Genèse 38
1 En ce temps-là, Juda descendit de chez ses frères, et se rendit chez un certain Adullamite, dont le nom était Hira.
At that time, Judah left his older and younger brothers and went down from the hilly area and stayed with a man whose name was Hiram, who lived in Adullam [town].
2 Là, Juda vit la fille d'un homme de Canaan, nommé Schua. Il la prit, et alla vers elle.
There he (met/became acquainted with) a woman who was the daughter of a man from Canaan named Shua. He married her. He had sex [EUP] with her,
3 Elle devint enceinte, et enfanta un fils, qu'il appela Er.
and she became pregnant and later gave birth to a son, whom he named Er.
4 Elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, qu'elle appela Onan.
Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son whom she named Onan.
5 Elle enfanta encore un fils, qu'elle appela Schéla. Il était à Chezib lorsqu'elle l'enfanta.
Many years later, when Judah and his family went to live in Kezib [town], Judah’s wife gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah.
6 Juda prit une femme pour Er, son premier-né, et elle s'appela Tamar.
When Judah’s oldest son Er [grew up], Judah got a wife for him, a woman named Tamar.
7 Er, le premier-né de Juda, était méchant aux yeux de l'Éternel. Aussi Yahvé le fit-il mourir.
But Er did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
8 Juda dit à Onan: « Va vers la femme de ton frère, accomplis envers elle le devoir d'un frère de mari, et suscite une descendance pour ton frère. »
Then Judah said to Onan, “Your older brother died without having any sons. So marry his widow and have sex [EUP] with her. That is what our customs require that you should do.”
9 Onan savait que la descendance ne serait pas la sienne; et quand il entra chez la femme de son frère, il répandit sa semence sur le sol, de peur de donner une descendance à son frère.
But Onan knew if he did that, any children who would be born would not be considered to be his. So every time he had sex [EUP] with his brother’s widow, he spilled his semen on the ground, so that she would not get pregnant and produce children for his older brother.
10 La chose qu'il fit fut mauvaise aux yeux de l'Éternel, qui le fit aussi mourir.
Yahweh considered that what he did was wicked, so he caused him to die also.
11 Juda dit alors à Tamar, sa belle-fille: « Reste veuve dans la maison de ton père, jusqu'à ce que mon fils Schéla ait grandi, car il disait: « De peur qu'il ne meure, lui aussi, comme ses frères. » Tamar alla vivre dans la maison de son père.
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father’s house, but do not marry anyone else. When my youngest son Shelah grows up, [he can marry you].” But Judah [really did not want Shelah to marry her, because] he was afraid that then Shelah would die too, just as his older brothers had died. So Tamar [obeyed Judah and] went back to live in her father’s house again.
12 Après plusieurs jours, la fille de Shua, la femme de Juda, mourut. Juda fut consolé, et il monta à Timna pour tondre ses moutons, lui et son ami Hira, l'Adullamite.
Several years later, Judah’s wife, who was the daughter of Shua, died. When the time of mourning for her was finished, Judah decided to go up to Timnah, to the place where his (men were shearing his sheep/sheep were being sheared) His friend Hiram, from Adullam, went with him.
13 On dit à Tamar: « Voici ton beau-père qui monte à Thimna pour tondre ses brebis. »
Someone said to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to [the fields near the city of] Timnah to help the men who are shearing his sheep.”
14 Elle ôta les vêtements de son veuvage, se couvrit de son voile, s'enveloppa et s'assit à la porte d'Énaïm, qui est sur le chemin de Timna; car elle vit que Shélah était devenu grand, et qu'elle ne lui avait pas été donnée pour femme.
[She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So] she took off her widow’s clothes, and covered her head with a veil, so that people would not (recognize her/know who she was). Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim [town], which is on the road to Timnah.
15 Lorsque Juda la vit, il pensa que c'était une prostituée, car elle avait couvert son visage.
When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head [like prostitutes often did] (OR, [and sat where prostitutes often sat)].
16 Il se tourna vers elle par le chemin et dit: « Viens, je t'en prie, laisse-moi entrer chez toi », car il ne savait pas qu'elle était sa belle-fille. Elle a dit: « Que me donneras-tu pour que tu entres chez moi? »
Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, “Hey, let me have sex [EUP] with you!” She replied, “What will you give me for allowing you to have sex [EUP] with me?”
