1 و َبَعْدَ سَنَتَينِ رَأى فِرعَوْنُ حُلْماً: كانَ واقِفاً عِندَ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ.

At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.

2 و َرَأى سَبْعَ بَقَراتٍ خارِجاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ. وَكانَتِ البَقَراتُ صَحِيحَةً وَسَمِينَةً. فَرَعَتْ وَأكَلَتْ بَينَ القَصَبِ.

Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.

3 ث ُمَّ خَرَجَتْ سَبْعُ بَقَراتٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ، فَكانَتْ هَزِيلَةً وَبَدَتْ مَرِيضَةً. وَوَقَفَتْ إلَى جانِبِ البَقَراتِ الأُولَى عَلَى ضِفَّةِ النَّهْرِ.

Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.

4 ف َأكَلَتِ البَقَراتُ الهَزِيلَةُ البَقَراتِ الصَّحِيحَةَ السَّمِينَةِ السَّبْعِ. ثُمَّ أفاقَ فِرعَوْنُ.

The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.

5 ث ُمَّ عادَ إلَى النَّوْمِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. وَرَأى حُلْماً آخَرَ. رَأى سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ مِنَ القَمْحِ مَلِيئَةٍ وَجَيِّدَةٍ تَنمُو عَلَى ساقٍ واحِدَةٍ.

He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.

6 ث ُمَّ نَبَتَتْ بَعدَها سَبْعُ سَنابِلَ رَفِيعَةٍ وَمَلْفُوحَةٍ بِالرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ.

Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

7 و َابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنابِلُ الرَّفِيعَةُ السَّنابِلَ المَلِيئَةَ الجَيِّدَةَ. ثُمَّ أفاقَ فِرعَوْنُ، وَإذا هُوَ حُلْمٌ.

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

8 و َفِي الصَّباحِ كانَ فِرعَوْنُ مُنزَعِجَ البالِ. فَأرْسَلَ وَاسْتَدعَى كُلَّ سَحَرَةِ مِصْرَ وَكُلَّ حُكَمائِها. وَأخبَرَهُمْ بِالحُلْمَينِ اللَّذَينِ رَآهُما. لَكِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُما لَهُ.

In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

9 ل َكِنَّ رَئِيسَ السُّقاةِ كَلَّمَ فِرعَوْنَ بَعدَ ذَلِكَ وَقالَ: «أتَذَكَّرُ اليَوْمَ أخطائِي،

Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.

10 و َأتَذَكَّرُ ما حَدَثَ عِندَما غَضِبَ سَيِّدِي فِرعَوْنَ مِنْ خادِمِهِ وَوَضَعَنِي فِي الحَبْسِ، فِي بَيتِ رَئِيسِ الحَرَسِ، أنا وَرَئِيسَ الخَبّازِينَ.

Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.

11 ف َفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ رَأينا نَحْنُ الاثْنَينِ حُلْمَينِ. وَكانَ لِكُلِّ حُلُمٍ مِنها مَعناهُ.

We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

12 و َكانَ مَعَنا شابٌّ عِبْرانِيٌّ، يَعْمَلُ لَدَى رَئِيسِ الحَرَسِ. فَأخبَرْناهُ بِحُلْمَينا، فَفَسَّرَهُما. فَسَّرَ لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنّا مَعْنَى حُلُمِهِ.

There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.

13 و َقَدْ حَدَثَ مَعَنا تَماماً كَما فَسَّرَ لَنا: أنا أُعِدْتُ إلَى وَظِيفَتِي، أمّا الخَبّازُ فَقُطِعَتْ رَأسُهُ.» استدعاءُ يُوسُفَ لتفسيرِ الحُلْمَين

As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”

14 ف َاسْتَدْعَى فِرعَوْنُ يُوسُفَ، فَأحضَرُوهُ مِنَ السِّجْنِ سَريعاً، وَحَلَقُوا لَهُ، وَبَدَّلُوا ثِيابَهُ، وَأحضَرُوهُ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ.

