Genesis 38

1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.

١ وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ أَنَّ يَهُوذَا نَزَلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ إِخْوَتِهِ، وَمَالَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ عَدُّلَامِيٍّ ٱسْمُهُ حِيرَةُ.

2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

٢ وَنَظَرَ يَهُوذَا هُنَاكَ ٱبْنَةَ رَجُلٍ كَنْعَانِيٍّ ٱسْمُهُ شُوعٌ، فَأَخَذَهَا وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا،

3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

٣ فَحَبِلَتْ وَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنًا وَدَعَا ٱسْمَهُ «عِيرًا».

4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.

٤ ثُمَّ حَبِلَتْ أَيْضًا وَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنًا وَدَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ «أُونَانَ».

5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

٥ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ أَيْضًا ٱبْنًا وَدَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ «شِيلَةَ». وَكَانَ فِي كَزِيبَ حِينَ وَلَدَتْهُ.

6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

٦ وَأَخَذَ يَهُوذَا زَوْجَةً لِعِيرٍ بِكْرِهِ ٱسْمُهَا ثَامَارُ.

7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

٧ وَكَانَ عِيرٌ بِكْرُ يَهُوذَا شِرِّيرًا فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَمَاتَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

8 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.

٨ فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِأُونَانَ: «ٱدْخُلْ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيكَ وَتَزَوَّجْ بِهَا، وَأَقِمْ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيكَ».

9 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.

٩ فَعَلِمَ أُونَانُ أَنَّ ٱلنَّسْلَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ، فَكَانَ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيهِ أَنَّهُ أَفْسَدَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِكَيْ لَا يُعْطِيَ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيهِ.

10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

١٠ فَقَبُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ مَا فَعَلَهُ، فَأَمَاتَهُ أَيْضًا.

11 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.

١١ فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِثَامَارَ كَنَّتِهِ: «ٱقْعُدِي أَرْمَلَةً فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ حَتَّى يَكْبُرَ شِيلَةُ ٱبْنِي». لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَعَلَّهُ يَمُوتُ هُوَ أَيْضًا كَأَخَوَيْهِ». فَمَضَتْ ثَامَارُ وَقَعَدَتْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا.

12 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.

١٢ وَلَمَّا طَالَ ٱلزَّمَانُ مَاتَتِ ٱبْنَةُ شُوعٍ ٱمْرَأَةُ يَهُوذَا. ثُمَّ تَعَزَّى يَهُوذَا فَصَعِدَ إِلَى جُزَّازِ غَنَمِهِ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ، هُوَ وَحِيرَةُ صَاحِبُهُ ٱلْعَدُّلَامِيُّ.

13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

١٣ فَأُخْبِرَتْ ثَامَارُ وَقِيلَ لَهَا: «هُوَذَا حَمُوكِ صَاعِدٌ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ لِيَجُزَّ غَنَمَهُ».

14 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.

١٤ فَخَلَعَتْ عَنْهَا ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا، وَتَغَطَّتْ بِبُرْقُعٍ وَتَلَفَّفَتْ، وَجَلَسَتْ فِي مَدْخَلِ عَيْنَايِمَ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى طَرِيقِ تِمْنَةَ، لِأَنَّهَا رَأَتْ أَنَّ شِيلَةَ قَدْ كَبُرَ وَهِيَ لَمْ تُعْطَ لَهُ زَوْجَةً.

15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

١٥ فَنَظَرَهَا يَهُوذَا وَحَسِبَهَا زَانِيَةً، لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَدْ غَطَّتْ وَجْهَهَا.

16 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?

١٦ فَمَالَ إِلَيْهَا عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ وَقَالَ: «هَاتِي أَدْخُلْ عَلَيْكِ». لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّهَا كَنَّتُهُ. فَقَالَتْ: «مَاذَا تُعْطِينِي لِكَيْ تَدْخُلَ عَلَيَّ؟»

17 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?

١٧ فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ جَدْيَ مِعْزَى مِنَ ٱلْغَنَمِ». فَقَالَتْ: «هَلْ تُعْطِينِي رَهْنًا حَتَّى تُرْسِلَهُ؟».

18 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.

١٨ فَقَالَ: «مَا ٱلرَّهْنُ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «خَاتِمُكَ وَعِصَابَتُكَ وَعَصَاكَ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَدِكَ». فَأَعْطَاهَا وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا، فَحَبِلَتْ مِنْهُ.

19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

١٩ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ وَمَضَتْ وَخَلَعَتْ عَنْهَا بُرْقُعَهَا وَلَبِسَتْ ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا.

20 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.

٢٠ فَأَرْسَلَ يَهُوذَا جَدْيَ ٱلْمِعْزَى بِيَدِ صَاحِبِهِ ٱلْعَدُّلَامِيِّ لِيَأْخُذَ ٱلرَّهْنَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْهَا.

21 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.

٢١ فَسَأَلَ أَهْلَ مَكَانِهَا قَائِلًا: «أَيْنَ ٱلزَّانِيَةُ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي عَيْنَايِمَ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ؟» فَقَالُوا: «لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

22 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.

٢٢ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «لَمْ أَجِدْهَا. وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَكَانِ أَيْضًا قَالُوا: لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

23 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.

٢٣ فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «لِتَأْخُذْ لِنَفْسِهَا، لِئَلَّا نَصِيرَ إِهَانَةً. إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ هَذَا ٱلْجَدْيَ وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَجِدْهَا».

24 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.

٢٤ وَلَمَّا كَانَ نَحْوُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، أُخْبِرَ يَهُوذَا وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَدْ زَنَتْ ثَامَارُ كَنَّتُكَ، وَهَا هِيَ حُبْلَى أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلزِّنَا». فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «أَخْرِجُوهَا فَتُحْرَقَ».

25 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?

٢٥ أَمَّا هِيَ فَلَمَّا أُخْرِجَتْ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى حَمِيهَا قَائِلَةً: «مِنَ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي هَذِهِ لَهُ أَنَا حُبْلَى!» وَقَالَتْ: «حَقِّقْ لِمَنِ ٱلْخَاتِمُ وَٱلْعِصَابَةُ وَٱلْعَصَا هَذِهِ».

26 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.

٢٦ فَتَحَقَّقَهَا يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «هِيَ أَبَرُّ مِنِّي، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُعْطِهَا لِشِيلَةَ ٱبْنِي». فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَعْرِفُهَا أَيْضًا.

27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

٢٧ وَفِي وَقْتِ وِلَادَتِهَا إِذَا فِي بَطْنِهَا تَوْأَمَانِ.

28 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.

٢٨ وَكَانَ فِي وِلَادَتِهَا أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمَا أَخْرَجَ يَدًا فَأَخَذَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَةُ وَرَبَطَتْ عَلَى يَدِهِ قِرْمِزًا، قَائِلَةً: «هَذَا خَرَجَ أَوَّلًا».

29 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.

٢٩ وَلَكِنْ حِينَ رَدَّ يَدَهُ، إِذَا أَخُوهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ. فَقَالَتْ: «لِمَاذَا ٱقْتَحَمْتَ؟ عَلَيْكَ ٱقْتِحَامٌ!». فَدُعِيَ ٱسْمُهُ «فَارِصَ».

30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

٣٠ وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى يَدِهِ ٱلْقِرْمِزُ. فَدُعِيَ ٱسْمُهُ «زَارَحَ».