Mui 38
1 Amalu, Yuda da yolalali amo yolesili, ea na: iyado Hila (Adala: me moilai dunu) amo ea moilaiga esalumusa: asi.
At that time, Judah left his older and younger brothers and went down from the hilly area and stayed with a man whose name was Hiram, who lived in Adullam [town].
2 Amoga e da Ga: ina: ne a: fini, (Siua ea mano) amo gousa: i. Amo a: fini e da lai dagoi.
There he (met/became acquainted with) a woman who was the daughter of a man from Canaan named Shua. He married her. He had sex [EUP] with her,
3 E da ema dunu mano lai amo ea dio E.
and she became pregnant and later gave birth to a son, whom he named Er.
4 Yuda idua da bu abula agui ba: i. E da eno dunu mano lai. E da ema dio asuli amo Ouna: ne.
Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son whom she named Onan.
5 Amalalu, e da dunu mano eno lai amo Sila. Amo mano da lalelegeloba, Yuda da A: gasibi moilaiga esalebe ba: i.
Many years later, when Judah and his family went to live in Kezib [town], Judah’s wife gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah.
6 Ea magobo mano E, amo ea lama: ne, Yuda da a: fini ea dio amo Da: ima ilegei.
When Judah’s oldest son Er [grew up], Judah got a wife for him, a woman named Tamar.
7 Be E (Yuda ea mano) da wadela: i hamosu dunu. Hina Gode da ea hou hahawane hame ba: i. Amaiba: le, Gode da E fane legei dagoi.
But Er did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
8 Amalalu, Yuda da E ea eya Ouna: ne ema amane sia: i, “Di amola dia ola didalo amo gilisili golama. Dia ola da mano buga: i ba: ma: ne, houdafa ema hamoma.”
Then Judah said to Onan, “Your older brother died without having any sons. So marry his widow and have sex [EUP] with her. That is what our customs require that you should do.”
9 Be Ouna: ne da amo mano lalelegemu da ea mano hame ba: mu amo dawa: i galu. Amaiba: le, e da ea ola didalo amoga gilisisia, e da ea ami udigili osoboga sogadigi. Ea ola mano buga: i da hame lalelegema: ne, agoane hamoi.
But Onan knew if he did that, any children who would be born would not be considered to be his. So every time he had sex [EUP] with his brother’s widow, he spilled his semen on the ground, so that she would not get pregnant and produce children for his older brother.
10 Hina Gode da amo hou hahawane hame ba: i. Amaiba: le, Gode da Ouna: ne amola fane legei.
Yahweh considered that what he did was wicked, so he caused him to die also.
11 Amalalu, Yuda da ea awa Da: ima ema amane sia: i, “Di da dia ada amo ea diasuga buhagima. Nagofe Sila amo da asigilama: ne, ouesaloma.” E da Sila amola ea ola defele Godema fane legemu amo beda: iba: le amane sia: i. Amalu, Da: ima da ea diasuga buhagi.
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father’s house, but do not marry anyone else. When my youngest son Shelah grows up, [he can marry you].” But Judah [really did not want Shelah to marry her, because] he was afraid that then Shelah would die too, just as his older brothers had died. So Tamar [obeyed Judah and] went back to live in her father’s house again.
12 Fa: no agoane, Yuda ea uda da bogoi. E da didigia: lalu, Yuda amola ea na: iyado Hila (Adala: me dunu) da Dimina sogega asi. Amoga Yuda ea sibi da hinabo damunanebe ba: i.
Several years later, Judah’s wife, who was the daughter of Shua, died. When the time of mourning for her was finished, Judah decided to go up to Timnah, to the place where his (men were shearing his sheep/sheep were being sheared) His friend Hiram, from Adullam, went with him.
13 Dunu eno da Da: imama ea awa Yuda amo da Dimina ea sibi hinabo damumusa: ahoanebe olelei dagoi.
Someone said to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to [the fields near the city of] Timnah to help the men who are shearing his sheep.”
14 Amaiba: le, Da: ima da ea didalo abula afadenene, ea odagi amo abula sawa: figisu amoga dedebole, Ina: ime moilai logo holeiga fi esalu. Ina: ime da Dimina ahoasu logoga dialu. Yuda ea ufi mano Sila, da asigilai dagoi, be e da Da: ima hame lai, amo Da: ima da dawa: i galu.
[She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So] she took off her widow’s clothes, and covered her head with a veil, so that people would not (recognize her/know who she was). Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim [town], which is on the road to Timnah.
15 Yuda da Da: ima ba: beba: le, ea odagi da dedeboiba: le, e da aie heda: i uda amo dawa: i galu.
When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head [like prostitutes often did] (OR, [and sat where prostitutes often sat)].
16 Yuda da logo bega: ema asili, amane adole ba: i, “Defea! Di bidi lamu defei da adila: ?” (Amo da ea awa e da hame dawa: i galu.) Da: ima da ema amane adole ba: i, “Di da nama adi ima: bela: ?”
Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, “Hey, let me have sex [EUP] with you!” She replied, “What will you give me for allowing you to have sex [EUP] with me?”
17 E bu adole i, “Na da goudi mano dima iasimu.” Da: ima da amane sia: i, “Defea! Be liligi fonobahadi amo goudi fa: no iasimu ilegema: ne hidadea nama ima.”
He replied, “I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats.” She asked, “Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?”
18 E bu adole ba: i, “Na da adi ima: bela: ?” E bu adole i, “Dia ilegei hamomusa: gobele ga: su amola ea efe amola dia dagulu di gaguli mabe amo nama ima.” Amo liligi e da Da: imama i. Amalalu, ela da gilisili golai, amola Da: ima da abula agui ba: i.
He replied, “What do you want me to give to you?” She replied, “Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand.” So he gave them to her. Then he had sex [EUP] with her, and she became pregnant.
19 Da: ima da ea diasuga asili, ea abula sawa: figisu fadegale, ea didalo eboboi abula bu sali.
After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again.
20 Yuda da goudi iasima: ne, amola ea liligi i amo Da: imama bu samogema: ne, ea na: iyado Hila amo asunasi. Be Hila da hogoi helele, amo uda hame ba: i.
Judah gave a young goat to his friend from Adullam, for him to take back to the woman, as he had promised. But his friend could not find the woman.
21 E da Ina: ime dunu ilima amane adole ba: i, “Aie heda: i uda amo da logo bega: esalu, amo da habila: ?” Ilia bu adole i, “Guiguda: da aie heda: i uda hamedafa esalu.”
So he asked the men who lived there, “Where is the prostitute who was sitting by the road at Enaim?” They replied, “There has never been a prostitute here!”
22 E da Yudama buhagili amane sia: i, “Na da hogoi helele hame ba: i. Moilai dunu da aie heda: i uda hamedafa esalu sia: i.”
So he went back to Judah and said, “I did not find her. [Furthermore], the men who live in that town said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’”
23 Yuda da amane sia: i, “Defea! Mae dawa: ma! E da na liligi lamu da defea. Dunu eno da ninima oufesega: mu da defea hame. Na da ema bidi imunusa: dawa: i galu. Be di da e hame ba: i.”
Judah said, “She can keep the things that I gave to her. If we continued to search for her, people would ridicule us. I tried to send this young goat to her, but you could not find her to give it to her.”
24 Oubi udiana asili, dunu afae da Yudama amane sia: i, “Dia awa Da: ima da wadela: le hamoi. E da wali abula agui ba: sa.” Yuda da amane sia: i, “E gadili oule asili, bogoma: ne laluga ulugagima.”
About three months later, someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant!” Judah said, “Drag her outside of the city and kill her by burning her!”
25 Ilia da e gadili gaguli asili, e da ea awa Yuda ema sia: adole iasi, “Amo liligi amo gobele ga: su, ea efe amola dagulu ba: ma! Amo liligi ea eda amo hamoiba: le na da abula agui ba: sa.”
But as they were taking her outside of the city, she gave the ring and walking stick to someone, and told him to take them to Judah, and say to him, “The man who owns these things is the one who caused me to become pregnant.” She also said to tell him, “Look at this ring, and the cord that is attached to it, and this walking stick. Whose are they?”
26 Yuda da amo liligi da ea liligi dawa: i galu. E amane sia: i, “Dafawane! Ea hou da defea. Nisu da wadela: le hamoi. Na gofe Sila amo e lama: ne sia: mu da defea galu.” Amalalu, Yuda da Da: imama bu hamedafa gilisili golai.
When the man did that, Judah recognized the ring and the stick. He said, “She is more righteous than I am. I did not tell my son Shelah to marry her, as I promised that I would.” And Judah did not have sex [EUP] with her again.
27 Ea mano lamu eso da doaga: loba, e da mano aduna lamu agoane ba: i.
When it was time for her to give birth, [she was surprised that] there were twin boys in her womb.
28 E da mano lalaloba, mano afae da ea lobo gadili ligiagai. Mano lasu fidisu uda da amoga yoi efe la: gili amane sia: i, “Amo da magobo lalelegei.”
As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. So the midwife fastened a scarlet thread around his wrist, saying, “This one came out first.”
29 Be e da ea lobo bu hiougia ganone amola ea na: iyado da magobo lalelegei. Amalalu, mano lasu fidisu uda da amane sia: i, “Di da agoane gadili bosona asi!” Amaiba: le, ilia da ema Bilese (gadili bosona ahoa) dio asuli.
But he pulled his hand back inside the womb, and his brother came out first. So she said, “So this is how you break your way out first!” So she named him Perez, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘breaking out].’
30 Amalalu, ea eya amo ea lobo da haliga: me efe la: gi, amo da lalelegei. Ilia da ema dio amo Sila (eso mabe haliga: i ba: sa) asuli.
Then his younger brother, the one who had the scarlet thread around his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘redness of dawn].’
