Génesis 40
1 Después de estas cosas, el copero del rey de Egipto y su panadero ofendieron a su señor, el rey de Egipto.
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 El faraón se enojó con sus dos oficiales, el jefe de los coperos y el jefe de los panaderos.
The king became angry with both of them.
3 Los puso en custodia en la casa del capitán de la guardia, en la cárcel, el lugar donde estaba atado José.
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 El capitán de la guardia se los asignó a José, y él se ocupó de ellos. Permanecieron en la cárcel muchos días.
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 Ambos soñaron un sueño, cada uno su sueño, en una noche, cada uno según la interpretación de su sueño, el copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto, que estaban atados en la cárcel.
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 José entró a ellos por la mañana, los vio y vio que estaban tristes.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Preguntó a los oficiales del faraón que estaban con él detenidos en la casa de su amo, diciendo: “¿Por qué parecen tan tristes hoy?”
So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Le dijeron: “Hemos soñado un sueño y no hay nadie que pueda interpretarlo”. José les dijo: “¿Las interpretaciones no son de Dios? Por favor, díganmelo a mí”.
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 El jefe de los coperos contó su sueño a José y le dijo: “En mi sueño, he aquí que una vid estaba delante de mí,
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 y en la vid había tres sarmientos. Era como si hubiera brotado, florecido, y sus racimos producían uvas maduras.
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
11 La copa del faraón estaba en mi mano; tomé las uvas, las exprimí en la copa del faraón y entregué la copa en la mano del faraón.”
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 José le dijo: “Esta es su interpretación: las tres ramas son tres días.
[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 de tres días más, el faraón levantará tu cabeza y te devolverá tu cargo. Entregarás la copa del Faraón en su mano, como lo hacías cuando eras su copero.
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 Pero acuérdate de mí cuando te vaya bien. Por favor, muéstrate bondadoso conmigo, y mencióname ante el Faraón, y sácame de esta casa.
But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
15 Porque ciertamente fui robado de la tierra de los hebreos, y aquí tampoco he hecho nada para que me metan en el calabozo.”
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 Cuando el jefe de los panaderos vio que la interpretación era buena, dijo a José: “Yo también estaba en mi sueño, y he aquí que tres cestas de pan blanco estaban sobre mi cabeza.
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 En el cesto de arriba había toda clase de alimentos horneados para el Faraón, y las aves los comían del cesto sobre mi cabeza.”
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 José respondió: “Esta es su interpretación. Los tres cestos son tres días.
God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
19 Dentro de tres días más, el Faraón levantará tu cabeza de encima, te colgará en un árbol y las aves comerán tu carne de encima.”
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 Al tercer día, que era el cumpleaños del Faraón, éste hizo un banquete para todos sus servidores, y levantó la cabeza del jefe de los coperos y la del jefe de los panaderos entre sus servidores.
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 Restituyó al jefe de los coperos a su puesto, y entregó la copa a la mano del Faraón;
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 pero colgó al jefe de los panaderos, como José les había 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 Sin embargo, el jefe de los coperos no se acordó de José, sino que lo olvidó.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
