Genesis 38
1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
| در همان روزها بود که یهودا خانهٔ پدر خود را ترک نموده، به عدولام رفت و نزد شخصی به نام حیره ساکن شد. |
2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
| در آنجا او دختر مردی کنعانی به نام شوعا را به زنی گرفت |
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
| و از او صاحب پسری شد که او را عیر نامید. |
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
| شوعا بار دیگر حامله شد و پسری زایید و او را اونان نام نهاد. |
5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
| وقتی آنها در کزیب بودند، زن یهودا پسر سوم خود را به دنیا آورد و او را شیله نامید. |
6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
| وقتی عیر، پسر ارشد یهودا، بزرگ شد پدرش دختری را به نام تامار برای او به زنی گرفت. |
7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
| اما چون عیر شخص شروری بود، خداوند او را کُشت. |
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.
| آنگاه یهودا به اونان برادر عیر گفت: «مطابق رسم ما، تو باید با زن برادرت تامار ازدواج کنی تا نسل برادرت از بین نرود.» |
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.
| اونان با تامار ازدواج کرد، اما چون نمی‌خواست فرزندش از آنِ کس دیگری باشد، هر وقت با او نزدیکی می‌کرد، جلوگیری نموده، نمی‌گذاشت تامار بچه‌ای داشته باشد که از آنِ برادر مرده‌اش شود. |
10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
| این کار اونان در نظر خداوند ناپسند آمد و خدا او را نیز کشت. |
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.
| یهودا به عروس خود تامار گفت: «به خانهٔ پدرت برو و بیوه بمان تا وقتی که پسر کوچکم شیله بزرگ شود. آن وقت می‌توانی با او ازدواج کنی.» (ولی یهودا قلباً راضی به این کار نبود، چون می‌ترسید شیله نیز مثل دو برادر دیگرش بمیرد.) پس تامار به خانۀ پدرش رفت. |
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.
| پس از مدتی، زن یهودا مُرد. وقتی که روزهای سوگواری سپری شد، یهودا با دوستش حیرهٔ عدولامی برای نظارت بر پشم‌چینی گوسفندان به تمنه رفت. |
13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
| به تامار خبر دادند که پدر شوهرش برای چیدنِ پشمِ گوسفندان به طرف تمنه حرکت کرده است. |
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.
| تامار لباس بیوگی خود را از تن درآورد و برای این که شناخته نشود چادری بر سر انداخته، دم دروازهٔ عینایم سر راه تمنه نشست، زیرا او دید که هر چند شیله بزرگ شده ولی او را به عقد وی در نیاورده‌اند. |
15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
| یهودا او را دید، ولی چون او روی خود را پوشانیده بود، او را نشناخت و پنداشت زن بدکاره‌ای است. |
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?
| پس به کنار جاده به طرف او رفته، به او پیشنهاد کرد که با وی همبستر شود، غافل از این که عروس خودش می‌باشد. تامار به او گفت: «چقدر می‌خواهی به من بدهی؟» |
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?
| یهودا گفت: «بزغاله‌ای از گله‌ام برایت خواهم فرستاد.» زن گفت: «برای این که مطمئن شوم که بزغاله را می‌فرستی باید چیزی نزد من گرو بگذاری.» |
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.
| یهودا گفت: «چه چیزی را گرو بگذارم؟» زن جواب داد: «مُهر و بند آن و عصایت را.» پس یهودا آنها را به او داد و با وی همبستر شد و در نتیجه تامار آبستن گردید. |
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
| پس از این واقعه، تامار به خانه بازگشت و روبند خود را برداشت و دوباره لباس بیوِگی خود را پوشید. |
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.
| یهودا بزغاله را به دوستش حیرهٔ عدولامی سپرد تا آن را برای آن زن ببرد و اشیاء گرویی را پس بگیرد، اما حیره آن زن را نیافت. |
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.
| پس، از مردم آنجا پرسید: «آن روسپی بتکده که دمِ دروازه، سر راه نشسته بود کجاست؟» به او جواب دادند: «ما هرگز چنین زنی در اینجا ندیده‌ایم.» |
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.
| حیره نزد یهودا بازگشت و به او گفت: «او را نیافتم و مردمان آنجا هم می‌گویند چنین زنی را در آنجا ندیده‌اند.» |
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.
| یهودا گفت: «بگذار آن اشیاء مال او باشد، مبادا رسوا شویم. به هر حال من بزغاله را برای او فرستادم، ولی تو نتوانستی او را پیدا کنی.» |
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.
| حدود سه ماه بعد از این واقعه، به یهودا خبر دادند که عروسش تامار زنا کرده و حامله است. یهودا گفت: «او را بیرون آورید و بسوزانید.» |
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?
| در حالی که تامار را بیرون می‌آوردند تا او را بکشند این پیغام را برای پدر شوهرش فرستاد: «مردی که صاحب این مُهر و بند آن و عصا می‌باشد، پدر بچهٔ من است، آیا او را می‌شناسی؟» |
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.
| یهودا مُهر و عصا را شناخت و گفت: «او تقصیری ندارد، زیرا من به قول خود وفا نکردم و او را برای پسرم شیله نگرفتم.» یهودا دیگر با او همبستر نشد. |
27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
| چون وقت وضع حمل تامار رسید، دوقلو زایید. |
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.
| در موقع زایمان، یکی از پسرها دستش را بیرون آورد و قابله نخ قرمزی به مچ دست او بست و گفت: «این اول بیرون آمد.» |
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.
| اما او دست خود را عقب کشید و پسر دیگر، اول به دنیا آمد. قابله گفت: «چگونه بیرون آمدی؟» پس او را فارص نامیدند. |
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
| اندکی بعد، پسری که نخ قرمز به دستش بسته شده بود متولد شد و او را زارح نامیدند. |
