Joseph Tells the Meaning of the Prisoners' Dreams
1-3 While Joseph was in prison, both the king's personal servant and his chief cook made the king angry. So he had them thrown into the same prison with Joseph. 4 They spent a long time in prison, and the official in charge of the palace guard, made Joseph their servant.
5 One night each of the two men had a dream, but their dreams had different meanings. 6 The next morning, when Joseph went to see the men, he could tell they were upset, 7 and he asked, “Why are you so worried today?”
8 “We each had a dream last night,” they answered, “and there is no one to tell us what they mean.”
Joseph replied, “Doesn't God know the meaning of dreams? Now tell me what you dreamed.”
9 The king's personal servant told Joseph, “In my dream I saw a vine 10 with three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its grapes became ripe. 11 I held the king's cup and squeezed the grapes into it, then I gave the cup to the king.”
12 Joseph said:
This is the meaning of your dream. The three branches stand for three days, 13 and in three days the king will pardon you. He will make you his personal servant again, and you will serve him his wine, just as you used to do. 14 But when these good things happen, please don't forget to tell the king about me, so I can get out of this place. 15 I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here in Egypt I haven't done anything to deserve being thrown in jail.
16 When the chief cook saw that Joseph had given a good meaning to the dream, he told Joseph, “I also had a dream. In it I was carrying three breadbaskets stacked on top of my head. 17 The top basket was full of all kinds of baked things for the king, but birds were eating them.”
18 Joseph said:
This is the meaning of your dream. The three baskets are three days, 19 and in three days the king will cut off your head. He will hang your body on a pole, and birds will come and peck at it.
20 Three days later, while the king was celebrating his birthday with a dinner for his officials, he sent for his personal servant and the chief cook. 21 He put the personal servant back in his old job 22 and had the cook put to death.
Everything happened just as Joseph had said it would, 23 but the king's personal servant completely forgot about Joseph.
يوسف وتفسير الأحلام
1 وحدَثَ بَعدَ ذلِك أنَّ رئيسَ السُّقاةِ ورَئيسَ الخبَّازينَ خَطِئَا إلى سيّدهِما فِرعَونَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ. 2 اشْتَدَّ غضَبُهُ علَيهِما 3 وحبَسَهُما في سِجنِ بَيتِ رئيسِ الطُّهاةِ في الحِصْنِ حيثُ كانَ يوسُفُ مَسجونا. 4 فأَوكَلَ رئيسُ الطُّهاةِ أمرَهُما إلى يوسُفَ، فاعتَنَى بِهِما مُدَّةَ إِقامَتِهِما في السِّجنِ.
5 وفي ليلةٍ واحِدةٍ رأى كُلٌّ مِنْ ساقي مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وخَبَّازِه المَحبوسَينِ في السِّجنِ حُلُما لَه تَفسيرٌ غيرُ تَفسيرِ الآخَرِ. 6 ولمَّا دخَلَ علَيهِما يوسُفُ في الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ رآهُما مُضطَرِبَينِ 7 فسألَهُما: «ما بَالُ وجهَيكُما مُكتَئبَينِ اليومَ؟» 8 فأجابا: «رأينا حُلُما، وما مِنْ أحدٍ يُفَسِّرُه لنا». فقالَ لهُما يوسُفُ: «أما للهِ كُلُّ تَفسيرٍ؟ قُصَّا الحُلُمَ عليَّ».
9 فقَصَّ رئيسُ السُّقاةِ حُلُمَه على يوسُفَ قالَ: «رأيتُ في حُلُمي كأنَّ كَرمةً بَينَ يَدَيَّ، 10 وفي الكَرمَةِ ثلاثَةُ قُضبانٍ، فما إِنْ أَفرَخَت حتّى طَلَعَ زَهرُها ونَضَجَت عَناقيدُها وصارَت عِنَبا. 11 وكانَت كأسُ فِرعَونَ في يَدي، فأَخَذْتُ العِنَبَ وعَصَرْتُه في كأسِ فِرعَونَ وناوَلْتُ الكأسَ لِفِرعَونَ». 12 فقالَ لَه يوسُفُ: «هذا تَفسِيرُه: الثَّلاثَةُ القُضبانِ هيَ ثلاثَةُ أيّامٍ. 13 بَعدَ ثلاثةِ أيّامِ يرفَعُ فِرعَونُ رأسَكَ ويَرُدُّكَ إلى مَقامِكَ، فتُناوِلُ فِرعَونَ كأسَهُ كعادَتِكَ حينَ كُنتَ ساقيَه. 14 ولَكنْ متى حَسُنَت حالُكَ ترَأَّفْ بـي ولا تَنسَني، بلِ اذكُرني لِفِرعَونَ فَيُخرِجَني مِنْ هذا السِّجنِ، 15 لأنِّي خُطِفْتُ مِنْ أرضِ العِبرانيِّينَ، وطُرِحْتُ هُنا في السِّجنِ مِنْ غيرِ أنْ أفعَلَ شيئا».
16 ولمَّا رأى رئيسُ الخَبَّازينَ أنَّ تَفسيرَ الحُلُمِ كانَ خَيرا، قالَ لِـيوسُفَ: «حَلُمْتُ أنا أيضا كأنَّ على رأسي ثلاثُ سِلالٍ مِنَ الخبزِ الأبـيضِ، 17 وفي السَّلَّةِ العُليا مُختَلفُ أصنافِ الطَّعامِ المَخبوزِ الّتي يُحِبُّها فِرعَونُ، والطَّيرُ يأكُلُها مِنَ السَّلَّةِ فوقَ رأسي». 18 فقالَ لَه يوسُفُ: «هذا تَفسيرُه: الثَّلاثُ السِّلالِ هيَ ثلاثَةُ أيّامٍ. 19 بَعدَ ثلاثَةِ أيّامٍ يَنزَعُ فِرعَونُ رأسَكَ عَنْ بَدَنِكَ ويُعَلِّقُكَ على خشبَةٍ، فيأْكُلُ الطَّيرُ لَحمَكَ».
20 وفي اليومِ الثَّالثِ، يومِ مَولِدِ فِرعَونَ، أقامَ فِرعَونُ ولِـيمةً لجميعِ عبِيدِهِ، فأحضَرَ رئيسَ السُّقاةِ ورَئيسَ الخَبَّازينَ إلى أمامِ رِجالِ حاشيَتِه. 21 فرَدَّ رئيسَ السُّقاةِ إلى وظيفَتِه ليُناوِلَ فِرعَونَ الكأسَ، 22 وأمَّا رئيسُ الخَبَّازينَ فعَلَّقه على خشبَةٍ، كما فسَّر لهُما يوسُفُ. 23 ونسيَ رئيسُ السُّقاةِ يوسُفَ ولم يَذكُرْهُ لِفِرعَونَ.
