Genesi 38
1 Or avvenne che, in quel tempo, Giuda discese di presso ai suoi fratelli, e andò a stare da un uomo di Adullam, che avea nome Hira.
At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 E Giuda vide quivi la figliuola di un Cananeo, chiamato Shua; e se la prese, e convisse con lei.
There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
3 Ed ella concepì e partorì un figliuolo, al quale egli pose nome Er.
She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
4 Poi ella concepì di nuovo, e partorì un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Onan.
She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
5 E partorì ancora un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Scela. Or Giuda era a Kezib, quand’ella lo partorì.
She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
6 E Giuda prese per Er, suo primogenito, una moglie che avea nome Tamar.
Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 Ma Er, primogenito di Giuda, era perverso agli occhi dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno lo fece morire.
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.
8 Allora Giuda disse a Onan: “Va’ dalla moglie del tuo fratello, prenditela come cognato, e suscita una progenie al tuo fratello”.
Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
9 E Onan, sapendo che quella progenie non sarebbe sua, quando s’accostava alla moglie del suo fratello, faceva in modo d’impedire il concepimento, per non dar progenie al fratello.
Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10 Ciò ch’egli faceva dispiacque all’Eterno, il quale fece morire anche lui.
The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.
11 Allora Giuda disse a Tamar sua nuora: “Rimani vedova in casa di tuo padre, finché Scela, mio figliuolo, sia cresciuto”. Perché diceva: “Badiamo che anch’egli non muoia come i suoi fratelli”. E Tamar se ne andò, e dimorò in casa di suo padre.
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
12 Passaron molti giorni, e morì la figliuola di Shua, moglie di Giuda; e dopo che Giuda si fu consolato, salì da quelli che tosavan le sue pecore a Timna; egli col suo amico Hira, l’Adullamita.
After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
13 Di questo fu informata Tamar, e le fu detto: “Ecco, il tuo suocero sale a Timna a tosare le sue pecore”.
Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
14 Allora ella si tolse le vesti da vedova, si coprì d’un velo, se ne avvolse tutta, e si pose a sedere alla porta di Enaim, ch’è sulla via di Timna; poiché vedeva che Scela era cresciuto, e nondimeno, lei non gli era stata data per moglie.
She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given to him as a wife.
15 Come Giuda la vide, la prese per una meretrice, perch’essa aveva il viso coperto.
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
16 E accostatosi a lei sulla via, le disse: “Lasciami venire da te!” Poiché non sapeva ch’ella fosse sua nuora. Ed ella rispose: “Che mi darai per venire da me?”
He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17 Ed egli le disse: “Ti manderò un capretto del mio gregge”. Ed ella: “Mi darai tu un pegno finché tu me l’abbia mandato?”
He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
18 Ed egli: “Che pegno ti darò?” E l’altra rispose: “Il tuo sigillo, il tuo cordone e il bastone che hai in mano”. Egli glieli dette, andò da lei, ed ella rimase incinta di lui.
He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
19 Poi ella si levò, e se ne andò; si tolse il velo, e si rimise le vesti da vedova.
She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 E Giuda mandò il capretto per mezzo del suo amico, l’Adullamita, affin di ritirare il pegno di man di quella donna; ma egli non la trovò.
Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.
21 Interrogò la gente del luogo, dicendo: “Dov’è quella meretrice che stava a Enaim, sulla via?” E quelli risposero: “Qui non c’è stata alcuna meretrice”.
Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
22 Ed egli se ne tornò a Giuda, e gli disse: “Non l’ho trovata; e, per di più, la gente del luogo m’ha detto: Qui non c’è stata alcuna meretrice”.
He returned to Judah, and said, “I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
23 E Giuda disse: “Si tenga pure il pegno, che non abbiamo a incorrere nel disprezzo. Ecco, io ho mandato questo capretto, e tu non l’hai trovata”.
Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you have not found her.”
24 Or circa tre mesi dopo, vennero a dire a Giuda: “Tamar, tua nuora, si è prostituita; e, per di più, eccola incinta in seguito alla sua prostituzione”. E Giuda disse: “Menatela fuori, e sia arsa!”
About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
25 Come la menavano fuori, ella mandò a dire al suocero: “Sono incinta dell’uomo al quale appartengono queste cose”. E disse: “Riconosci, ti prego, di chi siano questo sigillo, questi cordoni e questo bastone”.
When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”
26 Giuda li riconobbe, e disse: “Ella è più giusta di me, giacché io non l’ho data a Scela, mio figliuolo”. Ed egli non ebbe più relazioni con lei.
Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
27 Or quando venne il tempo in cui doveva partorire, ecco ch’essa aveva in seno due gemelli.
In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 E mentre partoriva, l’un d’essi mise fuori una mano; e la levatrice la prese, e vi legò un filo di scarlatto, dicendo: “Questo qui esce il primo”.
When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
29 Ma egli ritirò la mano, ed ecco uscir fuori il suo fratello. Allora la levatrice disse: “Perché ti sei fatta questa breccia?” Per questo motivo gli fu messo nome Perets.
As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.
30 Poi uscì il suo fratello, che aveva alla mano il filo di scarlatto; e fu chiamato Zerach.
Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
