The Cupbearer and the Baker
1Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined. 4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them.
After they had been in custody for some time, 5each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
6When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. 7So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8“We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.”
Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
9So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me, 10and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes. 11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.”
12“This is what it means,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days. 13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. 14But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison. 15I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”
16When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.40:16 Or three wicker baskets 17In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
18“This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days. 19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”
20Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials: 21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand— 22but he impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
約瑟解夢
1後來，埃及王的酒侍和膳司得罪了他們的主人埃及王， 2法老對這兩個臣僕發怒， 3把他們囚禁在護衛長波提乏府內的監牢裡，也就是約瑟被囚的地方。 4護衛長派約瑟去伺候他們。他們在監牢待了一段日子。
5一天晚上，關在監獄中的埃及王的酒侍和膳司兩人都做了夢，他們的夢各有不同的意思。 6第二天早上，約瑟過來見他們神情沮喪， 7就問這兩位同被關在他主人府內的法老臣僕：「你們今天為什麼滿面愁容？」 8他們回答說：「我們都做了夢，可是沒有人能給我們解夢。」約瑟說：「解夢不是上帝的事嗎？請你們把夢告訴我。」
9酒侍便把自己的夢告訴約瑟，說：「我夢見我前面有一棵葡萄樹， 10樹上有三根枝子，枝子發芽開花，結出串串成熟的葡萄。 11我手上拿著法老的酒杯，摘下葡萄，把汁擠在酒杯中，然後遞到法老手中。」 12約瑟說：「這夢的意思是，三根枝子代表三天， 13三天之內，法老必讓你出頭並官復原職。你仍要和從前一樣伺候法老飲酒。 14當你再被重用的時候，請你記得恩待我，在法老面前提及我，救我出獄。 15我是從希伯來人那裡被拐來的，無辜被囚在監牢。」
16膳司見夢解得好，就對約瑟說：「我也做了個夢，我夢見自己頭上頂著三筐白餅， 17最上面的一筐裡放著為法老烤製的各種食物，有鳥來吃我頭上筐內的食物。」 18約瑟說：「這夢的意思是，三筐就是三天， 19三天之內，法老必砍下你的頭，把你掛在木頭上，鳥要來吃你的肉。」
20第三天是法老的生日，他宴請文武百官，把酒侍和膳司從監牢裡提出來， 21恢復了酒侍的職位，讓他仍舊伺候自己飲酒， 22卻將膳司掛在木頭上，正應驗了約瑟的話。 23然而，法老的酒侍沒有記念約瑟，竟把他遺忘了。
