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).

Y aconteció después de estas cosas, que pecaron el maestresala del rey de Egipto, y el panadero, contra su señor, el rey de Egipto.

2 The king became angry with both of them.

Y Faraón se enojó contra sus dos eunucos, contra el principal de los maestresalas, y contra el principal de los panaderos.

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.

Y púsoles en la cárcel de la casa del capitán de los de la guardia, en la casa de la cárcel, donde José estaba preso.

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.

Y el capitán de los de la guardia dio cargo de ellos a José, y él les servía; y estuvieron días en la cárcel.

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.

Y soñaron sueño ambos a dos, cada uno su sueño, una misma noche; cada uno conforme a la declaración de su sueño, el maestresala y el panadero del rey de Egipto, que estaban presos en la cárcel.

6 The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried.

Y vino a ellos José por la mañana, y miróles, y pareció que estaban tristes.

7 So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Y él preguntó a aquellos eunucos de Faraón, que estaban con él en la cárcel de la casa de su señor, diciendo: ¿Por qué están hoy malos vuestros rostros?

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.”

Y ellos le dijeron: Hemos soñado sueño, y no hay quien lo declare. Entonces José les dijo: ¿No son de Dios las declaraciones? Contádmelo ahora.

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.

Entonces el príncipe de los maestresalas contó su sueño a José, y díjole: Yo soñaba que veía una vid delante de mí:

10 On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.

Y en la vid tres sarmientos; y ella como que florecía, salía su renuevo, maduraron sus racimos de uvas:

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.”

Y que el vaso de Faraón estaba en mi mano; y que yo tomaba las uvas, y las exprimía en el vaso de Faraón, y daba el vaso en la mano de Faraón.

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.

Y díjole José: Esta es su declaración: Los tres sarmientos son tres días:

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.

Al cabo de tres días Faraón levantará tu cabeza, y te hará volver en tu asiento; y darás el vaso a Faraón en su mano, como solías cuando eras su maestresala.

14 But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me.

Por tanto acordarte has de mí dentro de ti, cuando tuvieres bien; y ruégote que tengas conmigo misericordia, que hagas mención de mí a Faraón, y me saques de esta casa:

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!”

Porque he sido hurtado de la tierra de los Hebreos: y tampoco he hecho aquí porqué me hubiesen de poner en cárcel.

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.

Y viendo el príncipe de los panaderos que había declarado bien, dijo a José: También yo soñaba que veía tres canastillos blancos sobre mi cabeza:

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!”

Y en el canastillo más alto había de todas las viandas de Faraón de obra de panadero; y que las comían las aves del canastillo de sobre mi cabeza.

18 God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days.

Entonces respondió José, y dijo: Esta es su declaración: Los tres canastillos tres días son:

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.”

Al cabo de tres días quitará Faraón tu cabeza de ti, y te hará colgar en la horca, y aves comerán tu carne de sobre ti.

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.

Y fue al tercero día el día del nacimiento de 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:

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.

E hizo volver al príncipe de los maestresalas a su oficio, y dio el vaso en mano de Faraón:

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.

Y al príncipe de los panaderos hizo ahorcar, como le había declarado José.

23 But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do.

Y el príncipe de los maestresalas no se acordó de José, mas olvidóse de él.