उत्पत्ति 38
1 १ उन्हीं दिनों में ऐसा हुआ कि यहूदा अपने भाइयों के पास से चला गया, और हीरा नामक एक अदुल्लामवासी पुरुष के पास डेरा किया।
Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
5 ५ फिर उसके एक पुत्र और उत्पन्न हुआ, और उसका नाम शेला रखा गया; और जिस समय इसका जन्म हुआ उस समय यहूदा कजीब में रहता था।
Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
8 ८ तब यहूदा ने ओनान से कहा, “अपनी भौजाई के पास जा, और उसके साथ देवर का धर्म पूरा करके अपने भाई के लिये सन्तान उत्पन्न कर।”
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 ९ ओनान तो जानता था कि सन्तान मेरी न ठहरेगी; इसलिए ऐसा हुआ कि जब वह अपनी भौजाई के पास गया, तब उसने भूमि पर वीर्य गिराकर नाश किया, जिससे ऐसा न हो कि उसके भाई के नाम से वंश चले।
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.
And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
11 ११ तब यहूदा ने इस डर के मारे कि कहीं ऐसा न हो कि अपने भाइयों के समान शेला भी मरे, अपनी बहू तामार से कहा, “जब तक मेरा पुत्र शेला सयाना न हो जाए तब तक अपने पिता के घर में विधवा ही बैठी रह।” इसलिए तामार अपने पिता के घर में जाकर रहने लगी।
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 १२ बहुत समय के बीतने पर यहूदा की पत्नी जो शूआ की बेटी थी, वह मर गई; फिर यहूदा शोक के दिन बीतने पर अपने मित्र हीरा अदुल्लामवासी समेत अपनी भेड़-बकरियों का ऊन कतरनेवालों के पास तिम्नाह को गया।
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 १३ और तामार को यह समाचार मिला, “तेरा ससुर अपनी भेड़-बकरियों का ऊन कतराने के लिये तिम्नाह को जा रहा है।”
And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
14 १४ तब उसने यह सोचकर कि शेला सयाना तो हो गया पर मैं उसकी स्त्री नहीं होने पाई; अपना विधवापन का पहरावा उतारा और घूँघट डालकर अपने को ढाँप लिया, और एनैम नगर के फाटक के पास, जो तिम्नाह के मार्ग में है, जा बैठी।
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.
When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
16 १६ वह मार्ग से उसकी ओर फिरा, और उससे कहने लगा, “मुझे अपने पास आने दे,” (क्योंकि उसे यह मालूम न था कि वह उसकी बहू है।) और वह कहने लगी, “यदि मैं तुझे अपने पास आने दूँ, तो तू मुझे क्या देगा?”
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 १७ उसने कहा, “मैं अपनी बकरियों में से बकरी का एक बच्चा तेरे पास भेज दूँगा।” तब उसने कहा, “भला उसके भेजने तक क्या तू हमारे पास कुछ रेहन रख जाएगा?”
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 १८ उसने पूछा, “मैं तेरे पास क्या रेहन रख जाऊँ?” उसने कहा, “अपनी मुहर, और बाजूबन्द, और अपने हाथ की छड़ी।” तब उसने उसको वे वस्तुएँ दे दीं, और उसके पास गया, और वह उससे गर्भवती हुई।
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.
Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
20 २० तब यहूदा ने बकरी का बच्चा अपने मित्र उस अदुल्लामवासी के हाथ भेज दिया कि वह रेहन रखी हुई वस्तुएँ उस स्त्री के हाथ से छुड़ा ले आए; पर वह स्त्री उसको न मिली।
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 २१ तब उसने वहाँ के लोगों से पूछा, “वह देवदासी जो एनैम में मार्ग की एक ओर बैठी थी, कहाँ है?” उन्होंने कहा, “यहाँ तो कोई देवदासी न थी।”
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 २२ इसलिए उसने यहूदा के पास लौटकर कहा, “मुझे वह नहीं मिली; और उस स्थान के लोगों ने कहा, ‘यहाँ तो कोई देवदासी न थी।’”
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 २३ तब यहूदा ने कहा, “अच्छा, वह बन्धक उसी के पास रहने दे, नहीं तो हम लोग तुच्छ गिने जाएँगे; देख, मैंने बकरी का यह बच्चा भेज दिया था, पर वह तुझे नहीं मिली।”
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 २४ लगभग तीन महीने के बाद यहूदा को यह समाचार मिला, “तेरी बहू तामार ने व्यभिचार किया है; वरन् वह व्यभिचार से गर्भवती भी हो गई है।” तब यहूदा ने कहा, “उसको बाहर ले आओ कि वह जलाई जाए।”
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 २५ जब उसे बाहर निकाला जा रहा था, तब उसने, अपने ससुर के पास यह कहला भेजा, “जिस पुरुष की ये वस्तुएँ हैं, उसी से मैं गर्भवती हूँ,” फिर उसने यह भी कहलाया, “पहचान तो सही कि यह मुहर, और बाजूबन्द, और छड़ी किसकी हैं।”
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 २६ यहूदा ने उन्हें पहचानकर कहा, “वह तो मुझसे कम दोषी है; क्योंकि मैंने उसका अपने पुत्र शेला से विवाह न किया।” और उसने उससे फिर कभी प्रसंग न किया।
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.
And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
28 २८ और जब वह जनने लगी तब एक बालक का हाथ बाहर आया, और दाई ने लाल सूत लेकर उसके हाथ में यह कहते हुए बाँध दिया, “पहले यही उत्पन्न हुआ।”
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 २९ जब उसने हाथ समेट लिया, तब उसका भाई उत्पन्न हो गया। तब उस दाई ने कहा, “तू क्यों बरबस निकल आया है?” इसलिए उसका नाम पेरेस रखा गया।
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.
And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
