1Nogen tid senere skete det, at kongen blev vred på sin hofbager og sin mundskænk.2Han blev så vred,3at han satte dem i fængsel, det samme fængsel, hvor Josef var.4De sad inde i nogen tid, og fængselsinspektøren satte Josef til at have opsyn med dem.5En nat havde både hofbageren og mundskænken en drøm, og hver drøm havde sin egen betydning.6Næste morgen, da Josef kom ind til dem, bemærkede han, at de to mænd virkede mere mismodige end normalt.7„Hvorfor er I så triste i dag?” spurgte han.8„Vi havde nogle underlige drømme i nat,” forklarede de, „men der er ingen, som kan tyde dem for os.” „Drømmetydning er Guds sag!” sagde Josef. „Fortæl mig, hvad I drømte.”9Først fortalte mundskænken sin drøm: „I drømmen så jeg en vinstok.10Den havde tre grene, som begyndte at skyde knopper, og senere fik den blomster. Snart var der også klaser af modne druer på den.11Jeg stod med Faraos vinbæger i hånden, så jeg tog drueklaserne og pressede saften ud i bægeret, og rakte det til Farao.”12„Jeg ved godt, hvad den drøm betyder,” sagde Josef. „De tre grene betyder tre dage.13Inden tre dage vil Farao føre dig ud af fængslet og give dig dit gamle job tilbage, så du igen rækker ham bægeret som før, da du var hans mundskænk.14Når det så går dig godt igen, vil jeg bede dig om at huske mig og lægge et godt ord ind for mig hos Farao, så jeg kan komme ud herfra.15Jeg har ikke gjort noget forkert. Jeg blev kidnappet fra hebræernes land, og her i Egypten har jeg heller ikke gjort noget, man kunne sætte mig i fængsel for.”16Da hofbageren hørte den positive tydning af den første drøm, fortalte han også sin drøm til Josef. „I drømmen bar jeg tre kurve med brød på hovedet,” sagde han.17„I den øverste kurv var der alle mulige slags bagværk til Faraos bord, men fuglene kom og spiste det hele!”18„Nu skal jeg sige dig, hvad den drøm betyder,” sagde Josef. „De tre kurve betyder tre dage.19Inden tre dage vil Farao føre dig ud af fængslet—men så vil han hugge hovedet af dig og hænge dig op på en pæl, så fuglene kan komme og æde din krop.”20To* dage efter var det Faraos fødselsdag, og han holdt en fest for sine hoffolk. Da lod han sin mundskænk og sin hofbager komme ud fra fængslet.21Mundskænken fik sit tidligere embede tilbage, så han igen rakte Farao bægeret.22Men bageren lod han henrette, som Josef havde forudsagt.23Mundskænken glemte imidlertid alt om Josef i fængslet.
English Standard Version
Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams
1Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt.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.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?”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.”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.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.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.”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.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.”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.21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.23Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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