Génesis 40
1 Después de estas cosas, el siervo principal que tenía el cuidado del vino, y el jefe de los panaderos en la casa de Faraón, hicieron algo contra las órdenes de Faraón;
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 con sus dos siervos, con el siervo principal y el jefe de la panadería;
The king became angry with both of them.
3 Y los puso en la cárcel bajo el cuidado del capitán del ejército, en la misma prisión donde el propio José estaba encerrado.
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 los puso a cargo de José, e hizo lo que se necesitaba; y estuvieron en prisión por 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 Y estos dos tuvieron un sueño en la misma noche; el principal sirviente de vino y el principal panadero del rey de Egipto, que estaban en la cárcel, los dos tenían sueños con un sentido especial.
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 a la mañana cuando José llegó a ellos, vio que estaban tristes.
The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
7 Y dijo a los siervos de Faraón que estaban en la cárcel con él: ¿Por qué te ves tan triste?
So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Entonces ellos le dijeron: Hemos tenido un sueño, y nadie puede darnos el sentido. Y José dijo: ¿Acaso el sentido de los sueños no proviene de Dios? ¿Cuál fue tu sueño?
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 siervo principal dio a José cuenta de su sueño, y dijo: En mi sueño vi 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 ramas; y parecía que sacaba brotes y flores, y de ellos salían uvas listas para cortar.
On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
11 Y la copa de Faraón estaba en mi mano, y tomé las uvas y las trituré en la copa de Faraón, y puse la copa en la 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 Entonces dijo José: Este es el sentido de tu sueño: 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 Después de tres días, Faraón te dará honor, y te hará volver a tu lugar, y le darás su copa como lo hiciste antes, cuando eras su siervo.
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 ten en cuenta cuando las cosas te vayan bien, y sé bueno conmigo y di una buena palabra para mí a Faraón y sácame de esta prisión:
But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
15 Porque en verdad fui tomado por la fuerza de la tierra de los hebreos; y no he hecho nada por lo que pueda ser encarcelado.
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 cuando el jefe de los panaderos vio que el primer sueño tenía buen sentido, dijo a José: Tuve un sueño; y en mi sueño había tres canastas de pan blanco en 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 la canasta superior había toda clase de carnes cocidas para Faraón; y los pájaros los sacaban de las canastas en 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 dijo José: Este es el sentido de tu sueño: 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 Después de tres días, el Faraón te sacará de la cárcel, colgándote de un árbol, para que tu carne sea alimento para las aves.
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 Ahora bien, el tercer día era el cumpleaños de Faraón, y él dio una fiesta a todos sus siervos; y dio honor al principal sirviente de vino y al principal panadero entre los demás.
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 Y volvió a poner al siervo principal en su lugar antiguo; y él dio 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 el principal panadero fue muerto ahorcándolo, como José había dicho.
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 Pero el siervo no tuvo a José en mente sino que lo olvido.
But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
