The Wine Taster and the Baker
1Some time later, the Egyptian king’s baker and wine taster did something their master didn’t like. 2So Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief wine taster and the chief baker. 3He put them in prison in the house of the captain of the palace guard. It was the same prison where Joseph was kept. 4The captain put Joseph in charge of those men. So Joseph took care of them.
Some time passed while they were in prison. 5Then each of the two men had a dream. The men were the Egyptian king’s baker and wine taster. They were being held in prison. Both of them had dreams the same night. Each of their dreams had its own meaning.
6Joseph came to them the next morning. He saw that they were sad. 7They were Pharaoh’s officials, and they were in prison with Joseph in his master’s house. So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8“We both had dreams,” they answered. “But no one can tell us what they mean.”
Then Joseph said to them, “Only God knows what dreams mean. Tell me your dreams.”
9So the chief wine taster told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me. 10There were three branches on the vine. As soon as it budded, it flowered. And bunches of ripe grapes grew on it. 11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand. I took the grapes. I squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup. Then I put the cup in his hand.”
12“Here’s what your dream means,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days. 13In three days Pharaoh will let you out of prison. He’ll give your job back to you. And you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand. That’s what you used to do when you were his wine taster. 14But when everything is going well with you, remember me. Do me a favor. Speak to Pharaoh about me. Get me out of this prison. 15I was taken away from the land of the Hebrews by force. Even here I haven’t done anything to be put in prison for.”
16The chief baker saw that Joseph had given a positive meaning to the wine taster’s dream. So he said to Joseph, “I had a dream too. There were three baskets of bread on my head. 17All kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh were in the top basket. But the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
18“Here’s what your dream means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days. 19In three days Pharaoh will cut your head off. Then he will stick a pole through your body and set the pole up. The birds will eat your flesh.”
20The third day was Pharaoh’s birthday. He had a feast prepared for all his officials. He brought the chief wine taster and the chief baker out of prison. He did it in front of his officials. 21He gave the chief wine taster’s job back to him. Once again the wine taster put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand. 22But Pharaoh had a pole stuck through the chief baker’s body. Then he had the pole set up. Everything happened just as Joseph had told them when he explained their dreams.
23But the chief wine taster didn’t remember Joseph. In fact, he forgot all about him.
يوسف خواب زندانيان را تعبير می‌كند
1-3مدتی پس از زندانی شدن يوسف، فرعون رئيس نانوايان و رئيس ساقيان خود را به زندان انداخت، زيرا خشم او را برانگيخته بودند. آنها را به زندان فوطيفار، رئيس محافظان دربار كه يوسف در آنجا بود انداختند. 4آنها مدت درازی در زندان ماندند و فوطيفار يوسف را به خدمت آنها گماشت. 5يک شب هر دو آنها خواب ديدند. 6صبح روز بعد، يوسف ديد كه آنها ناراحت هستند. 7پس، از آنها پرسيد: «چرا امروز غمگين هستيد؟»
8گفتند: «ديشب ما هر دو خواب ديديم و كسی نيست كه آن را تعبير كند.»
يوسف گفت: «تعبير كردن خوابها كار خداست. به من بگوييد چه خوابهايی ديده‌ايد؟»
9-10اول رئيس ساقيان خوابی را كه ديده بود، چنين تعريف كرد: «ديشب در خواب درخت انگوری را ديدم كه سه شاخه داشت. ناگاه شاخه‌ها شكفتند و خوشه‌های زيادی انگور رسيده دادند. 11من جام شراب فرعون را در دست داشتم، پس خوشه‌های انگور را چيده، در جام فشردم و به او دادم تا بنوشد.»
12يوسف گفت: «تعبير خواب تو اين است: منظور از سه شاخه، سه روز است. 13تا سه روز ديگر فرعون تو را از زندان آزاد كرده، دوباره ساقی خود خواهد ساخت. 14پس خواهش می‌كنم وقتی دوباره مورد لطف او قرار گرفتی، مرا به ياد آور و سرگذشتم را برای فرعون شرح بده و از او خواهش كن تا مرا از اين زندان آزاد كند. 15زيرا مرا كه عبرانی هستم از وطنم دزديده، به اينجا آورده‌اند. حالا هم بدون آنكه مرتكب جرمی شده باشم، مرا در زندان انداخته‌اند.»
16وقتی رئيس نانوايان ديد كه تعبير خواب دوستش خير بود، او نيز خواب خود را برای يوسف بيان كرده، گفت: «در خواب ديدم كه سه سبد پر از نان روی سر خود دارم. 17در سبد بالايی چندين نوع نان برای فرعون گذاشته بودم، اما پرندگان آمده آنها را خوردند.»
18-19يوسف به او گفت: «مقصود از سه سبد، سه روز است. سه روز ديگر فرعون سرت را از تنت جدا كرده، بدنت را به دار می‌آويزد و پرندگان آمده گوشت بدنت را خواهند خورد.»
20سه روز بعد، جشن تولد فرعون بود و به همين مناسبت ضيافتی برای مقامات مملكتی ترتيب داد. او فرستاد تا رئيس ساقيان و رئيس نانوايان را از زندان به حضورش آورند. 21سپس رئيس ساقيان را به كار سابقش گمارد، 22ولی رئيس نانوايان را به دار آويخت، همانطور كه يوسف گفته بود. 23اما رئيس ساقيان يوسف را به ياد نياورد.
