Genesis 41
1 Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured cows and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3 Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ, confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river.
4 devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species, et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed cows ate up the seven well favoured and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, fat and good.
6 aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
And, behold, seven thin ears and parched with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, 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 came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum:
Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and put me in custody in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 Erat ibi puer Hebræus, eiusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he interpreted.
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 to us, so it was; me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.
14 Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata, obtulerunt ei.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came before Pharaoh.
15 Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime coniicere.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard it said of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 Respondit Ioseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
And, behold, there came out of the river seven cows, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
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 out after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
And the lean and the ill favoured cows ate up the first seven fat cows:
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 vidi somnium: Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good:
23 Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi coniectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could make known the meaning of it to me.
25 Respondit Ioseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
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 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 and ill favoured cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blighted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth to Pharaoh.
29 Ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti:
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout 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,
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of 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 following; 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 for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum Terræ Ægypti:
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
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 those good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
And that food shall be for reserve for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land may not perish through the famine.
37 Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius:
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui Spiritu Dei plenus sit?
And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a man as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 Dixit ergo ad Ioseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Ioseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee 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 Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain 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 made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler 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 Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in 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 Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him for a wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went over all the land of Egypt.
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 Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
And he gathered all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was surrounding every city, he laid up in the same.
49 Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he finished numbering; for it was without number.
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 years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On 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 Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52 Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto:
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
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, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands; 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 when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
57 Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain; because the famine was severe in all lands.