17 Il dit: « Je t'enverrai un chevreau du troupeau. » Elle a dit: « Tu me donneras un gage, jusqu'à ce que tu l'envoies? »
He replied, “I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats.” She asked, “Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?”
18 Il a dit: « Quel gage vais-je te donner? » Elle a dit: « Ton sceau, ton cordon et le bâton que tu tiens à la main. » Il les lui donna; il entra chez elle, et elle devint enceinte de lui.
He replied, “What do you want me to give to you?” She replied, “Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand.” So he gave them to her. Then he had sex [EUP] with her, and she became pregnant.
19 Elle se leva et s'en alla, ôta son voile et revêtit les vêtements de son veuvage.
After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again.
20 Juda envoya le chevreau par la main de son ami, l'Adullamite, pour recevoir le gage de la main de la femme, mais il ne la trouva pas.
Judah gave a young goat to his friend from Adullam, for him to take back to the woman, as he had promised. But his friend could not find the woman.
21 Alors il interrogea les hommes de son lieu de résidence, en disant: « Où est la prostituée qui était à Enaïm, au bord de la route? » Ils ont dit: « Il n'y a pas eu de prostituée ici. »
So he asked the men who lived there, “Where is the prostitute who was sitting by the road at Enaim?” They replied, “There has never been a prostitute here!”
22 Il retourna auprès de Juda, et dit: « Je ne l'ai pas trouvée, et les gens du lieu ont dit: « Il n'y a pas eu de prostituée ici. »
So he went back to Judah and said, “I did not find her. [Furthermore], the men who live in that town said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’”
23 Juda dit: « Qu'elle la garde, de peur que nous ne soyons déshonorés. Voici que j'ai envoyé ce chevreau, et vous ne l'avez pas trouvée. »
Judah said, “She can keep the things that I gave to her. If we continued to search for her, people would ridicule us. I tried to send this young goat to her, but you could not find her to give it to her.”
24 Environ trois mois plus tard, Juda fut informé: « Tamar, ta belle-fille, s'est prostituée. De plus, voici qu'elle est enceinte par prostitution. » Juda dit: « Fais-la sortir, et qu'on la brûle. »
About three months later, someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant!” Judah said, “Drag her outside of the city and kill her by burning her!”
25 Quand elle fut sortie, elle envoya dire à son beau-père: « Je suis enceinte de l'homme à qui appartiennent ces objets. » Elle dit aussi: « Je te prie de discerner à qui appartiennent ces objets: le sceau, les cordons et le bâton. »
But as they were taking her outside of the city, she gave the ring and walking stick to someone, and told him to take them to Judah, and say to him, “The man who owns these things is the one who caused me to become pregnant.” She also said to tell him, “Look at this ring, and the cord that is attached to it, and this walking stick. Whose are they?”
26 Juda les reconnut et dit: « Elle est plus juste que moi, car je ne l'ai pas donnée à Shéla, mon fils. » Il ne la connut plus.
When the man did that, Judah recognized the ring and the stick. He said, “She is more righteous than I am. I did not tell my son Shelah to marry her, as I promised that I would.” And Judah did not have sex [EUP] with her again.
27 Au moment où elle accouchait, voici, des jumeaux étaient dans son sein.
When it was time for her to give birth, [she was surprised that] there were twin boys in her womb.
28 Comme elle était en travail, l'un d'eux étendit la main; la sage-femme prit un fil écarlate et l'attacha à sa main, en disant: « Celui-ci est sorti le premier. »
As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. So the midwife fastened a scarlet thread around his wrist, saying, “This one came out first.”
29 Comme il retirait sa main, voici que son frère sortit, et elle dit: « Pourquoi t'es-tu fait une brèche? » C'est pourquoi on lui donna le nom de Pérez.
But he pulled his hand back inside the womb, and his brother came out first. So she said, “So this is how you break your way out first!” So she named him Perez, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘breaking out].’
30 Ensuite sortit son frère, qui avait un fil cramoisi à la main, et on l'appela Zérach.
Then his younger brother, the one who had the scarlet thread around his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘redness of dawn].’
