Genesis 41
1 Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
And it comes to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and behold, he is standing by the River,
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchrae et crassae nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
and behold, from the River coming up are seven cows, of beautiful appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
3 Aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine, foedae, confectaeque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the cows on the edge of the River,
4 devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species, et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
and the cows of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven cows of beautiful appearance, and fat—and Pharaoh awakens.
5 rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: Septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formosae:
And he sleeps, and dreams a second time, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,
6 aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues, et percussae uredine oriebantur,
and behold, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
7 devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears—and Pharaoh awakens, and behold, 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 comes to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sends and calls all the enchanters of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounts to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.
9 Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
And the chief of the butlers speaks with Pharaoh, saying, “I mention my sin this day:
10 Iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum:
Pharaoh has been angry against his servants, and puts me in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium praesagium futurorum.
and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
12 Erat ibi puer Hebraeus, eiusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
And there [is] with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interprets to us our dreams, [to] each according to his dream has he interpreted,
13 audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus. ego enim redditus sum officio meo: et ille suspensus est in cruce.
and it comes to pass, as he has interpreted to us so it has been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.”
14 Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata, obtulerunt ei.
And Pharaoh sends and calls Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaves, and changes his garments, and comes to Pharaoh.
15 Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quae audivi te sapientissime coniicere.
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it, and I have heard concerning you, saying, You understand a dream to interpret it,”
16 Respondit Ioseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
and Joseph answers Pharaoh, saying, “Without me—God answers Pharaoh with peace.”
17 Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
And Pharaoh speaks to Joseph: “In my dream, behold, I am standing by the edge of the River,
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quae in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
and behold, out of the River coming up are seven cows, fat [in] flesh, and of beautiful form, and they feed among the reeds;
19 et ecce, has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae, ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim:
and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.
20 quae, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
And the lean and the bad cows eat up the first seven fat cows,
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
and they come in to their midst, and it has not been known that they have come in to their midst, and their appearance [is] bad as at the commencement; and I awake.
22 vidi somnium: Septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque pulcherrimae.
And I see in my dream, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;
23 Aliae quoque septem tenues et percussae uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
24 quae priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi coniectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell [it] to the enchanters, and there is none declaring [it] to me.”
25 Respondit Ioseph: Somnium regis unum est: quae facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
And Joseph says to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh;
26 Septem boves pulchrae, et septem spicae plenae: septem hubertatis anni sunt: eandemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
the seven good cows 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 thin and bad cows which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;
28 Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
this [is] the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is doing.
29 Ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti:
Behold, seven years are coming of great abundance in all 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 seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine has finished the land,
31 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiae magnitudo.
and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it [is] very grievous.
32 Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eandem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
And because of the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hurrying to do it.
33 Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et praeficiat eum Terrae Aegypti:
And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent 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 make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in 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 they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up grain under the hand of Pharaoh—food in the cities; and they have kept [it],
36 Et praeparetur futurae septem annorum fami, quae oppressura est Aegyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
and the food has been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.”
37 Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius:
And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,
38 locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui spiritu Dei plenus sit?
and Pharaoh says to his servants, “Do we find like 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 says to Joseph, “After God’s causing you to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as you;
40 Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te praecedam.
you are over my house, and at your mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than you.”
41 Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Ioseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Aegypti.
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “See, I have put you 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 turns aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and puts it on the hand of Joseph, and clothes him [with] garments of fine linen, and places a chain of gold 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 causes him to ride in the second chariot which he has, and they proclaim 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 says to Joseph, “I [am] Pharaoh, and without you a man does not lift up his hand and 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 calls Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he gives to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goes out over the land of Egypt.
46 (Triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis) et circuivit omnes regiones Aegypti.
And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goes out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passes over through all the land of Egypt;
47 Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactae segetes congregatae sunt in horrea Aegypti.
and the land makes in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
48 Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
And he gathers all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and puts food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] around [each] city has he put in its midst;
49 Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenae maris coaequaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
and Joseph gathers grain as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until he has ceased to number, for there is no 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 comes, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, has borne to him,
51 Vocavitque nomen primogeniti, Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
and Joseph calls the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me to forget all my labor, and all the house of my father”;
52 Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meae.
and the name of the second he has 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 are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
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 famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt has been 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 is famished, and the people cry to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh says to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; that which he says to you—do.”
56 Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea, et vendebat Aegyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph opens all [places] which have [grain] in them, and sells to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,
57 Omnesque provinciae veniebant in Aegyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiae temperarent.
and all the earth has come to Egypt, to buy, to Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