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.

15 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «رَأيتُ حُلْماً، لَكِنْ لَيسَ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ تَفْسِيرَهُ لِي. غَيرَ أنِّي سَمِعْتُ أنَّكَ تَسْمَعُ الأحلامَ فَتُفَسِّرَها عَلَى الفَورِ.»

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

16 ف َقالَ يُوسُفُ: «اللهُ، لا أنا، هُوَ الَّذِي سَيُعطِي فِرعَوْنَ جَواباً شافِياً.»

Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

17 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «كُنْتُ فِي حُلْمِي واقِفاً عَلَى ضِفَّةِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ.

Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:

18 و َفَجأةً خَرَجَتْ سَبْعُ بَقَراتٍ سَميناتٍ وَصَحِيحاتٍ مِنَ النِّيلِ. وَراحَتْ تَرْعَى فِي مَرعَى القَصَبِ.

and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,

19 ث ُمَّ ظَهَرَتْ سَبْعُ بَقَراتٍ أُخْرَى بَعدَها، كانَتْ ضَعِيفَةً وَرَفِيعَةً. لَمْ أرَ قَطُّ بَقَراتٍ أكْثَرَ قُبْحاً مِنْها فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ!

and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

20 ف َالتَهَمَتِ البَقَراتُ الهزِيلاتُ القَبِيحَاتُ البَقَراتِ السَّبْعَ السَّمِينَاتِ الَّتِي رَأيتُها أوَّلاً.

The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,

21 و َبَعدَ أنْ أكَلَتْها، لَمْ يَظهَرْ عَلَيها ما يُشِيرُ إلَى أنَّها أكَلَتْها، بَلْ بَقِيَتْ قَبِيحَةً كَما كانَتْ فِي البِدايَةِ. ثُمَّ اسْتَيقَظْتُ.

and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 « ثُمَّ رَأيتُ فِي حُلْمٍ آخَرَ سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ مِنَ القَمْحِ تَنمُو عَلَى ساقٍ واحِدَةٍ. وَكانَتْ مَلِيئَةً وَجَيِّدَةً.

I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good:

23 ث ُمَّ نَبَتَتْ بَعدَها سَبْعُ سَنابِلَ أُخْرَى ذاوِيَةٍ وَرَفِيعَةٍ كأنَّ ريحاً شَرقِيَّةً قَدْ لَفَحَتْها.

and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

24 ث ُمَّ ابتَلَعَتِ السَّنابِلُ السَّبْعُ الرَّفِيعَةُ السَّنابِلَ السَّبْعَ الجَيِّدَةَ. وَقَدْ أخبَرْتُ سَحَرَتِي بِحُلْمَيَّ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أنْ يُخبِرَنِي بِمَعْناهِما.» يُوسُفُ يفسّرُ الحُلْمَين

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

25 ف َقالَ يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إنَّ الحُلْمَينِ اللَّذينِ رَآهُما فِرعَوْنُ هُما صُورَتانِ لِحُلْمٍ واحِدٍ، وَلَهُما مَعنَىً واحِدٌ. فَقَدْ أعلَنَ اللهُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ ما سَيَفْعَلُهُ قَرِيباً.

Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

26 ف َالبَقَراتُ السَّبْعُ الجَيِّدَةُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ. وَالسَّنابِلُ السَّبْعُ الجَيِّدَةُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ. فَلِلحُلْمَينِ مَعنَىً واحِدٌ.

The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

27 و َالبَقَراتُ السَّبْعُ القَبِيحَةُ الَّتِي خَرَجَتْ بَعدَها هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ. وَالسَّنابِلُ السَّبْعُ الرَّفِيعَةُ المَلْفُوحَةُ بِالرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ الجُوعِ.

The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.

28 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي نَقَلْتُها إلَيكَ: لَقَدْ أعلَنَ اللهُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ ما سَيَفْعَلُهُ قَرِيباً.

That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.

