Genèse 40
1 Ces choses s’étant ainsi passées, il arriva que deux eunuques, l’échanson du roi d’Égypte et le panetier, offensèrent leur maître.
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker committed an offense, against their lord the king of Egypt.
2 Et Pharaon, irrité contre eux (car l’un commandait aux échansons et l’autre aux panetiers),
And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3 Les envoya dans la prison du chef des soldats, où Joseph aussi était détenu.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guards, into the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
4 Mais le gardien de la prison leur donna Joseph pour les servir. Quelque temps s’était écoulé, et eux étaient détenus dans la prison.
And the captain of the guards charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they continued a season in ward.
5 Or ils virent tous deux, dans une même nuit, un songe qui, selon son interprétation, se rapportait à eux.
And they dreamed a dream, both of them, each his dream in one night, each in accordance with the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison.
6 Lorsque Joseph fut entré près d’eux le matin, et qu’il les eut vus tristes,
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked at them, and, behold, they were sad.
7 Il les interrogea, disant: Pourquoi votre visage est-il plus triste aujourd’hui que de coutume?
And he asked the officers of Pharaoh that were with him in ward in his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly today?
8 Ceux-ci répondirent: Nous avons vu un songe, et il n’y a personne pour nous l’interpréter. Joseph leur dit: N’est-ce pas à Dieu qu’appartient l’interprétation? Rapportez-moi ce que vous avez vu.
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it to me, I pray you.
9 Le grand échanson raconta le premier son songe: Je voyais devant moi qu’une vigne,
The chief of the butlers then told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
10 Où il y avait trois provins, poussait peu à peu des boutons, et qu’après des fleurs, des raisins mûrissaient,
And on the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded, shot forth its blossoms, and on its clusters the grapes became ripe:
11 Et que la coupe de Pharaon était dans ma main: je pris donc les raisins et les pressai dans la coupe que je tenais, et je donnai la coupe à Pharaon.
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them out into Pharaoh's cup, and I placed the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
12 Joseph répondit: Voici l’interprétation du songe: Les trois provins, ce sont trois jours encore,
And Joseph said unto him, This is its interpretation: The three branches are three days;
13 Après lesquels Pharaon se souviendra de ton ministère, et te rétablira dans ton ancienne charge; tu lui présenteras la coupe, selon ton office, comme tu avais coutume de le faire auparavant.
Within yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thy office; and thou shalt place Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
14 Seulement souviens-toi de moi, quand bien t’arrivera, et fais-moi miséricorde en suggérant à Pharaon de me tirer de cette prison:
Therefore if thou thinkest on me when it shall be well with thee, then show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;
15 Car j’ai été enlevé par fraude du pays des Hébreux, et innocent, j’ai été jeté ici dans la fosse.
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I not done the least that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 Le grand panetier voyant qu’il avait sagement expliqué le songe, dit: Et moi aussi j’ai vu un songe: J’avais trois corbeilles de farine sur ma tête;
And when the chief of the bakers saw that he had well interpreted, he said unto Joseph, I also [saw] in my dream, and, behold, I had three baskets with fine bread on my head:
17 Et dans l’une des corbeilles, qui était la plus élevée, je portais de tous les aliments qui s’apprêtent par l’art du boulanger, et les oiseaux en mangeaient.
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats, used as food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket from my head.
18 Joseph répondit: Voici l’interprétation du songe: Les trois corbeilles, ce sont trois jours encore,
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days;
19 Après lesquels Pharaon t’enlèvera la tête, et te suspendra à une croix, et les oiseaux déchireront tes chairs.
Within yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and will hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 Le troisième jour d’après était le jour de la naissance de Pharaon, qui, faisant un grand festin à ses serviteurs, se ressouvint, pendant le repas, du grand échanson et du grand panetier.
And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief of the butlers and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants.
21 Or il rétablit l’un dans sa charge, pour qu’il lui présentât la coupe,
And he restored the chief of the butlers unto his butlership; and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand;
22 Et il suspendit l’autre à une potence; en sorte que la véracité de l’interprète se trouva justifiée.
But the chief of the bakers he hanged, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Cependant, tout lui prospérant, le grand échanson oublia son interprète.
Yet the chief of the butlers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.
