Genesis 40

1After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.

His ita gestis, accidit ut peccarent duo eunuchi, pincerna regis Ægypti, et pistor, domino suo.

2And Pharao being angry with them, (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker,)

Iratusque contra eos Pharao (nam alter pincernis præerat, alter pistoribus),

3He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

misit eos in carcerem principis militum, in quo erat vinctus et Joseph.

4But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

At custos carceris tradidit eos Joseph, qui et ministrabat eis: aliquantulum temporis fluxerat, et illi in custodia tenebantur.

5And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

Videruntque ambo somnium nocte una, juxta interpretationem congruam sibi:

6And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad,

ad quos cum introisset Joseph mane, et vidisset eos tristes,

7He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?

sciscitatus est eos, dicens: Cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra?

8They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed:

Qui responderunt: Somnium vidimus, et non est qui interpretetur nobis. Dixitque ad eos Joseph: Numquid non Dei est interpretatio? referte mihi quid videritis.

9The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

Narravit prior, præpositus pincernarum, somnium suum: Videbam coram me vitem,

10On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:

in qua erant tres propagines, crescere paulatim in gemmas, et post flores uvas maturescere:

11And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.

calicemque Pharaonis in manu mea: tuli ergo uvas, et expressi in calicem quem tenebam, et tradidi poculum Pharaoni.

12Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:

Respondit Joseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: tres propagines, tres adhuc dies sunt:

13After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou was wont to do.

post quos recordabitur Pharao ministerii tui, et restituet te in gradum pristinum: dabisque ei calicem juxta officium tuum, sicut ante facere consueveras.

14Only remember me when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:

Tantum memento mei, cum bene tibi fuerit, et facias mecum misericordiam: ut suggeras Pharaoni ut educat me de isto carcere:

15For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

quia furto sublatus sum de terra Hebræorum, et hic innocens in lacum missus sum.

16The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:

Videns pistorum magister quod prudenter somnium dissolvisset, ait: Et ego vidi somnium: quod tria canistra farinæ haberem super caput meum:

17And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.

et in uno canistro quod erat excelsius, portare me omnes cibos qui fiunt arte pistoria, avesque comedere ex eo.

18Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets, are yet three days:

Respondit Joseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: tria canistra, tres adhuc dies sunt:

19After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

post quos auferet Pharao caput tuum, ac suspendet te in cruce, et lacerabunt volucres carnes tuas.

20The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.

Exinde dies tertius natalitius Pharaonis erat: qui faciens grande convivium pueris suis, recordatus est inter epulas magistri pincernarum, et pistorum principis.

21And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup:

Restituitque alterum in locum suum, ut porrigeret ei poculum:

22The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

alterum suspendit in patibulo, ut conjectoris veritas probaretur.

23But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.

Et tamen succedentibus prosperis, præpositus pincernarum oblitus est interpretis sui.