Genesis 41
1 Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchrae et crassae nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.
3 Aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine, foedae, confectaeque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.
4 devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species, et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
And the kine that were bad-looking and lean-fleshed ate up the seven kine that were fine-looking and fat. And Pharaoh awoke.
5 rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: Septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formosae:
And he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of corn grew up on one stalk, fat and good.
6 aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues, et percussae uredine oriebantur,
And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.
7 devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
And the thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke; and behold, it was a dream.
8 et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes coniectores Aegypti, cunctosque sapientes: et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none to interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
Then spoke the chief of the cup-bearers to Pharaoh, saying, I remember mine offences this day.
10 Iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum:
Pharaoh was wroth with his bondmen, and put me in custody into the captain of the life-guard's house, me and the chief of the bakers.
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium praesagium futurorum.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 Erat ibi puer Hebraeus, eiusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
And there was there with us a Hebrew youth, a bondman of the captain of the life-guard, to whom we told [them], and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each he interpreted according to his dream.
13 audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus. ego enim redditus sum officio meo: et ille suspensus est in cruce.
And it came to pass, just as he interpreted to us, so it came about: me has he restored to my office, and him he hanged.
14 Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata, obtulerunt ei.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph; and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. And he shaved [himself], and changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.
15 Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quae audivi te sapientissime coniicere.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamt a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, thou understandest a dream to interpret it.
16 Respondit Ioseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river.
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quae in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.
19 et ecce, has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae, ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim:
And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-formed, and lean-fleshed — such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.
20 quae, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
and they came into their belly, and it could not be known that they had come into their belly; and their look was bad, as at the beginning. And I awoke.
22 vidi somnium: Septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque pulcherrimae.
And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.
23 Aliae quoque septem tenues et percussae uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;
24 quae priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi coniectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.
25 Respondit Ioseph: Somnium regis unum est: quae facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.
26 Septem boves pulchrae, et septem spicae plenae: septem hubertatis anni sunt: eandemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentae, quae ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicae tenues, et vento urente percussae, septem anni venturae sunt famis.
And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.
28 Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
This is the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has let Pharaoh see.
29 Ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti:
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.
30 quos sequentur septem anni alii tantae sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.
31 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiae magnitudo.
And the plenty will not be known afterwards in the land by reason of that famine; for it will be very grievous.
32 Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eandem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
And as regards the double repetition of the dream to Pharaoh, it is that the thing is established by God, and God will hasten to do it.
33 Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et praeficiat eum Terrae Aegypti:
And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Qui constituat praepositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
Let Pharaoh do [this]: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,
35 qui iam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
and let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep [it].
36 Et praeparetur futurae septem annorum fami, quae oppressura est Aegyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
37 Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius:
And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his bondmen.
38 locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui spiritu Dei plenus sit?
And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find [one] as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 Dixit ergo ad Ioseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quae locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none [so] discreet and wise as thou.
40 Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te praecedam.
Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Ioseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Aegypti.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu eius: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothes of byssus, and put a gold chain on his neck.
43 Fecitque eum ascendere super currum suum secundum, clamante praecone, ut omnes coram eo genu flecterent, et praepositum esse scirent universae Terrae Aegypti.
And he caused him to ride in the second chariot that he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
44 Dixit quoque rex Aegypti ad Ioseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Aegypti.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 Vertitque nomen eius, et vocavit eum lingua Aegyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Phutipharis sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Ioseph ad terram Aegypti
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave him as wife Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 (Triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis) et circuivit omnes regiones Aegypti.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh, and passed through the whole land of Egypt.
47 Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactae segetes congregatae sunt in horrea Aegypti.
And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.
48 Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.
49 Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenae maris coaequaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
50 Natique sunt Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Phutipharis sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On bore to him.
51 Vocavitque nomen primogeniti, Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh — For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meae.
And the name of the second he called Ephraim — For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 Igitur transactis septem hubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Aegypto:
And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;
54 coeperunt venire septem anni inopiae: quos praedixerat Ioseph: et in universo orbe fames praevaluit, in cuncta autem terra Aegypti panis erat.
and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Ioseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
And all the land of Egypt suffered from the dearth. And the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he says to you, that do.
56 Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea, et vendebat Aegyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
And the famine was on all the earth. And Joseph opened every place in which there was [provision], and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
57 Omnesque provinciae veniebant in Aegyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiae temperarent.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy [grain], because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.
