< Genesis 38 >

1 And it comes to pass, at that time, that Judah goes down from his brothers, and turns aside to a man, an Adullamite, whose name [is] Hirah;
Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Siuta mei hono ngaahi tokoua, pea afe ia ki ha taha ʻi he kakai ʻAtulama, ko ʻIla hono hingoa.
2 and Judah sees there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and takes her, and goes in to her.
Pea mamata ai ʻa Siuta ki he ʻofefine ʻoe Kēnani ʻe tokotaha, ko Suaa hono hingoa: pea ne maʻu ia, pea ʻalu kiate ia ʻo na mohe.
3 And she conceives, and bears a son, and he calls his name Er;
Pea feitama ia, mo fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama pea ne ui hono hingoa ho ʻEa.
4 and she conceives again, and bears a son, and calls his name Onan;
Pea toe feitama ia, pea fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama; pea ne ui hono hingoa ko ʻOnani
5 and she adds again, and bears a son, and calls his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
Pea toe feitama foki ia; pea fāʻeleʻi ʻae tama; pea ne ui hono hingoa ko Sila pea naʻe ʻi Kesipi ia ʻi heʻene fanauʻi ia.
6 And Judah takes a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name [is] Tamar;
Pea fili ʻe Siuta ʻae uaifi kia ʻEa, ko hono ʻuluaki, pea ko Tema hono hingoa.
7 and Er, Judah’s firstborn, is evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH puts him to death.
Pea naʻe anga kovi ʻa ʻEa, ko e ʻuluaki foha ʻo Siuta, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova; pea naʻe tāmateʻi ia ʻe Sihova.
8 And Judah says to Onan, “Go in to the wife of your brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother”;
Pea pehē ʻe Siuta kia ʻOnani, “ʻAlu ko e ki he uaifi ʻo ho taʻokete, pea ke mali mo ia, mo ke fakatupu ai ʻae hako ki ho taʻokete.”
9 and Onan knows that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it has come to pass, if he has gone in to his brother’s wife, that he has destroyed [it] to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;
Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻe ʻOnani ʻe ʻikai ʻiate ia ʻae hako; pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu ki he uaifi ʻo hono taʻokete, naʻa ne huaʻi ia ki he kelekele, telia naʻa foaki ʻe ia ʻae hako ki hono taʻokete.
10 and that which he has done is evil in the eyes of YHWH, and He puts him also to death.
Pea naʻe kovi kia Sihova ʻae meʻa naʻa ne fai: ko ia, naʻa ne tāmateʻi mo ia foki.
11 And Judah says to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Abide [as] a widow at your father’s house, until my son Shelah grows up”; for he said, “Lest he die—even he—like his brothers”; and Tamar goes and dwells at her father’s house.
Pea fekau ʻe Siuta kia Tema ko hono ʻofefine ʻi he fono [ʻo pehē], “Ke ke nofo ʻatā pe koe, ʻi he fale ʻo hoʻo tamai, ke ʻoua ke tupu hoku foha ko Sila;” he naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Telia naʻa mate foki ia, ʻo hangē ko hono ongo taʻokete.” Pea ʻalu ʻa Tema ʻo nofo ʻi he fale ʻo ʻene tamai.
12 And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah’s wife, dies; and Judah is comforted, and goes up to his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.
Pea fuoloa ai, pea pekia ʻae taʻahine ʻa Suaa ko e uaifi ʻo Siuta: pea kuo fiemālie ʻa Siuta, pea ʻalu ia ki heʻene kau tangata kosi sipi ki Timinate, ʻaia mo hono kāinga ko ʻIla, ko e ʻAtulama.
13 And it is declared to Tamar, saying, “Behold, your husband’s father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock”;
Pea naʻe fakahā kia Tema, ʻo pehē, Vakai, ʻoku ʻalu ʻa hoʻo tamai ʻi he fono, ki Timinate ke kosi ʻene fanga sipi.
14 and she turns aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covers herself with a veil, and wraps herself up, and sits in the opening of Enayim, which [is] by the way to Timnath, for she has seen that Shelah has grown up, and she has not been given to him for a wife.
Pea ne tuku ʻe ia hono ngaahi kofu putu, pea pūlou ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae pūlou, ʻo ne tākai ʻaki ʻae kofu, pea nofo ia ʻi he potu ʻataʻatā naʻe ʻi he veʻe hala ki Timinate; he naʻe vakai ia, kuo tupu ʻa Sila, ka ʻoku teʻeki ai ʻatu ia kiate ia, ke na mali.
15 And Judah sees her, and reckons her for a harlot, for she has covered her face,
Pea kuo mamata ʻa Siuta, kiate ia, naʻa ne mahalo ko e fefine angahala ia, he koeʻuhi kuo pūlou hono mata.
16 and he turns aside to her by the way and says, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he has not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law; and she says, “What do you give to me, that you may come in to me?”
Pea afe ia kiate ia ʻi he hala, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, tuku ke u ʻalu atu kiate koe;” (he naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ko hono ʻofefine ia ʻi he fono). Pea pehēange ʻe ia, “Ko e hā te ke tuku mai kiate au, koeʻuhi ke ke haʻu kiate au?”
