Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar
1Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar had bought him from the Ishmaelite traders who had taken him there. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh’s officials. He was the captain of the palace guard.
2The Lord was with Joseph. He gave him great success. Joseph lived in Potiphar’s house. 3Joseph’s master saw that the Lord was with him. He saw that the Lord made Joseph successful in everything he did. 4So Potiphar was pleased with Joseph and made him his attendant. He put Joseph in charge of his house. He trusted Joseph to take care of everything he owned. 5From that time on, the Lord blessed Potiphar’s family and servants because of Joseph. He blessed everything Potiphar had in his house and field. 6So Joseph took good care of everything Potiphar owned. With Joseph in charge, Potiphar didn’t have to worry about anything except the food he ate.
Joseph was strong and handsome. 7After a while, his master’s wife noticed Joseph. She said to him, “Come to bed with me!”
8But he refused. “My master has put me in charge,” he told her. “Now he doesn’t have to worry about anything in the house. He trusts me to take care of everything he owns. 9No one in this house is in a higher position than I am. My master hasn’t held anything back from me, except you. You are his wife. So how could I do an evil thing like that? How could I sin against God?” 10She spoke to Joseph day after day. But he told her he wouldn’t go to bed with her. He didn’t even want to be with her.
11One day Joseph went into the house to take care of his duties. None of the family servants was inside. 12Potiphar’s wife grabbed him by his coat. “Come to bed with me!” she said. But he left his coat in her hand. And he ran out of the house.
13She saw that he had left his coat in her hand and had run out of the house. 14So she called her servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew slave has been brought here to make fun of us! He came in here to force me to have sex with him. But I screamed for help. 15He heard my scream. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house.”
16She kept Joseph’s coat with her until Potiphar came home. 17Then she told him her story. She said, “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape me. 18But I screamed for help. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house.”
19Potiphar’s wife told him, “That’s how your slave treated me.” When Joseph’s master heard her story, he became very angry. 20So he put Joseph in prison. It was the place where the king’s prisoners were kept.
While Joseph was there in the prison, 21the Lord was with him. He was kind to him. So the man running the prison was pleased with Joseph. 22He put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners. He made him responsible for everything done there. 23The man who ran the prison didn’t pay attention to anything in Joseph’s care. That’s because the Lord was with Joseph. He gave Joseph success in everything he did.
Si Jose kag ang Asawa ni Potifar
1Karon, sang nadala na si Jose sang mga Ishmaelinhon sa Egipto, ginbaligya siya kay Potifar nga isa sa mga opisyal sang hari sang Egipto.39:1 hari sang Egipto: sa Hebreo, Faraon. (Si Potifar kapitan sang mga guwardya sa palasyo.) 2Gin-ubayan gid sang Ginoo si Jose gani nagmainuswagon siya. Didto siya nag-estar sa balay sang iya agalon nga Egiptohanon nga si Potifar. 3Nakita ni Potifar nga ginaubayan gid sang Ginoo si Jose kag ginapakamaayo sa tanan niya nga ginahimo, 4gani nahulog ang iya buot kay Jose. Ginhimo niya siya nga iya kaugalingon nga kabulig kag manugdumala sang iya panimalay kag sang tanan niya nga pagkabutang. 5Halin sang tion nga si Jose ang nagadumala, ginbendisyunan sang Ginoo ang panimalay ni Potifar nga Egiptohanon kag ang tanan niya nga pagkabutang sa iya balay kag kaumahan. Ginhimo ini sang Ginoo tungod kay Jose. 6Gintugyan ni Potifar ang tanan kay Jose kag wala na siya sing iban nga ginaintiendi kundi ang iya lang nga pagkaon.
Guwapo si Jose kag mabukod ang lawas. 7Sang ulihi, naluyag sa iya ang asawa sang iya agalon. Ginhagad niya si Jose nga maghulid sa iya. 8Pero nagbalibad si Jose. Siling niya sa babayi, “Pamati bala! Gintugyan sa akon sang akon agalon ang tanan niya nga pagkabutang, gani wala na siya nagapalibog sa mga butang diri sa iya panimalay. 9Wala na sing may maglabaw pa sa akon sa sining panimalay. Gintugyan niya sa akon ang tanan magluwas lang sa imo tungod kay asawa niya ikaw. Gani indi ko mahimo nga traiduran ang akon agalon kag magpakasala sa Dios.” 10Bisan adlaw-adlaw ang paghagad sang babayi kay Jose nga maghulid sa iya, wala gid siya magsugot.
11Isa sadto ka adlaw, nagsulod si Jose sa balay agod mag-obra. Natabuan nga wala gid sing bisan isa nga suluguon didto sa sulod sang balay. 12Karon, ginhawiran siya sa bayo sang asawa sang iya agalon kag ginsilingan, “Hulid ka sa akon.” Pero nagdalagan si Jose paguwa sa balay, kag nabilin ang iya bayo sa babayi. 13Sang makita sang babayi nga nagguwa si Jose kag nahawiran niya ang iya bayo, 14gintawag niya ang iya mga suluguon kag nagsiling, “Tan-awa bala ninyo ini! Gindal-an kita diri sang akon bana sing Hebreo agod pakahuy-an kita. Abi ninyo, nagsulod siya sa akon kuwarto agod luguson ako, pero nagsinggit ako. 15Gani nagdalagan siya paguwa, kag nabilin niya ang iya bayo.”
16Gintago sang babayi ang bayo ni Jose hasta nga nag-abot ang iya bana. 17Nanugid siya dayon sa iya bana. Siling niya, “Ang Hebreo nga suluguon nga gindala mo diri luyag niya ako pakahuy-an tungod kay nagsulod siya sa akon kuwarto agod luguson ako. 18Pero sang nagsinggit ako nagdalagan siya paguwa, kag nabilin pa gani ang iya bayo.”
19Pagkabati ni Potifar sa ginsugid sang iya asawa parte sa ginhimo ni Jose, naakig gid siya. 20Gani ginpadakop niya si Jose kag ginsulod sa prisohan sang mga priso sang hari. Pero bisan didto si Jose sa prisohan, 21gin-ubayan gihapon siya sang Ginoo. Kag tungod sa kaayo sang Ginoo, nahulog ang buot sang manugdumala sang prisohan kay Jose. 22Gani gintugyan niya kay Jose ang pagdumala sa tanan nga priso kag sa tanan nga buluhaton sa prisohan. 23Wala na nagapalibog ang manugdumala sang prisohan sa mga butang nga gintugyan niya kay Jose, kay ginaubayan sang Ginoo si Jose kag ginapakamaayo sa tanan niya nga ginahimo.
