40:1 The Egyptian king’s waiter
and
the king’s baker
offended
the king.
40:2 Pharaoh was angered
by
the chief waiter
and
the chief baker.
40:3 So he had them both jailed
in
the prison of the chief warden
the
same place Joseph was jailed.
40:4 The chief warden had them
assigned
to Joseph
who
attended after them.
They
remained in custody for a year.
40:5 Both the men each dreamed
the
same dream on the same night.
Both
the king’s baker
and
the king’s waiter
tried
to interpret their dream
while
in the prison.
40:6 Joseph saw them
the
next morning.
They
were both saddened.
40:7 So he asked Pharaoh's servants
who
were with him in the prison
why
they look so saddened today?
40:8 They told him
they
both had dreams
but
no one understood their dreams.
Then
Joseph said to them:
Doesn’t
meaning belong to God?
Tell
me your dreams.
40:9 So the chief butler
told
Joseph his dream:
In
my dream I saw a vine before me.
40:10 On the vine
there
were three branches.
Once
it budded
the
blossoms came forth
and
its clusters
brought
forth ripe grapes.
40:11 Then Pharaoh's cup
was
in my hand
and
I took the grapes
and
pressed them
into
Pharaoh's cup
and
gave the cup to him.
40:12 Joseph said to him:
Here
is the meaning:
The
three branches are three days.
40:13 In three days
Pharaoh
will lift you up
and
restore you to your position.
and
you serve Pharaoh in hand
just
as you did as his waiter.
40:14 But remember me
when
you are restored.
Please
show me some kindness.
Make
mention of me to Pharaoh
and
get me out of this prison.
40:15 I was kidnapped
from
the land of the Hebrews
and
did nothing to deserve
being
put in a dungeon.
40:16 When the chief baker understood
that
Joseph understood the dream
he
told Joseph
that
he too had a dream:
On
top of my head
were
three white baskets.
40:17 The top basket
contained
baked goods for Pharaoh.
But
the birds ate them
from
the basket on my head.
40:18 Joseph told him:
This
is the dream’s meaning:
The
three baskets
are
three days.
40:19 In three days
Pharaoh
will lift you
and
hang you from a tree.
Then
the birds
will
eat your body’s flesh.
40:20 Once the third day arrived
it
was Pharaoh's birthday.
He
held a feast for all his staff.
He
lifted up the chief waiter
and
the chief baker before the staff.
40:21 He restored the chief waiter
to
his role and he once again
brought
the cup to Pharaoh.
40:22 But he hanged the chief baker
just
as Joseph had said
in
his interpretation.
40:23 Yet the chief waiter
never
remembered Joseph.
Instead
he forgot all about him.
