Genèse 40
1 Après ces choses, le maître d'hôtel du roi d'Égypte et son boulanger offensèrent leur seigneur, le roi d'Égypte.
Some time later, two of the king of Egypt’s officials did things that displeased him. One was his chief (drink-server/man who prepared the wine and served it to the king), and the other was his chief (baker/man who baked bread for the king).
2 Pharaon se mit en colère contre ses deux officiers, le chef des échansons et le chef des panetiers.
The king became angry with both of them.
3 Il les plaça en détention dans la maison du chef des gardes, dans la prison, lieu où Joseph était lié.
So he had them put in prison, in the house of the captain of the palace guards. That was the place where Joseph was being kept.
4 Le chef des gardes les confia à Joseph, qui prit soin d'eux. Ils restèrent plusieurs jours dans la prison.
The two men were in prison for a long time. And during that time the captain of the palace guards appointed Joseph to be their servant, to take care of their needs.
5 Ils eurent tous deux un songe, chacun son songe, en une nuit, chacun selon l'interprétation de son songe, l'échanson et le panetier du roi d'Égypte, qui étaient liés dans la prison.
One night while the king’s drink-server and his baker were there in the prison, each of them had a dream. Each dream had a different meaning.
6 Le matin, Joseph entra chez eux, les vit, et constata qu'ils étaient tristes.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Il demanda aux officiers de Pharaon qui étaient avec lui en détention dans la maison de son maître: « Pourquoi avez-vous l'air si triste aujourd'hui? »
So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Ils lui dirent: « Nous avons fait un rêve, et il n'y a personne qui puisse l'interpréter. » Joseph leur dit: « Les interprétations n'appartiennent-elles pas à Dieu? S'il vous plaît, dites-le moi. »
One of them answered, “We both had dreams last night, but there is no one who can tell us the meaning of the dreams.” Joseph said to them, “God is the only one who can [RHQ] tell the meaning of dreams. So tell me what you dreamed, and God will tell me the meaning.”
9 Le chef des échansons raconta son rêve à Joseph, et lui dit: « Dans mon rêve, voici qu'une vigne était devant moi,
So the king’s chief drink-server told his dream to Joseph. He said, “In my dream I saw a grapevine in front of me.
10 et dans la vigne il y avait trois branches. On aurait dit qu'elle bourgeonnait, qu'elle fleurissait, et que ses grappes produisaient des raisins mûrs.
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
11 La coupe de Pharaon était dans ma main; j'ai pris les raisins, je les ai pressés dans la coupe de Pharaon, et j'ai donné la coupe dans la main de Pharaon. »
I was holding the king’s cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave the cup to the king to drink the juice.”
12 Joseph lui dit: « Voici son interprétation: les trois branches sont trois jours.
[God immediately told Joseph what the dream meant]. So Joseph said to him, “This is the meaning of your dream: The three branches of the vine represent three days.
13 Dans trois jours encore, Pharaon relèvera ta tête et te rétablira dans ta fonction. Tu remettras la coupe de Pharaon dans sa main, comme tu l'as fait lorsque tu étais son échanson.
Within three days the king will release you from prison. He will let you do the work that you did before. You will take cups of wine to the king as you did before, when you were his drink-server.
14 Mais souviens-toi de moi quand tout ira bien pour toi. Fais preuve de bonté à mon égard, parle de moi à Pharaon et fais-moi sortir de cette maison.
But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
15 En effet, j'ai été enlevé du pays des Hébreux, et ici aussi je n'ai rien fait pour qu'on me mette au cachot. »
People took me away forcefully from the land where my fellow Hebrews live. [I did nothing wrong there], and also while I have been here in Egypt, I have done nothing for which I deserved to be put in prison. So be kind to me and tell the king about me, so that he will release me from this prison!”
16 Le chef des boulangers, voyant que l'interprétation était bonne, dit à Joseph: « Moi aussi, j'étais dans mon rêve, et voici que trois corbeilles de pain blanc étaient sur ma tête.
When the chief baker heard that the meaning of the dream of the king’s drink-server was very favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. In the dream I was surprised to see three baskets of bread stacked on my head.
17 Dans la corbeille supérieure, il y avait toutes sortes d'aliments cuits pour Pharaon, et les oiseaux les mangeaient dans la corbeille sur ma tête. »
In the top basket there were many kinds of baked goods for the king, but birds were eating them from the top basket that was on my head!”
18 Joseph répondit: « Voici son interprétation. Les trois paniers représentent trois jours.
God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
19 Dans trois jours encore, Pharaon lèvera ta tête de dessus toi, il te pendra à un arbre, et les oiseaux mangeront ta chair de dessus toi. »
Within three days the king will command that your head be cut off. Then your body will be hung on a tree, and vultures will come and eat your flesh.”
20 Le troisième jour, qui était l'anniversaire de Pharaon, il fit un festin pour tous ses serviteurs, et il leva la tête du chef des échansons et la tête du chef des panetiers parmi ses serviteurs.
The third day after that was the (king’s birthday/day they celebrated when the king became one year older). On that day the king invited all his officials to celebrate his birthday. During the celebration, while they were all gathered there, the king summoned his chief drink-server and chief baker from the prison.
21 Il remit le chef des échansons à sa place, et il remit la coupe entre les mains de Pharaon.
He said that his chief drink-server could have his previous job again, so that again he took cups of wine to the king.
22 Mais il fit pendre le chef des panetiers, comme Joseph le leur avait expliqué.
But he commanded that the chief baker should be killed by being hanged, just as Joseph had said would happen when he told the two men the meaning of their dreams.
23 Mais le chef échanson ne se souvint pas de Joseph, il l'oublia.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
