1 Mosebok 38

1 På denne tid drog Juda ned fra det sted hvor hans brødre bodde, og han tok inn til en mann i Adullam, som hette Hira.

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

2 Der så Juda datteren til en kana'anittisk mann som hette Sua; og han tok henne til hustru og gikk inn til henne.

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

3 Og hun blev fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn og kalte ham Er.

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

4 Så blev hun atter fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn, og hun kalte ham Onan.

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

5 Siden fødte hun ennu en sønn og kalte ham Sela; da han blev født, var Juda i Kesib.

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

6 Og Juda tok en hustru til Er, sin førstefødte sønn; hun hette Tamar.

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

7 Men Er, Judas førstefødte, mishaget Herren, og Herren lot ham dø.

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

8 Da sa Juda til Onan: Gå inn til din brors hustru, og ta henne til ekte i din brors sted og opreis din bror avkom.

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 Men Onan visste at avkommet ikke skulde høre ham til; når han derfor gikk inn til sin brors hustru, spilte han sæden på jorden for ikke å gi sin bror avkom.

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 Men det var ondt i Herrens øine det han gjorde, og han lot også ham dø.

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

11 Da sa Juda til Tamar, sin sønnekone: Bo som enke i din fars hus, til Sela, min sønn, er blitt voksen! For han tenkte: Ellers kommer også han til å dø, som hans brødre. Så drog Tamar hjem og bodde i sin fars hus.

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 Da nu en lengere tid var gått, døde Suas datter, Judas hustru, og da sørgetiden var over, gikk Juda op til Timna, til dem som klippet hans får, og hans venn Hira fra Adullam var med ham.

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 Da det nu blev fortalt Tamar at hennes svigerfar var på vei op til Timna for å klippe sine får,

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

14 tok hun sine enkeklær av og la et slør om sig og hyllet sig inn i det og satte sig ved inngangen til Ena'im, på veien til Timna; for hun så at Sela var blitt voksen, og at hun allikevel ikke var gitt ham til hustru.

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 Da Juda så henne, tenkte han det var en skjøge; for hun hadde tilhyllet sitt ansikt.

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

16 Så bøide han av fra veien og gikk bort til henne og sa: Kom, la mig gå inn til dig! For han visste ikke at det var hans sønnekone. Da sa hun: Hvad vil du gi mig for å gå inn til mig?

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 Han svarte: Jeg vil sende dig et kje av min buskap. Da sa hun: Ja, dersom du vil gi mig et pant, til du sender mig det.

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 Han sa: Hvad skal jeg gi dig til pant? Hun svarte: Ditt signet og din snor og staven som du har i hånden. Det gav han henne og gikk så inn til henne, og hun blev fruktsommelig med ham.

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 Og hun stod op og gikk sin vei, og hun la sitt slør av sig og tok på sig sine enkeklær.

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

20 Og Juda sendte kjeet med sin venn fra Adullam for å få pantet tilbake av kvinnen; men han fant henne ikke.

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 Og han spurte folkene der på stedet og sa: Hvor er skjøgen, hun i Ena'im, ved veien? De sa: Det har ikke vært nogen skjøge her.

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 Så kom han tilbake til Juda og sa: Jeg fant henne ikke, og tilmed sa folkene der på stedet: Det har ikke vært nogen skjøge her.

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 Da sa Juda: La henne ha det, så vi ikke skal få skam av denne sak! Kjeet har jeg jo sendt henne, men du fant henne ikke.

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 Så gikk det omkring tre måneder; da kom folk og sa til Juda: Tamar, din sønnekone, har drevet hor, og nu er hun også blitt fruktsommelig i hor. Og Juda sa: Før henne ut, hun skal brennes!

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 Men da hun blev ført ut, sendte hun bud til sin svigerfar og lot si: Det er med den mann som eier disse ting, jeg er blitt fruktsommelig. Og hun sa: Se efter hvem som eier dette signet og disse snorer og denne stav!

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 Og Juda kjente dem igjen og sa: Hun er i sin gode rett mot mig fordi jeg ikke har gitt henne til min sønn Sela. Og han hadde ikke siden omgang med henne.

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 Da den tid kom at hun skulde føde, se, da var det tvillinger i hennes liv.

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

28 Og i det samme hun fødte, stakk den ene hånden frem; da tok jordmoren og bandt en rød tråd om hans hånd og sa: Denne kom først frem.

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 Men så drog han sin hånd tilbake, og da kom hans bror frem, og hun sa: Hvor du har brutt dig frem! Og de kalte ham Peres.

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 Så kom hans bror frem, han som hadde den røde tråd om hånden; ham kalte de Serah.

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