創世記 40

1 これらの事の後、エジプト王の給仕役と料理役とがその主君エジプト王に罪を犯した。

And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt.

2 パロはふたりの役人、すなわち給仕役の長と料理役の長に向かって憤り、

And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.

3 侍衛長の家の監禁所、すなわちヨセフがつながれている獄屋に入れた。

And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.

4 侍衛長はヨセフに命じて彼らと共におらせたので、ヨセフは彼らに仕えた。こうして彼らは監禁所で幾日かを過ごした。

And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were [some] days in the prison.

5 さて獄屋につながれたエジプト王の給仕役と料理役のふたりは一夜のうちにそれぞれ意味のある夢を見た。

And they both had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.

6 ヨセフが朝、彼らのところへ行って見ると、彼らは悲しみに沈んでいた。

Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled.

7 そこでヨセフは自分と一緒に主人の家の監禁所にいるパロの役人たちに尋ねて言った、「どうして、きょう、あなたがたの顔色が悪いのですか」。

And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad to-day?

8 彼らは言った、「わたしたちは夢を見ましたが、解いてくれる者がいません」。ヨセフは彼らに言った、「解くことは神によるのではありませんか。どうぞ、わたしに話してください」。

And they said to him, We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the interpretation of them through god? tell [them] than to me.

9 給仕役の長はその夢をヨセフに話して言った、「わたしが見た夢で、わたしの前に一本のぶどうの木がありました。

And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me.

10 そのぶどうの木に三つの枝があって、芽を出し、花が咲き、ぶどうのふさが熟しました。

And in the vine [were] three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.

11 時にわたしの手に、パロの杯があって、わたしはそのぶどうを取り、それをパロの杯にしぼり、その杯をパロの手にささげました」。

And the cup of Pharao was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

12 ヨセフは言った、「その解き明かしはこうです。三つの枝は三日です。

And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.

13 今から三日のうちにパロはあなたの頭を上げて、あなたを元の役目に返すでしょう。あなたはさきに給仕役だった時にされたように、パロの手に杯をささげられるでしょう。

Yet three days and Pharao shall remember thy office, and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.

14 それで、あなたがしあわせになられたら、わたしを覚えていて、どうかわたしに恵みを施し、わたしの事をパロに話して、この家からわたしを出してください。

But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.

15 わたしは、実はヘブルびとの地からさらわれてきた者です。またここでもわたしは地下の獄屋に入れられるような事はしなかったのです」。

For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.

16 料理役の長はその解き明かしの良かったのを見て、ヨセフに言った、「わたしも夢を見たが、白いパンのかごが三つ、わたしの頭の上にあった。

And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.

17 一番上のかごには料理役がパロのために作ったさまざまの食物があったが、鳥がわたしの頭の上のかごからそれを食べていた」。

And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.

18 ヨセフは答えて言った、「その解き明かしはこうです。三つのかごは三日です。

And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days.

19 今から三日のうちにパロはあなたの頭を上げ離して、あなたを木に掛けるでしょう。そして鳥があなたの肉を食い取るでしょう」。

Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20 さて三日目はパロの誕生日であったので、パロはすべての家来のためにふるまいを設け、家来のうちの給仕役の長の頭と、料理役の長の頭を上げた。

And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharao's birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.

21 すなわちパロは給仕役の長を給仕役の職に返したので、彼はパロの手に杯をささげた。

And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

22 しかしパロは料理役の長を木に掛けた。ヨセフが彼らに解き明かしたとおりである。

And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.

23 ところが、給仕役の長はヨセフを思い出さず、忘れてしまった。

Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him.