1 Un pēc šiem notikumiem Ēģiptes ķēniņa galvenais dzērienu devējs un galvenais maizes cepējs bija nogrēkojušies pret savu kungu - Ēģiptes ķēniņu. 2 Tad faraons apskaitās uz saviem divi galma vīriem, galveno dzērienu devēju un galveno maizes cepēju. 3 Un viņš novietoja tos apcietinājumā sardzes namā, cietumā, kur arī Jāzeps atradās apcietinājumā. 4 Un sardzes virsnieks tiem pielika Jāzepu, lai Jāzeps tiem kalpotu. Un tie labu laiku bija cietumā. 5 Un Ēģiptes ķēniņa galvenais dzērienu devējs un galvenais maizes cepējs, kas bija tagad apcietināti cietumā, abi sapņoja vienā naktī katrs savu sapni ar savu nozīmi. 6 Un no rīta Jāzeps nāca tos apraudzīt un ievēroja, ka tie bija īgni. 7 Un viņš prasīja abiem galma vīriem, kas ar viņu bija kopā cietumā, viņa pavēlnieka namā, sacīdams: "Kāpēc šodien jūsu sejas ir īgnas?" 8 Un tie tam atbildēja: "Mēs redzējām sapni, bet nav neviena, kas to izskaidrotu." Tad Jāzeps sacīja viņiem: "Vai Dievam nepiederas izskaidrot? Pastāstiet taču man." 9 Tad galvenais dzērienu devējs izstāstīja savu sapni Jāzepam un sacīja viņam: "Es sapņoju, ka manā priekšā bija vīna koks. 10 Un pie vīna koka bija trīs stīgas, un te jau tās sāka zaļot, un arī ogas aizmetās, un ienācās ogu pilni ķekari. 11 Un faraona kauss bija manās rokās; es paņēmu vīnogas un izspiedu tās faraona kausā un devu kausu faraonam rokā." 12 Un Jāzeps tam sacīja: "Šis ir tam izskaidrojums: trīs stīgas nozīmē trīs dienas. 13 Pēc trim dienām faraons pacels tavu galvu un atdos tev tavu amatu; un tu liksi faraona kausu atkal viņam rokā, gluži kā tas iepriekš bija parasts, kad tu biji viņa dzērienu devējs. 14 Bet piemini mani, kad tev labi klāsies, parādi man žēlastību un atgādini, lūdzu, mani faraonam, ka es tieku ārā no šī nama. 15 Jo zagšus es esmu atvests no ebreju zemes, un arī te es neesmu neko tādu darījis, ka viņi mani varētu ielikt šinī sprostā." 16 Kad galvenais maizes cepējs redzēja, ka izskaidrojums bija labvēlīgs, viņš stāstīja Jāzepam: "Arī man bija savs sapnis: uz manas galvas man bija trīs maizes grozi. 17 Augšējā grozā bija visādi faraonam gatavoti cepumi, un putni tos ēda no groza virs manas galvas." 18 Un Jāzeps atbildēja un sacīja: "Šī ir sapņa nozīme: trīs grozi nozīmē trīs dienas. 19 Pēc trim dienām faraons paņems tevi un pakārs tevi kokā, un putni knābās tavu miesu." 20 Un trešajā dienā bija faraona dzimšanas diena, un tas rīkoja dzīres visiem saviem kalpiem un paaugstināja gan dzērienu devēju, gan maizes cepēju savu kalpu vidū. 21 Un viņš galveno dzērienu devēju no jauna iecēla amatā, un tas deva kausu faraona rokā. 22 Bet galveno maizes cepēju viņš pakāra, gluži kā Jāzeps to tiem bija paskaidrojis. 23 Bet galvenais dzērienu devējs vairs nedomāja par Jāzepu un aizmirsa viņu.
Joseph Interprets the Prisoners' Dreams
1 Some time later the king of Egypt's wine steward and his chief baker offended the king. 2 He was angry with these two officials 3 and put them in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same place where Joseph was being kept. 4 They spent a long time in prison, and the captain assigned Joseph as their servant.
5 One night there in prison the wine steward and the chief baker each had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings. 6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were upset. 7 He asked them, “Why do you look so worried today?”
8 They answered, “Each of us had a dream, and there is no one here to explain what the dreams mean.”
“It is God who gives the ability to interpret dreams,” Joseph said. “Tell me your dreams.”
9 So the wine steward said, “In my dream there was a grapevine in front of me 10 with three branches on it. As soon as the leaves came out, the blossoms appeared, and the grapes ripened. 11 I was holding the king's cup; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup and gave it to him.”
12 Joseph said, “This is what it means: the three branches are three days. 13 In three days the king will release you, pardon you, and restore you to your position. You will give him his cup as you did before when you were his wine steward. 14 But please remember me when everything is going well for you, and please be kind enough to mention me to the king and help me get out of this prison. 15 After all, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here in Egypt I didn't do anything to deserve being put in prison.”
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the wine steward's dream was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I had a dream too; I was carrying three breadbaskets on my head. 17 In the top basket there were all kinds of baked goods for the king, and the birds were eating them.”
18 Joseph answered, “This is what it means: the three baskets are three days. 19 In three days the king will release you—and have your head cut off! Then he will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh.”
20 On his birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his officials. 21 He restored the wine steward to his former position, 22 but he executed the chief baker. It all happened just as Joseph had said. 23 But the wine steward never gave Joseph another thought—he forgot all about him.
