Génesis 41
1 Después de dos años, Faraón tuvo un sueño; y en su sueño estaba al lado del Nilo;
Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
2 Y del Nilo salieron siete vacas, hermosas y gordas, y su comida era la hierba del río.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
3 Y después de ellos salieron otras siete vacas del Nilo, de aspecto pobre y delgado; y estaban al lado de las otras vacas.
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 Y las siete vacas flacas hicieron una comida de las siete vacas gordas. Entonces Faraón salió de su sueño.
Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
5 Pero se fue a dormir otra vez y tuvo un segundo sueño, en el que vio siete cabezas de grano, llenas y buenas, todas en una misma raíz.
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 Y después de ellos salían otras siete cabezas, delgadas y consumidas por el viento del este.
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 Y las siete cabezas delgadas hicieron una comida de las buenas cabezas. Y cuando Faraón despertó, vio 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 Y a la mañana su espíritu se turbó; y envió e hizo llamar a todos los magos de Egipto y a todos los hombres santos, y les presentó su sueño, pero nadie fue capaz de darle su sentido.
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 siervo principal dijo a Faraón: El recuerdo de mi pecado vuelve a mí ahora;
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 Faraón se había enojado con sus siervos, y me había encerrado en la casa del capitán del ejército, junto con el jefe de la panadería;
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 Y tuvimos un sueño en la misma noche, nosotros dos, y los sueños tenían un sentido especial.
While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
12 Y estaba con nosotros un joven hebreo, el siervo del capitán, y cuando pusimos nuestros sueños delante de él, él nos dio el sentido de ellos.
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 Y aconteció que como él lo interpretó así fue: volví a estar en mi lugar, y al panadero lo mataron ahorcándolo.
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 Faraón envió a buscar a José, y lo sacaron rápidamente de la cárcel; y cuando se le cortó el pelo y se le cambió la vestimenta, se presentó ante 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 Y el Faraón dijo a José: He tenido un sueño, y nadie puede darme a entender; ahora me viene a la mente que eres capaz de dar la interpretación de un sueño cuando se te presenta.
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 Entonces dijo José: Sin Dios no habrá respuesta de paz para Faraón.
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 Entonces Faraón dijo: En mi sueño yo estaba al lado del Nilo:
The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
18 Y del Nilo salieron siete vacas, gordas y hermosas, y su comida era hierba de ribera;
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
19 Después de ellos vinieron otras siete vacas, flacas y de aspecto pobre, peores que todas las que yo vi en la tierra de Egipto;
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 Y las vacas flacas devoraban las siete vacas gordas que subieron primero;
The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
21 Y aun con las vacas gordas dentro de ellos, parecían tan malos como antes. Y entonces salí de mi sueño.
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 Y otra vez en un sueño, vi siete cabezas de grano, llenas y buenas, que subían en un tallo:
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 entonces vi otras siete cabezas, secas, delgadas, y desperdiciadas por el viento del este, que salían después 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 Y las siete cabezas delgadas se comieron las siete cabezas buenas; y puse este sueño ante los sabios, pero ninguno de ellos fue capaz de darme el sentido.
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 Entonces José dijo: Estos dos sueños tienen el mismo sentido: Dios le ha dejado claro a Faraón lo que está por hacer.
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 vacas gordas son siete años, y las siete cabezas buenas de grano son siete años: las dos tienen el mismo sentido.
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 vacas flacas y de aspecto pobre que subieron tras ellas son siete años; y las siete cabezas de grano, secas y desperdiciadas por el viento del este, son siete años cuando no habrá comida.
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 Como ya le dije a Faraón antes, Dios le ha aclarado lo que está a punto de hacer.
It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
29 Siete años vendrán en los cuales habrá gran riqueza de grano en Egipto;
There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
30 Y después de eso vendrán siete años cuando no habrá suficiente comida; y el recuerdo de los buenos años desaparecerá de las mentes de los hombres; y la tierra será destruida por los años malos;
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 los hombres no tendrán memoria del buen tiempo debido a la necesidad que vendrá después, porque será muy amargo.
The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
32 Y este sueño vino a Faraón dos veces, porque esto es cierto, y Dios lo cumplirá.
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 Y ahora el Faraón busque a un hombre sabio y sensato, y ponlo en autoridad 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 Haga esto Faraón, y haga que ponga sobre la tierra de Egipto supervisores para almacenar la quinta parte del producto de la tierra en los años buenos.
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 Y junten toda la comida en aquellos buenos años, y hagan un almacén de grano bajo el control de Faraón para el uso de 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 Y que se guarde la comida de la tierra hasta los siete años malos que han de venir en Egipto; para que la tierra no se destruya por la necesidad de alimento.
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 Y esto le pareció bien a Faraón y a todos sus siervos.
The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
38 Entonces el Faraón dijo a sus siervos: ¿Dónde podemos encontrar un hombre como este, un hombre en quien está 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 Y Faraón dijo a José: Viendo que Dios te ha aclarado todo esto, no hay otro hombre de tanta sabiduría y buen juicio 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, pues, estarás sobre mi casa, y todo tu pueblo será gobernado por tu palabra; solamente como rey yo 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 Y Faraón dijo a José: Mira 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 Entonces Faraón se quitó el anillo de su mano y lo puso en la mano de José, y lo vistió con el mejor lino, y puso una cadena de oro alrededor de su 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 Y le hizo tomar asiento en el segundo de sus carruajes; y se fueron delante de él gritando, ¡cede! Entonces lo hizo gobernador de 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 Entonces Faraón dijo a José: Yo soy Faraón; y sin tu orden ningún hombre puede hacer nada 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 Y el Faraón le dio a José el nombre de Zafnat-panea; y le dio a Asenat, la hija de Potifera, el sacerdote de On, para que fuera su esposa. Entonces José recorrió toda 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 Y José tenía treinta años cuando vino delante de Faraón, rey de Egipto. Y salió José de delante de 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 Ahora bien, en los siete buenos años la tierra dio fruto en en abundancia.
During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
48 Y José juntó todo el alimento de aquellos siete años, e hizo una tienda de comida en las ciudades; el producto de los campos alrededor de cada ciudad estaba almacenado en 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 Y armó un almacén de grano como la arena del mar; una tienda tan grande que después de un tiempo dejó de medirlo, ya que no podría medirse.
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 Y antes del tiempo de necesidad, José tuvo dos hijos, a quienes dio a luz Asenat, hija de Poti-fera, sacerdote de On.
Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
51 Y al primero le dio el nombre de Manasés, porque dijo: Dios me ha quitado todo recuerdo de mi vida dura y de 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 Y al segundo le dio el nombre de Efraín, porque dijo: Dios me ha dado fruto en la tierra de mi dolor.
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 Y así los siete años buenos en Egipto llegaron a su fin.
Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
54 Luego vino el primero de los siete años de necesidad, como José había dicho; y en todas las demás tierras les faltaba comida; pero en la tierra de Egipto había 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 Y cuando toda la tierra de Egipto necesitaba alimento, el pueblo clamó a Faraón por pan; y Faraón dijo a la gente, vayan a José, y hagan lo que él les 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 Y en toda la tierra les faltaba comida; luego José, abriendo todas sus tiendas, dio al pueblo grano de Egipto por dinero; tan grande era la necesidad de comida 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 Y todas las naciones de los alrededores enviadas a Egipto, venían a José para comprar grano, porque la hambruna era grande sobre 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].