29 ف َها تَأْتِي سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ يَكُونُ فِيها طَعامٌ وَفِيرٌ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

30 ث ُمَّ تَأْتِي بَعْدَها سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ المَجاعَةِ. وَسَيَنْسَى النّاسُ كُلَّ وَفْرَةِ الطَّعامِ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ. وَسَيَقْضِي الجُوعُ عَلَى البِلادِ.

There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

31 و َسَيُنْسَى زَمَنُ الوَفْرَةِ بِسَبَبِ المَجاعَةِ الَّتِي تَلِيهِ، لِأنَّها سَتَكُونُ قاسِيَةً.

and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

32 « وَأمّا القَصْدُ مِنْ تِكْرارِ حُلْمِ فِرعَوْنَ مَرَّتَينِ فَهُوَ هَذا: لَقَدْ قَضَى اللهُ بِهَذا الأمْرِ، وَهُوَ سَيُعَجِّلُ بِحُدُوثِهِ.

The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

33 و َالآنَ لِيَبْحَثْ فِرعَوْنُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ذَكِيٍّ وَحَكِيمٍ وَلْيَجعَلْهُ مُشْرِفاً عَلَى أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

34 و َلْيُعَيِّنْ فِرعَوْنُ مُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى الأرْضِ. وَلْيَأْخُذُوا خُمْسَ مَحْصُولِ الأرْضِ فِي سَنَواتِ الوَفْرَةِ السَّبْعِ.

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years.

35 و َلْيَجمَعُوا كُلَّ طَعامِ هَذِهِ السَّنَواتِ الخَيِّرَةِ القادِمَةِ، وَيُخَزِّنُوا القَمْحَ تَحتَ سُلْطَةِ المَلِكِ وَيَحرُسُوهُ.

Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

36 و َلْيَكُنْ هَذا الطَّعامُ ذَخِيرَةً لِلبِلادِ طَوالَ سَنَواتِ المَجاعَةِ السَّبْعِ الَّتِي سَتَأْتِي عَلَى أرْضِ مِصْرَ. حِينَئِذٍ، لَنْ تَقضِيَ المَجاعَةُ عَلَى البِلادِ.»

The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine.”

37 ف َوافَقَ فِرعَوْنُ وَكُلُّ وُزَرائِهِ عَلَى اقْتِراحِ يُوسُفَ.

The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

38 ث ُمَّ قالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِوُزَرائِهِ: «أينَ لَنا أنْ نَجِدَ رَجُلاً كَهَذا فِيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ؟»

Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”

39 ف َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «بِما أنَّ اللهَ بَيَّنَ لَكَ كُلَّ هَذا، فَإنَّهُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ هُوَ بِذَكائِكَ وَحِكْمَتِكَ.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.

40 ل ِهَذا سَتَكُونُ أنتَ مُشْرِفاً عَلَى كُلِّ بَيتِي. وَكُلُّ شَعبِي سَيُطِيعُونَ أمْرَكَ. وَلا يَعلُو عَلَيكَ أحَدٌ غَيرِي.»

You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”

41 ث ُمَّ قالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «ها قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ مَسْؤُولاً عَنْ كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.»

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

42 و َخَلَعَ فِرعَوْنُ خاتَمَ النَّقْشِ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَأعْطاهُ لِيُوسُفَ. وَألْبَسَهُ ثِياباً كِتّانِيَّةً مُمتازَةً. وَوَضَعَ قِلادَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ حَولَ رَقَبَتِهِ.

Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

43 ث ُمَّ أرْكَبَهُ فِي عَرَبَتِهِ المَلَكِيَّةِ الثّانِيَةِ. وَصاحَ الجُنُودُ أمامَهُ: «أفْسِحُوا الطَّرِيقَ.» وَجَعَلَهُ مَسْؤُولاً عَنْ كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.

44 و َقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «أنا فِرعَوْنَ أمَرْتُ بِألّا يَفْعَلَ أحَدٌ فِي مِصْرَ شَيئاً دُونَ إذْنِكَ.»

