Genesis 40 in Pidgin: Joseph interpret dream for Pharaoh chief butler and baker inside prison, but di butler forget am later.
📖 Genesis 40:1–23 in Pidgin English
1. After some time, Pharaoh vex for two of him workers — di chief butler and di chief baker.
2. Pharaoh put dem inside prison where Joseph dey, for di house of di captain of di guard.
3. Na di same prison wey dem keep Joseph.
4. Di captain of di guard give Joseph charge to take care of dem, and Joseph serve dem well. Dem stay there for some time.
5. One night, both of dem dream different dream — di butler and di baker — and each dream get different meaning.
6. Next morning, Joseph see say dem look worried.
7. He ask dem, “Why una face be like this today?”
8. Dem say, “We dream dream o, but nobody dey to interpret am.”
Joseph tell dem, “No be God dey give meaning to dreams? Tell me the dreams.”
Chief Butler Dream and Interpretation
9. Di chief butler talk first:
“I see one vine with three branches.
10. As e grow, e begin bud, blossom and produce ripe grapes.
11. Pharaoh cup dey my hand. I squeeze di grapes into di cup and give Pharaoh to drink.”
12. Joseph say, “Di three branches mean three days.
13. In three days, Pharaoh go call you back and give you your job again. You go serve Pharaoh like before.”
14. “But abeg, when things go well for you, remember me. Tell Pharaoh about me and help me comot from this prison.”
15. “I no suppose dey here. I be Hebrew and dem carry me by force. I no do anything to enter prison.”
Chief Baker Dream and Interpretation
16. When di chief baker see say Joseph talk good thing for di butler, he talk him own:
“For my dream, I see three baskets of white bread on my head.
17. Inside di top basket na all Pharaoh favorite food, but birds come chop am from my head.”
18. Joseph say, “Di three baskets mean three days.
19. In three days, Pharaoh go lift your head—but he go hang you for wood, and birds go chop your body.”
Dreams Come True But Joseph Forgotten
20. On di third day—Pharaoh birthday—he throw party for all him officials. He call di chief butler and baker come out from prison.
21. He restore di chief butler back to him work, and he dey serve Pharaoh drink again.
22. But he hang di chief baker, just like Joseph talk am.
23. But di chief butler forget Joseph. He no remember am again.
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