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 at ang Asawa ni Potifar
1Nang dinala na si Jose ng mga Ishmaelita sa Egipto, binili siya ni Potifar na isa sa mga opisyal ng Faraon.39:1 Faraon: o, hari ng Egipto. (Si Potifar ay kapitan ng mga guwardya sa palasyo.)
2Ginagabayan ng Panginoon si Jose, kaya naging matagumpay siya. Doon siya nakatira sa bahay ng amo niyang Egipcio na si Potifar. 3Nakita ni Potifar na ginagabayan ng Panginoon si Jose at pinagpapala sa lahat ng ginagawa niya, 4kayaʼt panatag ang kalooban niya kay Jose. Ginawa niya ito na sarili niyang alipin at tagapamahala ng kanyang sambahayan at ng lahat ng kanyang ari-arian. 5Mula nang panahong si Jose ang namamahala, binasbasan ng Panginoon ang sambahayan ni Potifar na Egipcio at ang lahat ng ari-arian niya sa kanyang bahay at bukirin. Ginawa ito ng Panginoon dahil kay Jose. 6Ipinagkatiwala ni Potifar ang lahat kay Jose at wala na siyang ibang iniintindi maliban na lang sa pagpili ng kakainin niya.
Gwapo si Jose at matipuno ang katawan. 7Hindi nagtagal, nagkagusto sa kanya ang asawa ng kanyang amo. Inakit niya si Jose para sumiping sa kanya.
8Pero tumanggi si Jose. Sinabi niya sa babae, “Pakinggan nʼyo po ako! Ipinagkatiwala po sa akin ng amo ko ang lahat ng kanyang ari-arian kaya hindi na po siya nag-aalaa sa mga gamit dito sa kanyang sambahayan. 9Wala na pong hihigit sa akin sa sambahayang ito. Ipinagkatiwala niya sa akin ang lahat maliban lang sa inyo dahil asawa niya kayo. Kaya hindi ko po magagawang pagtaksilan ang amo ko at magkasala sa Dios.” 10Kahit araw-araw ang pang-aakit ng babae kay Jose na sumiping sa kanya, hindi pa rin siya pumayag.
11Isang araw, pumasok si Jose sa bahay para magtrabaho. Nagkataon na wala kahit isang alipin sa loob ng bahay. 12Hinawakan siya sa damit ng asawa ng amo niya at sinabi, “Sipingan mo ako!” Pero tumakbong palabas ng bahay si Jose, at naiwan ang balabal niya na hawak ng babae.
13Nang makita ng babae na nakalabas si Jose at hawak niya ang balabal nito, 14tinawag niya ang kanyang mga alipin at sinabi, “Tingnan ninyo! Dinalhan tayo rito ng asawa ko ng isang Hebreo para hamakin tayo. Alam nʼyo ba na pumasok siya sa silid ko para pagsamantalahan ako, pero sumigaw ako. 15Kaya tumakbo siya palabas, at naiwan niya ang kanyang balabal.”
16Itinago ng babae ang balabal ni Jose hanggang sa dumating ang kanyang asawa. 17Isinalaysay niya agad sa asawa niya ang nangyari. Sinabi niya, “Ang Hebreong alipin na dinala mo rito ay gusto akong hamakin dahil pumasok siya sa silid ko para pagsamantalahan ako. 18Pero tumakbo siya palabas nang sumigaw ako, at naiwan pa nga ang kanyang balabal.”
19Nang marinig ni Potifar ang salaysay ng kanyang asawa tungkol sa ginawa ni Jose, galit na galit siya. 20Kaya ipinadakip niya si Jose at ipinasok sa bilangguan ng hari.
Pero kahit nasa bilangguan si Jose, 21ginagabayan pa rin siya ng Panginoon. At dahil sa kabutihan ng Panginoon, panatag ang loob ng tagapamahala ng bilangguan kay Jose. 22Kaya ipinagkatiwala niya kay Jose ang pamamahala sa lahat ng bilanggo at ang lahat ng gawain sa bilangguan. 23Hindi nag-aalala ang tagapamahala ng bilangguan sa mga bagay na ipinagkatiwala niya kay Jose, dahil ginagabayan ng Panginoon si Jose at pinagpapala sa lahat ng ginagawa niya.
