Genesis 38
1 To naah Judah loe angmah ih nawkamyanawk to caehtaak moe, Adullam acaeng Hirah khaeah caeh tathuk.
At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 Judah mah to ah Kanaan acaeng Shuah canu to hnuk, anih to zu ah lak moe, a iih haih.
There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
3 Nongpata loe zokpomh moe, capa maeto sak; anih to Er, tiah ahmin phui.
She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
4 Nongpata loe zokpomh let moe, capa maeto sak, anih to Onan, tiah ahmin sak.
She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
5 Anih loe zokpomh let bae moe, capa maeto sak, anih to Shelah, tiah ahmin sak; to capa loe Kezib vangpui ah oh naah tapen.
She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
6 Judah mah a calu, Er hanah zu lak pae; anih ih ahmin loe Tamar.
Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 Toe Judah ih calu Er loe, Angraeng mikhnuk ah kahoih ai kami ah oh; to pongah anih to Angraeng mah dueksak ving.
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.
8 To naah Judah mah Onan khaeah, nam ya ih zu khaeah caeh ah, anih to zu haih ah loe nam ya han caa sah paeh, tiah a naa.
Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
9 Anih hoi sak ih caa loe angmah ih caa ah om mak ai, tito Onan mah panoek naah, am ya han caa sak pae han koeh ai pongah, amya ih zu khaeah iih naah, angmah ih atii to tasa bangah pathok ving.
Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10 To tiah sak ih hmuen to Angraeng mah koeh ai; to pongah anih doeh dueksak.
The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.
11 To pongah Judah mah angmah ih langah Tamar khaeah, Ka capa Shelah thendoeng ai karoek to nam pa im ah hmai ah, tiah a naa. Anih doeh amya hnik baktiah dueh moeng tih, tiah a poek. To pongah Tamar loe amlaem moe, ampa im ah a hmaih.
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
12 Nasetto maw oh pacoengah Shuah canu, Judah ih zu to duek; Judah palungsae dip pacoengah loe angmah ih tuu mui aat kaminawk khaeah, Adullam acaeng angmah ih ampui Hirah hoi nawnto Timnah vangpui ah caeh.
After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
13 To naah nam qang loe tuu mui aah hanah Timnah vangpui ah caeh, tiah Tamar khaeah thuih pae o.
Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
14 To naah lamhmai khukbuen to angkhring moe, a mikhmai to khuk khoep, a lu to zaeng pacoengah Timnah vangpui caehhaih loklam ah kaom, Enaim akunhaih khongkha taengah anghnut; Shelah loe thendoeng boeh, toe anih to zusak han koeh ai, tito a langah mah panoek.
She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife.
15 Judah mah anih to hnuk naah, mikhmai to khuk khoep pongah, tangzat zaw nongpata mue, tiah a poek.
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
16 (To nongpata loe angmah ih langah ni, tito panoek ai) pongah, anih khaeah loklam taengah caeh moe, Nang khaeah na iipsak ah, tiah a naa. Nongpata mah kai nang iih haih nahaeloe, timaw nang paek han? tiah a naa.
He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17 Anih mah, Maeh caa to kang pat han, tiah a naa. Nongpata mah to tiah nahaeloe to hmuen nang pat ai nathung ah hmuen maeto ka ban ah nang koeng thai tih maw? tiah a naa let.
He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
18 Nongpa mah tih hmuen maw kang koeng han loe? tiah a naa. Nongpata mah, Nangmah ih bantuek, banlakok hoi cunghet, tiah a naa. Anih mah to hmuennawk to nongpata hanah paek pacoengah, anih to a iih haih, to pongah nongpata loe zokpomh.
He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
19 To pacoengah nongpata loe angthawk moe, a caeh, anih mah mikhmai khukhaih kahni to angkhring moe, lamhmai khukbuen to angkhuk let.
She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 Judah mah nongpata khaeah suek ih hmuennawk to lak let hanah koeh pongah, angmah ih ampui Adullam acaeng khaeah maeh caa to a pat pae; toe anih mah nongpata to hnu ai boeh.
Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
21 To naah to ahmuen ah kaom kaminawk khaeah, Enaim lam taengah kaom tangzat zaw nongpata loe naa ah maw oh? tiah a dueng. Nihcae mah, Haeah tangzat zaw nongpata om ai bae, tiah a naa o.
Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
22 Anih loe Judah khaeah amlaem let moe, To nongpata to ka hnu ai boeh; to ah kaom kaminawk mah doeh haeah tangzat zaw kami om ai, tiah ang naa o, tiah a thuih pae.
He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
23 To naah Judah mah, Khenah, hae maeh caa hae ka pat pae, toe nongpata to na hnu ai boeh pongah, nongpata mah to ih hmuennawk to angmah han la nasoe, to tih ai nahaeloe azat apaw hoi moeng tih boeh, tiah a naa.
Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
24 Khrah thumto oh pacoengah, Na langah Tamar loe tangzat zawh moe, vaihi zokpom boeh, tiah Judah khaeah thuih pae o. Judah mah, Nongpata to angzo o haih loe hmai hoiah qoeng oh, tiah a naa.
About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
25 Anih to angzoh o haih naah, Tamar mah amqang khaeah angmah ih bantuek, banlakok hoi cunghetnawk to thaksak, hae hmuen tawnkung mah kai zok angpomsak, tiah a naa. To pacoengah, khenah, bantuek, banlakok hoi cunghet loe mi ih maw, na panoek maw? tiah a naa.
When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”
26 Judah mah to hmuennawk to panoek naah, Ka capa Shelah ka zusak ai pongah, anih loe kai pongah toeng kue, tiah thuih. To pacoengah loe anih to iip haih let ai boeh.
Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
27 Khenah, nawkta ohhaih tue phak naah loe, anih ih zok thungah caa hnetto angphae.
In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 Caa tapen naah nawkta maeto loe a ban tasa bangah payangh, Caa omsakkung mah hae kami hae tapen hmaloe, tiah thuih moe, nawkta ih ban to tlangqui kathim hoiah zaeng pae.
When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
29 Toe ban to azuh let moe, anih ih amnawk to tapen lat; to naah nawkta omsakkung mah, Kawbang maw tha hoi na muk puk thaih takan loe? Tha hoi na muk pukhaih loe na nuiah om nasoe, tiah a naa. To pongah anih ih ahmin to Perez, tiah a sak.
As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.
30 To pacoengah ban ah tlangqui kathim zaeng ih amya to tapen; anih to Zerah, tiah ahmin phui.
Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
