16.膳長見夢解得好,就對約瑟說:「我在夢中見我頭上頂著三筐白餅;
When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, 「I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.[a]
Footnotes:
a. Genesis 40:16 Or three wicker baskets
17.極上的筐子裏有為法老烤的各樣食物,有飛鳥來吃我頭上筐子裏的食物。」
In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.」
18.約瑟說:「你的夢是這樣解:三個筐子就是三天;
「This is what it means,」 Joseph said. 「The three baskets are three days.
19.三天之內,法老必斬斷你的頭,把你掛在木頭上,必有飛鳥來吃你身上的肉。」
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.」
20.到了第三天,是法老的生日,他為眾臣僕設擺筵席,把酒政和膳長提出監來,
Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
21.使酒政官復原職,他仍舊遞杯在法老手中;
He restored the chief cupbearer of his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand-
22.但把膳長掛起來,正如約瑟向他們所解的話。
but he impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
23.酒政卻不記念約瑟,竟忘了他。
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.