Genesis 41
1 Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
It came about at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. Behold, he stood by the Nile.
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
Behold, seven cows came up out of the Nile, desirable and fat, and they grazed in the reeds.
3 Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
Behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, undesirable and thin. They stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.
4 devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
Then the undesirable and thin cows ate the seven desirable and fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5 rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
Then he slept and dreamed a second time. Behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, wholesome and good.
6 aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
Behold, seven heads, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
7 devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
The thin heads swallowed up the seven wholesome and full heads. Pharaoh woke up, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes conjectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes, et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
It came about in the morning that his spirit was troubled. He sent and called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am thinking about my offenses.
10 iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi jussit in carcerem principis militum:
Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, the chief baker and me.
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
We dreamed a dream the same night, he and I. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 Erat ibi puer hebræus, ejusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
There was with us there a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him and he interpreted for us our dreams. He interpreted for each of us according to his dream.
13 audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus; ego enim redditus sum officio meo, et ille suspensus est in cruce.
It came about as he interpreted for us, so it happened. Pharaoh restored me to my post, but the other one he hanged.”
14 Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Joseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei.
Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph. They quickly took him out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.
15 Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime conjicere.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, but there is no interpreter for it. But I have heard about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
16 Respondit Joseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God will answer Pharaoh with favor.”
17 Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the Nile.
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
Behold, seven cows came up out of the Nile, fat and desirable, and they grazed among the reeds.
19 Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves, in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
Behold, seven other cows came up after them, weak, very undesirable, and thin. I never saw in all the land of Egypt such undesirableness like them.
20 quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
The thin and undesirable cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
When they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them, for they were still as undesirable as before. Then I awoke.
22 vidi somnium. Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
I looked in my dream, and, behold, seven heads came up upon one stalk, full and good.
23 Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
Behold, seven more heads—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind—sprang up after them.
24 quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi conjectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
The thin heads swallowed up the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but there was none that could explain it to me.”
25 Respondit Joseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are the same. What God is about to do, he has declared to Pharaoh.
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 heads are seven years. The dreams are the same.
27 Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentæ, quæ ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicæ tenues, et vento urente percussæ, septem anni venturæ sunt famis.
The seven thin and undesirable cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven thin heads scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
28 Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has revealed to Pharaoh.
29 ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti,
Look, seven years of great abundance will come 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,
Seven years of famine will come after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will devastate the land.
31 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
The abundance will not be remembered in the land because of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.
32 Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
That the dream was repeated to Pharaoh is because the matter has been established by God, and God will soon do it.
33 Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum terræ Ægypti:
Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and put him over the land of Egypt.
34 qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
Let Pharaoh appoint officials over the land, and let them take a fifth of the crops of Egypt in the seven abundant years.
35 qui jam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
Let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, for food to be used in the cities. They should preserve it.
36 Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
The food will be a supply for the land for the seven years of famine which will be in the land of Egypt. In this way the land will not be devastated by the famine.”
37 Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris ejus:
This advice 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?
Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a man as this, in whom is the Spirit of God?”
39 Dixit ergo ad Joseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you.
40 Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
You will be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne will I be greater than you.”
41 Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Joseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.”
42 Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu ejus: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it upon Joseph's hand. He clothed him with clothes of fine linen, and put a gold chain on 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.
He had him ride in the second chariot which he possessed. Men shouted before him, “Bend the knee.” Pharaoh put him over all the land of Egypt.
44 Dixit quoque rex ad Joseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and apart from you, no man will lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”
45 Vertitque nomen ejus, et vocavit eum, lingua ægyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Joseph ad terram Ægypti
Pharaoh called Joseph's name “Zaphenath-Paneah.” He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 (triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis), et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 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.
In the seven bountiful years the land produced abundantly.
48 Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
He gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities. He put into each city the food from the fields that surrounded it.
49 Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, so much that he stopped counting, because it was beyond counting.
50 Nati sunt autem Joseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
Joseph had two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51 Vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
Joseph called the name of his firstborn Manasseh, for he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household.”
52 Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
He called the name of the second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto,
The seven years of abundance that was in the land of Egypt came to an end.
54 cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ, quos prædixerat Joseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
The seven years of famine began, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
55 Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Joseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people loudly called on Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he says.”
56 Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Joseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
The famine was over all the face of the whole land. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
57 Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
All the earth was coming to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
