Genesis 40
1 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).
Et il arriva après ces choses que l'échanson du roi d'Égypte et le panetier faillirent envers leur seigneur, le roi d'Égypte.
2 The king became angry with both of them.
Et Pharaon se courrouça contre ses deux eunuques, le grand échanson et le grand panetier.
3 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.
Et il les incarcéra dans la maison du chef des satellites, dans la maison de force, lieu où Joseph était détenu.
4 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.
Et le chef des satellites plaça Joseph auprès d'eux, et il les servait, et ils furent quelque temps en prison.
5 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.
Alors ils eurent tous les deux un songe; chacun le sien, dans une seule nuit, chacun avec un sens attaché à son songe, l'échanson et le panetier du roi d'Égypte détenus dans la maison de force.
6 The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.
Et Joseph entrant chez eux le matin les regarda, et voici, ils étaient sombres.
7 So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Et Joseph questionna les deux eunuques de Pharaon détenus avec lui dans la maison de son maître et leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous un air triste aujourd'hui?
8 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.”
Et ils lui répondirent: Nous avons eu un songe, et il n'y a personne pour l'interpréter. Alors Joseph leur dit: N'est-ce pas à Dieu qu'appartiennent les interprétations?
9 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.
Faites-m'en donc le récit! Alors le grand échanson raconta à Joseph le songe qu'il avait eu, et lui dit: En songeant voilà que j'avais un cep devant moi.
10 On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.
Et le cep avait trois pampres; et après avoir jeté ses bourgeons, il épanouit ses fleurs et les grappes donnèrent des raisins mûrs.
11 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.”
Or j'avais dans ma main la coupe de Pharaon; alors je pris les raisins, et en exprimai le jus dans la coupe de Pharaon, et je mis la coupe dans la main de Pharaon.
12 [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.
Alors Joseph lui dit: En voici l'interprétation: Les trois pampres sont trois jours;
13 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.
encore trois jours et Pharaon te relèvera la tête et te rétablira dans ton poste, et tu mettras la coupe dans la main de Pharaon l'usage de ci-devant, quand tu étais son échanson.
14 But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.
Mais garde par devers toi le souvenir de moi, quand tu seras en bon point, et montre-moi de la bonté, et fais mention de moi auprès de Pharaon et tire-moi de cette maison!
15 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!”
Car j'ai été ravi du pays des Hébreux, et ici je n'ai rien fait non plus pour être mis en prison.
16 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.
Et le grand panetier voyant qu'il interprétait en bien, dit à Joseph: Dans le songe que j'ai fait, voici, j'avais trois corbeilles de pain blanc sur la tête.
17 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!”
Et la corbeille supérieure contenait de tous les aliments préparés pour Pharaon en boulangerie, et les oiseaux les mangeaient dans la corbeille que je portais sur la tête.
18 God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.
Alors Joseph répondit et dit: En voici l'interprétation: les trois corbeilles sont trois jours;
19 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.”
encore trois jours et Pharaon t'élèvera la tête, et te pendra à un arbre, et les oiseaux mangeront ta chair sur toi.
20 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.
Et le troisième jour, jour de naissance de Pharaon, il se fit un festin à tous ses serviteurs, et il éleva la tête du grand échanson et la tête du grand panetier parmi ses serviteurs,
21 He said that his chief drink-server could have his previous job again, so that again he took cups of wine to the king.
en rétablissant le grand échanson dans son office d'échanson, pour qu'il mît la coupe dans la main de Pharaon,
22 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.
et en faisant pendre le grand panetier, conformément à l'interprétation que Joseph leur avait donnée.
23 But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.
Mais le grand échanson ne pensa point à Joseph qu'il oublia.
