Genesis 41
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
1過了兩年，法老做夢，夢見自己站在河邊，
2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.
2有七隻母牛從河裏上來，又美好又肥壯，在蘆荻中吃 草 。
3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
3隨後又有七隻母牛從河裏上來，又醜陋又乾瘦，與那七隻母牛一同站在河邊。
4And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
4這又醜陋又乾瘦的七隻母牛吃盡了那又美好又肥壯的七隻母牛。法老就醒了。
5And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
5他又睡着，第二回做夢，夢見一棵麥子長了七個穗子，又肥大又佳美，
6And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
6隨後又長了七個穗子，又細弱又被東風吹焦了。
7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
7這細弱的穗子吞了那七個又肥大又飽滿的穗子。法老醒了，不料是個夢。
8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
8到了早晨，法老心裏不安，就差人召了 埃及 所有的術士和博士來；法老就把所做的夢告訴他們，卻沒有人能給法老圓解。
9Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day:
9那時酒政對法老說：「我今日想起我的罪來。
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in the ward of the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
10從前法老惱怒臣僕，把我和膳長下在護衛長府內的監裏。
11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
11我們二人同夜各做一夢，各夢都有講解。
12And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
12在那裏同着我們有一個 希伯來 的少年人，是護衛長的僕人，我們告訴他，他就把我們的夢圓解，是按着各人的夢圓解的。
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'
13後來正如他給我們圓解的成就了：我官復原職，膳長被掛起來了。」
14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
14法老遂即差人去召 約瑟 ，他們便急忙帶他出監，他就剃頭，刮臉，換衣裳，進到法老面前。
15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.'
15法老對 約瑟 說：「我做了一夢，沒有人能解；我聽見人說，你聽了夢就能解。」
16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying: 'It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.'
16約瑟 回答法老說：「這不在乎我，上帝必將平安的話回答法老。」
17And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph: 'In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river.
17法老對 約瑟 說：「我夢見我站在河邊，
18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass.
18有七隻母牛從河裏上來，又肥壯又美好，在蘆荻中吃草。
19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.
19隨後又有七隻母牛上來，又軟弱又醜陋又乾瘦，在 埃及 遍地，我沒有見過這樣不好的。
20And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.
20這又乾瘦又醜陋的母牛吃盡了那以先的七隻肥母牛，
21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. So I awoke.
21吃了以後卻看不出是吃了，那醜陋的樣子仍舊和先前一樣。我就醒了。
22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good.
22我又夢見一棵麥子，長了七個穗子，又飽滿又佳美，
23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
23隨後又長了七個穗子，枯槁細弱，被東風吹焦了。
24And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.'
24這些細弱的穗子吞了那七個佳美的穗子。我將這夢告訴了術士，卻沒有人能給我解說。」
25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh: 'The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do He hath declared unto Pharaoh.
25約瑟 對法老說：「法老的夢乃是一個。上帝已將所要做的事指示法老了。
26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
26七隻好母牛是七年，七個好穗子也是七年；這夢乃是一個。
27And the seven lean and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.
27那隨後上來的七隻又乾瘦又醜陋的母牛是七年，那七個虛空、被東風吹焦的穗子也是七年，都是七個荒年。
28That is the thing which I spoke unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do He hath shown unto Pharaoh.
28這就是我對法老所說，上帝已將所要做的事顯明給法老了。
29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
29埃及 遍地必來七個大豐年，
30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
30隨後又要來七個荒年，甚至在 埃及 地都忘了先前的豐收，全地必被饑荒所滅。
31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
31因那以後的饑荒甚大，便不覺得先前的豐收了。
32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
32至於法老兩回做夢，是因上帝命定這事，而且必速速成就。
33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
33所以，法老當揀選一個有聰明有智慧的人，派他治理 埃及 地。
34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.
34法老當這樣行，又派官員管理這地。當七個豐年的時候，征收 埃及 地的五分之一，
35And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
35叫他們把將來豐年一切的糧食聚斂起來，積蓄五穀，收存在各城裏做食物，歸於法老的手下。
36And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.'
36所積蓄的糧食可以防備 埃及 地將來的七個荒年，免得這地被饑荒所滅。」
37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
37法老和他一切臣僕都以這事為妙。
38And Pharaoh said unto his servants: 'Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?'
38法老對臣僕說：「像這樣的人，有上帝的靈在他裏頭，我們豈能找得着呢？」
39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.
39法老對 約瑟 說：「上帝既將這事都指示你，可見沒有人像你這樣有聰明有智慧。
40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.'
40你可以掌管我的家；我的民都必聽從你的話。惟獨在寶座上我比你大。」
41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.'
41法老又對 約瑟 說：「我派你治理 埃及 全地。」
42And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.
42法老就摘下手上打印的戒指，戴在 約瑟 的手上，給他穿上細麻衣，把金鍊戴在他的頸項上，
43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him: 'Abrech'; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
43又叫 約瑟 坐他的副車，喝道的在前呼叫說：「跪下。」這樣，法老派他治理 埃及 全地。
44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.'
44法老對 約瑟 說：「我是法老，在 埃及 全地，若沒有你的命令，不許人擅自辦事。」
45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. —
45法老賜名給 約瑟 ，叫 撒發那忒‧巴內亞 ，又將 安 城的祭司 波提非拉 的女兒 亞西納 給他為妻。 約瑟 就出去巡行 埃及 地。
46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. — And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
46約瑟 見 埃及 王法老的時候年三十歲。他從法老面前出去，遍行 埃及 全地。
47And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.
47七個豐年之內，地的出產極豐極盛，
48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
48約瑟 聚斂 埃及 地七個豐年一切的糧食，把糧食積存在各城裏；各城周圍田地的糧食都積存在本城裏。
49And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
49約瑟 積蓄五穀甚多，如同海邊的沙，無法計算，因為穀不可勝數。
50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.
50荒年未到以前， 安 城的祭司 波提非拉 的女兒 亞西納 給 約瑟 生了兩個兒子。
51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.'
51約瑟 給長子起名叫 瑪拿西 ，因為 他說 ：「上帝使我忘了一切的困苦和我父的全家。」
52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'
52他給次子起名叫 以法蓮 ，因為 他說 ：「上帝使我在受苦的地方昌盛。」
53And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
53埃及 地的七個豐年一完，
54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
54七個荒年就來了。正如 約瑟 所說的，各地都有饑荒；惟獨 埃及 全地有糧食。
55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'
55及至 埃及 全地有了饑荒，眾民向法老哀求糧食，法老對他們說：「你們往 約瑟 那裏去，凡他所說的，你們都要做。」
56And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.
56當時饑荒遍滿天下， 約瑟 開了各處的倉，糶糧給 埃及 人；在 埃及 地饑荒甚大。
57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.
57各地的人都往 埃及 去，到 約瑟 那裏糴糧，因為天下的饑荒甚大。
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