Genesis 40

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 It happened some time later that the king of Egypt's cup-bearer and his baker offended their masterthe king of Egypt.	1 While these things were going on, it happened that two eunuchs, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt, and the miller of grain, offended their lord.
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cup-bearer and the chief baker,	2 And Pharaoh, being angry with them, (now the one was in charge of the cupbearers, the other of the millers of grain)
3 and put them in custody in the house of the commander of the guard, in the gaol where Joseph was aprisoner.	3 sent them to the prison of the leader of the military, in which Joseph also was a prisoner.
4 The commander of the guard assigned Joseph to them to attend to their wants, and they remained incustody for some time.	4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, who ministered to them also. Some little time passed by, while they were held in custody.
5 Now both of them had dreams on the same night, each with its own meaning for the cup-bearer andthe baker of the king of Egypt, who were prisoners in the gaol.	5 And they both saw a similar dream on one night, whose interpretations should be related to one another.
6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked gloomy,	6 And when Joseph had entered to them in the morning, and had seen them sad,
7 and he asked the two officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why these sadlooks today?'	7 he consulted them, saying, “Why is your expression sadder today than usual?”
8 They replied, 'We have each had a dream, but there is no one to interpret it.' 'Are not interpretationsGod's business?' Joseph asked them. 'Tel me about them.'	8 They responded, “We have seen a dream, and there is no one to interpret it for us.” And Joseph said to them, “Doesn’t interpretation belong to God? Recount for me what you have seen.”
9 So the chief cup-bearer described his dream to Joseph, tel ing him, 'In my dream there was a vine infront of me.	9 The chief cupbearer explained his dream first. “I saw before me a vine,
10 On the vine were three branches; no sooner had it budded than it blossomed, and its clustersbecame ripe grapes.	10 on which were three shoots, which grew little by little into buds, and, after the flowers, it matured into grapes.
11 I had Pharaoh's cup in my hand; I picked the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and putthe cup into Pharaoh's hand.'	11 And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand. Therefore, I took the grapes, and I pressed them into the cup that I held, and I handed the cup to Pharaoh.”
12 'This is what it means,' Joseph told him. 'The three branches are three days.	12 Joseph responded: “This is the interpretation of the dream. The three shoots are the next three days,
13 In another three days Pharaoh wil lift up your head by restoring you to your position. Then you wilhand Pharaoh his cup, as you did before, when you were his cup-bearer.	13 after which Pharaoh will remember your service, and he will restore you to your former position. And you will give him the cup according to your office, as you were accustomed to do before.
14 But be sure to remember me when things go wel with you, and keep faith with me by kindlyreminding Pharaoh about me, to get me out of this house.	14 Only remember me, when it will be well with you, and do me this mercy, to suggest to Pharaoh to lead me out of this prison.
15 I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews in the first place, and even here I have done nothingto warrant being put in the dungeon.'	15 For I have been stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and here, innocently, I was cast into the pit.”
16 The chief baker, seeing that the interpretation had been favourable, said to Joseph, 'I too had adream; there were three wicker trays on my head.	16 The chief miller of grain, seeing that he had wisely unraveled the dream, said: “I also saw a dream: that I had three baskets of meal above my head,
17 In the top tray there were al kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, such as a baker might make, and thebirds were eating them off the tray on my head.'	17 and in one basket, which was the highest, I carried all foods that are made by the art of baking, and the birds ate from it.”
18 Joseph replied as fol ows, 'This is what it means: the three trays are three days.	18 Joseph responded: “This is the interpretation of the dream. The three baskets are the next three days,
19 In another three days Pharaoh wil lift up your head by hanging you on a gallows, and the birds willeat the flesh off your bones.'	19 after which Pharaoh will carry away your head, and also suspend you from a cross, and the birds will tear your flesh.”
20 And so it happened; the third day was Pharaoh's birthday and he gave a banquet for al his officials.Of his officials he lifted up the head of the chief cup-bearer and the chief baker,	20 The third day thereafter was the birthday of Pharaoh. And making a great feast for his servants, he remembered, during the banquet, the chief cupbearer and the chief miller of grain.
21 the chief cup-bearer by restoring him to his cup-bearing, so that he again handed Pharaoh his cup;	21 And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup;
22 and by hanging the chief baker, as Joseph had explained to them.	22 the other he hanged on a gallows, and thus the truth of the interpreter of dreams was proven.
23 But the chief cup-bearer did not remember Joseph; he had forgotten him.	23 And although he advanced with so much prosperity, the chief cupbearer forgot his interpreter of dreams.