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OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to_him/it a_dream we_dreamed and_interpret there_[is]_not DOM_him/it and_he/it_said to_them Yōşēf am_not belong_to_god [do]_interpretations recount_[it] please to_me.
OET (OET-RV) “We each had a dream last night,” they answered, “but there’s no one here who can tell us what our dreams mean.”
¶ “God is the only one who gives someone the ability to interpret the meaning of dreams,” Yosef replied. “Please tell me what you dreamed.”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו
and=they_said to=him/it
Alternate translation: “They replied,”
חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְנוּ
(a)_dream dreamed
Alternate translation: “Last night we each had a dream,”
וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין אֹת֑וֹ
and,interpret not DOM=him/it
Alternate translation: “but we do not have anyone here to explain them for us.”
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יוֹסֵ֗ף
and=he/it_said to,them Yōşēf
Alternate translation: “So Joseph replied,”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲל֤וֹא לֵֽאלֹהִים֙ פִּתְרֹנִ֔ים
am=not belong_to,God interpretations
Joseph uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that God is the only one who interprets dreams. Consider what is the best way to communicate that in your language. Alternate translation: “God is the only one who can explain the meaning of dreams.” or “God is the only one who gives people the ability to interpret the meaning of dreams.”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
סַפְּרוּ נָ֖א לִֽי
tell now to=me
Make sure that your translation of the last two sentences in this verse does not sound like Joseph is claiming to be God. Rather, he is saying that if the two officials tell their dreams to him, God will enable him to interpret the dreams. Alternate translation: “Please tell your dreams to me and God will reveal to me what they mean.”
40:1-23 Joseph did not lose faith in God’s promises, as evidenced by his readiness to interpret the dreams of two prisoners. He was still convinced that God’s revelation in his own two dreams (37:5-11) was true, and he had not abandoned hope that they would be fulfilled. When the fellow prisoners’ dreams were fulfilled exactly as Joseph said, this confirmed that his previous dreams were from God.
OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to_him/it a_dream we_dreamed and_interpret there_[is]_not DOM_him/it and_he/it_said to_them Yōşēf am_not belong_to_god [do]_interpretations recount_[it] please to_me.
OET (OET-RV) “We each had a dream last night,” they answered, “but there’s no one here who can tell us what our dreams mean.”
¶ “God is the only one who gives someone the ability to interpret the meaning of dreams,” Yosef replied. “Please tell me what you dreamed.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.