Gênesis 40

1 Depois disso, aconte­ceu que o copeiro e o padeiro do rei do Egito ofenderam o seu senhor.

2 O faraó, encolerizado contra os seus dois oficiais, o copeiro-mor e o padeiro-mor,

3 mandou-os encarcerar na casa do chefe da guarda, na prisão onde se encontrava detido José.

4 O chefe da guarda associou-lhes José para os servir. Havia já certo tempo que estavam detidos,

5 quando os dois prisioneiros, o copeiro e o padeiro do rei do Egito, tiveram um sonho numa mesma noite, cada um o seu, com seu sentido particular.

6 Quando José voltou junto deles, no dia seguinte pela manhã, viu que estavam tristes.

7 Perguntou então aos oficiais do faraó, detidos com ele na casa do seu senhor: "Por que tendes hoje um ar sombrio?".

8 "Tivemos um sonho – responderam –; e não há ninguém para no-los interpretar." "Porventura, não pertence a Deus – repli­cou José – a interpretação dos sonhos? Rogo-vos que me conteis tais sonhos."

9 E o copeiro-mor contou seu sonho a José: "Em meu sonho – disse ele – vi uma cepa que estava diante de mim,

10 e nessa cepa três varas, que pareciam brotar; saiu uma flor e seus cachos deram uvas maduras.

11 Eu tinha na mão a taça do faraó; tomei as uvas e espre­mi as­ na taça, que entreguei na mão do faraó".

12 José disse-lhe: "Eis o significado do teu sonho: as três varas são três dias.

13 Dentro de três dias, o faraó te reabilitará em tuas funções. Apresentarás ao faraó sua taça, como o fazias antes, quando eras seu copeiro.

14 Quando fores feliz, lembra-te de mim e faze-me o favor de recomendar-me ao faraó, para que ele me tire desta prisão.

15 Porque é por um rapto que fui tirado da terra dos hebreus, e aqui, igualmente, eu nada fiz para merecer a prisão".

16 O padeiro-mor, vendo que José tinha dado uma boa interpretação, disse-lhe: "Eu também, em meu sonho, levava sobre minha cabeça três cestas de pão branco.

17 Na de cima, havia toda a sorte de manjares para o faraó; mas as aves do céu comiam-nos na cesta que estava sobre minha cabeça".

18 "Eis – disse José – o que isto significa: as três cestas são três dias.

19 Dentro de três dias, o faraó levantará a tua cabeça: ele te suspenderá numa forca, e as aves devorarão a tua carne."

20 No terceiro dia, celebrava-se o aniversário do faraó, e ele ofereceu um banquete a todo o seu pessoal. Ele levantou a cabeça do copeiro-mor e do padeiro-mor, no meio de todos os seus servos:

21 restabeleceu no seu cargo o copeiro-mor, que apresentou novamente a taça ao faraó,

22 e mandou suspender no patíbulo o padeiro-mor, como na interpretação que José lhes havia dado.

23 Mas o copeiro-mor não pensou mais em José; esqueceu-o.

1 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker. 3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days. 5 They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. 6 Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad. 7 He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

8 They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it."

Joseph said to them, "Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."

9 The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, 10 and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. 11 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 Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. 13 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cup bearer. 14 But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to 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 I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head. 17 In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."

18 Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. 19 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you." 20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21 He restored the chief cup bearer to his position 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 the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.