Genesis 38
1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
Il arriva qu'en ce temps-là Juda descendit d'avec ses frères, et se retira vers un homme d'Adullam, nommé Hira.
2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
Et Juda y vit la fille d'un Cananéen, nommé Shua; et il la prit, et vint vers elle.
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
Et elle conçut et enfanta un fils; et il le nomma Er.
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
Et elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et elle le nomma 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, et elle le nomma Shéla. Et Juda était à Kezib, quand elle l'enfanta.
6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
Et Juda prit une femme pour Er, son premier-né; elle s'appelait Tamar.
7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
Mais Er, premier-né de Juda, fut méchant aux yeux de l'Éternel, et l'Éternel le fit 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.
Alors Juda dit à Onan: Viens vers la femme de ton frère; prends-la, comme beau-frère, et suscite une postérité à 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.
Mais Onan savait que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui, et quand il venait vers la femme de son frère, il se souillait afin de ne point donner de postérité 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.
Et ce qu'il faisait déplut à l'Éternel; et il le fit mourir aussi.
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.
Et Juda dit à Tamar, sa belle-fille: Demeure veuve dans la maison de ton père, jusqu'à ce que Shéla, mon fils, soit devenu grand. Car il disait: Prenons garde qu'il ne meure, lui aussi, comme ses frères. Et Tamar s'en alla, et demeura 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.
Et les jours s'écoulèrent, et la fille de Shua, femme de Juda, mourut. Lorsque Juda se fut consolé, il monta vers les tondeurs de ses brebis, à Thimna, avec Hira son ami, l'Adullamite.
13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
Et on le fit savoir à Tamar, en disant: Voici, ton beau-père 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.
Alors elle quitta ses habits de veuve, et se couvrit d'un voile, et s'en enveloppa, et s'assit à l'entrée d'Énaïm, qui est sur le chemin de Thimna; car elle voyait que Shéla était devenu grand, et qu'elle ne lui avait point 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.
Et Juda la vit et la prit pour 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?
Et il se détourna vers elle sur le chemin, et il dit: Allons, je te prie, que je vienne vers toi; car il ne savait pas que ce fût sa belle-fille. Et elle répondit: Que me donneras-tu, pour venir vers 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?
Et il dit: J'enverrai un chevreau du troupeau. Et elle répondit: Me donneras-tu 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.
Et il dit: Quel est le gage que je te donnerai? Et elle répondit: Ton cachet, ton cordon, et ton bâton, que tu as à la main. Et il les lui donna, et il vint vers elle; et elle conçut de lui.
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
Ensuite elle se leva et s'en alla. Et elle quitta son voile, et se revêtit de ses habits de veuve.
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.
Et Juda envoya le chevreau par son ami l'Adullamite, pour retirer le gage des mains de cette femme; mais il ne la trouva point.
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.
Et il interrogea les hommes du lieu où elle était, en disant: Où est cette courtisane qui était à Énaïm, sur le chemin? Et ils répondirent: Il n'y a point eu ici de courtisane.
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.
Et il retourna vers Juda, et dit: Je ne l'ai point trouvée, et même les gens du lieu ont dit: Il n'y a point eu ici de courtisane.
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.
Et Juda dit: Qu'elle garde le gage! Il ne faut pas nous faire mépriser. Voici, j'ai envoyé ce chevreau; et tu ne l'as point 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.
Or, il arriva qu'environ trois mois après on fit rapport à Juda, en disant: Tamar, ta belle-fille, s'est prostituée, et même la voilà enceinte par suite de sa prostitution. Et Juda dit: Faites-la sortir, et qu'elle soit brûlée.
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?
Comme on la faisait sortir, elle envoya dire à son beau-père: Je suis enceinte de l'homme à qui ces choses appartiennent. Et elle dit: Reconnais, je te prie, à qui sont ce cachet, ces cordons et ce 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.
Alors Juda les reconnut, et dit: Elle est plus juste que moi, parce que je ne l'ai point donnée à Shéla mon fils. Et 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.
Et à l'époque où elle devait accoucher, il se trouva qu'il y avait des jumeaux 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.
Et pendant qu'elle enfantait, l'un d'eux donna la main, et la sage-femme la prit et y lia un fil écarlate, 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.
Mais comme il retira sa main, voici, son frère sortit. Et elle dit: Quelle brèche tu as faite! La brèche soit sur toi! Et on le nomma Pharets (brèche).
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
Ensuite son frère sortit, qui avait à sa main le fil écarlate, et on le nomma Zarach.
