1 A fter two years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
وَبَعْدَ سَنَتَينِ رَأى فِرعَوْنُ حُلْماً: كانَ واقِفاً عِندَ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ.
2 A nd he saw seven cows coming out of the Nile. They were good-looking and fat, and they ate the grass beside the river.
وَرَأى سَبْعَ بَقَراتٍ خارِجاتٍ مِنَ النَّهْرِ. وَكانَتِ البَقَراتُ صَحِيحَةً وَسَمِينَةً. فَرَعَتْ وَأكَلَتْ بَينَ القَصَبِ.
3 T hen he saw seven other cows coming out of the Nile after them. They looked bad and were thin. They stood by the other cows beside the Nile.
ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ سَبْعُ بَقَراتٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ، فَكانَتْ هَزِيلَةً وَبَدَتْ مَرِيضَةً. وَوَقَفَتْ إلَى جانِبِ البَقَراتِ الأُولَى عَلَى ضِفَّةِ النَّهْرِ.
4 T hen the bad looking cows that were thin ate the seven good-looking, fat cows, and Pharaoh awoke.
فَأكَلَتِ البَقَراتُ الهَزِيلَةُ البَقَراتِ الصَّحِيحَةَ السَّمِينَةِ السَّبْعِ. ثُمَّ أفاقَ فِرعَوْنُ.
5 T hen he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. He saw seven heads of grain growing on one stick of grain. They were large and full.
ثُمَّ عادَ إلَى النَّوْمِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. وَرَأى حُلْماً آخَرَ. رَأى سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ مِنَ القَمْحِ مَلِيئَةٍ وَجَيِّدَةٍ تَنمُو عَلَى ساقٍ واحِدَةٍ.
6 T hen he saw seven heads of grain come after them, which were small and made dry by the east wind.
ثُمَّ نَبَتَتْ بَعدَها سَبْعُ سَنابِلَ رَفِيعَةٍ وَمَلْفُوحَةٍ بِالرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ.
7 A nd the small heads of grain ate the seven large, full heads of grain. Then Pharaoh awoke and saw that it was a dream.
وَابْتَلَعَتِ السَّنابِلُ الرَّفِيعَةُ السَّنابِلَ المَلِيئَةَ الجَيِّدَةَ. ثُمَّ أفاقَ فِرعَوْنُ، وَإذا هُوَ حُلْمٌ.
8 S o when morning came his spirit was troubled. He called for all the wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams. But there was no one who could tell Pharaoh the meaning of them.
وَفِي الصَّباحِ كانَ فِرعَوْنُ مُنزَعِجَ البالِ. فَأرْسَلَ وَاسْتَدعَى كُلَّ سَحَرَةِ مِصْرَ وَكُلَّ حُكَمائِها. وَأخبَرَهُمْ بِالحُلْمَينِ اللَّذَينِ رَآهُما. لَكِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ مَنْ يُفَسِّرُهُما لَهُ.
9 T hen the head cup-carrier said to Pharaoh, “I remember today what I have done wrong.
لَكِنَّ رَئِيسَ السُّقاةِ كَلَّمَ فِرعَوْنَ بَعدَ ذَلِكَ وَقالَ: «أتَذَكَّرُ اليَوْمَ أخطائِي،
10 P haraoh was angry with his servants. And he put me and the head bread-maker in prison in the house of the head of the soldiers.
وَأتَذَكَّرُ ما حَدَثَ عِندَما غَضِبَ سَيِّدِي فِرعَوْنَ مِنْ خادِمِهِ وَوَضَعَنِي فِي الحَبْسِ، فِي بَيتِ رَئِيسِ الحَرَسِ، أنا وَرَئِيسَ الخَبّازِينَ.
11 H e and I had a dream on the same night. Each dream had its own meaning.
فَفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ رَأينا نَحْنُ الاثْنَينِ حُلْمَينِ. وَكانَ لِكُلِّ حُلُمٍ مِنها مَعناهُ.
12 A young Hebrew was there with us. He worked for the head of the soldiers. We told our dreams to him. And he told us the meaning of them. He told each of us what our different dreams meant.
