¹Shure kwaizvozvo mudiri wama­mbo weEgipita nomubiki wake va­katadzira tenzi wavo, mambo weEgipita.

¹It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

²Farao akatsamwira kwazvo varanda vake vaviri, ivo mukuru wavadiri nomukuru wavabiki.

²Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

³Akavasunga kuti vachengetwe mumba momukuru wavarindi, mutirongo, pakanga pakasungwa Josefa.

³He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

⁴Mukuru wavarindi akaraira Josefa kuvachengeta; iye akavabatira, vakaita nguva vachiche­ngetwa.

⁴The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.

⁵Zvino vose vaviri vakarota hope usiku humwe, mumwe nomumwe ku­rota kwake, kurota kumwe nokumwe kune dudziro yako, ivo mudiri nomu­biki vamambo weEgipita, vakanga vaka­sungwa mutirongo.

⁵They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

⁶Zvino fume ma­ngwana Josefa akapinda kwavari, akavatarira, akaona kuti havafari.

⁶Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.

⁷Aka­bvunza varanda vaFarao vakanga va­chengetwa pamwechete naye mumba matenzi wake, akati, Nhasi makasuwa neiko?

⁷He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

⁸Vakati kwaari, Tarota hope, asi hakuna munhu anogona kudzidudzira. Josefa akati kwavari, Kududzira hakuzi kwaMwari here? Dondirondedzerai he­nyu.

⁸They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me.”

⁹Zvino mukuru wavadiri akaronde­dzera kurota kwake kuna Josefa, akati, kwaari, muchiroto kwangu ndakaona muzambiringa pamberi pangu; pamuza­mbiringa pakanga pana matavi matatu;

⁹The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,

¹⁰ukaita sokutumbuka, ukabudisa ma­ruva; masumbu awo akabereka maza­mbiringa akaibva;

¹⁰and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.

¹¹mukombe waFarao wakange uri muruoko rwangu; zvino ndikatora mazambiringa, ndikaasvinira mumukombe waFarao, ndikaisa muko­mbe muruoko rwaFarao.

¹¹Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”

¹²Josefa akati kwaari, Kududzirwa kwadzo ndiko: Matavi matatu mazuva matatu;

¹²Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.

¹³mazuva matatu agere kupera Farao achasimudza musoro wako, noku­kudzosera kubasa rako; ipapo uchaisa mukombe waFarao muruoko rwakezve, sezvawaiita kare uchiri mudiri wake.

¹³Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.

¹⁴Asi undirangarire hako kana woitirwa zvakanaka; undiitire tsitsi, undireverere kuna Farao, kuti ndibudiswe paimba ino;

¹⁴But remember me when it will be well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

¹⁵nekuti zvirokwazvo, ndakabiwa ku­nyika yavaHebheru; napano handina kuita chinhu chakafanira kuti vandiise mugomba iri.

¹⁵For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”

¹⁶Zvino mukuru wavabiki akati aona kuti dudziro yakanaka, akati kuna Josefa, Neniwo ndakanga ndiri pakurota kwa­ngu, ndikaona tswanda nhatu dzechingwa chichena dzakanga dziri pamusoro wa­ngu;

¹⁶When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.

¹⁷mutswanda yapamusoro makanga mune zvokudya zvamarudzi ose zvakabi­kwa zvaFarao; shiri dzikazvidya mutswa­nda yaiva pamusoro wangu.

¹⁷In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”

¹⁸Ipapo Josefa akapindura, akati, Kududzirwa kwadzo ndiko: Tswanda nhatu mazuva matatu;

¹⁸Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

¹⁹mazuva matatu agere kupera, Farao achasimudza musoro wako akaubvisa pamusoro pako, akusu­ngirire pamuti; shiri dzichadya nyama yako dzichiibvisa kwauri.

¹⁹Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”

²⁰Zvino nomusi wetatu, musi woku­zvarwa kwaFarao, iye akaitira varanda vake vose mutambo. Akasimudza musoro womukuru wavadiri, nomusoro womu­kuru wavabiki pakati pavaranda vake,

²⁰It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

²¹akadzosera mukuru wavadiri kubasa rake rokudira kwake, akapa mukombe waFarao muruoko rwaFarao;

²¹He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;

²²asi akasu­ngirira mukuru wavabiki sezvavakanga vadudzirwa naJosefa.

²²but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

²³Asi mukuru wa­vadiri haana kurangarira Josefa, asi aka­mukangamwa.

²³Yet the chief cupbearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.