Genesis 38

1 At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

١ وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَنَّ يَهُوذَا افْتَرَقَ عَنْ إِخْوَتِهِ وَأَقَامَ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ عَدُلَّامِيٍّ يُدْعَى حِيرَةَ

2 There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

٢ وَشَاهَدَ هُنَاكَ ابْنَةَ كَنْعَانِيٍّ اسْمُهُ شُوعٌ، فَتَزَوَّجَهَا،

3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

٣ فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ ابْناً دَعَاهُ عِيراً.

4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

٤ ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ أَيْضاً وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً سَمَّتْهُ أُونَانَ.

5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.

٥ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَأَنْجَبَتْ فِي كَزِيبَ ابْناً دَعَتْهُ شِيلَةَ.

6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

٦ وَأَخَذَ يَهُوذَا لِعِيرَ بِكْرِهِ زَوْجَةً تُدْعَى ثَامَارَ.

7 Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.

٧ وَإِذْ كَانَ عِيرُ بِكْرُ يَهُوذَا شِرِّيراً، أَمَاتَهُ الرَّبُّ.

8 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.”

٨ فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لأُونَانَ: «ادْخُلْ عَلَى زَوْجَةِ أَخِيكَ وَتَزَوَّجْهَا وَأَقِمْ لأَخِيكَ نَسْلاً».

9 Onan knew that the offspring would not 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.

٩ وَعَرَفَ أُونَانُ أَنَّ النَّسْلَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ، فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا عَاشَرَ امْرَأَةَ أَخِيهِ يُفْسِدُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، كَيْ لا يُقِيمَ لأَخِيهِ نَسْلاً.

10 The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.

١٠ فَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ هَذَا فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ فَأَمَاتَهُ أَيْضاً.

11 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.

١١ فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِثَامَارَ كَنَّتِهِ: «امْكُثِي أَرْمَلَةً فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ رَيْثَمَا يَكْبُرُ شِيلَةُ ابْنِي». لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لِئَلّا يَمُوتَ شِيلَةُ أَيْضاً كَمَا مَاتَ أَخَوَاهُ». فَمَضَتْ ثَامَارُ وَمَكَثَتْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا.

12 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.

١٢ وَبَعْدَ زَمَنٍ طَوِيلٍ مَاتَتْ زَوْجَةُ يَهُوذَا ابْنةُ شُوعٍ. وَإِذْ تَعَزَّى يَهُوذَا بَعْدَهَا انْطَلَقَ إِلَى جُزَّازِ غَنَمِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ بِرِفْقَةِ حِيرَةَ صَاحِبِهِ الْعَدُلامِيِّ.

13 Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

١٣ فَقِيلَ لِثَامَارَ: «هُوَذَا حَمُوكِ قَادِمٌ لِتِمْنَةَ لِجَزِّ غَنَمِهِ».

14 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 was not given to him as a wife.

١٤ فَنَزَعَتْ عَنْهَا ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا، وَتَبَرْقَعَتْ وَتَلَفَّعَتْ وَجَلَسَتْ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ عَيْنَايِمَ الَّتِي عَلَى طَرِيقِ تِمْنَةَ، لأَنَّهَا عَرَفَتْ أَنَّ شِيلَةَ قَدْ كَبُرَ وَأَنَّهَا لَنْ تُزَفَّ إِلَيْهِ.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

١٥ فَعِنْدَمَا رَآهَا يَهُوذَا ظَنَّهَا زَانِيَةً لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُغَطِّي وَجْهَهَا،

16 He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”

١٦ فَمَالَ نَحْوَهَا إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ وَقَالَ: «دَعِينِي أُعَاشِرُكِ». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْرِي أَنَّهَا كَنَّتُهُ. فَقَالَتْ: «مَاذَا تُعْطِينِي لِكَيْ تُعَاشِرَنِي؟»

17 He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”

١٧ فَقَالَ: «أَبْعَثُ إِلَيْكِ جَدْيَ مِعْزَى مِنَ الْقَطِيعِ». فَقَالَتْ: «أَتُعْطِينِي رَهْناً حَتَّى تَبْعَثَ بِهِ؟»

18 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.

١٨ فَسَأَلَهَا: «أَيُّ رَهْنٍ أُعْطِيكِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «خَاتَمُكَ وَعِصَابَتُكَ وَعَصَاكَ». فَأَعْطَاهَا مَا طَلَبَتْ، وَعَاشَرَهَا فَحَمَلَتْ مِنْهُ.

19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

١٩ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ وَمَضَتْ، وَخَلَعَتْ بُرْقُعَهَا وَارْتَدَتْ ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا.

20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.

٢٠ وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ الْجَدْيَ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ الْعَدُلامِيِّ لِيَسْتَرِدَّ الرَّهْنَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمَرْأَةِ لَمْ يَجِدْهَا.

21 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.”

٢١ فَسَأَلَ أَهْلَ الْمَكَانِ: «أَيْنَ الزَّانِيَةُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَجْلِسُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فِي عَيْنَايِمَ؟» فَقَالُوا: «لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ زَانِيَةٌ».

22 He returned to Judah, and said, “I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”

٢٢ فَعَادَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «لَمْ أَجِدْهَا؛ وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَ أَهْلُ الْمَكَانِ: لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

23 Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you have not found her.”

٢٣ فَأَجَابَ يَهُوذَا: «فَلْتَحْتَفِظْ بِمَا عِنْدَهَا، فَلَسْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْخَرَ النَّاسُ مِنِّي. لَقَدْ بَعَثْتُ بِهَذَا الْجَدْيِ أُجْرَةً لَهَا وَلَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَجِدْهَا».

24 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.”

٢٤ وَبَعْدَ مُضِيِّ ثَلاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قِيلَ لِيَهُوذَا: «ثَامَارُ كَنَّتُكَ زَنَتْ، وَحَبِلَتْ مِنْ زِنَاهَا». فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «أَخْرِجُوهَا لِتُحْرَقَ».

25 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.”

٢٥ وَعِنْدَمَا أُخْرِجَتْ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى حَمِيهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَنَا حُبْلَى مِنْ صَاحِبِ هَذِهِ الأَشْيَاءِ. تَحَقَّقْ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْخَاتَمُ وَالْعِصَابَةُ وَالْعَصَا؟»

26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.

٢٦ فَأَقَرَّ بِها يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «هِيَ حَقّاً أَبَرُّ مِنِّي، لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أُزَوِّجْهَا مِنِ ابْنِي شِيلَةَ». وَلَمْ يُعَاشِرْهَا فِي مَا بَعْدُ.

27 In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.

٢٧ وَعِنْدَمَا أَزِفَ مَوْعِدُ وِلادَتِهَا إِذَا فِي أَحْشَائِهَا تَوْأَمَانِ.

28 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.”

٢٨ وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ وِلادَتِهَا أَخْرَجَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَداً فَرَبَطَتِ الْقَابِلَةُ حَوْلَهَا خَيْطاً أَحْمَرَ، وَقَالَتْ: «هَذَا خَرَجَ أَوَّلاً».

29 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.

٢٩ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ سَحَبَ يَدَهُ فَخَرَجَ أَخُوهُ، فَقَالَتْ: «أَيُّ اقْتِحَامٍ اقْتَحَمْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ؟» لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُهُ فَارَصَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: اقْتِحَامٌ).

30 Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

٣٠ وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ ذُو الْمِعْصَمِ الْمُطَوَّقِ بِالْخَيْطِ الأَحْمَرِ فَسُمِّيَ زَارَحَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: أَحْمَرُ، أَوْ إِشْرَاقٌ).