Genèse 38

1 En ce temps-là, il advint que Juda se sépara de ses frères, et s'en alla chez un Odollamite, dont le nom était Hiras.

Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.

2 Juda vit là une fille de Chananéen dont le nom était Sué; il la prit, et il s'approcha d'elle.

And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

3 Celle-ci ayant conçu, enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Her.

And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

4 Puis, ayant conçu de nouveau, elle enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Onan,

And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.

5 Elle enfanta encore un fils qu'elle appela Séla; or, elle habitait Chasbi lorsqu'elle les enfanta.

Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

6 Juda prit pour Her, son premier-né, une femme dont le nom était Thamar.

And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

7 Her, premier-né de Juda, fut méchant devant le Seigneur, et Dieu le fit périr.

Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

8 Juda dit alors à Onan: Approche-toi de la femme de ton frère, épouse-la, et relève la race de ton frère.

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

9 Mais Onan, sachant que les enfants ne seraient point pour lui, lorsqu'il s'approchait de la femme de son frère, répandait la semence à terre, afin de ne point donner de race à son frère.

But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

10 Et il parut méchant devant Dieu pour avoir fait cela, et Dieu fit mourir celui-là aussi.

And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

11 Juda dit alors à Thamar, sa bru: Reste veuve dans la maison de ton père jusqu'à ce que mon fils Séla soit grand. Mais il se disait en lui-même: Prenons garde que celui-là aussi ne meure comme ses frères. Et Thamar, étant partie, demeura en la maison de son père.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

12 Les jours s'écoulèrent, et Sué, femme de Juda, mourut; après que Juda se fut consolé, il s'en alla avec Hiras, son pâtre Odollamite, en Thamma, vers ceux qui tondaient ses brebis.

And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

13 Et des gens vinrent à Thamar, sa bru, disant: Voici que ton beau-père monte en Thamma pour tondre ses brebis.

And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

14 Alors, elle quitta ses vêtements de veuve, et mit son large voile; elle se fit belle, et elle s'assit devant la porte d'Enan qui est sur le chemin de Thamna, car elle voyait que Séla ayant grandi et que Juda ne la lui faisait point prendre pour femme.

She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

15 Juda l'ayant vue, la prit pour une prostituée, car elle avait voilé sa figure, et il ne la reconnut pas.

When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

16 Il quitta le chemin pour aller à elle, et il lui dit: Laisse-moi m'approcher de toi; car il ne savait pas que c'était sa bru; elle lui dit: Que me donneras-tu si tu t'approches de moi?

And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

17 Je t'enverrai, répondit-il, un chevreau de mon troupeau de chèvres. Elle repartit: Tu me donneras des gages jusqu'à ce que tu me l'aies envoyé.

And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

18 Et il reprit: Quel gage te donnerai-je? Ton anneau, dit-elle, ton petit collier, et la baguette que tu as à la main. Il les lui donna donc; il s'approcha d'elle, et elle conçut de lui.

And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

19 Puis, s'étant levée, elle partit, ôta et replia son large voile, et elle remit ses vêtements de veuve.

Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

20 De son côté, Juda donna le chevreau à son pâtre d'Odollam, pour qu'il retirât ses gages des mains de la femme; mais celui-ci ne put la trouver.

Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

21 Il interrogea les hommes du lieu: Où est la prostituée qui s'est assise à Enan sur le chemin? Ils lui dirent qu'il n'y avait pas de prostituée dans le pays.

And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

22 Et il retourna près de Juda. Je n'ai trouvé personne, dit-il, et les hommes du lieu affirment qu'il n'y a point chez eux de prostituée.

So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

23 Et Juda dit: Qu'elle retienne les gages, mais que l'on se garde de nous faire des reproches: car j'ai envoyé le chevreau, et tu n'as point trouvé la personne.

And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

24 Or, il advint, trois mois après, que des gens allèrent trouver Juda, disant: Thamar, ta bru, s'est prostituée, et elle a conçu de sa prostitution; et Juda dit: Qu'on l'amène et qu'elle soit brûlée.

Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

25 Comme on l'emmenait, elle envoya à son beau-père, disant: C'est de l'homme à qui ces choses appartiennent que j'ai conçu; et elle ajouta: Reconnais à qui sont l'anneau, le petit collier et la baguette.

And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

26 Et Juda les reconnut, et il dit: Thamar est plus juste que moi, car je ne l'ai point donnée à Séla mon fils. Mais il ne la connut plus de nouveau.

Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

27 Or, il advint, lorsqu'elle allait enfanter, que deux jumeaux étaient dans ses entrailles.

And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

28 Et pendant qu'elle enfantait, l'un présenta d'abord une main à laquelle la sage-femme attacha de l'écarlate, disant: Celui-ci sortira le premier.

And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

29 Dès qu'il eut retiré sa main, soudain son frère sortit, et la sage-femme dit: Pourquoi est-ce toi qui as rompu la clôture? et elle lui donna le nom de Pharès.

But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

30 Après cela l'autre frère sortit, ayant encore au bras l'écarlate, et elle le nomma Zara.

And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.