| 創世紀 | Genesis |
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| 1這些事以後，埃及王的司酒和司廚得罪了他們的主人埃及王。 | 1Some time afterward, the royal cupbearer and baker gave offense to their lord, the king of Egypt. |
| 2法郎於是對那兩個內臣，司酒長和司廚長發了怒， | 2Pharaoh was angry with his two courtiers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, |
| 3將他們囚在衛隊長府內的拘留所內，若瑟被囚禁的地方。 | 3and he put them in custody in the house of the chief steward (the same jail where Joseph was confined). |
| 4衛隊長將他們交給若瑟，若瑟就照管他們。他們在拘留所內過了一些時日， | 4The chief steward assigned Joseph to them, and he became their attendant. After they had been in custody for some time, |
| 5那兩個被囚在獄裡的埃及王的司酒和司廚，在同一夜裡，各作了一夢；每人的夢都有它的意義。 | 5the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt who were confined in the jail both had dreams on the same night, each dream with its own meaning. |
| 6早晨若瑟到了他們那裡，見他們面有憂色， | 6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he noticed that they looked disturbed. |
| 7便問那與他同在自己主人府中監獄裡的法郎內臣說：「為什麼你們今天面帶憂色？」 | 7So he asked Pharaoh's courtiers who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?" |
| 8他們回答說：「我們各作了一夢，沒有人能夠解釋。」若瑟對他們說：「解夢不是天主的事嗎？請你們講給我聽！」 | 8They answered him, "We have had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them for us." Joseph said to them, "Surely, interpretations come from God. Please tell the dreams to me." |
| 9司酒長就將自己的夢講給若瑟聽，對他說：「我夢見在我前面有株葡萄樹。 | 9Then the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. "In my dream," he said, "I saw a vine in front of me, |
| 10樹上有三根枝子，剛發芽，就生出了花朵，花朵結了熟葡萄。 | 10and on the vine were three branches. It had barely budded when its blossoms came out, and its clusters ripened into grapes. |
| 11我手拿著法郎的杯，將葡萄擠在法郎的杯中，將杯遞在法郎的手內。」 | 11Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes, pressed them out into his cup, and put it in Pharaoh's hand." |
| 12若瑟對他說：「這夢的意義就是：三根枝子是指的三天。 | 12Joseph said to him: "This is what it means. The three branches are three days; |
| 13三天以內，法郎要高舉你，恢復你的職位；你仍將杯放在法郎的手中，像先前作他司酒時一樣； | 13 within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your post. You will be handing Pharaoh his cup as you formerly used to do when you were his cupbearer. |
| 14但是，當你得志時，請你記得我，望你對我施恩，為我告訴法郎，救我出離這監牢； | 14So if you will still remember, when all is well with you, that I was here with you, please do me the favor of mentioning me to Pharaoh, to get me out of this place. |
| 15因為我不但是由希伯來人地被拐來的，而且在這裡我也沒有做過什麼使他們將我放在這地牢裡的事。」 | 15The truth is that I was kidnaped from the land of the Hebrews, and here I have not done anything for which I should have been put into a dungeon." |
| 16司廚長見他解得吉祥，便對若瑟說：「我也作了一夢，夢見在我的頭上有三筐白餅。 | 16When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given this favorable interpretation, he said to him: "I too had a dream. In it I had three wicker baskets on my head; |
| 17最上面的筐內，有為法郎預備的各種食物，有飛鳥來啄食我頭上筐裡的食物。」 | 17in the top one were all kinds of bakery products for Pharaoh, but the birds were pecking at them out of the basket on my head." |
| 18若瑟回答說：「這夢的意義就是：三筐是指的三天。 | 18Joseph said to him in reply: "This is what it means. The three baskets are three days; |
| 19三天以內，法郎要高舉你，將你懸在木架上，飛鳥要來啄食你的肉。」 | 19within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and have you impaled on a stake, and the birds will be pecking the flesh from your body." |
| 20第三天，適逢法郎的生日，法郎為群臣擺設了盛宴，在群臣中將司酒長和司廚長提出來， | 20And in fact, on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, when he gave a banquet to all his staff, with his courtiers around him, he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and chief baker. |
| 21恢復了司酒長的司酒職，再將杯放在法郎手中； | 21He restored the chief cupbearer to his office, so that he again handed the cup to Pharaoh; |
| 22至於司廚長，卻被懸掛起來，正如若瑟對他們所解釋的。 | 22but the chief baker he impaled-just as Joseph had told them in his interpretation. |
| 23司酒長卻沒有記得若瑟，竟將他忘了。 | 23Yet the chief cupbearer gave no thought to Joseph; he had forgotten him. |
