Genèse 40
1 Et il arriva, après ces choses, que l’échanson du roi d’Égypte et le panetier péchèrent contre 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 Et le Pharaon fut irrité contre ses deux officiers, contre le chef des échansons et contre le chef des panetiers,
The king became angry with both of them.
3 et il les mit sous garde dans la maison du chef des gardes, dans la tour, dans le lieu où Joseph était emprisonné.
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 Et le chef des gardes les confia aux soins de Joseph, et il les servait; et ils furent [plusieurs] jours sous garde.
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 Et ils songèrent un songe, tous les deux, chacun son songe, en une même nuit, chacun selon l’interprétation de son songe, l’échanson et le panetier du roi d’Égypte, qui étaient emprisonnés dans la tour.
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 Et Joseph vint vers eux au matin, et les regarda; et voici, ils étaient tristes.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Et il interrogea les officiers du Pharaon qui étaient avec lui sous garde dans la maison de son seigneur, disant: Pourquoi avez-vous mauvais visage aujourd’hui?
So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Et ils lui dirent: Nous avons songé un songe, et il n’y a personne pour l’interpréter. Et Joseph leur dit: Les interprétations ne sont-elles pas à Dieu? Je vous prie, contez-moi [vos songes].
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 Et le chef des échansons conta son songe à Joseph, et lui dit: Dans mon songe, voici, un cep 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 sur ce cep, trois sarments; et il était comme bourgeonnant: sa fleur monta, ses grappes produisirent des raisins mûrs;
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
11 et la coupe du Pharaon était dans ma main, et je pris les raisins, et les pressai dans la coupe du Pharaon, et je mis la coupe dans la main du 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 Et Joseph lui dit: C’est ici son interprétation: Les trois sarments, ce 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 Encore trois jours, et le Pharaon élèvera ta tête, et te rétablira dans ton poste, et tu mettras la coupe du Pharaon dans sa main, selon l’ancienne coutume quand 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 tu seras dans la prospérité, et use, je te prie, de bonté envers moi, et fais mention de moi au 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 car j’ai été volé du pays des Hébreux; et ici non plus je n’ai rien fait pour qu’on me mette dans la fosse.
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 Et le chef des panetiers vit qu’il interprétait favorablement, et il dit à Joseph: Moi aussi, [j’ai vu] dans mon songe; et voici, 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 et dans la corbeille la plus élevée il y avait de toutes sortes de mets pour le Pharaon, d’ouvrage de paneterie; et les oiseaux les mangeaient de la corbeille au-dessus de 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 Et Joseph répondit et dit: C’est ici son interprétation: Les trois corbeilles, ce sont trois jours.
God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
19 Encore trois jours, et le Pharaon élèvera ta tête de dessus toi, et te pendra à un bois, 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 Et il arriva, le troisième jour, jour de la naissance du Pharaon, qu’il fit un festin à tous ses serviteurs; et il éleva la tête du chef des échansons et la tête du chef des panetiers au milieu de 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 rétablit le chef des échansons dans son office d’échanson, et il mit la coupe dans la main du 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 et il pendit le chef des panetiers, selon que Joseph le leur avait interprété.
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 des échansons ne se souvint pas de Joseph, et l’oublia.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
