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams are the same.
七頭の良い雌牛は七年です。七つの良い穂も七年で、夢は一つです。
27 The seven thin and undesirable cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven thin heads scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
あとに続いて、上がってきた七頭のやせた醜い雌牛は七年で、東風に焼けた実の入らない七つの穂は七年のききんです。
28 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has revealed to Pharaoh.
わたしがパロに申し上げたように、神がこれからしようとすることをパロに示されたのです。
29 Look, seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt.
エジプト全国に七年の大豊作があり、
30 Seven years of famine will come after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will devastate the land.
その後七年のききんが起り、その豊作はみなエジプトの国で忘れられて、そのききんは国を滅ぼすでしょう。
31 The abundance will not be remembered in the land because of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.
後に来るそのききんが、非常に激しいから、その豊作は国のうちで記憶されなくなるでしょう。
32 That the dream was repeated to Pharaoh is because the matter has been established by God, and God will soon do it.
パロが二度重ねて夢を見られたのは、この事が神によって定められ、神がすみやかにこれをされるからです。
33 Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and put him over the land of Egypt.
それゆえパロは今、さとく、かつ賢い人を尋ね出してエジプトの国を治めさせなさい。
34 Let Pharaoh appoint officials over the land, and let them take a fifth of the crops of Egypt in the seven abundant years.
パロはこうして国中に監督を置き、その七年の豊作のうちに、エジプトの国の産物の五分の一を取り、
35 Let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, for food to be used in the cities. They should preserve it.
続いて来る良い年々のすべての食糧を彼らに集めさせ、穀物を食糧として、パロの手で町々にたくわえ守らせなさい。
36 The food will be a supply for the land for the seven years of famine which will be in the land of Egypt. In this way the land will not be devastated by the famine.”
こうすれば食糧は、エジプトの国に臨む七年のききんに備えて、この国のためにたくわえとなり、この国はききんによって滅びることがないでしょう」。
37 This advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.
この事はパロとそのすべての家来たちの目にかなった。
38 Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a man as this, in whom is the Spirit of God?”
そこでパロは家来たちに言った、「われわれは神の霊をもつこのような人を、ほかに見いだし得ようか」。
39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you.
またパロはヨセフに言った、「神がこれを皆あなたに示された。あなたのようにさとく賢い者はない。
40 You will be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne will I be greater than you.”
あなたはわたしの家を治めてください。わたしの民はみなあなたの言葉に従うでしょう。わたしはただ王の位でだけあなたにまさる」。
41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.”
パロは更にヨセフに言った、「わたしはあなたをエジプト全国のつかさとする」。
42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it upon Joseph's hand. He clothed him with clothes of fine linen, and put a gold chain on his neck.
そしてパロは指輪を手からはずして、ヨセフの手にはめ、亜麻布の衣服を着せ、金の鎖をくびにかけ、
43 He had him ride in the second chariot which he possessed. Men shouted before him, “Bend the knee.” Pharaoh put him over all the land of Egypt.
自分の第二の車に彼を乗せ、「ひざまずけ」とその前に呼ばわらせ、こうして彼をエジプト全国のつかさとした。
44 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and apart from you, no man will lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”
ついでパロはヨセフに言った、「わたしはパロである。あなたの許しがなければエジプト全国で、だれも手足を上げることはできない」。
45 Pharaoh called Joseph's name “Zaphenath-Paneah.” He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
パロはヨセフの名をザフナテ・パネアと呼び、オンの祭司ポテペラの娘アセナテを妻として彼に与えた。ヨセフはエジプトの国を巡った。
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
ヨセフがエジプトの王パロの前に立った時は三十歳であった。ヨセフはパロの前を出て、エジプト全国をあまねく巡った。
47 In the seven bountiful years the land produced abundantly.
さて七年の豊作のうちに地は豊かに物を産した。
48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities. He put into each city the food from the fields that surrounded it.
そこでヨセフはエジプトの国にできたその七年間の食糧をことごとく集め、その食糧を町々に納めさせた。すなわち町の周囲にある畑の食糧をその町の中に納めさせた。
49 Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, so much that he stopped counting, because it was beyond counting.
ヨセフは穀物を海の砂のように、非常に多くたくわえ、量りきれなくなったので、ついに量ることをやめた。
50 Joseph had two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
ききんの年の来る前にヨセフにふたりの子が生れた。これらはオンの祭司ポテペラの娘アセナテが産んだのである。
51 Joseph called the name of his firstborn Manasseh, for he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household.”
ヨセフは長子の名をマナセと名づけて言った、「神がわたしにすべての苦難と父の家のすべての事を忘れさせられた」。
52 He called the name of the second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
また次の子の名をエフライムと名づけて言った、「神がわたしを悩みの地で豊かにせられた」。
53 The seven years of abundance that was in the land of Egypt came to an end.
エジプトの国にあった七年の豊作が終り、
54 The seven years of famine began, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
ヨセフの言ったように七年のききんが始まった。そのききんはすべての国にあったが、エジプト全国には食物があった。
55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people loudly called on Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he says.”
やがてエジプト全国が飢えた時、民はパロに食物を叫び求めた。そこでパロはすべてのエジプトびとに言った、「ヨセフのもとに行き、彼の言うようにせよ」。
56 The famine was over all the face of the whole land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
ききんが地の全面にあったので、ヨセフはすべての穀倉を開いて、エジプトびとに売った。ききんはますますエジプトの国に激しくなった。
57 All the earth was coming to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
ききんが全地に激しくなったので、諸国の人々がエジプトのヨセフのもとに穀物を買うためにきた。
