Gênesis 40
1 E aconteceu depois destas coisas que pecaram o copeiro do rei do Egito, e o padeiro, contra o seu senhor, o rei do Egito.
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 E indignou-se faraó muito contra os seus dois eunucos, contra o copeiro-mór e contra o padeiro mór,
The king became angry with both of them.
3 E entregou-os em guarda, na casa do capitão da guarda, na casa do cárcere, no lugar onde José estava preso.
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 E o capitão da guarda deu cargo deles a José, para que os servisse; e estiveram muitos dias na prisão.
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 E ambos sonharam um sonho, cada um seu sonho na mesma noite, cada um conforme a interpretação do seu sonho, o copeiro e o padeiro do rei do Egito, que estavam presos na casa do cárcere.
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 E veio José a eles pela manhã, e olhou para eles, e eis que estavam turbados.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Então perguntou aos eunucos de faraó, que com ele estavam no cárcere da casa de seu senhor, dizendo: Porque estão hoje tristes os vossos semblantes?
So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 E eles lhe disseram: Temos sonhado um sonho, e ninguém há que o intérprete. E José disse-lhes: Não são de Deus as interpretações? contai-mo, peço-vos.
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 Então contou o copeiro-mór o seu sonho a José, e disse-lhe: Eis que em meu sonho havia uma vide diante da minha face,
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 E na vide três sarmentos, e estava como brotando; a sua flôr saía, os seus cachos amadureciam em uvas:
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
11 E o copo de faraó estava na minha mão, e eu tomava as uvas, e as espremia no copo de faraó, e dava o copo na mão de faraó.
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 Então disse-lhe José: Esta é a sua interpretação: os três sarmentos são três dias;
[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 Dentro ainda de três dias faraó levantará a tua cabeça, e te restaurará ao teu estado, e darás o copo de faraó na sua mão, conforme o costume antigo, quando eras seu copeiro.
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 Porem lembra-te de mim, quando te for bem; e rogo-te que uses comigo de compaixão, e que faças menção de mim a faraó, e faze-me sair desta casa;
But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
15 Porque, de fato, fui roubado da terra dos hebreus; e tão pouco aqui nada tenho feito para que me pusessem nesta cova.
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 Vendo então o padeiro-mór que tinha interpretado bem, disse a José: Eu também sonhava, e eis que três cestos brancos estavam sobre a minha cabeça;
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 E no cesto mais alto havia de todos os manjares de faraó, da obra de padeiro: e as aves o comiam do cesto de sobre a minha cabeça.
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 Então respondeu José, e disse: Esta é a sua interpretação: os três cestos são três dias;
God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
19 Dentro ainda de três dias faraó levantará a tua cabeça sobre ti, e te pendurará num pau, e as aves comerão a tua carne de sobre ti.
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 E aconteceu ao terceiro dia, o dia do nascimento de faraó, que fez um banquete a todos os seus servos; e levantou a cabeça do copeiro-mór, e a cabeça do padeiro-mór, no meio dos seus servos.
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 E fez tornar o copeiro-mór ao seu ofício de copeiro, e deu o copo na mão de faraó,
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 Mas ao padeiro-mór enforcou, como José havia interpretado.
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 O copeiro-mór, porém, não se lembrou de José, antes esqueceu-se dele.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
