Genesis 41
1 Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
Y aconteció que pasados dos años Faraón soñó. Parecíale que estaba junto al río,
2 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Y que del río subían siete vacas, hermosas de vista, y gruesas de carne: que pacían en el prado:
3 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.
Y que otras siete vacas subían tras ellas del río, feas de vista, y magras de carne, y que se paraban cerca de las vacas hermosas a la orilla del río:
4 Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
Y que las vacas, feas de vista y magras de carne, tragaban a las siete vacas, hermosas de vista y gruesas. Y despertó Faraón.
5 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.
Y durmióse, y soñó la segunda vez: Que siete espigas llenas y hermosas subían de una caña:
6 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.
Y que otras siete espigas menudas y abatidas del solano salían después de ellas:
7 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.
Y que las siete espigas menudas tragaban a las siete espigas gruesas y llenas. Y despertóse Faraón, y he aquí que era sueño.
8 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.
Y acaeció que a la mañana su espíritu se atormentó y envió, e hizo llamar a todos los magos de Egipto, y a todos sus sabios; y contóles Faraón sus sueños; y no había quien los declarase a Faraón.
9 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.
Entonces el príncipe de los maestresalas habló a Faraón, diciendo: De mis pecados me acuerdo hoy:
10 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.
Faraón se enojó contra sus siervos; y a mí me echó en la cárcel de la casa del capitán de los de la guardia, a mí y al príncipe de los panaderos.
11 While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Y yo y él soñámos sueño una misma noche, cada uno conforme a la declaración de su sueño, soñámos.
12 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.
Y allí con nosotros estaba un mozo Hebreo, siervo del capitán de los de la guardia: y contámoselo, y él nos declaró nuestros sueños, y declaró a cada uno conforme a su sueño:
13 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].”
Y aconteció que como él nos declaró, así fue: a mí me hizo volver a mi asiento; y al otro hizo colgar.
14 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.
Entonces Faraón envió, y llamó a José, e hiciéronle salir corriendo de la cárcel: y trasquiláronle, y mudáronle sus vestidos; y vino a Faraón.
15 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.”
Y Faraón dijo a José: Yo he soñado sueño, y no hay quien lo declare: y yo he oído decir de ti, que oyes sueños para declararlos.
16 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.”
Y José respondió a Faraón, diciendo: Sin mí, Dios responda paz a Faraón.
17 The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
Entonces Faraón dijo a José: En mi sueño parecíame que estaba a la orilla del río:
18 Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
Y que del río subían siete vacas gruesas de carne, y hermosas de forma, que pacían en el prado:
19 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!
Y que otras siete vacas subían después de ellas, magras y feas de forma mucho, y flacas de carne: no he visto otras semejantes en toda la tierra de Egipto en fealdad:
20 The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
Y que las vacas flacas y feas tragaban a las siete vacas primeras gruesas:
21 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.
Y que entraban en sus entrañas, y no se conocía que hubiesen entrado en sus entrañas; porque el parecer de ellas era aun malo, como de primero; y desperté.
22 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.
Ví también soñando, que siete espigas subían en una caña llenas y hermosas:
23 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.
Y que otras siete espigas menudas, secas, abatidas del solano subían después de ellas:
24 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.”
Y que las espigas menudas tragaban a las siete espigas hermosas; y lo he dicho a los magos, y no hay quien me lo declare.
25 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.
Entonces José respondió a Faraón: El sueño de Faraón es un mismo. Dios ha mostrado a Faraón lo que él hace:
26 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.
Las siete vacas hermosas siete años son; y las espigas hermosas son siete años: el sueño es un mismo.
27 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).
Y las siete vacas magras y feas, que subían tras ellas, siete años son; y las siete espigas menudas y secas del solano, siete años serán de hambre.
28 It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
Esto es lo que yo respondo a Faraón: Lo que Dios hace, ha mostrado a Faraón.
29 There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
He aquí, siete años vienen de grande hartura en toda la tierra de Egipto.
30 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.
