1 Algum tempo depois, o chefe dos copeiros e o chefe dos padeiros do faraó ofenderam seu senhor, o rei do Egito. 2 O faraó se enfureceu com os dois oficiais 3 e os mandou para a prisão onde José estava, no palácio do capitão da guarda. 4 Eles ficaram presos por um bom tempo, e o capitão da guarda os colocou sob a responsabilidade de José, para que cuidasse deles.
5 Certa noite, enquanto estavam presos, o copeiro e o padeiro tiveram, cada um, um sonho, e cada sonho tinha o seu significado. 6 Quando José os viu no dia seguinte, notou que os dois estavam perturbados 7 e perguntou: "Por que vocês estão preocupados?".
8 Eles responderam: "Esta noite, nós dois tivemos sonhos, mas ninguém sabe nos dizer o que significam".
"A interpretação dos sonhos vem de Deus", disse José. "Contem-me o que sonharam."
9 O chefe dos copeiros foi o primeiro a relatar seu sonho a José. "Em meu sonho, vi na minha frente uma videira", disse ele. 10 "Havia três ramos que começaram a brotar e florescer e, em pouco tempo, produziram cachos de uvas. 11 Eu tinha na mão o copo do faraó. Tomei um dos cachos de uva, espremi o suco na taça e a coloquei na mão do faraó."
12 José disse: "Este é o significado do sonho: os três ramos representam três dias. 13 Dentro de três dias, o faraó o elevará de volta ao seu cargo de chefe dos copeiros. 14 Quando a situação estiver bem para você, peço que se lembre de mim. Fale de mim ao faraó, para que ele me tire deste lugar, 15 pois fui trazido à força da minha terra natal, a terra dos hebreus, e agora estou nesta prisão, onde fui lançado sem motivo justo".
16 Ao ouvir a interpretação favorável de José para o primeiro sonho, o chefe dos padeiros lhe disse: "Também tive um sonho. Nele, havia três cestos de pães brancos empilhados sobre a minha cabeça. 17 No cesto de cima, havia pães e doces de todo tipo para o faraó, mas as aves vieram e comeram do cesto que estava sobre a minha cabeça".
18 José lhe disse: "Este é o significado do sonho: os três cestos também representam três dias. 19 Dentro de três dias, o faraó pendurará sua cabeça em um poste, e as aves comerão sua carne".
20 Três dias depois, era o aniversário do faraó, e ele preparou um banquete para todos os seus oficiais e funcionários. Convocou o chefe dos copeiros e o chefe dos padeiros para comparecerem à festa. 21 Elevou o chefe dos copeiros de volta a seu cargo, para que voltasse a entregar o copo ao faraó. 22 Quanto ao chefe dos padeiros, mandou enforcá-lo, como José havia previsto ao interpretar o sonho dele. 23 O chefe dos copeiros, porém, se esqueceu completamente de José e não pensou mais nele.
1 And 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.
2 And Pharaoh was angry against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered to them. And they continued a season in ward.
5 And 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.
6 And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Why do ye look so sad today?
8 And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no man who can interpret it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me.
10 And in the vine were three branches. And it was as though it budded, [and] its blossoms shot forth, [and] the clusters of it brought forth ripe grapes.
11 And 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 And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.
13 Within yet three days Pharaoh shall lift up thy head, and restore thee to thine office. And thou shall give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou was his butler.
14 But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, 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 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days.
19 Within yet three days Pharaoh shall lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast to all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler to his butlership 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 butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.