Liber Genesis, 40

1. His ita gestis, accidit ut peccarent pincerna regis Aegypti et pistor domino suo.

1. Some time after this, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2. Iratusque pharao contra duos eunuchos, praepositum pincernarum et praepositum pistorum,

2. And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker,

3. misit eos in carcerem principis satellitum, in quo erat vinctus et Ioseph.

3. and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

4. Et princeps satellitum tradidit eos Ioseph, qui ministrabat eis. Aliquantulum temporis illi in custodia tenebantur.

4. The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he waited on them; and they continued for some time in custody.

5. Videruntque ambo somnium nocte una iuxta interpretationem congruam sibi.

5. And one night they both dreamed -- the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison -- each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning.

6. Ad quos cum introisset Ioseph mane et vidisset eos tristes,

6. When Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, they were troubled.

7. sciscitatus est eos dicens: “Cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra?”.

7. So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why are your faces downcast today?"

8. Qui responderunt: “Somnium vidimus, et non est qui interpretetur nobis”. Dixitque ad eos Ioseph: “Numquid non Dei est interpretatio? Referte mihi quid videritis”.

8. They 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? Tell them to me, I pray you."

9. Narravit praepositus pincernarum somnium suum: “Videbam coram me vitem,

9. So the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream there was a vine before me,

10. in qua erant tres propagines, crescere paulatim in gemmas et post flores uvas maturescere;

10. and on the vine there were three branches; as soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.

11. calicemque pharaonis in manu mea. Tuli ergo uvas et expressi in calicem, quem tenebam, et tradidi poculum pharaoni”.

11. Pharaoh'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."

12. Respondit Ioseph: “Haec est interpretatio somnii: tres propagines, tres adhuc dies sunt,

12. Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days;

13. post quos elevabit pharao caput tuum et restituet te in gradum pristinum; dabisque ei calicem iuxta officium tuum, sicut facere ante consueveras.

13. within 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 butler.

14. Tantum memento mei, cum tibi bene fuerit, et facias mecum misericordiam, ut suggeras pharaoni, ut educat me de isto carcere;

14. But remember me, when it is well with you, and do me the kindness, I pray you, to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

15. quia furto sublatus sum de terra Hebraeorum et hic innocens in lacum missus sum”.

15. For 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 dungeon."

16. Videns pistorum magister quod somnium in bonum dissolvisset, ait: “Et ego vidi somnium, quod tria canistra farinae haberem super caput meum;

16. When 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,

17. et in uno canistro, quod erat excelsius, portare me ex omnibus cibis pharaonis, qui fiunt arte pistoria, avesque comedere eos”.

17. and 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."

18. Respondit Ioseph: “Haec est interpretatio somnii: tria canistra, tres adhuc dies sunt,

18. And Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

19. post quos auferet pharao caput tuum ac suspendet te in patibulo, et comedent volucres carnes tuas”.

19. within 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."

20. Exinde dies tertius natalicius pharaonis erat; qui faciens grande convivium pueris suis elevavit caput magistri pincernarum et caput pistorum principis in medio puerorum suorum;

20. On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

21. restituitque alterum in locum suum, ut porrigeret ei poculum,

21. He restored the chief butler to his butlership, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand;

22. alterum suspendit in patibulo, sicut interpretatus erat eis Ioseph.

22. but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23. Attamen praepositus pincernarum non est recordatus Ioseph, sed oblitus est interpretis sui.

23. Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.