創世記 38
1 そのころユダは兄弟たちを離れて下り、アドラムびとで、名をヒラという者の所へ行った。
At that time, Judah left his older and younger brothers and went down from the hilly area and stayed with a man whose name was Hiram, who lived in Adullam [town].
2 ユダはその所で、名をシュアというカナンびとの娘を見て、これをめとり、その所にはいった。
There he (met/became acquainted with) a woman who was the daughter of a man from Canaan named Shua. He married her. He had sex [EUP] with her,
3 彼女はみごもって男の子を産んだので、ユダは名をエルと名づけた。
and she became pregnant and later gave birth to a son, whom he named Er.
4 彼女は再びみごもって男の子を産み、名をオナンと名づけた。
Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son whom she named Onan.
5 また重ねて、男の子を産み、名をシラと名づけた。彼女はこの男の子を産んだとき、クジブにおった。
Many years later, when Judah and his family went to live in Kezib [town], Judah’s wife gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah.
6 ユダは長子エルのために、名をタマルという妻を迎えた。
When Judah’s oldest son Er [grew up], Judah got a wife for him, a woman named Tamar.
7 しかしユダの長子エルは主の前に悪い者であったので、主は彼を殺された。
But Er did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
8 そこでユダはオナンに言った、「兄の妻の所にはいって、彼女をめとり、兄に子供を得させなさい」。
Then Judah said to Onan, “Your older brother died without having any sons. So marry his widow and have sex [EUP] with her. That is what our customs require that you should do.”
9 しかしオナンはその子が自分のものとならないのを知っていたので、兄の妻の所にはいった時、兄に子を得させないために地に洩らした。
But Onan knew if he did that, any children who would be born would not be considered to be his. So every time he had sex [EUP] with his brother’s widow, he spilled his semen on the ground, so that she would not get pregnant and produce children for his older brother.
10 彼のした事は主の前に悪かったので、主は彼をも殺された。
Yahweh considered that what he did was wicked, so he caused him to die also.
11 そこでユダはその子の妻タマルに言った、「わたしの子シラが成人するまで、寡婦のままで、あなたの父の家にいなさい」。彼は、シラもまた兄弟たちのように死ぬかもしれないと、思ったからである。それでタマルは行って父の家におった。
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father’s house, but do not marry anyone else. When my youngest son Shelah grows up, [he can marry you].” But Judah [really did not want Shelah to marry her, because] he was afraid that then Shelah would die too, just as his older brothers had died. So Tamar [obeyed Judah and] went back to live in her father’s house again.
12 日がたってシュアの娘ユダの妻は死んだ。その後、ユダは喪を終ってその友アドラムびとヒラと共にテムナに上り、自分の羊の毛を切る者のところへ行った。
Several years later, Judah’s wife, who was the daughter of Shua, died. When the time of mourning for her was finished, Judah decided to go up to Timnah, to the place where his (men were shearing his sheep/sheep were being sheared) His friend Hiram, from Adullam, went with him.
13 時に、ひとりの人がタマルに告げて、「あなたのしゅうとが羊の毛を切るためにテムナに上って来る」と言ったので、
Someone said to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to [the fields near the city of] Timnah to help the men who are shearing his sheep.”
14 彼女は寡婦の衣服を脱ぎすて、被衣で身をおおい隠して、テムナへ行く道のかたわらにあるエナイムの入口にすわっていた。彼女はシラが成人したのに、自分がその妻にされないのを知ったからである。
[She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So] she took off her widow’s clothes, and covered her head with a veil, so that people would not (recognize her/know who she was). Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim [town], which is on the road to Timnah.
15 ユダは彼女を見たとき、彼女が顔をおおっていたため、遊女だと思い、
When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head [like prostitutes often did] (OR, [and sat where prostitutes often sat)].
16 道のかたわらで彼女に向かって言った、「さあ、あなたの所にはいらせておくれ」。彼はこの女がわが子の妻であることを知らなかったからである。彼女は言った、「わたしの所にはいるため、何をくださいますか」。
Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, “Hey, let me have sex [EUP] with you!” She replied, “What will you give me for allowing you to have sex [EUP] with me?”
