Génesis 41
1 Al cabo de dos años completos, Faraón soñó, y he aquí que estaba junto al río.
Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
2 He aquí que siete reses subían del río. Estaban lisos y gordos, y se alimentaban en la hierba del pantano.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
3 He aquí que otras siete reses subían tras ellas del río, feas y flacas, y se quedaban junto a las otras reses al borde del río.
Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile [River]. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank.
4 Las reses feas y flacas se comieron a las siete reses lisas y gordas. Entonces el faraón se despertó.
Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
5 Se durmió y soñó por segunda vez; y he aquí que siete cabezas de grano surgían en un solo tallo, sanas y buenas.
The king went to sleep again, and he had another dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain that were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and all growing on one stalk.
6 He aquí que siete cabezas de grano, delgadas y arruinadas por el viento del este, brotaban tras ellas.
After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
7 Las cabezas de grano delgadas se tragaron las siete espigas sanas y llenas. El faraón se despertó, y he aquí que era un sueño.
Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had been dreaming.
8 Por la mañana, su espíritu se turbó y mandó llamar a todos los magos y sabios de Egipto. El Faraón les contó sus sueños, pero no había nadie que pudiera interpretárselos.
But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams.
9 Entonces el jefe de los coperos habló al Faraón, diciendo: “Hoy me acuerdo de mis faltas.
Then the chief drink-server said to the king, “Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you.
10 El faraón se enojó con sus servidores y me puso en custodia en la casa del capitán de la guardia, con el jefe de los panaderos.
One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards.
11 En una noche soñamos un sueño, él y yo. Cada uno soñó según la interpretación de su sueño.
While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
12 Estaba allí con nosotros un joven hebreo, sirviente del capitán de la guardia, y se lo contamos, y él nos interpretó nuestros sueños. Él interpretó a cada uno según su sueño.
There was a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.
13 Tal como nos lo interpretó, así fue. Me restituyó en mi cargo, y lo colgó”.
And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. [The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph].”
14 Entonces el Faraón envió a llamar a José, y lo sacaron apresuradamente del calabozo. Se afeitó, se cambió de ropa y entró a ver al Faraón.
When the king heard that, he told some servants to bring Joseph to him, and they quickly brought Joseph out of the prison. Joseph shaved and put on better clothes, and then he went and stood in front of the king.
15 El faraón dijo a José: “He soñado un sueño, y no hay nadie que pueda interpretarlo. He oído decir de ti que cuando oyes un sueño puedes interpretarlo”.
The king said to Joseph, “I had two dreams, and no one can tell me what they mean. But someone told me that when you hear someone tell about a dream he has had, you can tell that person what the dream means.”
16 José respondió al Faraón diciendo: “No está en mí. Dios le dará al Faraón una respuesta de paz”.
But Joseph replied to the king, “No, I cannot do that. It is God who knows the meaning of dreams, but he will enable me to tell you their meaning, and they will mean something good.”
17 El faraón habló a José: “En mi sueño, he aquí que yo estaba al borde del río;
The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
18 y he aquí que siete reses gordas y lisas subían del río. Se alimentaban en la hierba del pantano;
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
19 y he aquí que otras siete reses subían tras ellas, pobres y muy feas y flacas, como nunca vi en toda la tierra de Egipto por su fealdad.
Soon seven other cows, ugly and thin ones, came up behind them from the river. I never saw such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
20 Las reses flacas y feas se comieron a las primeras siete reses gordas;
The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
21 y cuando se las comieron, no se podía saber que se las habían comido, sino que seguían siendo feas, como al principio. Entonces me desperté.
But afterwards, no one would have known that the thin cows ate them, because they were just as ugly as they were before. Then I woke up.
22 Vi en mi sueño, y he aquí que siete cabezas de grano salían de un solo tallo, llenas y buenas;
Then I had another dream. I saw seven heads of grain. They were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and they were all growing on one stalk.
23 y he aquí que siete cabezas de grano, marchitas, flacas y arrasadas por el viento del este, salían detrás de ellas.
Then [to my surprise] I saw seven other heads of grain that sprouted. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
24 Las cabezas de grano flacas se tragaron a las siete cabezas de grano buenas. Se lo conté a los magos, pero no hubo nadie que pudiera explicármelo”.
The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain to me what they meant.”
25 José dijo al Faraón: “El sueño del Faraón es uno. Lo que Dios va a hacer se lo ha declarado al Faraón.
Then Joseph said to the king, “Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams what he is about to do.
26 Las siete reses buenas son siete años, y las siete cabezas de grano buenas son siete años. El sueño es uno.
The seven healthy cows represent seven years. The seven good heads of grain also represent seven years. The two dreams both have the same meaning.
27 Las siete reses flacas y feas que subieron después de ellas son siete años, y también las siete cabezas de grano vacías que fueron destruidas por el viento del este; serán siete años de hambre.
The seven thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce).
28 Esto es lo que le he dicho al Faraón. Dios ha mostrado al Faraón lo que va a hacer.
It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
29 He aquí que vienen siete años de gran abundancia en toda la tierra de Egipto.
There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
30 Después de ellos vendrán siete años de hambre, y toda la abundancia será olvidada en la tierra de Egipto. El hambre consumirá la tierra,
but after that there will be seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce). Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
31 y la abundancia no se conocerá en la tierra a causa de esa hambruna que sigue, pues será muy grave.
The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
32 El sueño se duplicó para el Faraón, porque la cosa está establecida por Dios, y Dios la llevará a cabo en breve.
The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he [wants you to know] that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon.
33 “Ahora, pues, busque el Faraón un hombre discreto y sabio, y póngalo sobre la tierra de Egipto.
“Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country.
