40:1 The Egyptian king’s waiter
and the king’s baker
offended the king.
40:2 Pharaoh was angered
by the chief waiter
and the chief baker.
40:3 So he had them both jailed
in the prison of the chief warden
the same place Joseph was jailed.
40:4 The chief warden had them
assigned to Joseph
who attended after them.
They remained in custody for a year.
40:5 Both the men each dreamed
the same dream on the same night.
Both the king’s baker
and the king’s waiter
tried to interpret their dream
while in the prison.
40:6 Joseph saw them
the next morning.
They were both saddened.
40:7 So he asked Pharaoh's servants
who were with him in the prison
why they look so saddened today?
40:8 They told him
they both had dreams
but no one understood their dreams.
Then Joseph said to them:
Doesn’t meaning belong to God?
Tell me your dreams.
40:9 So the chief butler
told Joseph his dream:
In my dream I saw a vine before me.
40:10 On the vine
there were three branches.
Once it budded
the blossoms came forth
and its clusters
brought forth ripe grapes.
40:11 Then Pharaoh's cup
was in my hand
and I took the grapes
and pressed them
into Pharaoh's cup
and gave the cup to him.
40:12 Joseph said to him:
Here is the meaning:
The three branches are three days.
40:13 In three days
Pharaoh will lift you up
and restore you to your position.
and you serve Pharaoh in hand
just as you did as his waiter.
40:14 But remember me
when you are restored.
Please show me some kindness.
Make mention of me to Pharaoh
and get me out of this prison.
40:15 I was kidnapped
from the land of the Hebrews
and did nothing to deserve
being put in a dungeon.
40:16 When the chief baker understood
that Joseph understood the dream
he told Joseph
that he too had a dream:
On top of my head
were three white baskets.
40:17 The top basket
contained baked goods for Pharaoh.
But the birds ate them
from the basket on my head.
40:18 Joseph told him:
This is the dream’s meaning:
The three baskets
are three days.
40:19 In three days
Pharaoh will lift you
and hang you from a tree.
Then the birds
will eat your body’s flesh.
40:20 Once the third day arrived
it was Pharaoh's birthday.
He held a feast for all his staff.
He lifted up the chief waiter
and the chief baker before the staff.
40:21 He restored the chief waiter
to his role and he once again
brought the cup to Pharaoh.
40:22 But he hanged the chief baker
just as Joseph had said
in his interpretation.
40:23 Yet the chief waiter
never remembered Joseph.
Instead he forgot all about him.