17 And he says, “I send a kid of the goats from the flock.” And she says, “Do you give a pledge until you send [it]?”
Pea pehē ia, “Te u fekau ke ʻomi ha ʻuhiki mei he fanga manu,” pea pehē ʻe ia, “Pea te ke tuku mai ha fakamoʻoni, kaeʻoua ke ke ʻomi ia?”
18 And he says, “What [is] the pledge that I give to you?” And she says, “Your seal, and your ribbon, and your staff which [is] in your hand”; and he gives to her, and goes in to her, and she conceives to him;
Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā te u tuku kiate koe?” Pea talaange ʻe ia, “Ko ho mama, mo ho lelu, pea mo ho tokotoko ʻoku ʻi ho nima.” Pea ne ʻatu ia kiate ia, pea ʻalu atu ia kiate ia, pea feitama ia kiate ia.
19 and she rises, and goes, and turns aside her veil from off her, and puts on the garments of her widowhood.
Pea tuʻu hake ia ʻo ʻalu mei ai, pea ne tuku ʻene pūlou meiate ia, ʻo toe ai hono ngaahi kofu putu.
20 And Judah sends the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he has not found her.
Pea fekau ʻe Siuta ke ʻave ʻae ʻuhikiʻi kosi ʻi he nima ʻa hono kāinga ko e ʻAtulama, koeʻuhi ke ne maʻu ʻae fakamoʻoni mei he nima ʻoe fefine; ka naʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa ʻilo ia.
21 And he asks the men of her place, saying, “Where [is] the separated one—she in Enayim, by the way?” And they say, “There has not been in this [place] a separated one.”
Pea fehuʻi ia ki he kau tangata ʻoe potu ko ia, ʻo pehē, “Ko e fē ʻae fefine angahala naʻe ʻi he potu hala ni?” Pea nau pehē, naʻe ʻikai ha fefine angahala ʻi he potu ni.
22 And he turns back to Judah and says, “I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There has not been in this [place] a separated one,”
Pea toe ʻalu ia kia Siuta, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te u ʻilo ia; pea ʻoku pehē foki ʻe he kau tangata ʻoe potu, naʻe ʻikai ha fefine angahala ʻi he potu ko ia.”
23 and Judah says, “Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.”
Pea pehē ʻe Siuta, “Tuku ke ne maʻu, ia maʻana, telia naʻa tau mā ai; vakai, naʻaku fekau ke ʻave ʻae ʻuhiki manu ni, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻilo ia.”
24 And it comes to pass about three months [after], that it is declared to Judah, saying, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has committed fornication; and also, behold, she has conceived by fornication”: and Judah says, “Bring her out—and she is burned.”
Pea hili ʻae māhina ʻe tolu nai, naʻe fakahā kia Siuta, ʻo pehē, “Kuo fai angahala ʻe Tema, ko ho ʻofefine ʻi he fono; pea vakai, ʻoku feitama foki ia ʻi he feʻauaki.” Pea pehē ʻe Siuta; “Taki mai ia, ke tutu ia.”
25 She is brought out, and she has sent to her husband’s father, saying, “To a man whose these [are], I [am] pregnant”; and she says, “Please discern whose these [are]—the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.”
Pea kuo nau taki mai ia, pea fekau ia ki heʻene tamai ʻi he fono, ʻo pehē, “Kuo u feitama ki he tangata ʻoku ʻaʻana ʻae meʻa ni: pea ne pehē, Ke ke vakai, pe ʻoku ʻa hai ʻae maama ni mo e lelu, mo e tokotoko ni?”
26 And Judah discerns and says, “She has been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to my son Shelah”; and he has not added to know her again.
Pea fakamoʻoni ʻe Siuta, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku tonuhia lahi ia ʻia au: koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te u foaki ia ki hoku foha ko Sila.” Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne taʻeʻiloʻi ia.
27 And it comes to pass in the time of her bearing, that behold, twins [are] in her womb;
Pea naʻe hoko, ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene langā, pea vakai, naʻe ai ʻae māhanga ʻi hono manāva.
28 and it comes to pass in her bearing, that [one] gives out a hand, and the midwife takes and binds on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, “This has come out first.”
Pea ʻi heʻene langā naʻe tuku kituʻa ʻe he tokotaha hono nima, pea nonoʻo ki ai ʻe he māʻuli ʻae filo kulokula, ʻo ne pehē, naʻe fuofua haʻu eni.
29 And it comes to pass as he draws back his hand, that behold, his brother has come out, and she says, “What! You have broken forth—the breach [is] on you”; and he calls his name Perez;
Pea ʻi heʻene toe toʻo atu hono nima, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu hono tokoua; pea pehē ʻe he māʻuli, “Naʻe fēfeeʻi hao ʻoho mai koe ke ʻiate koe ʻae motuhi ni, ko ia naʻa ne ui hono hingoa ko Felesi.”
30 and afterward his brother has come out, on whose hand [is] the scarlet thread, and he calls his name Zerah.
Pea toki haʻu hono tokoua, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono nima ʻae filo kulokula, pea ne ui hono hingoa ko Selaa.

< Genesis 38 >