Génesis 40
1 Y aconteció después de estas cosas, que pecaron el maestresala del rey de Egipto, y el panadero, contra 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 Y el Faraón se enojó contra sus dos oficiales, contra el principal de los maestresalas, y contra el principal de los panaderos;
The king became angry with both of them.
3 y los puso en la cárcel de la casa del capitán de los de la guardia, en la casa de la cárcel donde José estaba 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 Y el capitán de los de la guardia dio cargo de ellos a José, y él les servía; y estuvieron días en la cárcel.
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 Y ambos a dos, el maestresala y el panadero del rey de Egipto, que estaban presos en la cárcel, soñaron un sueño, cada uno su sueño en una misma noche, cada uno conforme a la declaración de su sueño.
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 Y vino a ellos José por la mañana, y los miró, y he aquí que estaban tristes.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Y él preguntó a aquellos oficiales del Faraón, que estaban con él en la cárcel de la casa de su señor, diciendo: ¿Por qué parecen hoy mal vuestros rostros?
So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Y ellos le dijeron: Hemos tenido un sueño, y no hay quién lo declare. Entonces les dijo José: ¿No son de Dios las declaraciones? Contádmelo ahora.
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 principal de los maestresalas contó su sueño a José, y le dijo: Yo soñaba que veía una vid 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 tres sarmientos; y ella como que florecía, salía su renuevo, maduraron sus racimos de uvas;
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
11 y que el vaso de Faraón estaba en mi mano, y que yo tomaba las uvas, y las exprimía en el vaso del Faraón, y daba el vaso 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 Y le dijo José: Esta es su declaración: Los tres sarmientos 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 al cabo de tres días el Faraón levantará tu cabeza, y te hará volver a tu asiento; y darás el vaso al Faraón en su mano, como solías cuando eras su maestresala.
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 Por tanto te acordarás de mí dentro de ti cuando tuvieres bien, y te ruego que hagas conmigo misericordia, que hagas mención de mí al 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 he sido hurtado de la tierra de los hebreos; y tampoco he hecho aquí porqué me hubiesen de poner 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 Y viendo el principal de los panaderos que había declarado para bien, dijo a José: También yo soñaba que veía tres canastillos blancos 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 y en el canastillo más alto había de todas las viandas del Faraón, obra de panadero; y que las aves las comían del canastillo de 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 Entonces respondió José, y dijo: Esta es su declaración: Los tres canastillos tres días son.
God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
19 Al cabo de tres días quitará el Faraón tu cabeza de sobre ti, y te hará colgar en la horca, y las aves comerán tu 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 Y fue al tercer día el día del nacimiento del Faraón, e hizo banquete a todos sus siervos; y alzó la cabeza del príncipe de los maestresalas, y la cabeza del príncipe de los panaderos, entre sus siervos.
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 hizo volver a su oficio al príncipe de los maestresalas; y dio el vaso en 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 Mas hizo colgar al príncipe de los panaderos, como le había declarado José.
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 Y el príncipe de los maestresalas no se acordó de José, sino que se olvidó de él.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
