1Mucho tiempo después, el jefe de los panaderos y el jefe de los coperos que servían al rey de Egipto, hicieron algo que lo ofendió.2-3Por eso, el faraón se enojó con ellos y los mandó a la misma cárcel en donde estaba José, es decir, en la casa del capitán de la guardia.4Estuvieron presos un buen tiempo, y el capitán de la guardia designó a José para que los atendiera.5Cierta noche cada uno de ellos tuvo un sueño.6A la mañana siguiente José los notó tristes y deprimidos.7―¿Qué les pasa? ¿Por qué están tan tristes? —les preguntó.8Ellos le contestaron: ―Cada uno de nosotros tuvo un sueño anoche, y no hay quién nos interprete los sueños.9-10El primero en contar su sueño fue el jefe de los coperos: ―En mi sueño vi una vid con tres ramas que brotaron, florecieron y luego dieron racimos de uva madura.11Yo tenía la copa del faraón, Entonces tomé las uvas y las exprimí en la copa del faraón y se la serví.12José entonces le dijo: ―Esta es la interpretación del sueño: Las tres ramas son tres días.13Dentro de tres días el faraón te va a sacar de la cárcel y te pondrá nuevamente en tu cargo de copero.14Por favor, apiádate de mí cuando hayas vuelto a gozar del favor del faraón, y pídele que me saque de aquí.15Yo soy un hebreo que fue raptado de su tierra, y ahora estoy en la cárcel sin haber hecho nada para merecer este castigo.16Cuando el jefe de los panaderos vio que el primer sueño tenía un significado tan bueno, también le contó su sueño a José. ―En mi sueño llevaba tres canastos de pan sobre la cabeza.17El canasto de encima estaba lleno de deliciosos productos de pastelería, hechos especialmente para el faraón. Pero vinieron las aves y se los comieron.18―Los tres canastos son tres días —le dijo José—.19De aquí a tres días, el faraón te quitará la cabeza, colgará tu cuerpo de un madero, y las aves comerán tus carnes.20Tres días más tarde, el faraón hizo una fiesta para celebrar su cumpleaños. Invitó a todos sus funcionarios y a todo el personal de su palacio. Mandó a buscar al jefe de los coperos y al jefe de los panaderos. Así que los sacaron de la cárcel y los llevaron delante del faraón.21Entonces el faraón colocó de nuevo al jefe de los coperos en su cargo,22pero mandó a ahorcar al jefe de los panaderos, tal como lo había dicho José.23Sin embargo, el jefe de los coperos se olvidó por completo de José.
1Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. (Neh 1:11)2And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,3and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. (Gn 39:20)4The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody.5And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled.7So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” (Neh 2:2)8They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.” (Gn 41:15; Gn 41:16; Dn 2:28; Dn 2:47)9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me,10and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”12Then Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. (Gn 40:18; Gn 41:12; Gn 41:26; Dn 2:36)13In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer. (Gn 40:19; Gn 40:22; 2 R 25:27; Sal 3:3; Jer 52:31)14Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.15For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.” (Gn 37:28; Gn 39:20)16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,17and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.”18And Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. (Gn 40:12)19In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.” (Gn 40:13; Gn 40:22)20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. (Gn 40:13; Gn 40:19; Mt 14:6; Mr 6:21)21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. (Gn 40:13; Neh 2:1)22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. (Gn 40:19)23Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.