Genesis 38
1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
En ce temps-là, Juda descendit de chez ses frères, et se rendit chez un certain Adullamite, dont le nom était Hira.
2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
Là, Juda vit la fille d'un homme de Canaan, nommé Schua. Il la prit, et alla vers elle.
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
Elle devint enceinte, et enfanta un fils, qu'il appela Er.
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
Elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, qu'elle appela Onan.
5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
Elle enfanta encore un fils, qu'elle appela Schéla. Il était à Chezib lorsqu'elle l'enfanta.
6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
Juda prit une femme pour Er, son premier-né, et elle s'appela Tamar.
7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
Er, le premier-né de Juda, était méchant aux yeux de l'Éternel. Aussi Yahvé le fit-il mourir.
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.
Juda dit à Onan: « Va vers la femme de ton frère, accomplis envers elle le devoir d'un frère de mari, et suscite une descendance pour ton frère. »
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.
Onan savait que la descendance ne serait pas la sienne; et quand il entra chez la femme de son frère, il répandit sa semence sur le sol, de peur de donner une descendance à son frère.
10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
La chose qu'il fit fut mauvaise aux yeux de l'Éternel, qui le fit aussi mourir.
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.
Juda dit alors à Tamar, sa belle-fille: « Reste veuve dans la maison de ton père, jusqu'à ce que mon fils Schéla ait grandi, car il disait: « De peur qu'il ne meure, lui aussi, comme ses frères. » Tamar alla vivre dans la maison de son père.
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.
Après plusieurs jours, la fille de Shua, la femme de Juda, mourut. Juda fut consolé, et il monta à Timna pour tondre ses moutons, lui et son ami Hira, l'Adullamite.
13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
On dit à Tamar: « Voici ton beau-père qui monte à Thimna pour tondre ses brebis. »
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.
Elle ôta les vêtements de son veuvage, se couvrit de son voile, s'enveloppa et s'assit à la porte d'Énaïm, qui est sur le chemin de Timna; car elle vit que Shélah était devenu grand, et qu'elle ne lui avait pas été donnée pour femme.
15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
Lorsque Juda la vit, il pensa que c'était une prostituée, car elle avait couvert son visage.
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?
Il se tourna vers elle par le chemin et dit: « Viens, je t'en prie, laisse-moi entrer chez toi », car il ne savait pas qu'elle était sa belle-fille. Elle a dit: « Que me donneras-tu pour que tu entres chez moi? »
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?
Il dit: « Je t'enverrai un chevreau du troupeau. » Elle a dit: « Tu me donneras un gage, jusqu'à ce que tu l'envoies? »
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.
Il a dit: « Quel gage vais-je te donner? » Elle a dit: « Ton sceau, ton cordon et le bâton que tu tiens à la main. » Il les lui donna; il entra chez elle, et elle devint enceinte de lui.
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
Elle se leva et s'en alla, ôta son voile et revêtit les vêtements de son veuvage.
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.
Juda envoya le chevreau par la main de son ami, l'Adullamite, pour recevoir le gage de la main de la femme, mais il ne la trouva pas.
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.
Alors il interrogea les hommes de son lieu de résidence, en disant: « Où est la prostituée qui était à Enaïm, au bord de la route? » Ils ont dit: « Il n'y a pas eu de prostituée ici. »
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.
Il retourna auprès de Juda, et dit: « Je ne l'ai pas trouvée, et les gens du lieu ont dit: « Il n'y a pas eu de prostituée ici. »
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.
Juda dit: « Qu'elle la garde, de peur que nous ne soyons déshonorés. Voici que j'ai envoyé ce chevreau, et vous ne l'avez pas trouvée. »
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.
Environ trois mois plus tard, Juda fut informé: « Tamar, ta belle-fille, s'est prostituée. De plus, voici qu'elle est enceinte par prostitution. » Juda dit: « Fais-la sortir, et qu'on la brûle. »
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?
Quand elle fut sortie, elle envoya dire à son beau-père: « Je suis enceinte de l'homme à qui appartiennent ces objets. » Elle dit aussi: « Je te prie de discerner à qui appartiennent ces objets: le sceau, les cordons et le bâton. »
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.
Juda les reconnut et dit: « Elle est plus juste que moi, car je ne l'ai pas donnée à Shéla, mon fils. » Il ne la connut plus.
27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
Au moment où elle accouchait, voici, des jumeaux étaient dans son sein.
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.
Comme elle était en travail, l'un d'eux étendit la main; la sage-femme prit un fil écarlate et l'attacha à sa main, en disant: « Celui-ci est sorti le premier. »
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.
Comme il retirait sa main, voici que son frère sortit, et elle dit: « Pourquoi t'es-tu fait une brèche? » C'est pourquoi on lui donna le nom de Pérez.
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
Ensuite sortit son frère, qui avait un fil cramoisi à la main, et on l'appela Zérach.