وَكانَ مَعَنا شابٌّ عِبْرانِيٌّ، يَعْمَلُ لَدَى رَئِيسِ الحَرَسِ. فَأخبَرْناهُ بِحُلْمَينا، فَفَسَّرَهُما. فَسَّرَ لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنّا مَعْنَى حُلُمِهِ.
13 A nd it happened just like he had said it would. I was returned to my place of work. The bread-maker was killed on a tree.”
وَقَدْ حَدَثَ مَعَنا تَماماً كَما فَسَّرَ لَنا: أنا أُعِدْتُ إلَى وَظِيفَتِي، أمّا الخَبّازُ فَقُطِعَتْ رَأسُهُ.» استدعاءُ يُوسُفَ لتفسيرِ الحُلْمَين
14 P haraoh then called for Joseph. And they brought him out of the prison in a hurry. He cut off the hair on his face and put on clean clothes. Then he came to Pharaoh.
فَاسْتَدْعَى فِرعَوْنُ يُوسُفَ، فَأحضَرُوهُ مِنَ السِّجْنِ سَريعاً، وَحَلَقُوا لَهُ، وَبَدَّلُوا ثِيابَهُ، وَأحضَرُوهُ إلَى فِرعَوْنَ.
15 P haraoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream. But no one can tell me what it means. I have heard it said that you are able to hear a dream and tell what it means.”
فَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «رَأيتُ حُلْماً، لَكِنْ لَيسَ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ تَفْسِيرَهُ لِي. غَيرَ أنِّي سَمِعْتُ أنَّكَ تَسْمَعُ الأحلامَ فَتُفَسِّرَها عَلَى الفَورِ.»
16 J oseph answered Pharaoh, “Not by myself. God will give Pharaoh a good answer.”
فَقالَ يُوسُفُ: «اللهُ، لا أنا، هُوَ الَّذِي سَيُعطِي فِرعَوْنَ جَواباً شافِياً.»
17 S o Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, I was standing beside the Nile.
فَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «كُنْتُ فِي حُلْمِي واقِفاً عَلَى ضِفَّةِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ.
18 I saw seven cows coming out of the Nile. They were fat and good-looking, and they ate the grass beside the river.
وَفَجأةً خَرَجَتْ سَبْعُ بَقَراتٍ سَميناتٍ وَصَحِيحاتٍ مِنَ النِّيلِ. وَراحَتْ تَرْعَى فِي مَرعَى القَصَبِ.
19 T hen I saw seven other cows coming after them. They looked bad and were thin. I had never seen worse cows in all the land of Egypt.
ثُمَّ ظَهَرَتْ سَبْعُ بَقَراتٍ أُخْرَى بَعدَها، كانَتْ ضَعِيفَةً وَرَفِيعَةً. لَمْ أرَ قَطُّ بَقَراتٍ أكْثَرَ قُبْحاً مِنْها فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ!
20 T hen the bad looking cows that were thin ate the first seven fat cows.
فَالتَهَمَتِ البَقَراتُ الهزِيلاتُ القَبِيحَاتُ البَقَراتِ السَّبْعَ السَّمِينَاتِ الَّتِي رَأيتُها أوَّلاً.
21 B ut after they had eaten them, it could not be seen that they had eaten them. For they were just as bad looking as before. Then I awoke.
وَبَعدَ أنْ أكَلَتْها، لَمْ يَظهَرْ عَلَيها ما يُشِيرُ إلَى أنَّها أكَلَتْها، بَلْ بَقِيَتْ قَبِيحَةً كَما كانَتْ فِي البِدايَةِ. ثُمَّ اسْتَيقَظْتُ.
22 I saw also in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stick of grain. They were large and full.
«ثُمَّ رَأيتُ فِي حُلْمٍ آخَرَ سَبْعَ سَنابِلَ مِنَ القَمْحِ تَنمُو عَلَى ساقٍ واحِدَةٍ. وَكانَتْ مَلِيئَةً وَجَيِّدَةً.