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”

45 و َأطلَقَ فِرعَوْنُ عَلَيهِ اسْمَ صَفْناتَ فَعْنِيحَ، وَزَوَّجَهُ أسْناتَ ابْنَةَ فُوطِي فارَعَ كاهِنِ مَدِينَةِ أُونَ. فَصارَ يُوسُفُ مَسْؤُولاً عَنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

46 و َكانَ يُوسُفُ فِي الثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما بَدَأ يَخدِمُ فِرعَوْنَ، مَلِكَ مِصْرَ. خَرَجَ يُوسُفُ مِنْ عِندِ فِرعَوْنَ، وَسافَرَ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 و َأنتَجَتِ الأرْضُ غَلَّةً وَفِيرَةً أثْناءَ سَنَواتِ الخَيرِ السَّبْعِ.

In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.

48 ف َجَمَعَ كُلَّ طَعامِ السَّنَواتِ السَّبْعِ فِي فَتْرَةِ الوَفْرَةِ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ. وَقامَ بِخَزْنِ الطَّعامِ فِي المُدُنِ. خَزَنَ يُوسُفُ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ الطَّعامَ المَأخُوذَ مِنَ الحُقُولِ الَّتِي حَولَها.

He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was around every city, he laid up in the same.

49 ف َخَزَنَ يُوسُفُ قَمْحاً كَثِيراً مِثلَ رَملِ شَواطِئِ البَحْرِ. كانَ القَمْحُ وَفِيراً جِدّاً حَتَّى إنَّهُ تَوَقَّفَ عَنْ حِسابِ كَمِّياتِهِ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يَعُدْ مُمكِناً أنْ تُحسَبَ!

Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

50 و َقَبلَ أنْ تَأْتِيَ سَنَواتُ المَجاعَةِ، رُزِقَ يُوسُفُ بِوَلَدَينِ. وَلَدَتْهُما لَهُ زَوجَتُهُ أسْناتُ، ابْنَةُ فُوطِي فارَعَ كاهِنِ مَدِينَةِ أُونَ.

To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.

51 و َسَمَّى يُوسُفُ بِكْرَهُ مَنَسَّى. إذْ قالَ يُوسُفُ: «لَقَدْ أنسانِي اللهُ كُلَّ ضِيقِي هُنا وَكُلَّ بَيتِ أبِي.»

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”

52 و َسَمَّى ابْنَهُ الثّانِيَ أفْرايِمَ. فَقَدْ قالَ: «أعطانِي اللهُ أبْناءً فِي أرْضِ ضِيقاتِي.» بَدءُ المجاعة

The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

53 ث ُمَّ انتَهَتْ سَنَواتُ الوَفْرَةِ السَّبعُ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

54 و َبَدَأتْ سَنَواتُ المَجاعَةِ، تَماماً كَما قالَ يُوسُفُ. كانَتِ المَجاعَةُ فِي كُلِّ الأقْطارِ. أمّا فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ فَكانَ هُناكَ طَعامٌ.

The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 و َصارَ الطَّعامُ شَحيحاً فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّها. وَبَدَأ النَّاسُ يَصْرُخُونَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ طالِبِينَ طَعاماً. فَكانَ فِرعَوْنُ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ: «اذْهَبُوا إلَى يُوسُفَ. وَافعَلُوا ما يَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ.»

When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”

56 و َلَمّا سَادَتِ المَجاعَةُ فِي مِصْرَ كُلِّها، فَتَحَ يُوسُفُ مَخازِنَ القَمْحِ. وَباعَ القَمْحَ لِلمِصْرِيِّينَ. إذْ كانَتِ المَجاعَةُ قاسِيَةً فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

57 و َجاءَ النّاسُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أطْرافِ الأرْضِ إلَى يُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ لِيَشْتَرُوا قَمْحاً. فَقَدْ كانَتِ المَجاعَةُ قاسِيَةً فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ.

All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.