اَلتَّكْوِينُ 38

١ 1 وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ أَنَّ يَهُوذَا نَزَلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ إِخْوَتِهِ، وَمَالَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ عَدُّلَامِيٍّ ٱسْمُهُ حِيرَةُ.

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.

٢ 2 وَنَظَرَ يَهُوذَا هُنَاكَ ٱبْنَةَ رَجُلٍ كَنْعَانِيٍّ ٱسْمُهُ شُوعٌ، فَأَخَذَهَا وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا،

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

٣ 3 فَحَبِلَتْ وَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنًا وَدَعَا ٱسْمَهُ «عِيرًا».

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

٤ 4 ثُمَّ حَبِلَتْ أَيْضًا وَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنًا وَدَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ «أُونَانَ».

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ أَيْضًا ٱبْنًا وَدَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ «شِيلَةَ». وَكَانَ فِي كَزِيبَ حِينَ وَلَدَتْهُ.

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

٦ 6 وَأَخَذَ يَهُوذَا زَوْجَةً لِعِيرٍ بِكْرِهِ ٱسْمُهَا ثَامَارُ.

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.

٧ 7 وَكَانَ عِيرٌ بِكْرُ يَهُوذَا شِرِّيرًا فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَمَاتَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

٨ 8 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِأُونَانَ: «ٱدْخُلْ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيكَ وَتَزَوَّجْ بِهَا، وَأَقِمْ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيكَ».

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

٩ 9 فَعَلِمَ أُونَانُ أَنَّ ٱلنَّسْلَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ، فَكَانَ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيهِ أَنَّهُ أَفْسَدَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِكَيْ لَا يُعْطِيَ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيهِ.

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

١٠ 10 فَقَبُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ مَا فَعَلَهُ، فَأَمَاتَهُ أَيْضًا.

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

١١ 11 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِثَامَارَ كَنَّتِهِ: «ٱقْعُدِي أَرْمَلَةً فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ حَتَّى يَكْبُرَ شِيلَةُ ٱبْنِي». لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَعَلَّهُ يَمُوتُ هُوَ أَيْضًا كَأَخَوَيْهِ». فَمَضَتْ ثَامَارُ وَقَعَدَتْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا.

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

١٢ 12 وَلَمَّا طَالَ ٱلزَّمَانُ مَاتَتِ ٱبْنَةُ شُوعٍ ٱمْرَأَةُ يَهُوذَا. ثُمَّ تَعَزَّى يَهُوذَا فَصَعِدَ إِلَى جُزَّازِ غَنَمِهِ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ، هُوَ وَحِيرَةُ صَاحِبُهُ ٱلْعَدُّلَامِيُّ.

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

١٣ 13 فَأُخْبِرَتْ ثَامَارُ وَقِيلَ لَهَا: «هُوَذَا حَمُوكِ صَاعِدٌ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ لِيَجُزَّ غَنَمَهُ».

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

١٤ 14 فَخَلَعَتْ عَنْهَا ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا، وَتَغَطَّتْ بِبُرْقُعٍ وَتَلَفَّفَتْ، وَجَلَسَتْ فِي مَدْخَلِ عَيْنَايِمَ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى طَرِيقِ تِمْنَةَ، لِأَنَّهَا رَأَتْ أَنَّ شِيلَةَ قَدْ كَبُرَ وَهِيَ لَمْ تُعْطَ لَهُ زَوْجَةً.

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

١٥ 15 فَنَظَرَهَا يَهُوذَا وَحَسِبَهَا زَانِيَةً، لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَدْ غَطَّتْ وَجْهَهَا.

When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.

١٦ 16 فَمَالَ إِلَيْهَا عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ وَقَالَ: «هَاتِي أَدْخُلْ عَلَيْكِ». لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّهَا كَنَّتُهُ. فَقَالَتْ: «مَاذَا تُعْطِينِي لِكَيْ تَدْخُلَ عَلَيَّ؟»

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ جَدْيَ مِعْزَى مِنَ ٱلْغَنَمِ». فَقَالَتْ: «هَلْ تُعْطِينِي رَهْنًا حَتَّى تُرْسِلَهُ؟».

And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?

١٨ 18 فَقَالَ: «مَا ٱلرَّهْنُ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «خَاتِمُكَ وَعِصَابَتُكَ وَعَصَاكَ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَدِكَ». فَأَعْطَاهَا وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا، فَحَبِلَتْ مِنْهُ.

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

١٩ 19 ثُمَّ قَامَتْ وَمَضَتْ وَخَلَعَتْ عَنْهَا بُرْقُعَهَا وَلَبِسَتْ ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا.

And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

٢٠ 20 فَأَرْسَلَ يَهُوذَا جَدْيَ ٱلْمِعْزَى بِيَدِ صَاحِبِهِ ٱلْعَدُّلَامِيِّ لِيَأْخُذَ ٱلرَّهْنَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْهَا.

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

٢١ 21 فَسَأَلَ أَهْلَ مَكَانِهَا قَائِلًا: «أَيْنَ ٱلزَّانِيَةُ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي عَيْنَايِمَ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ؟» فَقَالُوا: «لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this [place].

٢٢ 22 فَرَجَعَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «لَمْ أَجِدْهَا. وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَكَانِ أَيْضًا قَالُوا: لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place].

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «لِتَأْخُذْ لِنَفْسِهَا، لِئَلَّا نَصِيرَ إِهَانَةً. إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ هَذَا ٱلْجَدْيَ وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَجِدْهَا».

And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

٢٤ 24 وَلَمَّا كَانَ نَحْوُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، أُخْبِرَ يَهُوذَا وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَدْ زَنَتْ ثَامَارُ كَنَّتُكَ، وَهَا هِيَ حُبْلَى أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلزِّنَا». فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «أَخْرِجُوهَا فَتُحْرَقَ».

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا هِيَ فَلَمَّا أُخْرِجَتْ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى حَمِيهَا قَائِلَةً: «مِنَ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي هَذِهِ لَهُ أَنَا حُبْلَى!» وَقَالَتْ: «حَقِّقْ لِمَنِ ٱلْخَاتِمُ وَٱلْعِصَابَةُ وَٱلْعَصَا هَذِهِ».

When she [was] brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these [are, am] I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose [are] these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

٢٦ 26 فَتَحَقَّقَهَا يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «هِيَ أَبَرُّ مِنِّي، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُعْطِهَا لِشِيلَةَ ٱبْنِي». فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَعْرِفُهَا أَيْضًا.

And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

٢٧ 27 وَفِي وَقْتِ وِلَادَتِهَا إِذَا فِي بَطْنِهَا تَوْأَمَانِ.

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb.

٢٨ 28 وَكَانَ فِي وِلَادَتِهَا أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمَا أَخْرَجَ يَدًا فَأَخَذَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَةُ وَرَبَطَتْ عَلَى يَدِهِ قِرْمِزًا، قَائِلَةً: «هَذَا خَرَجَ أَوَّلًا».

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that [the one] put out [his] hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

٢٩ 29 وَلَكِنْ حِينَ رَدَّ يَدَهُ، إِذَا أَخُوهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ. فَقَالَتْ: «لِمَاذَا ٱقْتَحَمْتَ؟ عَلَيْكَ ٱقْتِحَامٌ!». فَدُعِيَ ٱسْمُهُ «فَارِصَ».

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

٣٠ 30 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى يَدِهِ ٱلْقِرْمِزُ. فَدُعِيَ ٱسْمُهُ «زَارَحَ».

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.