Бытие 41
1 Бысть же по двою лету дний, фараон виде сон: мняшеся стояти при реце:
After two years, Pharaoh saw a dream. He thought himself to be standing above a river,
2 и се, аки из реки исхождаху седмь крав добры видом и избранны телесы, и пасяхуся по брегу:
from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places.
3 другия же седмь крав изыдоша по сих из реки, злы видом и телесы худы, и пасяхуся с кравами по брегу речному:
Likewise, another seven emerged from the river, filthy and thoroughly emaciated. And they pastured on the same bank of the river, in green places.
4 и поядоша седмь кравы злыя и худыя телесы седмь крав добрых видом и избранных телесы: (и сия невидимы быша, яко внидоша в чресла их). Воста же фараон.
And they devoured those whose appearance and condition of body was so wonderful. Pharaoh, having been awakened,
5 И виде сон вторый: и се, седмь класи исхождаху из стеблия единаго избранны и добры:
slept again, and he saw another dream. Seven ears of grain sprung up on one stalk, full and well-formed.
6 друзии же седмь класи тонцыи, истончени ветром, израстаху по них:
Likewise, other ears of grain, of the same number, rose up, thin and struck with blight,
7 и пожроша седмь класи тонцыи и истончени ветром седмь класов избранных и полных. Воста же фараон, и бяше сон.
devouring all the beauty of the first. Pharaoh, when he awakened after his rest,
8 Бысть же заутра, и возмутися душа его: и послав, созва вся сказатели Египетския и вся мудрыя его: и поведа им фараон сон свой: и не бяше сказуяй того фараону.
and when morning arrived, being terrified with fear, sent to all the interpreters of Egypt and to all of the wise men. And when they were summoned, he explained to them his dream; but there was no one who could interpret it.
9 И рече старейшина винарск к фараону, глаголя: грех мой воспоминаю днесь:
Then at last the chief cupbearer, remembering, said, “I confess my sin.
10 фараон разгневася на рабы своя и вверже нас в темницу в дому архимагира, мене и старейшину житарска:
The king, being angry with his servants, ordered me and the chief miller of grain to be forced into the prison of the leader of the military.
11 и видехом сон оба единыя нощи аз и он, кийждо свой сон видехом:
There, in one night, both of us saw a dream presaging the future.
12 бяше же тамо с нами юноша, отрок Евреин архимагиров, и поведахом ему, и разсуди нам:
In that place, there was a Hebrew, a servant of the same commander of the military, to whom we explained our dreams.
13 бысть же, якоже сказа нам, тако и случися, мне паки быти во своем старейшинстве, а оному повешену.
Whatever we heard was proven afterwards by the event of the matter. For I was restored to my office, and he was suspended on a cross.”
14 Послав же фараон, призва Иосифа: и изведоша его из твердыни, и остригоша его, и измениша ризы ему, и прииде к фараону.
Immediately, by the king’s authority, Joseph was led out of prison, and they shaved him. And changing his apparel, they presented him to him.
15 Рече же фараон Иосифу: сон видех, и сказуяй его несть: аз же слышах о тебе глаголющих, яко слышав сны разсуждаеши тыя.
And he said to him, “I have seen dreams, and there is no one who can unfold them. I have heard that you are very wise at interpreting these.”
16 Отвещав же Иосиф фараону, рече: без Бога не отвещается спасение фараону.
Joseph responded, “Apart from me, God will respond favorably to Pharaoh.”
17 Рече же фараон Иосифу, глаголя: во сне моем мняхся стояти на брезе речнем:
Therefore, Pharaoh explained what he had seen: “I thought myself to be standing on the bank of a river,
18 и аки из реки исхождаху седмь кравы добры видом и избранны телесы, и пасяхуся по брегу:
and seven cows climbed up from the river, exceedingly beautiful and full of flesh. And they grazed in a pasture of a marshy greenery.
19 и се, другия седмь крав исхождаху вслед их из реки, злы и недобры видом и худы телесы, яковых не виде таковых во всей земли Египетстей хуждших:
And behold, there followed after these, another seven cows, with such deformity and emaciation as I had never seen in the land of Egypt.
