Genesis 38
1 It happened at that time that Judah moved away from his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
En aquel tiempo se separó Judá de sus hermanos, y bajando llegó a un adullamita que se llamaba Hirá.
2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he married her and slept with her.
Allí vio Judá a la hija de un cananeo, llamado Súa; la tomó (por mujer) y se llegó a ella;
3 She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.
la cual concibió y dio a luz un hijo, a quien llamó Er.
4 She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
Concibió otra vez, y dio a luz un hijo, al que puso por nombre Onán.
5 Then she gave birth to another son, and named him Shelah. And he was at Kezib when she gave birth to him.
Volvió a dar a luz un hijo, a quien llamó Selá. Estaba en Quesib cuando dio a luz.
6 And Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
Ahora bien, tomó Judá para Er, su primogénito, una mujer que se llamaba Tamar.
7 Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so God killed him.
Pero Er, el primogénito de Judá, era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y Yahvé le quitó la vida.
8 Then Judah said to Onan, "Sleep with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."
Entonces dijo Judá a Onán: “Llégate a la mujer de tu hermano, y cumple con ella tu deber de cuñado, suscitando descendencia a tu hermano.”
9 But Onan knew that the offspring wouldn't be his. So it happened when he slept with his brother's wife that he released his semen on the ground, so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
Mas Onán, sabiendo que la descendencia no había de ser suya, siempre que se llegaba a la mujer de su hermano, derramaba en tierra, para no dar prole a su hermano.
10 And what he did was evil in the sight of God, so he killed him also.
Lo que hacía, era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, por lo cual lo mató a él también.
11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Remain a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah is grown up." For he thought, "I do not want him to die too, like his brothers." So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
Dijo entonces Judá a Tamar, su nuera: “Quédate como viuda en casa de tu padre, hasta que sea mayor mi hijo Selá”, porque se decía: “No sea que muera también él, como sus hermanos.” Se fue, pues, Tamar, y habitó en casa de su padre.
12 After some time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah finished mourning, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Pasados ya muchos días, murió la hija de Súa, mujer de Judá; y concluido el duelo, subió Judá con su amigo Hirá adullamita a Timná donde estaban los esquiladores de sus ovejas.
13 And Tamar was told, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
Lo supo Tamar, pues le decían: “Mira, tu suegro sube a Timná, al esquileo de sus ovejas.”
14 She took off her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.
Entonces ella se quitó los vestidos de su viudez y se cubrió de un velo; y así envuelta se sentó a la entrada de Enaim, en el camino de Timná, porque veía que Selá era ya grande, y ella no le había sido dada por mujer.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
Como la viese Judá, la tuvo por ramera, por tener ella cubierto el rostro;
16 He went over to her by the road and said, "Please come, let me sleep with you," for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me for sleeping with you?"
y dirigiéndose hacia ella, en el borde del camino dijo: “Déjame, por favor llegarme a ti”, pues no sabía que era su nuera. Ella preguntó: “¿Qué me darás por llegarte a mi?”,
17 He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She said, "Will you give me something as a guarantee until you send it?"
Respondió: “Enviaré un cabrito del rebaño”, a lo cual ella dijo: “Sí, con tal que me des una prenda, hasta que lo mandes.”
18 He said, "What kind of guarantee should I give you?" She replied, "Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her, and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
“¿Qué prenda te he de dar?”, preguntó él, y ella contestó: “Tu sello, tu cordón y el bastón que llevas en la mano.” Se lo dio, y llegose a ella, la cual concibió de él.
19 And she got up and left, and took off her veil, and put on her widow's clothing.
Después se levantó y se fue, se quitó el velo y se vistió los vestidos de su viudez.
20 Judah sent the young goat by his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the guarantee back from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.
Envió Judá el cabrito por mano de su amigo, el adullamita, para retirar de la mujer los objetos dados en prenda, pero no la halló.
21 Then he asked the men of the place, saying, "Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."
Por lo cual preguntó a los hombres de aquel lugar, diciendo “¿Dónde está la prostituta de Enaim, la de junto al camino?” Respondieron: “Aquí no ha habido prostituta alguna.”
22 He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"
Se volvió, pues, a Judá y dijo: “No la he encontrado; y además los hombres de aquel lugar dicen: ‘No ha habido aquí prostituta alguna.’”
23 Judah said, "Let her keep the things, lest we be publicly shamed. Look, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her."
Dijo entonces Judá: “Tómeselo para sí, para que nadie pueda burlarse de nosotros. He aquí, yo he enviado este cabrito, mas tú no la has encontrado.”
24 Now it happened about three months later that Judah was told, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has turned to prostitution, and now, look, she is pregnant by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned."
Pasados unos tres meses fue dada a Judá esta noticia: “Tu nuera Tamar se ha prostituido, y también está encinta a consecuencia de sus fornicaciones.” Y mandó Judá: “¡Sacadla, y sea quemada!”
25 When she was brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man who owns these I am pregnant." She also said, "Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cord, and the staff."
Fue, pues, sacada, mas envió a decir a su suegro: “Del varón a quien pertenecen estas cosas estoy yo encinta.” Y añadió: “Averigua tú, te ruego, de quien son este sello, este cordón y este bastón.”
26 Then Judah recognized them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." He did not sleep with her again.
Los reconoció Judá, y dijo: “Más justa es ella que yo, por cuanto no se la he dado a Selá, mi hijo.” Y no volvió más a conocerla.
27 It happened when it was time for her to give birth, that look, there were twins in her womb.
Venido el tiempo de su parto, sucedió que había mellizos en su seno.
28 As she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."
Y al dar a luz, uno sacó la mano; la tomó la partera y ató a ella un hijo de escarlata, diciendo: “Este salió primero.”
29 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that look, his brother came out, and she said, "How did you break through?" So he was named Perez.
Pero retiró él su mano y salió su hermano. Y ella dijo: “¡Cómo te abriste brecha!” Y fue llamado Fares.
30 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, so he was named Zerah.
Luego salió su hermano, el que tenía en la mano el hijo de escarlata, y fue llamado Zara.
