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40 ¶ Kèk tan apre sa, chèf kanbiz ak chèf boulanje wa Lejip la te fè mèt yo yon bagay.

Farawon an te move ni sou chèf kanbiz la ni sou chèf boulanje a.

Se konsa li te mete yo lakay kòmandan gad palè a, kote yo te fèmen Jozèf nan prizon an.

Kòmandan gad palè a mete yo sou kont Jozèf pou l' sèvi yo. Yo pase kèk tan nan prizon an.

¶ Yon jou lannwit, antan yo nan prizon an, chèf kanbiz ak chèf boulanje wa a te fè yo chak yon rèv. Chak rèv te gen sans pa yo.

Lè Jozèf vin jwenn yo nan denmen maten, li jwenn yo boulvèse.

Li mande yo: -Poukisa nou kagou konsa jòdi a?

Yo reponn li: -Nou chak fè yon rèv, men pa gen pesonn isit la ki ka esplike nou rèv yo. Jozèf reponn yo: -Eske se pa Bondye sèl ki ka esplike bagay konsa? Rakonte m' rèv nou yo.

Chèf kanbiz la rakonte Jozèf rèv li te fè a, li di l': -Nan rèv mwen an, mwen wè yon pye rezen devan m'.

10 Li te gen twa branch. Branch yo pran boujonnen, yo fè flè, yo fè rezen, rezen yo mi.

11 Gwo gode farawon an te nan men mwen. Mwen pran rezen yo, mwen pije yo nan gode farawon an, lèfini mwen bay wa a li.

12 Jozèf di li: -Men sa rèv la vle di: Twa branch yo se twa jou.

13 Nan twa jou, farawon an pral chonje ou, li pral mete ou nan pozisyon ou ankò. Ou pral bay farawon an diven jan ou te konn fè l' anvan lè ou te chèf kanbiz li a.

14 Men, lè tout bagay va mache byen pou ou, pa bliye m'. Tanpri, rann mwen sèvis sa a, pale ak farawon an pou mwen. Fè m' soti nan prizon sa a.

15 Ou wè: se vòlè yo te vòlè m' nan peyi Ebre yo. Isit la menm, mwen pa t' fè anyen pou yo te mete m' nan prizon.

16 Lè chèf boulanje a wè bèl esplikasyon Jozèf te bay lòt la, li di l': -Mwen menm tout mwen fè yon rèv. Mwen wè te gen twa panyen pen sou tèt mwen.

17 Nan panyen ki te anwo nèt la, te gen tout kalite bagay yo konn kwit nan fou pou wa a. Men, zwazo t'ap manje yo nan panyen an sou tèt mwen.

18 Jozèf reponn li: -Men sa rèv la vle di: Twa panyen yo se twa jou.

19 Nan twa jou farawon an pral fè rele ou, l'ap fè yo pann ou nan yon pyebwa, kote zwazo ap vin dechèpiye ou.

20 ¶ Sou twa jou vre, farawon an t'ap fè yon gwo resepsyon pou tout chèf ki t'ap sèvi avè l' yo, paske se te jou fèt li. Li fè rele chèf kanbiz la ak chèf boulanje a devan tout lòt chèf yo.

21 Li mete chèf kanbiz la nan plas li ankò pou sèvi l'.

22 Men, li fè pann chèf boulanje a, jan Jozèf te di yo a.

23 Men, chèf kanbiz la pa dòmi reve Jozèf, li bliye l' nèt.

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