創世記 41
1 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。
Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
2 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。
And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.
3 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、
And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.
4 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。
And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.
5 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。
But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.
6 その後また、やせて、東風に焼けた七つの穂が出てきて、
And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.
7 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。
And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.
8 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。
And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.
9 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。
Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;
10 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、
Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;
11 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、
And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.
12 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。
And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.
13 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」。
And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.
14 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。
Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.
15 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」。
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.
16 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」。
Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.
17 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。
Then Pharaoh said, In my dream I was by the side of the Nile:
18 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。
And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;
19 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。
Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;
20 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、
And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;
21 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。
And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.
22 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。
And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:
23 その後、やせ衰えて、東風に焼けた七つの穂が出てきたが、
And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:
24 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」。
And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.
25 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。
Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 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。
The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.
27 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。
The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.
28 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。
As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.
29 エジプト全国に七年の大豊作があり、
Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;
30 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。
And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;
31 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。
And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.
32 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。
And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.
33 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。
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
34 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、
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.
35 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。
And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.
36 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」。
And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.
37 この事はパロとそのすべての家来たちの目にかなった。
And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
38 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」。
Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?
39 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。
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:
40 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」。
You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.
41 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」。
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.
42 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、
Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;
43 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。
And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 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」。
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.
45 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。
And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.
46 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。
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.
47 さて七年の豊作のうちに地は豊かに物を産した。
Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.
48 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。
And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.
49 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。
So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.
50 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。
And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.
51 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」。
And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
52 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」。
And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
53 エジプトの国にあった七年の豊作が終り、
And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.
54 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。
Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 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」。
And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.
56 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。
And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.
57 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。
And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.
