Genesis 41
1 Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
And it came to pass after two full years that Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood upon [the bank of] the river.
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
And behold, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge.
3 Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ, confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, and fed by the [other] cows on the bank of the river.
4 devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species, et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
And the seven ill-favoured and lean cows devoured the seven well-favoured and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharao awoke.
5 rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
And he dreamt again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good.
6 aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after them.
7 devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream.
8 et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes coniectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes: et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
And it was morning, and his soul was troubled; and he sent and called all the interpreters of Egypt, and all her wise men; and Pharao related to them his dream, and there was no one to interpret it to Pharao.
9 Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharao, saying, I this day remember my fault:
10 Iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum:
Pharao was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
And we had a dream both in one night, I and he; we saw, each according to his dream.
12 Erat ibi puer Hebræus, eiusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew servant of the captain of the guard; and we related to him [our dreams], and he interpreted [them] to us.
13 audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus. Ego enim redditus sum officio meo: et ille suspensus est in cruce.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted them to us, so also it happened, both that I was restored to my office, and that he was hanged.
14 Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata, obtulerunt ei.
And Pharao having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharao.
15 Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime coniicere.
And Pharao said to Joseph, I have seen a vision, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard say concerning you that you did hear dreams and interpret them.
16 Respondit Ioseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
And Joseph answered Pharao and said, Without God an answer of safety shall not be given to Pharao.
17 Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream I thought I stood by the bank of the river;
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favoured and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge.
19 Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.
20 quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
And the seven ill-favoured and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows.
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
And they went into their bellies; and it was not perceptible that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favoured, as also at the beginning; and after I awoke I slept,
22 vidi somnium: Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
and saw again in my sleep, and as it were seven ears came up on one stem, full and good.
23 Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
And other seven ears, thin and blasted with the wind, sprang up close to them.
24 quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi coniectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
And the seven thin and blasted ears devoured the seven fine and full ears: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to me.
25 Respondit Ioseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
And Joseph said to Pharao, The dream of Pharao is one; whatever God does, he has shown to Pharao.
26 Septem boves pulchræ, et septem spicæ plenæ: septem ubertatis anni sunt: eamdemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream of Pharao 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.
And the seven thin kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin and blasted ears are seven years; there shall be seven years of famine.
28 Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
And as for the word which I have told Pharao, whatever God intends to do, he has shown to Pharao:
29 Ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti:
behold, for seven years there is coming great plenty in all the land of Egypt.
30 quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.
31 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous.
32 Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharao twice, [it is] because the saying which is from God shall be true, and God will hasten to accomplish it.
33 Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum Terræ Ægypti:
Now then, look out a wise and prudent man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
And let Pharao make and appoint local governors over the land; and let them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for the seven years of the plenty.
35 qui iam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
And let them gather all the food of these seven good years that are coming, and let the corn be gathered under the hand of Pharao; let food be kept in the cities.
36 Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be utterly destroyed by the famine.
37 Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius:
And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharao, and in the sight of all his servants.
38 locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui Spiritu Dei plenus sit?
And Pharao said to all his servants, Shall we find such a man as this, who has the Spirit of God in him?
39 Dixit ergo ad Ioseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
And Pharao said to Joseph, Since God has showed you all these things, there is not a wiser or more prudent man than 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, and all my people shall be obedient to your word; only in the throne will I excel you.
41 Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Ioseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
And Pharao said to Joseph, Behold, I set you this day over all the land of Egypt.
42 Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu eius: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
And Pharao took his ring off his hand, and put it on the hand of Joseph, and put on him a robe of fine linen, and put a necklace of gold 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.
And he mounted him on the second of his chariots, and a herald made proclamation before him; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
44 Dixit quoque rex ad Ioseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
And Pharao said to Joseph, I am Pharao; without you no one shall lift up his hand on all the land of Egypt.
45 Vertitque nomen eius, et vocavit eum lingua Ægyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Ioseph ad terram Ægypti
And Pharao called the name of Joseph, Psonthomphanech; and he gave him Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, to wife.
46 (Triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis) et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharao, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao, and went through all the land of Egypt.
47 Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.
And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, [whole] handfuls [of corn].
48 Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it.
49 Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number [of it].
50 Nati sunt autem Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.
51 Vocavitque nomen primogeniti, Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasse; for God, [said he], has made me forget all my toils, and all my father's house.
52 Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; for God, [said he], has increased me in the land of my humiliation.
53 Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto:
And the seven years of plenty passed away, which were in the land of Egypt.
54 cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ: quos prædixerat Ioseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Ioseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
And all the land of Egypt was hungry; and the people cried to Pharao for bread. And Pharao said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph, and do whatever he shall tell you.
56 Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
And the famine was on the face of all the earth; and Joseph opened all the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians.
57 Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.