34 Que el Faraón haga esto, y que designe capataces sobre la tierra, y que recoja la quinta parte de los productos de la tierra de Egipto en los siete años de abundancia.
You should also appoint supervisors over the country, in order that they can arrange to collect one-fifth of all the grain that is harvested during the seven years when food is plentiful.
35 Que recojan todo el alimento de estos años buenos que vienen, y que almacenen el grano bajo la mano del Faraón para la alimentación en las ciudades, y que lo guarden.
They should collect this amount of grain during those seven years that are coming, when there will be plenty of food. You should supervise them as they store it in the cities.
36 El alimento será para abastecer la tierra contra los siete años de hambre que habrá en la tierra de Egipto, para que la tierra no perezca por el hambre.”
This grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.”
37 La cosa fue buena a los ojos del Faraón y de todos sus siervos.
The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
38 El faraón dijo a sus siervos: “¿Acaso podemos encontrar a alguien como éste, un hombre en quien esté el Espíritu de Dios?”
So the king said to them, “(Can we find any other man like Joseph, a man to whom God has given his Spirit?/It is not likely that we will find another man like this man, one to whom God has given his Spirit!)” [RHQ]
39 El faraón dijo a José: “Porque Dios te ha mostrado todo esto, no hay nadie tan discreto y sabio como tú.
Then the king said to Joseph, “Because God has revealed all this to you, it seems to me that there is no one who is as wise as you and who can decide wisely about things.
40 Tú estarás al frente de mi casa. Todo mi pueblo será gobernado según tu palabra. Sólo en el trono seré más grande que tú”.
So I will put you in charge of everything in my palace. All the people here in Egypt must obey what you command. Only because I am king [MTY] will I have more authority than you.”
41 El faraón dijo a José: “He aquí que te he puesto sobre toda la tierra de Egipto”.
Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
42 El faraón se quitó el anillo de sello de su mano y lo puso en la de José; lo vistió con ropas de lino fino y le puso una cadena de oro al cuello.
The king took from his finger the ring that had his seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He put robes made of fine linen on him, and he put a gold chain around his neck.
43 Lo hizo montar en el segundo carro que tenía. Gritaron ante él: “¡Inclina la rodilla!” Lo puso sobre toda la tierra de Egipto.
Then he arranged for Joseph to ride around in the chariot [that showed that he was] the second-most important man in the country. When Joseph rode in the chariot, men shouted to the people who were on the road in front of him, “Get off the road!” So the king put Joseph in charge of everything in the country.
44 El faraón dijo a José: “Yo soy el faraón. Sin ti, nadie levantará la mano ni el pie en toda la tierra de Egipto”.
The king said to Joseph, “I am the king, but no one in the whole land of Egypt will do anything [IDM] if you do not permit them to do it.”
45 El faraón llamó a José Zafnat-Panea. Le dio por esposa a Asenat, hija de Potifera, sacerdote de On. José salió a recorrer la tierra de Egipto.
The king gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath to be his wife. She was the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in a temple in On [city]. Then Joseph became known (OR, traveled) through all the land of Egypt.
46 José tenía treinta años cuando se presentó ante el Faraón, rey de Egipto. José salió de la presencia del Faraón y recorrió toda la tierra de Egipto.
Joseph was 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt.
47 En los siete años de abundancia, la tierra produjo en abundancia.
During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
48 Recogió toda la comida de los siete años que había en la tierra de Egipto, y guardó la comida en las ciudades. En cada ciudad almacenó alimentos de los campos que rodeaban la ciudad.
As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that city.
49 José acumuló grano como la arena del mar, mucho, hasta que dejó de contarlo, porque no tenía número.
Joseph had them store up a huge amount of grain. It looked as plentiful as the sand on the seashore. There was so much grain that after a while they stopped keeping records of how much grain was stored, because there was more grain than they could measure.
50 A José le nacieron dos hijos antes de que llegara el año del hambre, que le dio a luz Asenat, hija de Potifera, sacerdote de On.
Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
51 José llamó al primogénito Manasés, “Porque”, dijo, “Dios me ha hecho olvidar todo mi trabajo y toda la casa de mi padre.”
Joseph named the first one Manasseh, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget]’, because, he said, “God has caused me to forget all my troubles and all my father’s family.”
52 El nombre del segundo, lo llamó Efraín: “Porque Dios me ha hecho fructificar en la tierra de mi aflicción.”
He named his second son Ephraim, [which means ‘to have children]’, because, he said, “God has given me children here in this land where I have suffered.”
53 Los siete años de abundancia que hubo en la tierra de Egipto llegaron a su fin.
Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
54 Comenzaron a llegar los siete años de hambre, tal como había dicho José. Hubo hambre en todas las tierras, pero en toda la tierra de Egipto hubo pan.
Then the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. There was also a famine in all the other nearby lands, but although the crops did not grow, there was food everywhere in Egypt, because of the grain they had stored up in the cities.
55 Cuando toda la tierra de Egipto estaba hambrienta, el pueblo clamó al Faraón por pan, y el Faraón dijo a todos los egipcios: “Vayan a José. Haced lo que él os diga”.
When all the people of [MTY] Egypt had eaten all of their own food and were still hungry, they begged the king for food. So the king told all the people of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, and do what he tells you to do.”
56 El hambre se extendía por toda la superficie de la tierra. José abrió todos los almacenes y vendió a los egipcios. El hambre era grave en la tierra de Egipto.
When the famine was very bad throughout the whole country, Joseph ordered his helpers to open the storehouses. Then they sold the grain in the storehouses to the people of Egypt, because the famine was very severe all over Egypt.
57 Todos los países vinieron a Egipto, a José, para comprar grano, porque el hambre era grave en toda la tierra.
And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
