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.
It happened at that time that Judah moved away from his brothers and stayed with an 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 Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he married her and slept with her.
3 Ed ella concepì e partorì un figliuolo, al quale egli pose nome Er.
She conceived and gave birth to 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 gave birth to 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.
Then she gave birth to another son, and named him Shelah. And he was at Kezib when she gave birth to him.
6 E Giuda prese per Er, suo primogenito, una moglie che avea nome Tamar.
And Judah got 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.
Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so God killed him.
8 Allora Giuda disse a Onan: “Va’ dalla moglie del tuo fratello, prenditela come cognato, e suscita una progenie al tuo fratello”.
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 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.
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 Ciò ch’egli faceva dispiacque all’Eterno, il quale fece morire anche lui.
And what he did was evil in the sight of God, so 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 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 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 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 Di questo fu informata Tamar, e le fu detto: “Ecco, il tuo suocero sale a Timna a tosare le sue pecore”.
And Tamar was told, saying, "Look, 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 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 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 because 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 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 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 something as a guarantee 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 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 Poi ella si levò, e se ne andò; si tolse il velo, e si rimise le vesti da vedova.
And she got up and left, and took off her veil, and put on her widow's clothing.
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 his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the guarantee back 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 the 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 haven't 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 the things, lest we be publicly shamed. Look, I sent this young goat, but you did not find 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!”
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 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 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 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.
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 Or quando venne il tempo in cui doveva partorire, ecco ch’essa aveva in seno due gemelli.
It happened when it was time for her to give birth, that look, there were twins 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”.
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 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.
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 Poi uscì il suo fratello, che aveva alla mano il filo di scarlatto; e fu chiamato Zerach.
Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, so he was named Zerah.