23 T hen I saw seven heads of grain come after them. They were small and were dry because of the east wind.
ثُمَّ نَبَتَتْ بَعدَها سَبْعُ سَنابِلَ أُخْرَى ذاوِيَةٍ وَرَفِيعَةٍ كأنَّ ريحاً شَرقِيَّةً قَدْ لَفَحَتْها.
24 T he small heads of grain ate the seven good heads of grain. Then I told it to the wise men. But there was no one who could tell me what it means.”
ثُمَّ ابتَلَعَتِ السَّنابِلُ السَّبْعُ الرَّفِيعَةُ السَّنابِلَ السَّبْعَ الجَيِّدَةَ. وَقَدْ أخبَرْتُ سَحَرَتِي بِحُلْمَيَّ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أنْ يُخبِرَنِي بِمَعْناهِما.» يُوسُفُ يفسّرُ الحُلْمَين
25 J oseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams are one and the same. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
فَقالَ يُوسُفُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إنَّ الحُلْمَينِ اللَّذينِ رَآهُما فِرعَوْنُ هُما صُورَتانِ لِحُلْمٍ واحِدٍ، وَلَهُما مَعنَىً واحِدٌ. فَقَدْ أعلَنَ اللهُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ ما سَيَفْعَلُهُ قَرِيباً.
26 T he seven good cows are seven years. And the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dreams are one and the same.
فَالبَقَراتُ السَّبْعُ الجَيِّدَةُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ. وَالسَّنابِلُ السَّبْعُ الجَيِّدَةُ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ. فَلِلحُلْمَينِ مَعنَىً واحِدٌ.
27 T he seven bad looking cows that are thin that came up after them are seven years. And the seven small heads of grain made dry by the east wind mean seven years without food.
وَالبَقَراتُ السَّبْعُ القَبِيحَةُ الَّتِي خَرَجَتْ بَعدَها هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ. وَالسَّنابِلُ السَّبْعُ الرَّفِيعَةُ المَلْفُوحَةُ بِالرِّيحِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ هِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ الجُوعِ.
28 I t is as I have said to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
هَذِهِ هِيَ الرِّسالَةُ الَّتِي نَقَلْتُها إلَيكَ: لَقَدْ أعلَنَ اللهُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ ما سَيَفْعَلُهُ قَرِيباً.
29 S even years are coming when there will be much food in all the land of Egypt.
فَها تَأْتِي سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ يَكُونُ فِيها طَعامٌ وَفِيرٌ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.
30 B ut after them will come seven years when there will be no food. The time of much food will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The time of no food will destroy the land.
ثُمَّ تَأْتِي بَعْدَها سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ المَجاعَةِ. وَسَيَنْسَى النّاسُ كُلَّ وَفْرَةِ الطَّعامِ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ. وَسَيَقْضِي الجُوعُ عَلَى البِلادِ.
31 T he time without food will be so hard that no one in the land will remember when they had much.
وَسَيُنْسَى زَمَنُ الوَفْرَةِ بِسَبَبِ المَجاعَةِ الَّتِي تَلِيهِ، لِأنَّها سَتَكُونُ قاسِيَةً.
32 T hat the dream was sent twice to Pharaoh shows that what will happen is planned by God. And God will make it happen soon.
«وَأمّا القَصْدُ مِنْ تِكْرارِ حُلْمِ فِرعَوْنَ مَرَّتَينِ فَهُوَ هَذا: لَقَدْ قَضَى اللهُ بِهَذا الأمْرِ، وَهُوَ سَيُعَجِّلُ بِحُدُوثِهِ.
33 “ So now let Pharaoh look for a man who is understanding and wise. Let the land of Egypt be put into his care.
وَالآنَ لِيَبْحَثْ فِرعَوْنُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ذَكِيٍّ وَحَكِيمٍ وَلْيَجعَلْهُ مُشْرِفاً عَلَى أرْضِ مِصْرَ.
34 L et Pharaoh take action to choose men to watch over the land. And let him take a fifth part of the food of the land of Egypt during the seven years of much food.
وَلْيُعَيِّنْ فِرعَوْنُ مُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى الأرْضِ. وَلْيَأْخُذُوا خُمْسَ مَحْصُولِ الأرْضِ فِي سَنَواتِ الوَفْرَةِ السَّبْعِ.
