Genèse 38
1 En ce temps-là Juda, s'éloignant de ses frères, descendit et arriva jusqu'auprès d'un homme d'Odollam, nommé Hira.
It happened at that time that Judah moved away from his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 Là, Juda vit la fille d'un Chananéen, nommé Sué, et il la prit pour femme et alla vers elle.
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he married her and slept with her.
3 Elle conçut et enfanta un fils, et il le nomma Her.
She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.
4 Elle conçut encore et enfanta un fils, et elle le nomma Onan.
She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
5 Elle conçut de nouveau et enfanta un fils, et elle le nomma Séla; Juda était à Achzib quand elle le mit au monde.
Then she gave birth to another son, and named him Shelah. And he was at Kezib when she gave birth to him.
6 Juda prit pour Her, son premier-né, une femme nommée Thamar.
And Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 Her, premier-né de Juda, fut méchant aux yeux de Yahweh et Yahweh le fit mourir.
Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of YHWH, so God killed him.
8 Alors Juda dit à Onan: " Va vers la femme de ton frère, remplis ton devoir de beau-frère et suscite une postérité à ton frère. "
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."
9 Mais Onan savait que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui et, lorsqu'il allait vers la femme de son frère, il se souillait à terre afin de ne pas donner de postérité à son frère.
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.
10 Son action déplut au Seigneur, qui le fit aussi mourir.
And what he did was evil in the sight of God, so he killed him also.
11 Et Juda dit à Thamar, sa belle-fille: " Demeure comme veuve dans la maison de ton père jusqu'à ce que Séla, mon fils, soit devenu grand. " Car il se disait: " Il ne faut pas que lui aussi meure comme ses frères. " Thamar s'en alla et demeura dans la maison de son père.
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.
12 Après beaucoup de jours, la fille de Sué, femme de Juda, mourut. Lorsque Juda eut fini son deuil, il monta vers ceux qui tondaient ses brebis à Thamna, lui et son ami Hira, l'Odollamite.
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.
13 On en informa Thamar, en disant: " Voici ton beau-père qui monte à Thamna pour tondre ses brebis. "
And Tamar was told, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
14 Alors elle ôta ses vêtements de veuve, se couvrit d'un voile, et, ainsi enveloppée, elle s'assit à l'entrée d'Enaïm, sur le chemin de Thamna, car elle voyait que Séla était devenu grand et qu'elle ne lui était pas donnée pour femme.
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.
15 Juda, l'ayant vue, la prit pour une femme de mauvaise vie; car elle avait couvert son visage.
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
16 Il se dirigea de son côté, vers le chemin, et dit: " Laisse-moi aller vers toi. " Car il ignorait que ce fût sa belle-fille. Elle dit: " Que me donneras-tu pour venir vers moi? "
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?"
17 Il répondit: " Je t'enverrai un chevreau du troupeau. " Elle dit: " A condition que tu me donnes un gage jusqu'à ce que tu l'envoies. "
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?"
18 Il dit: Quel gage dois-je te donner? " Elle dit: " Ton anneau, ton cordon et ton bâton que tu tiens à la main. " Il les lui donna et alla vers elle, et elle devint enceinte de lui.
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.
19 Puis, s'étant levée, elle s'en alla; et elle ôta son voile et revêtit ses vêtements de veuve.
And she got up and left, and took off her veil, and put on her widow's clothing.
20 Juda envoya le chevreau par son ami, l'Odollamite, pour retirer le gage des mains de cette femme; mais il ne la trouva point.
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.
21 Il interrogea les gens du lieu, en disant: " Où est cette prostituée qui se tenait à Enaïm au bord du chemin? " Ils répondirent: " Il n'y a point eu ici de prostituée. "
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."
22 Il revint donc vers Juda et dit: " Je ne l'ai point trouvée; et même les gens du lieu ont dit: il n'y a point eu ici de prostituée. "
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.'"
23 Juda dit: " Qu'elle garde son gage; il ne faut pas qu'on se moque de nous. Voici, j'ai envoyé le chevreau promis, et tu ne l'as pas trouvée. "
Judah said, "Let her keep the things, lest we be publicly shamed. Look, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her."
24 Environ trois mois après, on vint dire à Juda: " Thamar, ta belle-fille, s'est prostituée, et même la voilà enceinte à la suite de ses prostitutions. " Juda dit: " Faites-la sortir et qu'elle soit brûlée. "
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."
25 Comme on l'emmenait dehors, elle envoya dire à son beau-père: " C'est de l'homme à qui ces objets appartiennent que je suis enceinte. Regarde bien, ajouta-t-elle, à qui sont cet anneau, ce cordon et ce bâton. "
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."
26 Juda les reconnut et dit: " Elle est plus juste que moi, puisque je ne l'ai pas donnée à Séla, mon fils. " Et il ne la connut plus.
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.
27 Quand elle fut au moment d'enfanter, voici, il y avait deux jumeaux dans son sein.
It happened when it was time for her to give birth, that look, there were twins in her womb.
28 Pendant l'accouchement, l'un d'eux étendit la main; la sage-femme la prit et y attacha un fil écarlate, en disant: " C'est celui-ci qui est sorti le premier. "
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."
29 Mais il retira sa main, et voici que son frère sortit. " Quelle brèche tu as faite! dit la sage-femme; la brèche soit sur toi! " Et on le nomma Pharès.
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.
30 Ensuite sortit son frère, qui avait à la main le fil écarlate; et on le nomma Zara.
Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, so he was named Zerah.
