1 Mosebok 38
1 I same tidi bar det so til at Juda for nedyver frå brørne sine, og gav seg til hjå ein mann i Adullam som heitte Hira.
Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
2 Der såg Juda dotter åt ein kananitisk mann som heitte Sua, og han tok henne til kona, og budde i hop med henne.
And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
3 Og ho vart med barn, og åtte ein son; honom kalla han Er.
And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
4 So vart ho med barn ein gong til, og åtte ein son, og ho kalla honom Onan.
And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
5 Sidan åtte ho endå ein son, og kalla honom Sela; då ho fekk honom, var Juda i Kezib.
Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
6 Og Juda feste ei kone åt Er, eldste son sin; ho heitte Tamar.
And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
7 Men Herren tykte ille um Er, eldste son åt Juda, og Herren laga det so at han døydde.
Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
8 Då sagde Juda med Onan: «Tak brorkona di heim til deg, og gift deg med henne, so du held uppe ætti åt bror din!»
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 borni ikkje skulde vera hans; og når han låg med enkja etter bror sin, let han det spillast på jordi, so han ikkje skulde gjeva bror sin avkjøme.
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 Og Herren tykte ille um det han gjorde, og laga det so at han og døydde.
And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
11 Då sagde Juda til Tamar, sonekona si: «No lyt du sitja enkja i huset åt far din, til Sela, son min, er vaksen!» For han tenkte: «Elles kjem han og til å døy, som brørne hans.» So for Tamar heim att, og budde hjå far sin.
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 Då det leid frametter ei tid, døydde dotter åt Sua, kona hans Juda. Og då syrgjetidi var ute, gjekk Juda upp til Timna, til deim som klypte sauerne hans, både han og venen hans, Hira frå Adullam.
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 Og Tamar fekk spurt det; for det kom ein og sagde med henne: «Sjå, verfar din er på veg upp til Timna og vil klyppa sauerne sine.»
And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
14 Då lagde ho av seg enkjebunaden sin, og kasta på seg ei kåpa og sveipte henne vel kring seg, og so sette ho seg frammed ledet utfor Enajim, på vegen til Timna. For ho såg at Sela var vaksen, og at ho ikkje fekk honom.
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 Då Juda såg henne, tenkte han det var ei skjøkja, av di ho heldt kåpa attfor andlitet.
When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
16 So tok han av vegen, og gjekk innåt henne og sagde: «Kom og lat meg få liggja med deg!» For han visste ikkje at det var sonekona hans. Då sagde ho: «Kva gjev du meg, er so du fær liggja med meg?»
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 «Eg skal senda deg eit kid av buskapen min, » sagde han. «Gjev meg so noko i vissa då, til du sender meg det!» sagde ho.
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 «Kva vissa skal eg gjeva deg?» sagde han. «Seglringen din og lekkjet ditt og staven som du hev i handi, » sagde ho. Det gav han henne, og so fekk han liggja med henne, og ho vart fremmeleg med honom.
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 ho stod upp og gjekk sin veg, og lagde av seg kåpa og hadde på seg enkjebunaden sin.
Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
20 Og Juda sende kidet med venen sin, han frå Adullam, og bad honom få att vissa av kvinna; men han fann henne ikkje.
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 spurde folki i grendi hennar og sagde: «Kvar er skjøkja, ho i Enajim, frammed vegen?» Men dei sagde: «Det hev ikkje vore nokor skjøkje 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 So kom han attende til Juda og sagde: «Eg fann henne ikkje, og folki der i grendi sagde endå det: «Det hev ikkje vore nokor skjøkja 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 Då sagde Juda: «Lat henne hava det, so me ikkje fær skam av dette! Kidet veit du no eg hev sendt, men du fann henne ikkje.»
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 So var det på lag tri månader etter, då kom dei og sagde med Juda: «Tamar, sonekona di, hev lagt seg burt, so ho jamvel hev vorte med barn.» Då sagde Juda: «Leid henne ut! Ho skal brennast.»
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 Då dei so leide henne ut, sende ho bod til verfar sin og sagde: «Det er med den mannen som eig dette, at eg hev vorte med barn. Du skulde vel ikkje vita kven som eig denne seglringen og lekki og staven?» sagde ho.
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 kjendest med det, og sagde: «Ho er i sin gode rett imot meg; for eg let henne ikkje få Sela, son min.» Og han låg ikkje med henne meir.
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 Då det so leid til at ho skulde eiga barn, sjå, då var det tvillingar i livet hennar.
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 same ho fødde, rette den eine handi fram. Då tok ljosmori og batt ein raud tråd kring handi hans, og sagde: «Denne kom fyrst.»
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 so drog han handi attende, og då kom bror hans fram! Då sagde ho: «Korleis er det du bryt deg fram!» Og dei kalla honom 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 So kom bror hans, han som hadde den raude tråden kring handi. Honom kalla dei Zerah.
And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.
