1 Mosebog 38

1 Og det hændte sig til den Tid, at Juda drog ned fra sine Brødre og tog ind til en Mand, en Adullamiter, og hans Navn var Hira.

About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2 Og der saa Juda en kananitisk Mands Datter, og hans Navn var Sua; og han tog hende og gik ind til hende.

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3 Og hun undfik og fødte en Søn, og hun kaldte hans Navn Er.

So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

4 Og hun undfik atter og fødte en Søn, og han kaldte hans Navn Onan.

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5 Og hun blev endnu ved og fødte en Søn, og hun kaldte hans Navn Sela, og han var i Kesib, der hun fødte ham.

Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6 Og Juda tog en Hustru for sin førstefødte, Er, og hendes Navn var Thamar.

Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 Men Er, Judas førstefødte, var ond for Herrens Øjne, og Herren slog ham ihjel.

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

8 Da sagde Juda til Onan: Gak ind til din Broders Hustru, og tag hende til Ægte i din Broders Sted, og opvæk din Broder Sæd!

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

9 Og Onan forstod, at Sæden ikke skulde høre ham til; og det skete, naar han gik ind til sin Broders Hustru, da fordærvede han den paa Jorden, for ikke at give sin Broder Sæd.

But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

10 Og det var ondt for Herrens Øjne, hvad han gjorde, og han slog ogsaa ham ihjel.

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

11 Da sagde Juda til Thamar, sin Sønnekvinde: Sid som Enke i din Faders Hus, indtil Sela, min Søn, bliver stor; thi han sagde: at ikke ogsaa han skal dø som hans Brødre; saa gik Thamar og blev i sin Faders Hus.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

12 Der mange Dage vare forløbne, da døde Suas Datter, Judas Hustru, og efter at Juda var trøstet, gik han op til Thimnat til dem, som klippede hans Hjord, han og Hira, hans Ven, den Adullamiter.

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

13 Da blev det Thamar tilkendegivet og sagt: Se, din Svigerfader gaar op til Thimnat at klippe sin Hjord.

When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14 Da lagde hun sine Enkeklæder af sig og skjulte sig med et Slør og bedækkede sig og satte sig ved Indgangen til Enaim, som er paa Vejen til Thimnat; thi hun saa, at Sela var bleven stor, og hun blev ikke given ham til Hustru.

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

15 Der Juda saa hende, tænkte han, at det var en Skøge, fordi hun havde skjult sit Ansigt.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16 Og han bøjede af til hende paa Vejen og sagde: Velan, kære, lad mig komme til dig; thi han vidste ikke, at det var hans Søns Hustru; og hun sagde: Hvad vil du give mig, at du maa komme til mig?

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

17 Og han sagde: Jeg vil sende et Gedekid af Hjorden; og hun sagde: Dersom du vil give mig Pant, indtil du sender mig det.

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

18 Og han sagde: Hvad for et Pant er det, jeg skal give dig? og hun sagde: Dit Signet og din Snor og din Kæp, som du har i din Haand; saa gav han hende det og gik til hende, og hun undfik af ham.

“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

19 Saa stod hun op og gik og lagde sit Slør af sig og førte sig i sine Enkeklæder.

Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

20 Og Juda sendte det Gedekid ved sin Ven, den Adullamiter, at han skulde tage Pantet af Kvindens Haand, og han fandt hende ikke.

Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

21 Da spurgte han Mændene ad der paa Stedet og sagde: Hvor er Skøgen, hun ved Enaim, paa Vejen? og de sagde: Paa dette Sted har ingen Skøge været.

He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.

22 Og han kom igen til Juda og sagde: Jeg fandt hende ikke, og tilmed sagde Folkene paa samme Sted: her har ingen Skøge været.

So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”

23 Da sagde Juda: Lad hende beholde det, paa det vi ikke skulle beskæmmes; se, jeg har sendt dette Kid, og du fandt hende ikke.

“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

24 Og det skete henved tre Maaneder derefter, da blev det Juda tilkendegivet, saa der sagdes: Thamar, din Søns Hustru, har bedrevet Hor, og se, hun har ogsaa undfanget i Horeri; og Juda sagde: Fører hende ud, og hun skal brændes.

About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

25 Hun blev ført ud, og hun sendte til sin Svigerfader, sigende: Ved den Mand har jeg undfanget, hvem dette hører til; og hun sagde: Kære, kend, hvem dette Signet og denne Snor og denne Kæp tilhører.

As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

26 Og Juda kendte det og sagde: Hun er retfærdigere end jeg; thi dette er, fordi jeg ikke gav hende til min Søn Sela; og han kendte hende ikke ydermere.

Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.

27 Og det skete den Tid, hun skulde føde, se, da vare Tvillinger i hendes Liv.

When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

28 Og det skete, der hun fødte, stak den ene en Haand frem, da tog Jordemoderen den og bandt en rød Traad om hans Haand, sigende: Denne kom først frem.

And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.

29 Og det skete, der han tog sin Haand tilbage, se, da kom hans Broder frem, og hun sagde: Hvi bryder du frem? for din Skyld er der sket et Brud. Og man kaldte hans Navn Peres.

But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

30 Og siden kom hans Broder frem, som havde den røde Traad om sin Haand, og man kaldte hans Navn Sera.

Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.