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.
Around this time, Judah left his brothers and set up his tents at Adullam, near to a local man 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.
There Judah happened to see the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua and married her. He slept with her,
3 Og ho vart med barn, og åtte ein son; honom kalla han Er.
and she became pregnant and had a son he named Er.
4 So vart ho med barn ein gong til, og åtte ein son, og ho kalla honom Onan.
She became pregnant again and had a son she named 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 she named Shelah who was born in Kezib.
6 Og Juda feste ei kone åt Er, eldste son sin; ho heitte Tamar.
Much later, Judah arranged for Er, his firstborn son, to marry a woman named Tamar.
7 Men Herren tykte ille um Er, eldste son åt Juda, og Herren laga det so at han døydde.
But Er did what was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord 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!»
Judah told Onan, “Go and sleep with your brother's wife to fulfill the requirements of a brother-in-law to have children on behalf of 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.
Onan realized that any children he had wouldn't be his own, so whenever he slept with his brother's wife he made sure she wouldn't become pregnant by withdrawing and spilling his semen on the ground. In this way he prevented any children being born on behalf of his brother.
10 Og Herren tykte ille um det han gjorde, og laga det so at han og døydde.
But what he did was evil in the Lord's sight, so he also put Onan to death.
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 told his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Go to your father's house and live there as a widow until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “Maybe he'll die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went and stayed in 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.
A long time later Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah had finished the time of mourning, he went to visit his sheepshearers at Timnah with his friend Hirah from Adullam.
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.»
Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
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.
So she took off her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil, disguising herself. She sat down beside the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. She had realized that even though Shelah had now grown up, nothing had been done about her marrying him.
15 Då Juda såg henne, tenkte han det var ei skjøkja, av di ho heldt kåpa attfor andlitet.
Judah saw her and thought she must be a prostitute because she had veiled her face.
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?»
He went over to her at the side of the road and said, “I want to sleep with you.” He didn't know she was his daughter-in-law. “What will you give me if I let you sleep with me?” she asked.
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.
“I'll send you a young goat from my flock,” he replied. “What guarantee will you give me to make sure you'll send it?” she asked.
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.
“What guarantee do I have to give you?” he asked. “Your signet seal and its cord, and your walking stick that you're holding,” she replied. He handed them over to her. He slept with her and she became pregnant.
19 Og ho stod upp og gjekk sin veg, og lagde av seg kåpa og hadde på seg enkjebunaden sin.
She left, went home, took off her veil, and put on her widow's clothes.
20 Og Juda sende kidet med venen sin, han frå Adullam, og bad honom få att vissa av kvinna; men han fann henne ikkje.
Judah sent his friend Hirah from Adullam with a young goat to get back his belongings he'd left as a guarantee from the woman, but he couldn't find her.
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.»
Hirah asked the men there, “Where's the cult prostitute that sits by the entrance road to Enaim?” “There's no cult prostitute here,” they answered.
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.»»
Hirah went back to Judah and told him, “I couldn't find her, and the men there said, ‘There's no cult prostitute here.’”
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.»
“Let her keep what I gave her,” Judah replied. “We'll look ridiculous to people if we go on searching. In any case I did try to send her the young goat as promised but you couldn't find her.”
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.»
Then about three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has had sex like a prostitute and now as a result she's pregnant!” “Bring her out and burn her to death!” Judah ordered.
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.
As she was brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, “I'm pregnant by the man who owns these things.” Then she added, “Please look carefully at this signet seal and its cord and walking stick. Who do they belong to?”
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.
Judah recognized them right away and said, “She has honored the law more than I have, because I didn't give her in marriage to my son Shelah.” He didn't sleep with Tamar again.
27 Då det so leid til at ho skulde eiga barn, sjå, då var det tvillingar i livet hennar.
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, she was found to be carrying twins.
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.»
One baby put out his hand, and the midwife tied a scarlet thread around on his wrist and said, “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 pulled back his hand and his brother was born, she said, “How did you burst out?” So he was named Perez.
30 So kom bror hans, han som hadde den raude tråden kring handi. Honom kalla dei Zerah.
Then his brother with the scarlet thread on his wrist was born. He was named Zerah.