Y levantarse han tras ellos siete años de hambre, que toda la hartura será olvidada en la tierra de Egipto; y la hambre consumirá la tierra.
31 The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
Y aquella abundancia no será conocida a causa de la hambre de después; la cual será gravísima.
32 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.
Y en segundar el sueño a Faraón dos veces significa que la cosa es firme de parte de Dios, y que Dios se apresura a hacerla.
33 “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.
Por tanto ahora provea Faraón a algún varón prudente y sabio, y póngale sobre la tierra de Egipto:
34 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.
Haga Faraón, y ponga gobernadores sobre la provincia; y quinte la tierra de Egipto en los siete años de la hartura;
35 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.
Y junten toda la provisión de estos buenos años que vienen; y alleguen el trigo debajo de la mano de Faraón para mantenimiento de las ciudades y guarden:
36 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.”
Y esté aquel mantenimiento en depósito para la tierra para los siete años de la hambre, que serán en la tierra de Egipto, y la tierra no perecerá de hambre.
37 The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
Y el negocio pareció bien a Faraón, y a sus siervos.
38 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]
Y dijo Faraón a sus siervos: ¿Hemos de hallar otro hombre como este, en quien haya Espíritu de Dios?
39 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.
Y dijo Faraón a José: Pues que Dios te ha hecho saber todo esto, no hay entendido ni sabio como tú.
40 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.”
Tú serás sobre mi casa; y por tu dicho se gobernará todo mi pueblo: solamente en la silla seré yo mayor que tú.
41 Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
Dijo más Faraón a José: He aquí, yo te he puesto sobre toda la tierra de Egipto.
42 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.
Entonces Faraón quitó su anillo de su mano, y púsolo en la mano de José; e hízole vestir de ropas de lino finísimo; y puso un collar de oro en su cuello;
43 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.
E hízole subir en su segundo carro, y pregonaron delante de él Abrec; y púsole sobre toda la tierra de Egipto.
44 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.”
Y dijo Faraón a José: Yo Faraón: y sin ti ninguno alzará su mano ni su pie en toda la tierra de Egipto.
45 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.
Y llamó Faraón el nombre de José, Safenat-paneat: y dióle por mujer a Asenet, hija de Potifera, príncipe de On. Y salió José por la tierra de Egipto.
46 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.
Y José era de edad de treinta años, cuando fue presentado delante de Faraón, rey de Egipto: y salió José de delante de Faraón, y pasó por toda la tierra de Egipto.
47 During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
E hizo la tierra aquellos siete años de la hartura a montones.
48 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.
Y juntó todo el mantenimiento de los siete años que fueron en la tierra de Egipto; y dio mantenimiento en las ciudades, poniendo en cada ciudad el mantenimiento del campo de sus al rededores.
49 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.
Y juntó José trigo como arena de la mar, mucho en gran manera, hasta no poderse contar, porque no tenía número.
50 Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
Y nacieron a José dos hijos antes que viniese el año de la hambre: los cuales le parió Asenet, hija de Potifera, príncipe de On.
51 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.”
Y llamó José el nombre del primogénito, Manasés: Porque, dice, me hizo olvidar Dios de todo mi trabajo, y de toda la casa de mi padre.
52 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.”
Y el nombre del segundo llamó Efraím: Porque, dice, crecer me hizo Dios en la tierra de mi aflicción.
53 Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
Y cumpliéronse los siete años de la hartura, que fue en la tierra de Egipto.
54 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.
Y comenzaron a venir los siete años de la hambre, como José había dicho: y hubo hambre en todas las provincias, y en toda la tierra de Egipto había pan.
55 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.”
Y hubo hambre en toda la tierra de Egipto, y el pueblo clamó a Faraón por pan. Y dijo Faraón a todo Egipto: Andád a José; lo que él os dijere haréis.
56 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.
Y había hambre sobre toda la haz de la tierra. Entonces José abrió todo donde había, y vendió a los Egipcios: porque la hambre había crecido en la tierra de Egipto.
57 And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
Y toda la tierra venía a Egipto para comprar de José; porque por toda la tierra había crecido la hambre.
