1 Passadas estas coisas, aconteceu que o copeiro e o padeiro do rei do Egito ofenderam o seu senhor, o rei do Egito. 2 O Faraó indignou-se contra os seus dois oficiais, o copeiro-chefe e o padeiro-chefe, 3 e mandou prendê-los na casa do comandante da guarda, no cárcere onde José estava. 4 O comandante da guarda os deixou aos cuidados de José, para que os servisse; e por algum tempo estiveram na prisão.

5 E os dois sonharam, cada um o seu sonho, na mesma noite; cada sonho com o seu próprio significado, o copeiro e o padeiro do rei do Egito, que se achavam encarcerados. 6 Quando José chegou pela manhã, viu-os, e eis que estavam preocupados. 7 Então perguntou aos oficiais de Faraó, que estavam com ele no cárcere da casa do seu senhor:

— Por que vocês estão com a cara triste hoje?

8 Eles responderam:

— Tivemos um sonho, e não há quem o interprete.

José lhes disse:

— Não pertencem a Deus as interpretações? Contem-me o sonho que tiveram.

9 Então o copeiro-chefe contou o seu sonho a José. Ele disse:

— Em meu sonho havia uma videira diante de mim. 10 E na videira havia três ramos. Ao brotar a videira, havia flores, e seus cachos produziam uvas maduras. 11 O copo de Faraó estava na minha mão. Peguei as uvas e as espremi no copo de Faraó, e o entreguei a Faraó.

12 Então José disse:

— Esta é a interpretação do sonho: os três ramos são três dias. 13 Dentro de três dias, Faraó vai reabilitar você e reintegrá-lo no seu cargo, e você lhe dará o copo na mão dele, segundo o costume antigo, quando era seu copeiro. 14 Porém lembre-se de mim, quando tudo lhe correr bem. Peço que você seja bondoso para comigo e fale a meu respeito com Faraó, e me tire desta prisão; 15 porque, de fato, fui roubado da terra dos hebreus; e aqui nada fiz, para que me pusessem nesta masmorra.

16 Vendo o padeiro-chefe que a interpretação era boa, disse a José:

— Eu também sonhei, e eis que três cestos de pão branco estavam sobre a minha cabeça. 17 No cesto mais alto havia todo tipo de comida que um padeiro faz para Faraó. E as aves comiam do cesto que estava sobre a minha cabeça.

18 Então José disse:

— Esta é a interpretação do sonho: os três cestos são três dias. 19 Dentro de três dias, Faraó vai mandar cortar a sua cabeça e pendurá-lo numa árvore, e as aves comerão a sua carne.

20 No terceiro dia, que era aniversário de nascimento de Faraó, ele deu um banquete a todos os seus servos. E, no meio destes, reabilitou o copeiro-chefe e condenou o padeiro-chefe. 21 Reintegrou o copeiro-chefe no seu cargo, no qual dava o copo na mão de Faraó, 22 mas mandou enforcar o padeiro-chefe, como José havia interpretado. 23 Porém o copeiro-chefe não se lembrou de José; esqueceu-se dele.

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.