35 L et them gather all the food of these good years that are coming. Have them store the grain under the power of Pharaoh, to be used as food in the cities. And let them keep it safe.
وَلْيَجمَعُوا كُلَّ طَعامِ هَذِهِ السَّنَواتِ الخَيِّرَةِ القادِمَةِ، وَيُخَزِّنُوا القَمْحَ تَحتَ سُلْطَةِ المَلِكِ وَيَحرُسُوهُ.
36 T his food will be kept for the people to eat during the seven years of no food that will come upon the land of Egypt. This way the land will not be destroyed during the time without food.” Joseph Made Ruler over Egypt
وَلْيَكُنْ هَذا الطَّعامُ ذَخِيرَةً لِلبِلادِ طَوالَ سَنَواتِ المَجاعَةِ السَّبْعِ الَّتِي سَتَأْتِي عَلَى أرْضِ مِصْرَ. حِينَئِذٍ، لَنْ تَقضِيَ المَجاعَةُ عَلَى البِلادِ.»
37 T he plan pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.
فَوافَقَ فِرعَوْنُ وَكُلُّ وُزَرائِهِ عَلَى اقْتِراحِ يُوسُفَ.
38 T hen Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, who has in him the Spirit of God?”
ثُمَّ قالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِوُزَرائِهِ: «أينَ لَنا أنْ نَجِدَ رَجُلاً كَهَذا فِيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ؟»
39 S o Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all this, there is no one as understanding and wise as you are.
فَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «بِما أنَّ اللهَ بَيَّنَ لَكَ كُلَّ هَذا، فَإنَّهُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ هُوَ بِذَكائِكَ وَحِكْمَتِكَ.
40 M y house will be put in your care. And all my people will do as you say. Only on the throne will I be greater than you.”
لِهَذا سَتَكُونُ أنتَ مُشْرِفاً عَلَى كُلِّ بَيتِي. وَكُلُّ شَعبِي سَيُطِيعُونَ أمْرَكَ. وَلا يَعلُو عَلَيكَ أحَدٌ غَيرِي.»
41 P haraoh said to Joseph, “See, I have put you in power over all the land of Egypt.”
ثُمَّ قالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «ها قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ مَسْؤُولاً عَنْ كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.»
42 T hen Pharaoh took the ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand. He dressed him in clothes of fine cloth. He put a gold chain around his neck.
وَخَلَعَ فِرعَوْنُ خاتَمَ النَّقْشِ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَأعْطاهُ لِيُوسُفَ. وَألْبَسَهُ ثِياباً كِتّانِيَّةً مُمتازَةً. وَوَضَعَ قِلادَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ حَولَ رَقَبَتِهِ.
43 H e had him travel in his second wagon of honor. And they called out in front of him, “Bow down!” Pharaoh put him in power over all the land of Egypt.
ثُمَّ أرْكَبَهُ فِي عَرَبَتِهِ المَلَكِيَّةِ الثّانِيَةِ. وَصاحَ الجُنُودُ أمامَهُ: «أفْسِحُوا الطَّرِيقَ.» وَجَعَلَهُ مَسْؤُولاً عَنْ كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.
44 P haraoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh. But unless it is your will, no one will raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
وَقالَ فِرعَوْنُ لِيُوسُفَ: «أنا فِرعَوْنَ أمَرْتُ بِألّا يَفْعَلَ أحَدٌ فِي مِصْرَ شَيئاً دُونَ إذْنِكَ.»
45 T hen Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphenath-paneah. He gave him for a wife Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera who was the religious leader of On. So Joseph went out through the land of Egypt.
وَأطلَقَ فِرعَوْنُ عَلَيهِ اسْمَ صَفْناتَ فَعْنِيحَ، وَزَوَّجَهُ أسْناتَ ابْنَةَ فُوطِي فارَعَ كاهِنِ مَدِينَةِ أُونَ. فَصارَ يُوسُفُ مَسْؤُولاً عَنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.
