Genesis 41
1 Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.
3 Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
4 devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
He slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
6 aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
7 devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
8 et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes conjectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes, et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.
10 iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi jussit in carcerem principis militum:
Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, with the chief baker.
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 Erat ibi puer hebræus, ejusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream.
13 audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus; ego enim redditus sum officio meo, et ille suspensus est in cruce.
As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
14 Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Joseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.
15 Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime conjicere.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
16 Respondit Joseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
17 Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river;
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
and behold, seven fat and sleek cattle came up out of the river. They fed in the marsh grass;
19 Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves, in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20 quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle;
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 vidi somnium. Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good;
23 Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
24 quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi conjectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25 Respondit Joseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
26 Septem boves pulchræ, et septem spicæ plenæ, septem ubertatis anni sunt: eamdemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
27 Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentæ, quæ ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicæ tenues, et vento urente percussæ, septem anni venturæ sunt famis.
The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
28 Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29 ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti,
Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.
30 quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
31 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
32 Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum terræ Ægypti:
“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years.
35 qui jam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
36 Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
The food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the land will not perish through the famine.”
37 Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris ejus:
The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui spiritu Dei plenus sit?
Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
39 Dixit ergo ad Joseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.
40 Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
You shall be over my house. All my people will be ruled according to your word. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”
41 Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Joseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
42 Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu ejus: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.
43 Fecitque eum ascendere super currum suum secundum, clamante præcone, ut omnes coram eo genu flecterent, et præpositum esse scirent universæ terræ Ægypti.
He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.
44 Dixit quoque rex ad Joseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh. Without you, no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”
45 Vertitque nomen ejus, et vocavit eum, lingua ægyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Joseph ad terram Ægypti
Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 (triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis), et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.
In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
48 Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
49 Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
50 Nati sunt autem Joseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51 Vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
52 Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto,
The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
54 cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ, quos prædixerat Joseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Joseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”
56 Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Joseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
57 Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
