Genesis 38
1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
そのころユダは兄弟たちを離れて下り、アドラムびとで、名をヒラという者の所へ行った。
2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
ユダはその所で、名をシュアというカナンびとの娘を見て、これをめとり、その所にはいった。
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
彼女はみごもって男の子を産んだので、ユダは名をエルと名づけた。
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
彼女は再びみごもって男の子を産み、名をオナンと名づけた。
5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
また重ねて、男の子を産み、名をシラと名づけた。彼女はこの男の子を産んだとき、クジブにおった。
6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
ユダは長子エルのために、名をタマルという妻を迎えた。
7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
しかしユダの長子エルは主の前に悪い者であったので、主は彼を殺された。
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.
そこでユダはオナンに言った、「兄の妻の所にはいって、彼女をめとり、兄に子供を得させなさい」。
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.
しかしオナンはその子が自分のものとならないのを知っていたので、兄の妻の所にはいった時、兄に子を得させないために地に洩らした。
10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
彼のした事は主の前に悪かったので、主は彼をも殺された。
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.
そこでユダはその子の妻タマルに言った、「わたしの子シラが成人するまで、寡婦のままで、あなたの父の家にいなさい」。彼は、シラもまた兄弟たちのように死ぬかもしれないと、思ったからである。それでタマルは行って父の家におった。
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.
日がたってシュアの娘ユダの妻は死んだ。その後、ユダは喪を終ってその友アドラムびとヒラと共にテムナに上り、自分の羊の毛を切る者のところへ行った。
13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
時に、ひとりの人がタマルに告げて、「あなたのしゅうとが羊の毛を切るためにテムナに上って来る」と言ったので、
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.
彼女は寡婦の衣服を脱ぎすて、被衣で身をおおい隠して、テムナへ行く道のかたわらにあるエナイムの入口にすわっていた。彼女はシラが成人したのに、自分がその妻にされないのを知ったからである。
15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
ユダは彼女を見たとき、彼女が顔をおおっていたため、遊女だと思い、
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?
道のかたわらで彼女に向かって言った、「さあ、あなたの所にはいらせておくれ」。彼はこの女がわが子の妻であることを知らなかったからである。彼女は言った、「わたしの所にはいるため、何をくださいますか」。
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?
ユダは言った、「群れのうちのやぎの子をあなたにあげよう」。彼女は言った、「それをくださるまで、しるしをわたしにくださいますか」。
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.
ユダは言った、「どんなしるしをあげようか」。彼女は言った、「あなたの印と紐と、あなたの手にあるつえとを」。彼はこれらを与えて彼女の所にはいった。彼女はユダによってみごもった。
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
彼女は起きて去り、被衣を脱いで寡婦の衣服を着た。
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.
やがてユダはその女からしるしを取りもどそうと、その友アドラムびとに託してやぎの子を送ったけれども、その女を見いだせなかった。
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.
そこで彼はその所の人々に尋ねて言った、「エナイムで道のかたわらにいた遊女はどこにいますか」。彼らは言った、「ここには遊女はいません」。
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.
彼はユダのもとに帰って言った、「わたしは彼女を見いだせませんでした。またその所の人々は、『ここには遊女はいない』と言いました」。
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.
そこでユダは言った、「女に持たせておこう。わたしたちは恥をかくといけないから。とにかく、わたしはこのやぎの子を送ったが、あなたは彼女を見いだせなかったのだ」。
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.
ところが三月ほどたって、ひとりの人がユダに言った、「あなたの嫁タマルは姦淫しました。そのうえ、彼女は姦淫によってみごもりました」。ユダは言った、「彼女を引き出して焼いてしまえ」。
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?
彼女は引き出された時、そのしゅうとに人をつかわして言った、「わたしはこれをもっている人によって、みごもりました」。彼女はまた言った、「どうか、この印と、紐と、つえとはだれのものか、見定めてください」。
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.
ユダはこれを見定めて言った、「彼女はわたしよりも正しい。わたしが彼女をわが子シラに与えなかったためである」。彼は再び彼女を知らなかった。
27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
さて彼女の出産の時がきたが、胎内には、ふたごがあった。
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.
出産の時に、ひとりの子が手を出したので、産婆は、「これがさきに出た」と言い、緋の糸を取って、その手に結んだ。
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.
そして、その子が手をひっこめると、その弟が出たので、「どうしてあなたは自分で破って出るのか」と言った。これによって名はペレヅと呼ばれた。
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
その後、手に緋の糸のある兄が出たので、名はゼラと呼ばれた。
