Genesis 38
1 It came about at that time that Judah left his brothers and stayed with a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
那時猶大離開自己的兄弟，下到一個名叫希辣的阿杜藍人那裏住下了。
2 He met there a daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua. He married her and slept with her.
猶大在那裏看見了一個名叫叔亞的客納罕人的女兒，就娶了她，親近了她。
3 She became pregnant and had a son. He was named Er.
她遂懷孕，生了一個兒子，給他起名叫厄爾。
4 She became pregnant again and had a son. She called his name Onan.
她又懷孕，生了一個兒子，給他起名叫敖難。
5 She again had a son and called his name Shelah. It was at Kezib where she gave birth to him.
以後她又生了一個兒子，給他起名叫舍拉；生他的時候，猶大正在革齊布。
6 Judah found a wife for Er, his firstborn. Her name was Tamar.
猶大給自己的長子厄爾娶了妻子，名叫塔瑪爾。
7 Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him.
猶大的長子厄爾行了上主所厭惡的事，上主就叫他死了。
8 Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother's wife. Do the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up a child for your brother.”
於是猶大對敖難說：「你去與你哥哥的妻子親近，與她盡你為弟弟的義務，給你哥哥立後。」
9 Onan knew that the child would not be his. Whenever he slept with his brother's wife, he spilled the semen on the ground so he would not have a child for his brother.
敖難明知後裔不歸自己，所以當他與哥哥的妻子結合時，便將精液遺洩於地，免得給自己的哥哥立後。
10 What he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him also.
他作這事，為上主所厭惡，上主就叫他死了。
11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father's house until Shelah, my son, grows up.” For he feared, “He might also die, just like his brothers.” Tamar left and lived in her father's house.
猶大於是對兒子塔瑪爾說：「你回到你父親家中去守寡，直到我兒子舍拉長大成人。」因為他心裏想：「恐怕他也如同他哥哥一樣死去。」塔瑪爾就回去，住在自己父親的家裏。
12 After a long time, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
過了幾年，猶大的妻子叔亞的女兒死了。喪期過後，猶大便同自己的朋友阿杜藍人希辣，上提默納黑去剪羊毛。
13 Tamar was told, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
有人告訴塔瑪爾說：「你公公現正上提默納黑去剪羊毛。」
14 She took off the clothing of her widowhood and covered herself with her veil and wrapped herself. She sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah had grown up but she had not been given to him as a wife.
塔瑪爾遂脫去守寡的衣服，蒙上首帕，遮掩自己，坐在通往提默納黑大道去厄納殷的路口上；－－原來她見舍拉已經長大，還沒有娶她為妻。－－
15 When Judah saw her he thought that she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
猶大一看見她，以為她是個妓女，因為她遮蓋了自己的臉。
16 He went to her by the road and said, “Come, please let me sleep with you”—for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law—and she said, “What will you give me so you can sleep with me?”
猶大便由路上轉到她面前，向她說：「來! 讓我與你親近! 」他並不知她就是自己的兒媳。她答說：「你給我什麼，好與我親近﹖」
17 He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge until you send it?”
猶大答說：「由羊群中取一隻小公山羊送給你。」塔瑪爾說：「你未送來以前，你應給個抵押。」
18 He said, “What pledge can I give you?” She replied, “Your seal and cord, and the staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
猶大問說：「我該給你什麼作抵押﹖」她答說：「你的印章，你的繫印帶和你的棍杖。」猶大便交給了她，與她親近了；她於是由他懷了孕。
19 She got up and went away. She took off her veil and put on the clothing of her widowhood.
事後，她起來回家，除掉首帕，再穿上她守寡的衣服。
20 Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order that he might receive the pledge back from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.
猶大託自己的朋友阿杜藍人送了一隻小公山羊去，好由那女人手中取回抵押；他卻找不到她，
21 Then the Adullamite asked the men of the place, “Where is the cultic prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has not been a cultic prostitute here.”
便問當地人說：「那在厄納殷路旁的廟妓在那裏﹖」人答說：「這裏從來沒有廟妓。」
22 He returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her. Also, the men of the place said, 'There has not been a cultic prostitute here.'”
他回來對猶大說：「我找不著她，並且當地的人都說：這裏從來沒有廟妓。」
23 Judah said, “Let her keep the things, that we not be put to shame. Indeed, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her.”
猶大遂說：「讓她留著罷! 免得我們被人嗤笑。我將小公山羊送了去，可是你沒有找著她。」
24 It came about after about three months that it was told to Judah, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has committed prostitution, and indeed, she is pregnant by it.” Judah said, “Bring her here and let her be burned.”
大約過了三個月，有人告訴猶大說：「你的兒媳塔瑪爾與人通姦，而且因通姦有了身孕。猶大說：「把她拉出來燒死! 」
25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law a message, “By the man who owns these I am pregnant.” She said, “Determine please whose these are, the seal and cords and staff.”
當她被拉出來時，她派人到她公公那裏說：「這些東西是誰的，我就是由誰懷了孕。」並且說：「請你仔細看看這些東西：印章、印帶和棍杖是誰的﹖」
26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I am, since I did not give her as a wife to Shelah, my son.” He did not sleep with her again.
猶大仔細一看，就說：「她比我更有理，因為我尚沒有將她嫁給我的兒子舍拉。」他從此以後，再沒有認識她。
27 It came about at the time for her to give birth that, behold, twins were in her womb.
到了她要生產的時候，腹中竟是一對雙胎。
28 It came about as she was giving birth one put out a hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand and said, “This one came out first.”
她正生產時，一個胎兒伸出一手來，收生婆就拿了一根朱紅線繫在他手上說：「這個是先出生的。」
29 But then he drew back his hand, and, behold, his brother came out first. The midwife said, “How you have broken out!” So he was named Perez.
但是他一收回手去，他的兄弟就出生了；收生婆說：「你為自己開了個怎樣的裂口! 」遂給他起名叫培勒茲。
30 Then his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread upon his hand, and he was named Zerah.
以後，那手上繫有朱紅線的兄弟也出生了，遂給他起名叫則辣黑。
