Genesis 40
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
1His ita gestis, accidit ut peccarent duo eunuchi, pincerna regis Ægypti, et pistor, domino suo.
2And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
2Iratusque contra eos Pharao (nam alter pincernis præerat, alter pistoribus),
3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
3misit eos in carcerem principis militum, in quo erat vinctus et Joseph.
4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph to be with them, and he ministered unto them; and they continued a season in ward.
4At custos carceris tradidit eos Joseph, qui et ministrabat eis: aliquantulum temporis fluxerat, et illi in custodia tenebantur.
5And 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, who were bound in the prison.
5Videruntque ambo somnium nocte una, juxta interpretationem congruam sibi:
6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
6ad quos cum introisset Joseph mane, et vidisset eos tristes,
7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his master's house, saying: 'Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?'
7sciscitatus est eos, dicens: Cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra?
8And they said unto him: 'We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it.' And Joseph said unto them: 'Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.'
8Qui responderunt: Somnium vidimus, et non est qui interpretetur nobis. Dixitque ad eos Joseph: Numquid non Dei est interpretatio? referte mihi quid videritis.
9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
9Narravit prior, præpositus pincernarum, somnium suum: Videbam coram me vitem,
10and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes,
10in qua erant tres propagines, crescere paulatim in gemmas, et post flores uvas maturescere:
11and 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.'
11calicemque Pharaonis in manu mea: tuli ergo uvas, et expressi in calicem quem tenebam, et tradidi poculum Pharaoni.
12And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
12Respondit Joseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: tres propagines, tres adhuc dies sunt:
13within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office; and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
13post quos recordabitur Pharao ministerii tui, et restituet te in gradum pristinum: dabisque ei calicem juxta officium tuum, sicut ante facere consueveras.
14But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
14Tantum memento mei, cum bene tibi fuerit, et facias mecum misericordiam: ut suggeras Pharaoni ut educat me de isto carcere:
15For 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.'
15quia furto sublatus sum de terra Hebræorum, et hic innocens in lacum missus sum.
16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph: 'I also saw in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head;
16Videns pistorum magister quod prudenter somnium dissolvisset, ait: Et ego vidi somnium: quod tria canistra farinæ haberem super caput meum:
17and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.'
17et in uno canistro quod erat excelsius, portare me omnes cibos qui fiunt arte pistoria, avesque comedere ex eo.
18And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
18Respondit Joseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: tria canistra, tres adhuc dies sunt:
19within yet 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.'
19post quos auferet Pharao caput tuum, ac suspendet te in cruce, et lacerabunt volucres carnes tuas.
20And 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 the head of the chief baker among his servants.
20Exinde dies tertius natalitius Pharaonis erat: qui faciens grande convivium pueris suis, recordatus est inter epulas magistri pincernarum, et pistorum principis.
21And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
21Restituitque alterum in locum suum, ut porrigeret ei poculum:
22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
22alterum suspendit in patibulo, ut conjectoris veritas probaretur.
23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.
23Et tamen succedentibus prosperis, præpositus pincernarum oblitus est interpretis sui.
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