Génesis 40
1 Después de estas cosas, sucedió que el copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto ofendieron a su ʼadón, 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 Faraón se enfureció contra sus dos funcionarios: el jefe de los coperos y el jefe de los panaderos.
The king became angry with both of them.
3 Los puso bajo custodia en la casa del capitán de la guardia, en la cárcel donde estaba preso 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 encargó a José, y éste les servía. Estuvieron bajo custodia durante algún tiempo.
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 El copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto, cuando estaban presos en la cárcel, ambos tuvieron un sueño en una misma noche, cada uno su sueño con su peculiar sentido.
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 fue a ellos por la mañana y observó que estaban perturbados.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Preguntó a los funcionarios de Faraón que estaban con él en la prisión de la casa de su ʼadón: ¿Por qué sus rostros parecen tristes hoy?
So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Le respondieron: Nos vino un sueño y no hay quien lo interprete. Entonces José les dijo: ¿No corresponden las interpretaciones a ʼElohim? Les ruego que me los narren.
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 Entonces el jefe de los coperos contó su sueño a José: En mi sueño apareció ante mí una vid,
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 estaban tres ramas. Parecía que les salían brotes, florecían, y sus racimos de uvas maduraban.
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
11 La copa de Faraón estaba en mi mano. Tomé las uvas y las exprimí en la copa de Faraón, y entregué la copa en mano de 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 Faraón alzará tu cabeza y te devolverá a tu puesto. Pondrás la copa de Faraón en su mano, como de costumbre 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 cuando te vaya bien, acuérdate de mí. Te ruego que tengas misericordia de mí, me menciones a Faraón y me saques 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 secuestrado de la tierra de los hebreos. Nada hice aquí para que me confinaran en la cárcel.
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 Entonces, al ver el jefe de los panaderos que interpretó favorablemente, dijo a José: También yo soñé que veía tres cestas de pan 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 la cesta más alta había de todos los manjares de Faraón, obra de panadero, y las aves se los comían de la cesta que estaba 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: Las tres cestas 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 Faraón alzará tu cabeza y te hará colgar de un árbol, y las aves comerán tu carne.
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 Sucedió, pues, al tercer día, el día del cumpleaños de Faraón, que él hizo un banquete para todos sus esclavos. En medio de sus esclavos levantó la cabeza del jefe de los coperos y la cabeza del jefe de los panaderos.
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 Restableció en su oficio al jefe de los coperos, y éste colocó la copa en la mano de 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 interpretó.
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 lo olvidó.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
