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José interpreta dos sueños

40 Aconteció después de estas cosas, que el copero del rey de Egipto y el panadero delinquieron contra su señor el rey de Egipto. Y se enojó Faraón contra sus dos oficiales, contra el jefe de los coperos y contra el jefe de los panaderos, y los puso en prisión en la casa del capitán de la guardia, en la cárcel donde José estaba preso. Y el capitán de la guardia encargó de ellos a José, y él les servía; y estuvieron días en la prisión. Y ambos, el copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto, que estaban arrestados en la prisión, tuvieron un sueño, cada uno su propio sueño en una misma noche, cada uno con su propio significado. Vino a ellos José por la mañana, y los miró, y he aquí que estaban tristes. Y él preguntó a aquellos oficiales de Faraón, que estaban con él en la prisión de la casa de su señor, diciendo: ¿Por qué parecen hoy mal vuestros semblantes? Ellos le dijeron: Hemos tenido un sueño, y no hay quien lo interprete. Entonces les dijo José: ¿No son de Dios las interpretaciones? Contádmelo ahora.

Entonces el jefe de los coperos contó su sueño a José, y le dijo: Yo soñaba que veía una vid delante de mí, 10 y en la vid tres sarmientos; y ella como que brotaba, y arrojaba su flor, viniendo a madurar sus racimos de uvas. 11 Y que la copa de Faraón estaba en mi mano, y tomaba yo las uvas y las exprimía en la copa de Faraón, y daba yo la copa en mano de Faraón. 12 Y le dijo José: Esta es su interpretación: los tres sarmientos son tres días. 13 Al cabo de tres días levantará Faraón tu cabeza, y te restituirá a tu puesto, y darás la copa a Faraón en su mano, como solías hacerlo cuando eras su copero. 14 Acuérdate, pues, de mí cuando tengas ese bien, y te ruego que uses conmigo de misericordia, y hagas mención de mí a Faraón, y me saques de esta casa. 15 Porque fui hurtado de la tierra de los hebreos; y tampoco he hecho aquí por qué me pusiesen en la cárcel.

16 Viendo el jefe de los panaderos que había interpretado para bien, dijo a José: También yo soñé que veía tres canastillos blancos sobre mi cabeza. 17 En el canastillo más alto había de toda clase de manjares de pastelería para Faraón; y las aves las comían del canastillo de sobre mi cabeza. 18 Entonces respondió José, y dijo: Esta es su interpretación: Los tres canastillos tres días son. 19 Al cabo de tres días quitará Faraón tu cabeza de sobre ti, y te hará colgar en la horca, y las aves comerán tu carne de sobre ti.

20 Al tercer día, que era el día del cumpleaños de Faraón, el rey hizo banquete a todos sus sirvientes; y alzó la cabeza del jefe de los coperos, y la cabeza del jefe de los panaderos, entre sus servidores. 21 E hizo volver a su oficio al jefe de los coperos, y dio este la copa en mano de Faraón. 22 Mas hizo ahorcar al jefe de los panaderos, como lo había interpretado José. 23 Y el jefe de los coperos no se acordó de José, sino que le olvidó.

The Cupbearer and the Baker

40 Some time later, the cupbearer(A) and the baker(B) of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was angry(C) with his two officials,(D) the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,(E) in the same prison where Joseph was confined. The captain of the guard(F) assigned them to Joseph,(G) and he attended them.

After they had been in custody(H) for some time, each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream(I) the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.(J)

When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody(K) with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”(L)

“We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.”(M)

Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God?(N) Tell me your dreams.”

So the chief cupbearer(O) told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me, 10 and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed,(P) and its clusters ripened into grapes. 11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.”

12 “This is what it means,(Q)” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.(R) 13 Within three days(S) Pharaoh will lift up your head(T) and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.(U) 14 But when all goes well with you, remember me(V) and show me kindness;(W) mention me to Pharaoh(X) and get me out of this prison. 15 I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews,(Y) and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”(Z)

16 When the chief baker(AA) saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation,(AB) he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets(AC) of bread.[a] 17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.(AD) 19 Within three days(AE) Pharaoh will lift off your head(AF) and impale your body on a pole.(AG) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”(AH)

20 Now the third day(AI) was Pharaoh’s birthday,(AJ) and he gave a feast for all his officials.(AK) He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker(AL) in the presence of his officials: 21 He restored the chief cupbearer(AM) to his position,(AN) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand(AO) 22 but he impaled the chief baker,(AP) just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.(AQ)

23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.(AR)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 40:16 Or three wicker baskets

40 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.