Genesis

约瑟为囚犯解梦

1这事以后，埃及王的酒政和膳长得罪了他们的主—埃及王，

2法老就恼怒酒政和膳长这二臣，

3把他们下在护卫长府内的监里，就是约瑟被囚的地方。

4护卫长把他们交给约瑟，约瑟便伺候他们；他们有些日子在监里。

5被囚在监之埃及王的酒政和膳长二人同夜各做一梦，各梦都有讲解。

6到了早晨，约瑟进到他们那里，见他们有愁闷的样子。

7他便问法老的二臣，就是与他同囚在他主人府里的，说：「你们今日为什么面带愁容呢？」

8他们对他说：「我们各人做了一梦，没有人能解。」约瑟说：「解梦不是出于 神吗？请你们将梦告诉我。」

9酒政便将他的梦告诉约瑟说：「我梦见在我面前有一棵葡萄树，

10树上有三根枝子，好像发了芽，开了花，上头的葡萄都成熟了。

11法老的杯在我手中，我就拿葡萄挤在法老的杯里，将杯递在他手中。」

12约瑟对他说：「你所做的梦是这样解：三根枝子就是三天；

13三天之内，法老必提你出监，叫你官复原职，你仍要递杯在法老的手中，和先前作他的酒政一样。

14但你得好处的时候，求你记念我，施恩与我，在法老面前提说我，救我出这监牢。

15我实在是从希伯来人之地被拐来的；我在这里也没有做过什么，叫他们把我下在监里。」

16膳长见梦解得好，就对约瑟说：「我在梦中见我头上顶着三筐白饼；

17极上的筐子里有为法老烤的各样食物，有飞鸟来吃我头上筐子里的食物。」

18约瑟说：「你的梦是这样解：三个筐子就是三天；

19三天之内，法老必斩断你的头，把你挂在木头上，必有飞鸟来吃你身上的肉。」

20到了第三天，是法老的生日，他为众臣仆设摆筵席，把酒政和膳长提出监来，

21使酒政官复原职，他仍旧递杯在法老手中；

22但把膳长挂起来，正如约瑟向他们所解的话。

23酒政却不记念约瑟，竟忘了他。

The Cupbearer and the Baker

1Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

3and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

5both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

7So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

8“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

9So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”

12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

14But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

17In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree.Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.