Hidden Treasures

Potifar iz tsurik in zayn hoyz, hot tsuzamen genumen zayne dinstn un hot zey glaykh bafoyln zey zoln im dertseyln dem emes, un oyb nisht — vet er bafeln zey tsu harg’enen.

Potifar return to his home and gathered his servants and immediately ordered them to tell him the truth, and if not — he would beat them to death.

Di dinstn zenen dershrokn gevorn un hobn im dertseylt ales vos zey hobn gezogt vayl azoy hot zeyr harnte zey bafoyln tsu zogn, un az di ale zakhn vos Potifar’s froy zogt az Yosef hot gemakht, hot zey gemakht tsu im.

The servants got frightened and told everything they had said because their mistress had ordered them to, and all the things that Potifar’s wife said that Yosef had done, they did to him.

Vi Potifar hot gehert di dozige verter, iz er gevorn zeyr in kes un hot geshvoyrn az er vet ihr bashtrofn oyf dem vos zi hot ongetun tsores far an umshuldign mentsh, vos iz geven azoy gut tsu im. 

When Potifar heard these words, he became very angry and swore he would punish her for what she had done to an innocent man who had been so good to him.

Iz Potifar gegangen tsu Yosef, er hot im gehaldzt un im getbetn er zol fargebn far di klep un di yesurem vos er hot gehot zayendig umshuldig.

Potifar went to Yosef and embraced him and begged him to forgive him for the insult and the pain he’d had being innocent.

Hot Potifar tsu im gezogt: “Afilu yetst, vi der gantsn emes iz shoyn klor un ikh veys az du bizt nisht shuldig, ken ikh nisht dikh aroysnemen fun di turme vayl mayn froy iz di tekhter fun eynem fun di vikhtigste harn funem kenig Paroah un oyb ikh vel dikh aroysnemen fun di turme vet zi zayn zeyr in kes, zi vet glaykh dertseylt far ihr foter un er ken redn shlekhts oyf mir far Paroah vos vet mikh bashtrofn un mir farbitern dos lebn. Deriber, blayb do in turme, biz der eybershter vos veyst dem emes vet dikh aroysnemen fun do, vayl ikh veys az G-t hot di meglikhkeyt dikh tsu matsel zayn in yeder tsayt.”

Potifar said to him: “Even now that the whole truth is already clear and I know you are not guilty, I can not take you out of prison because my wife is the daughter of an important lord of the king Pharoah and if I take you out of prison, she will be angry and she’ll immediately tell her father and he can say bad things about me to Pharoah who will punish me and embitter my life. So stay here in prison until G-d, who knows the truth, gets you out of here, because I know that G-d has the ability to rescue you at any time.”

Yosef iz geblibn in turme, zayne hent zenen nisht geven gebindn in keytn, ale arestirte hobn im gefolgt un hobn getun vos er hot zey bafoyln, un der sar fun di turme iz geven zayn fraynd un hot erfilt ales vos er hot farlangt.

Yosef remained in prison, his hands were not bound in chains, all the prisoners followed him and did as he commanded, and the minister of the prison was his friend and fulfilled all of his desires.

 דאס איז א משל,” האט דער שר געזאגט צו פאטיפר, “און דער נמשל איז: דיין קנעכט יוסף איז טייער ווי דער טייערער שטיין, און צוליב נארישע מענטשן וואס האבן דערציילט אויף אים ליגנט האסטו  אים שוועקגעווארפן. יעצט קוק זיך צו צום אמת און נעם אים צוריק.”

 This is a parable,” the minister said to Potifar. “And the moral is: Your servant Yosef is as precious as the precious stone, and in accordance with a foolish person who told you lies about him, you have thrown him away. Now look for yourself at the truth and take him back.”

האט פוטיפר געזאגט צום שר: “אויך איך האב נישט געגלייבט וואס מיין פרוי האט דערציילט, אבער די דינסטן האבן אויך געזאגט  ווי זי.”

Potifar said to the minister: “I didn’t believe what my wife said either, but the servants said the same thing.”

האט צו אים דער שר געזאגט: “איך וואונדער זיך אויף דיר, א קלוגער מענטש ווי דו דארף פארשטיין אז דינסטן זאגן וואס זייער הארנטע באפעלט אויף זיי.”

The minister said to him: “I am surprised at you. An intelligent man must understand that servants will say what their mistress orders them to say.”

“איך וועל גיין אויספאָרשן די זאך,” האט פאטיפר געזאגט, “איך וועל פרובירן אויפצודעקן דעם אמת.”

I shall go look into the matter,” said Potifar. “I shall attempt to uncover the truth.”