創世記 38
1 那時猶大離開自己的兄弟，下到一個名叫希辣的阿杜藍人那裏住下了。
Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
2 猶大在那裏看見了一個名叫叔亞的客納罕人的女兒，就娶了她，親近了她。
And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
3 她遂懷孕，生了一個兒子，給他起名叫厄爾。
And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
4 她又懷孕，生了一個兒子，給他起名叫敖難。
And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
5 以後她又生了一個兒子，給他起名叫舍拉；生他的時候，猶大正在革齊布。
Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
6 猶大給自己的長子厄爾娶了妻子，名叫塔瑪爾。
And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
7 猶大的長子厄爾行了上主所厭惡的事，上主就叫他死了。
Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
8 於是猶大對敖難說：「你去與你哥哥的妻子親近，與她盡你為弟弟的義務，給你哥哥立後。」
Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.
9 敖難明知後裔不歸自己，所以當他與哥哥的妻子結合時，便將精液遺洩於地，免得給自己的哥哥立後。
But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.
10 他作這事，為上主所厭惡，上主就叫他死了。
And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
11 猶大於是對兒子塔瑪爾說：「你回到你父親家中去守寡，直到我兒子舍拉長大成人。」因為他心裏想：「恐怕他也如同他哥哥一樣死去。」塔瑪爾就回去，住在自己父親的家裏。
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.
12 過了幾年，猶大的妻子叔亞的女兒死了。喪期過後，猶大便同自己的朋友阿杜藍人希辣，上提默納黑去剪羊毛。
And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.
13 有人告訴塔瑪爾說：「你公公現正上提默納黑去剪羊毛。」
And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
14 塔瑪爾遂脫去守寡的衣服，蒙上首帕，遮掩自己，坐在通往提默納黑大道去厄納殷的路口上；－－原來她見舍拉已經長大，還沒有娶她為妻。－－
She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.
15 猶大一看見她，以為她是個妓女，因為她遮蓋了自己的臉。
When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
16 猶大便由路上轉到她面前，向她說：「來! 讓我與你親近! 」他並不知她就是自己的兒媳。她答說：「你給我什麼，好與我親近﹖」
And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?
17 猶大答說：「由羊群中取一隻小公山羊送給你。」塔瑪爾說：「你未送來以前，你應給個抵押。」
And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?
18 猶大問說：「我該給你什麼作抵押﹖」她答說：「你的印章，你的繫印帶和你的棍杖。」猶大便交給了她，與她親近了；她於是由他懷了孕。
And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.
19 事後，她起來回家，除掉首帕，再穿上她守寡的衣服。
Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
20 猶大託自己的朋友阿杜藍人送了一隻小公山羊去，好由那女人手中取回抵押；他卻找不到她，
Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.
21 便問當地人說：「那在厄納殷路旁的廟妓在那裏﹖」人答說：「這裏從來沒有廟妓。」
And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.
22 他回來對猶大說：「我找不著她，並且當地的人都說：這裏從來沒有廟妓。」
So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.
23 猶大遂說：「讓她留著罷! 免得我們被人嗤笑。我將小公山羊送了去，可是你沒有找著她。」
And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.
24 大約過了三個月，有人告訴猶大說：「你的兒媳塔瑪爾與人通姦，而且因通姦有了身孕。猶大說：「把她拉出來燒死! 」
Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
25 當她被拉出來時，她派人到她公公那裏說：「這些東西是誰的，我就是由誰懷了孕。」並且說：「請你仔細看看這些東西：印章、印帶和棍杖是誰的﹖」
And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?
26 猶大仔細一看，就說：「她比我更有理，因為我尚沒有將她嫁給我的兒子舍拉。」他從此以後，再沒有認識她。
Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.
27 到了她要生產的時候，腹中竟是一對雙胎。
And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
28 她正生產時，一個胎兒伸出一手來，收生婆就拿了一根朱紅線繫在他手上說：「這個是先出生的。」
And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.
29 但是他一收回手去，他的兄弟就出生了；收生婆說：「你為自己開了個怎樣的裂口! 」遂給他起名叫培勒茲。
But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.
30 以後，那手上繫有朱紅線的兄弟也出生了，遂給他起名叫則辣黑。
And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
