Genesis 40

1 Whanne these thingis weren doon so, it bifelde that twei geldyngis, the boteler and the baker `of the kyng of Egipt, synneden to her lord.

And it comes to pass, after these things—the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;

2 And Farao was wrooth ayens hem, for the toon was `souereyn to boteleris, the tother was `souereyn to bakeris.

and Pharaoh is angry against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers,

3 And he sente hem in to the prisoun of the prince of knyytis, in which also Joseph was boundun.

and puts them in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, into the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner,

4 And the keper of the prisoun bitook hem to Joseph, which also `mynystride to hem. Sumdel of tyme passide, and thei weren hooldun in kepyng, and bothe sien a dreem in o nyyt,

and the chief of the executioners charges Joseph with them, and he serves them; and they are in confinement [for some] days.

5 bi couenable expownyng to hem.

And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt has, who [are] prisoners in the round-house.

6 And whanne Joseph hadde entrid to hem eerli, and hadde seyn hem sori,

And Joseph comes to them in the morning, and sees them, and behold, they [are] morose;

7 he axide hem, and seide, Whi is youre `face soriere to dai than it ys wont?

and he asks Pharaoh’s eunuchs who [are] with him in confinement in the house of his lord, saying, “Why [are] your faces sad today?”

8 Whiche answeriden, We seiyen a dreem, and `noon is that expowneth to vs. And Joseph seide to hem, Whether expownyng is not of God? Telle ye to me what ye han seyn.

And they say to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it”; and Joseph says to them, “Are interpretations not with God? Please recount to me.”

9 The `souereyn of boteleris telde first his dreem; Y seiy that a vyne bifore me,

And the chief of the butlers recounts his dream to Joseph and says to him, “In my dream, then behold, a vine [is] before me!

10 in which weren thre siouns, wexide litil and litil in to buriounnyngis, and that aftir flouris grapys wexiden ripe,

And in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up has its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;

11 and the cuppe of Farao was in myn hond; therfor Y took the grapis, and presside out in to the cuppe which Y helde, and Y yaf drynk to Farao.

and Pharaoh’s cup [is] in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.”

12 Joseph answerde, This is the expownyng of the dreem; thre siouns ben yit thre daies,

And Joseph says to him, “This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;

13 aftir whiche Farao schal haue mynde of thi seruyce, and he schal restore thee in to the firste degree, and thou schal yyue to hym the cuppe, bi thin office, as thou were wont to do bifore.

yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head, and has put you back on your station, and you have given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom when you were his butler.

14 Oneli haue thou mynde on me, whanne it is wel to thee, and thou schalt do merci with me, that thou make suggestioun to Farao, that he lede me out of this prisoun;

Surely if you have remembered me with you, when it is well with you, and have please done kindness with me, and have made mention of me to Pharaoh, then you have brought me out from this house,

15 for theefli Y am takun awei fro the lond of Ebrews, and here Y am sent innocent in to prisoun.

for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they have put me in the pit [for].”

16 The `maister of bakeris seiye that Joseph hadde expowned prudentli the dreem, and he seide, And Y seiy a dreem, that Y hadde thre panyeris of mele on myn heed,

And the chief of the bakers sees that he has interpreted good, and he says to Joseph, “I also [am] in a dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread [are] on my head,

17 and Y gesside that Y bar in o panyere, that was heiyere, alle metis that ben maad bi craft of bakers, and that briddis eeten therof.

and in the highest basket [are] of all [kinds] of Pharaoh’s food, work of a baker; and the birds are eating them out of the basket, from off my head.”

18 Joseph answerde, This is the expownyng of the dreem; thre panyeris ben yit thre daies,

And Joseph answers and says, “This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

19 aftir whiche Farao schal take awei thin heed, and he schal hange thee in a cros, and briddis schulen todrawe thi fleischis.

yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head from off you, and has hanged you on a tree, and the birds have eaten your flesh from off you.”

20 Fro thennus the thridde dai was the dai of birthe of Farao, which made a greet feeste to hise children, and hadde mynde among metis on the maistir `of boteleris, and on the prince of bakeris;

And it comes to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, that he makes a banquet to all his servants, and lifts up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

21 and he restoride the oon in to his place, that he schulde dresse cuppe to `the kyng,

and he puts back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he gives the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;

22 and he hangide `the tothir in a gebat, that the treuthe of `the expownere schulde be preued.

and the chief of the bakers he has hanged, as Joseph has interpreted to them;

23 And netheles whanne prosperitees bifelden, the `souereyn of boteleris foryat `his expownere.

and the chief of the butlers has not remembered Joseph, but forgets him.