1 These things being so done, it chanced that two Eunuchs, the cup-bearer of the king of Ægypt, and his baker, offended against their lord.
1 After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.
2 And Pharao being wrath against them (for the one was chief of the cup-bearers, the other chief baker)
2 And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker),
3 he sent them into the prison of the captain of the soldiers, in the which Joseph also was prisoner.
3 He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.
4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, who also ministered to them: some little time was passed, and they were kept in custody.
4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.
5 And they saw each of them both a dream in one night, according to an interpretation agreeing to themselves:
5 And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:
6 to whom when Joseph was entered in the morning, and saw them sad,
6 And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad,
7 he asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than it was wont?
7 He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?
8 Who answered: We have seen a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Why doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have seen.
8 They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed:
9 The chief of the cup-bearers first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,
9 The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,
10 wherein were three branches, growing by little and little into buds, and after the blossoms, the grapes waxed ripe:
10 On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:
11 and the cup of Pharao in my hand: and I took the grapes, and wrung them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.
11 And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.
12 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:
12 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three days:
13 after the which Pharao will remember thy service, & will restore thee to thy old degree: & thou shalt give him the cup according to thine office, as before thou hadst wont to do.
13 After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou was wont to do.
14 Only remember me, when it shall be well with thee, and do me this mercy, to put Pharao in mind that he take me out of this prison:
14 Only remember me when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:
15 because I was taken away by stealth, out of the land of the Hebrews, and here an innocent was I cast into the lake.
15 For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.
16 The master of the bakers seeing that he had wisely resolved the dream, he said: And I also saw a dream, that I had three baskets of meal upon my head:
16 The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, that I had three baskets of meal upon my head:
17 and that in one basket that was the higher, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds did eat out of it.
17 And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.
18 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets, are yet three days:
18 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets, are yet three days:
19 after the which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on the cross, and the fowls shall tear thy flesh.
19 After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.
20 The third day after this was the birth-day of Pharao: who making a great feast to his servants, at the banquet he remembered the master of the cup-bearers, and the chief of the bakers.
20 The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.
21 And he restored the one into his place, to reach him the cup,
21 And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup:
22 the other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be approved.
22 The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shown.
23 And yet notwithstanding the chief of the cup-bearers, prosperous things succeeding, forgat his interpreter.
23 But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.