Genesis 38
1 And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name [is] Hirah;
那時，猶大離開他弟兄下去，到一個亞杜蘭人名叫希拉的家裏去。
2 and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.
猶大在那裏看見一個迦南人名叫書亞的女兒，就娶她為妻，與她同房，
3 And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;
她就懷孕生了兒子，猶大給他起名叫珥。
4 and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;
她又懷孕生了兒子，母親給他起名叫俄南。
5 and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.
她復又生了兒子，給他起名叫示拉。她生示拉的時候，猶大正在基悉。
6 And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name [is] Tamar;
猶大為長子珥娶妻，名叫她瑪。
7 and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.
猶大的長子珥在耶和華眼中看為惡，耶和華就叫他死了。
8 And Judah saith to Onan, 'Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'
猶大對俄南說：「你當與你哥哥的妻子同房，向她盡你為弟的本分，為你哥哥生子立後。」
9 and Onan knoweth that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed [it] to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;
俄南知道生子不歸自己，所以同房的時候便遺在地，免得給他哥哥留後。
10 and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.
俄南所做的在耶和華眼中看為惡，耶和華也就叫他死了。
11 And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, 'Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, 'Lest he die — even he — like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.
猶大心裏說：「恐怕示拉也死，像他兩個哥哥一樣」，就對他兒婦她瑪說：「你去，在你父親家裏守寡，等我兒子示拉長大。」她瑪就回去，住在她父親家裏。
12 And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.
過了許久，猶大的妻子書亞的女兒死了。猶大得了安慰，就和他朋友亞杜蘭人希拉上亭拿去，到他剪羊毛的人那裏。
13 And it is declared to Tamar, saying, 'Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'
有人告訴她瑪說：「你的公公上亭拿剪羊毛去了。」
14 and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which [is] by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.
她瑪見示拉已經長大，還沒有娶她為妻，就脫了她作寡婦的衣裳，用帕子蒙着臉，又遮住身體，坐在亭拿路上的伊拿印城門口。
15 And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,
猶大看見她，以為是妓女，因為她蒙着臉。
16 and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law); and she saith, 'What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'
猶大就轉到她那裏去，說：「來吧！讓我與你同寢。」他原不知道是他的兒婦。她瑪說：「你要與我同寢，把甚麼給我呢？」
17 and he saith, 'I — I send a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she saith, 'Dost thou give a pledge till thou send [it]?'
猶大說：「我從羊群裏取一隻山羊羔，打發人送來給你。」她瑪說：「在未送以先，你願意給我一個當頭嗎？」
18 and he saith, 'What [is] the pledge that I give to thee?' and she saith, 'Thy seal, and thy ribbon, and thy staff which [is] in thy hand;' and he giveth to her, and goeth in unto her, and she conceiveth to him;
他說：「我給你甚麼當頭呢？」她瑪說：「你的印、你的帶子，和你手裏的杖。」猶大就給了她，與她同寢，她就從猶大懷了孕。
19 and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.
她瑪起來走了，除去帕子，仍舊穿上作寡婦的衣裳。
20 And Judah sendeth 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 hath not found her.
猶大託他朋友亞杜蘭人送一隻山羊羔去，要從那女人手裏取回當頭來，卻找不着她，
21 And he asketh the men of her place, saying, 'Where [is] the separated one — she in Enayim, by the way?' and they say, 'There hath not been in this [place] a separated one.'
就問那地方的人說：「伊拿印路旁的妓女在哪裏？」他們說：「這裏並沒有妓女。」
22 And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, 'I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this [place] a separated one,'
他回去見猶大說：「我沒有找着她，並且那地方的人說：『這裏沒有妓女。』」
23 and Judah saith, 'Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'
猶大說：「我把這山羊羔送去了，你竟找不着她。任憑她拿去吧，免得我們被羞辱。」
24 And it cometh to pass about three months [after], that it is declared to Judah, saying, 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, 'Bring her out — and she is burnt.'
約過了三個月，有人告訴猶大說：「你的兒婦她瑪作了妓女，且因行淫有了身孕。」猶大說：「拉出她來，把她燒了！」
25 She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband's father, saying, 'To a man whose these [are], I [am] pregnant;' and she saith, 'Discern, I pray thee, whose [are] these — the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.'
她瑪被拉出來的時候便打發人去見她公公，對他說：「這些東西是誰的，我就是從誰懷的孕。請你認一認，這印和帶子並杖都是誰的？」
26 And Judah discerneth and saith, 'She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;' and he hath not added to know her again.
猶大承認說：「她比我更有義，因為我沒有將她給我的兒子示拉。」從此猶大不再與她同寢了。
27 And it cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins [are] in her womb;
她瑪將要生產，不料她腹裏是一對雙生。
28 and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that [one] giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, 'This hath come out first.'
到生產的時候，一個孩子伸出一隻手來；收生婆拿紅線拴在他手上，說：「這是頭生的。」
29 And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, 'What! thou hast broken forth — on thee [is] the breach;' and he calleth his name Pharez;
隨後這孩子把手收回去，他哥哥生出來了；收生婆說：「你為甚麼搶着來呢？」因此給他起名叫法勒斯。
30 and afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand [is] the scarlet thread, and he calleth his name Zarah.
後來，他兄弟那手上有紅線的也生出來，就給他起名叫謝拉。