20 и изядоша седмь кравы злыя и худыя седмь крав первых добрых и избранных:
These devoured and consumed the first,
21 и внидоша во утробы их, и не явишася, яко внидоша во утробы их: и обличия их зла быша, яко и исперва. Востав же, (паки) уснух,
giving no indication of being full. But they remained in the same state of emaciation and squalor. Awakening, but being weighed down into sleep again,
22 и видех паки во сне моем, и аки седмь класи исхождаху из единаго стеблия полны и добры:
I saw a dream. Seven ears of grain sprang up on one stalk, full and very beautiful.
23 друзии же седмь класи тонцыи и ветром истончени изницаху вслед их:
Likewise, another seven, thin and struck with blight, rose up from the stalk.
24 и пожроша седмь класи тонцыи и ветром истончени седмь класов добрых и полных. Рех убо сказателем, и не бысть поведаяй мне того.
And they devoured the beauty of the first. I explained this dream to the interpreters, and there is no one who can unfold it.”
25 И рече Иосиф фараону: сон фараонов един есть: елика Бог творит, показа фараону:
Joseph responded: “The dream of the king is one. What God will do, he has revealed to Pharaoh.
26 седмь кравы добрыя седмь лет суть: и седмь класи добрии седмь лет суть: сон фараонов един есть:
The seven beautiful cows, and the seven full ears of grain, are seven years of abundance. And so the force of the dreams is understood to be the same.
27 и седмь кравы худыя, яже изыдоша по сих, седмь лет суть, и седмь класи тонцыи и истончени ветром седмь лет суть: будут седмь лет глада:
Likewise, the seven thin and emaciated cows, which ascended after them, and the seven thin ears of grain, which were struck with the burning wind, are seven approaching years of famine.
28 слово же еже рех фараону, елика Бог творит, показа фараону:
These will be fulfilled in this order.
29 се, седмь лет приходит, обилность многа во всей земли Египетстей:
Behold, there will arrive seven years of great fertility throughout the entire land of Egypt.
30 приидут же седмь лет глада по сих, и забудут сытости будущия во всем Египте, и погубит глад землю,
After this, there will follow another seven years, of such great barrenness that all the former abundance will be delivered into oblivion. For the famine will consume all the land,
31 и не познается обилие на земли от глада будущаго по сих: силен бо будет зело:
and the greatness of this destitution will cause the greatness of the abundance to be lost.
32 повторися же сон фараону дважды, яко истинно будет слово еже от Бога, и ускорит Бог сотворити оно:
Now, as to what you saw the second time, it is a dream pertaining to the same thing. It is an indication of its firmness, because the word of God shall be done, and it shall be completed swiftly.
33 ныне убо усмотри человека мудра и смыслена и постави его над землею Египетскою:
Now therefore, let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and place him over the land of Egypt,
34 и да сотворит фараон и поставит местоначалники по земли, и да собирают пятую часть от всех плодов земли Египетския седми лет обилных,
so that he may appoint overseers throughout all the regions. And let a fifth part of the fruits, throughout the seven fertile years
35 и да соберут всякую пищу седми лет грядущих добрых сих: и да соберется пшеница под руку фараоню, пища во градех да хранится:
that now have already begun to occur, be gathered into storehouses. And let all the grain be stored away, under the power of Pharaoh, and let it be kept in the cities.
36 и будет пища соблюдена земли на седмь лет гладных, яже имут быти в земли Египетстей, да не потребится земля в гладе.
And let it be prepared for the future famine of seven years, which will oppress Egypt, and then the land will not be consumed by destitution.”
37 Угодно же бысть слово пред фараоном и пред всеми рабы его.
The counsel pleased Pharaoh and all his ministers.
38 И рече фараон всем рабом своим: еда обрящем человека сицеваго, иже имать Духа Божия в себе?
And he said to them, “Would we be able to find another such man, who is full of the Spirit of God?”
39 Рече же фараон Иосифу: понеже показа Бог тебе вся сия, несть человека мудрейша и смысленнейша паче тебе:
Therefore, he said to Joseph: “Because God has revealed to you all that you have said, would I be able to find anyone wiser and as much like you?