17 ユダは言った、「群れのうちのやぎの子をあなたにあげよう」。彼女は言った、「それをくださるまで、しるしをわたしにくださいますか」。
He replied, “I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats.” She asked, “Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?”
18 ユダは言った、「どんなしるしをあげようか」。彼女は言った、「あなたの印と紐と、あなたの手にあるつえとを」。彼はこれらを与えて彼女の所にはいった。彼女はユダによってみごもった。
He replied, “What do you want me to give to you?” She replied, “Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand.” So he gave them to her. Then he had sex [EUP] with her, and she became pregnant.
19 彼女は起きて去り、被衣を脱いで寡婦の衣服を着た。
After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again.
20 やがてユダはその女からしるしを取りもどそうと、その友アドラムびとに託してやぎの子を送ったけれども、その女を見いだせなかった。
Judah gave a young goat to his friend from Adullam, for him to take back to the woman, as he had promised. But his friend could not find the woman.
21 そこで彼はその所の人々に尋ねて言った、「エナイムで道のかたわらにいた遊女はどこにいますか」。彼らは言った、「ここには遊女はいません」。
So he asked the men who lived there, “Where is the prostitute who was sitting by the road at Enaim?” They replied, “There has never been a prostitute here!”
22 彼はユダのもとに帰って言った、「わたしは彼女を見いだせませんでした。またその所の人々は、『ここには遊女はいない』と言いました」。
So he went back to Judah and said, “I did not find her. [Furthermore], the men who live in that town said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’”
23 そこでユダは言った、「女に持たせておこう。わたしたちは恥をかくといけないから。とにかく、わたしはこのやぎの子を送ったが、あなたは彼女を見いだせなかったのだ」。
Judah said, “She can keep the things that I gave to her. If we continued to search for her, people would ridicule us. I tried to send this young goat to her, but you could not find her to give it to her.”
24 ところが三月ほどたって、ひとりの人がユダに言った、「あなたの嫁タマルは姦淫しました。そのうえ、彼女は姦淫によってみごもりました」。ユダは言った、「彼女を引き出して焼いてしまえ」。
About three months later, someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant!” Judah said, “Drag her outside of the city and kill her by burning her!”
25 彼女は引き出された時、そのしゅうとに人をつかわして言った、「わたしはこれをもっている人によって、みごもりました」。彼女はまた言った、「どうか、この印と、紐と、つえとはだれのものか、見定めてください」。
But as they were taking her outside of the city, she gave the ring and walking stick to someone, and told him to take them to Judah, and say to him, “The man who owns these things is the one who caused me to become pregnant.” She also said to tell him, “Look at this ring, and the cord that is attached to it, and this walking stick. Whose are they?”
26 ユダはこれを見定めて言った、「彼女はわたしよりも正しい。わたしが彼女をわが子シラに与えなかったためである」。彼は再び彼女を知らなかった。
When the man did that, Judah recognized the ring and the stick. He said, “She is more righteous than I am. I did not tell my son Shelah to marry her, as I promised that I would.” And Judah did not have sex [EUP] with her again.
27 さて彼女の出産の時がきたが、胎内には、ふたごがあった。
When it was time for her to give birth, [she was surprised that] there were twin boys in her womb.
28 出産の時に、ひとりの子が手を出したので、産婆は、「これがさきに出た」と言い、緋の糸を取って、その手に結んだ。
As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. So the midwife fastened a scarlet thread around his wrist, saying, “This one came out first.”
29 そして、その子が手をひっこめると、その弟が出たので、「どうしてあなたは自分で破って出るのか」と言った。これによって名はペレヅと呼ばれた。
But he pulled his hand back inside the womb, and his brother came out first. So she said, “So this is how you break your way out first!” So she named him Perez, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘breaking out].’
30 その後、手に緋の糸のある兄が出たので、名はゼラと呼ばれた。
Then his younger brother, the one who had the scarlet thread around his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘redness of dawn].’
