Genesis 38
1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
當時ユダ兄弟をはなれて下りアドラム人名はヒラといふ者の近邊に天幕をはりしが
2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
ユダかしこにてカナン人名はシュアといふ者の女子を見これを娶りてその所にいる
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
彼はらみて男子を生みければユダその名をエルとなづく
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
彼ふたたび孕みて男子を生みその名をオナンとなづけ
5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
またかさねて孕みて男子を生みてその名をシラとなづく此子をうみける時ユダはクジブにありき
6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
ユダその長子エルのために妻をむかふその名をタマルといふ
7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
ユダの長子エル、ヱホバの前に惡をなしたればヱホバこれを死しめたまふ
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.
茲にユダ、オナンにいひけるは汝の兄の妻の所にいりて之をめとり汝の兄をして子をえせしめよ
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.
オナンその子の己のものとならざるを知たれば兄の妻の所にいりし時兄に子をえせしめざらんために地に洩したり
10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
斯なせし事ヱホバの目に惡かりければヱホバ彼をも死しめたまふ
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.
ユダその媳タマルにいひけるは嫠婦となりて汝の父の家にをりわが子シラの人となるを待てと恐らくはシラも亦その兄弟のごとく死るならんとおもひたればなりタマルすなはち往てその父の家にをる
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.
日かさなりて後シュアの女ユダの妻死たりユダ慰をいれてその友アドラム人ヒラとともにテムナにのぼりその羊毛を剪る者の所にいたる
13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
茲にタマルにつげて視よなんぢの舅はその羊の毛を剪んとてテムナにのぼるといふ者ありしかば
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.
彼その嫠の服を脱すて被衣をもて身をおほひつつみテムナの途の側にあるエナイムの入口に坐す其はシラ人となりたれども己これが妻にせられざるを見たればなり
15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
彼その面を蔽ひゐたりしかばユダこれを見て娼妓ならんとおもひ
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?
途の側にて彼に就き請ふ來りて我をして汝の所にいらしめよといふ其はその子の妻なるをしらざればなり彼いひけるは汝何を我にあたへてわが所にいらんとするや
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?
ユダいひけるは我群より山羊の羔をおくらん彼いふ汝其をおくるまで質をあたへんか
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.
ユダ何の質をなんぢに與ふべきやといふに彼汝の印と綬と汝の手の杖をといひければ即ちこれを與へて彼の所にいりぬ彼ユダに由て姙めり
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
彼起て去りその被衣をぬぎすて嫠婦の服をまとふ
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.
かくてユダ婦の手より質をとらんとてその友アドラム人の手に托して山羊の羔をおくりけるが彼婦を見ざれば
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.
その處の人に問て途の側なるエナイムの娼妓は何處にをるやといふに此には娼妓なしといひければ
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.
ユダの許にかへりていふ我彼を見いださず亦その處の人此には娼妓なしといへりと
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.
ユダいひけるは彼にとらせおけ恐くはわれら笑抦とならん我この山羊の羔をおくりたるに汝かれを見ざるなりと
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.
三月ばかりありて後ユダに告る者ありていふ汝の媳タマル姦淫をなせり亦その姦淫によりて妊めりユダいひけるは彼を曵いだして焚べし
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?
彼ひきいだされし時その舅にいひつかはしけるは是をもてる人によりて我は妊りと彼すなはち請ふこの印と綬と杖は誰の所屬なるかを辨別よといふ
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.
ユダこれを見識ていひけるは彼は我よりも正しわれ彼をわが子わがシラにあたへざりしによりてなりと再びこれを知らざりき
27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
かくて產の時にいたりて見るにその胎に孿あり
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.
その產時手出しかば產婆是首にいづといひて絳き線をとりてその手にしばりしが
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.
手を引こむるにあたりて兄弟いでたれば汝なんぞ圻いづるやその圻汝に歸せんといへり故にその名はペレヅ(圻)と稱る
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
その兄弟手に絳線のある者後にいづその名はゼラとよばる