40 ты будеши в дому моем, и уст твоих да послушают вси людие мои, разве престолом аз более тебе буду.
You will be over my house, and to the authority of your mouth, all the people will show obedience. Only in one way, in the throne of the kingdom, will I go before you.”
41 Рече же фараон Иосифу се, поставляю тя днесь над всею землею Египетскою.
And again, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have appointed you over the entire land of Egypt.”
42 И снем фараон перстень с руки своея, возложи его на руку Иосифову, и облече его в ризу червлену, и возложи гривну злату на выю его,
And he took the ring from his own hand, and he gave it into his hand. And he clothed him with a robe of fine linen, and he placed a necklace of gold around his neck.
43 и всади его на колесницу свою вторую, и проповеда пред ним проповедник: и постави его над всею землею Египетскою.
And he caused him to ascend upon his second swift chariot, with the herald proclaiming that everyone should bend their knee before him, and that they should know that he was governor over the entire land of Egypt.
44 Рече же фараон Иосифу: аз фараон: без тебе не воздвигнет руки своея никтоже во всей земли Египетстей.
Likewise, the king said to Joseph: “I am Pharaoh: apart from your authority, no one will move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
45 И нарече фараон имя Иосифу Псонфомфаних: и даде ему Асенефу, дщерь Петефриа жреца Илиопольскаго, ему в жену.
And he changed his name and called him, in the Egyptian tongue: ‘Savior of the world.’ And he gave him as a wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. And so Joseph went out into the land of Egypt.
46 Иосиф же бяше лет тридесяти, егда предста фараону царю Египетскому. Изыде же Иосиф от лица фараоня и пройде всю землю Египетскую.
(Now he was thirty years old when he stood in the sight of king Pharaoh.) And he traveled throughout the regions of Egypt.
47 И сотвори земля в седми летех обилну жатву.
And the fertility of the seven years arrived. And when the grain fields were reduced to sheaves, these were gathered into the storehouses of Egypt.
48 И собра всякую пищу седми лет, в нихже бяше обилность в земли Египетстей: и положи пищу во градех: пищы поль града, сущих окрест его, положи в нем.
And now all the abundance of grain was stored away in every city.
49 И собра Иосиф пшеницу яко песок морский многу зело, дондеже не можаху исчести: без числа бо бяше.
And there was such a great abundance of wheat that it was comparable to the sands of the sea, and its bounty exceeded all measure.
50 Иосифу же беста два сына, прежде пришествия седми лет гладных, ихже роди ему Асенефа, дщерь Петефриа жреца Илиопольска:
Then, before the famine arrived, Joseph had two sons born, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him.
51 нарече же Иосиф имя первенцу Манассиа, (глаголя: ) яко забыти мне сотвори Бог вся болезни моя, и вся, яже отца моего.
And he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has caused me to forget all my labors and the house of my father.”
52 Имя же второму нарече Ефраим, (глаголя: ) яко возрасти мя Бог в земли смирения моего.
Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, “God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty.”
53 Минуша же седмь лет обилных, яже быша в земли Египетстей,
And so, when the seven years of fertility that occurred in Egypt had passed,
54 и начаша седмь лет гладных приходити, якоже рече Иосиф. И бысть глад по всей земли: во всей же земли Египетстей быша хлебы.
the seven years of destitution, which Joseph had predicted, began to arrive. And the famine prevailed throughout the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
55 И взалка вся земля Египетская: возопи же народ к фараону о хлебех. Рече же фараон всем Египтяном: идите ко Иосифу, и еже речет вам, сотворите.
And being hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh, asking for provisions. And he said to them: “Go to Joseph. And do whatever he will tell you.”
56 И глад бяше на лицы всея земли. Отверзе же Иосиф вся житницы, и продаяше всем Египтяном:
Then the famine increased daily in all the land. And Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. For the famine had oppressed them also.
57 и вся страны прихождаху во Египет, куповати ко Иосифу: обдержаше бо глад всю землю.
And all the provinces came to Egypt, to buy food and to temper the misfortune of their destitution.