46 J oseph was thirty years old when he stood in front of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went from Pharaoh to visit every part of Egypt.
وَكانَ يُوسُفُ فِي الثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما بَدَأ يَخدِمُ فِرعَوْنَ، مَلِكَ مِصْرَ. خَرَجَ يُوسُفُ مِنْ عِندِ فِرعَوْنَ، وَسافَرَ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ مِصْرَ.
47 D uring the seven good years the land brought much food.
وَأنتَجَتِ الأرْضُ غَلَّةً وَفِيرَةً أثْناءَ سَنَواتِ الخَيرِ السَّبْعِ.
48 S o he gathered into the cities all the food of these seven years when there was much in the land of Egypt. He put into each city the food from the fields around it.
فَجَمَعَ 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.
49 J oseph gathered as much grain as the sand of the sea. The time came when he stopped trying to know how much there was. Joseph’s Two Sons
فَخَزَنَ يُوسُفُ قَمْحاً كَثِيراً مِثلَ رَملِ شَواطِئِ البَحْرِ. كانَ القَمْحُ وَفِيراً جِدّاً حَتَّى إنَّهُ تَوَقَّفَ عَنْ حِسابِ كَمِّياتِهِ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يَعُدْ مُمكِناً أنْ تُحسَبَ!
50 T wo sons were born to Joseph before the years without food came. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the religious leader of On, gave birth to them.
وَقَبلَ أنْ تَأْتِيَ سَنَواتُ المَجاعَةِ، رُزِقَ يُوسُفُ بِوَلَدَينِ. وَلَدَتْهُما لَهُ زَوجَتُهُ أسْناتُ، ابْنَةُ فُوطِي فارَعَ كاهِنِ مَدِينَةِ أُونَ.
51 J oseph gave the first-born the name Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all those of my father’s house.”
وَسَمَّى يُوسُفُ بِكْرَهُ مَنَسَّى. إذْ قالَ يُوسُفُ: «لَقَدْ أنسانِي اللهُ كُلَّ ضِيقِي هُنا وَكُلَّ بَيتِ أبِي.»
52 H e gave the second son the name of Ephraim. “For,” he said, “God has given me children in the land of my suffering.”
وَسَمَّى ابْنَهُ الثّانِيَ أفْرايِمَ. فَقَدْ قالَ: «أعطانِي اللهُ أبْناءً فِي أرْضِ ضِيقاتِي.» بَدءُ المجاعة
53 T he seven good years of much food in the land of Egypt came to an end.
ثُمَّ انتَهَتْ سَنَواتُ الوَفْرَةِ السَّبعُ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.
54 A nd the seven bad years of no food began, as Joseph had said. No food was growing in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
وَبَدَأتْ سَنَواتُ المَجاعَةِ، تَماماً كَما قالَ يُوسُفُ. كانَتِ المَجاعَةُ فِي كُلِّ الأقْطارِ. أمّا فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ فَكانَ هُناكَ طَعامٌ.
55 S o when all the people of Egypt were hungry, they cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. Do what he tells you.”
وَصارَ الطَّعامُ شَحيحاً فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ كُلِّها. وَبَدَأ النَّاسُ يَصْرُخُونَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ طالِبِينَ طَعاماً. فَكانَ فِرعَوْنُ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ: «اذْهَبُوا إلَى يُوسُفَ. وَافعَلُوا ما يَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ.»
56 W hen the hunger was spreading over all the earth, Joseph opened the store-houses. And he sold food to the Egyptians for the time without food had become hard in the land of Egypt.
وَلَمّا سَادَتِ المَجاعَةُ فِي مِصْرَ كُلِّها، فَتَحَ يُوسُفُ مَخازِنَ القَمْحِ. وَباعَ القَمْحَ لِلمِصْرِيِّينَ. إذْ كانَتِ المَجاعَةُ قاسِيَةً فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.
57 T he people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the time without food was hard everywhere.
وَجاءَ النّاسُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أطْرافِ الأرْضِ إلَى يُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ لِيَشْتَرُوا قَمْحاً. فَقَدْ كانَتِ المَجاعَةُ قاسِيَةً فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ.