Génesis 38

1 En aquel tiempo, Judá bajó de entre sus hermanos y visitó a un adulamita que se llamaba Hira.

It happened at that time that Judah moved away from his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

2 Allí, Judá vio a la hija de un cananeo llamado Súa. La tomó y se acercó a ella.

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he married her and slept with her.

3 Ella concibió y dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Er.

She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

4 Concibió de nuevo y dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Onán.

She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5 Concibió de nuevo y dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Sala. Estaba en Chezib cuando lo dio a luz.

Then she gave birth to another son, and named him Shelah. And he was at Kezib when she gave birth to him.

6 Judá tomó una esposa para Er, su primogénito, y su nombre fue Tamar.

And Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 Er, el primogénito de Judá, era malvado a los ojos de Yahvé. Así que Yahvé lo mató.

Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so God killed him.

8 Judá le dijo a Onán: “Acércate a la mujer de tu hermano y cumple con ella el deber de un marido hermano, y cría descendencia para tu hermano.”

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 Onán sabía que la descendencia no sería suya; y cuando entró a la mujer de su hermano, derramó su semen en el suelo, para no dar descendencia a su hermano.

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 Lo que hizo fue malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y también lo mató.

And what he did was evil in the sight of God, so he killed him also.

11 Entonces Judá le dijo a Tamar, su nuera: “Quédate viuda en la casa de tu padre hasta que crezca Sala, mi hijo”, pues dijo: “No sea que él también muera como sus hermanos”. Tamar se fue a vivir a la casa de su 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 Después de muchos días, murió la hija de Súa, esposa de Judá. Judá se consoló y subió con sus esquiladores de ovejas a Timná, él y su amigo Hira, el adulamita.

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 Le dijeron a Tamar: “Mira, tu suegro sube a Timnát a esquilar sus ovejas”.

And Tamar was told, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

14 Ella se quitó las prendas de su viudez, se cubrió con su velo y se envolvió, y se sentó en la puerta de Enaim, que está en el camino de Timnát, porque vio que Selá era mayor, y que ella no le había sido dada como esposa.

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 Cuando Judá la vio, pensó que era una prostituta, pues se había cubierto el rostro.

When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16 Se dirigió a ella por el camino y le dijo: “Por favor, ven, déjame entrar contigo”, pues no sabía que era su nuera. Ella dijo: “¿Qué me darás, para que puedas entrar en mí?”

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 Dijo: “Te enviaré un cabrito del rebaño”. Ella dijo: “¿Me darás una prenda, hasta que la envíes?”

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 Él dijo: “¿Qué prenda te daré?” Ella dijo: “Tu sello y tu cordón, y tu bastón que está en tu mano”. Se los dio, y entró en ella, y ella concibió por él.

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 Ella se levantó y se fue, y se quitó el velo de encima y se puso las ropas de su viudez.

And she got up and left, and took off her veil, and put on her widow's clothing.

20 Judá envió al cabrito de la mano de su amigo, el adulamita, a recibir la prenda de la mano de la mujer, pero no la encontró.

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 Entonces preguntó a los hombres de su lugar, diciendo: “¿Dónde está la prostituta que estaba en Enaim, junto al camino?” Dijeron: “Aquí no ha habido ninguna prostituta”.

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 Volvió a Judá y le dijo: “No la he encontrado; y también los hombres del lugar dijeron: “Aquí no ha habido ninguna prostituta””.

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 Judá dijo: “Que se quede con ella, no sea que nos avergoncemos. He aquí que he enviado esta cabrita, y no la has encontrado”.

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 Unos tres meses después, se le dijo a Judá: “Tamar, tu nuera, se ha prostituido. Además, he aquí que está embarazada por prostitución”. Judá dijo: “Sácala y que la quemen”.

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 Cuando la sacaron, envió a decir a su suegro: “Estoy embarazada del hombre que tiene esto”. También le dijo: “Por favor, discierne de quién son estos: el sello, los cordones y el bastón”.

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 Judá los reconoció y dijo: “Ella es más justa que yo, porque no se la di a Sala, mi hijo”. No volvió a conocerla.

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 En el tiempo de su parto, he aquí que había gemelos en su seno.

It happened when it was time for her to give birth, that look, there were twins in her womb.

28 Cuando dio a luz, uno de ellos sacó una mano, y la partera tomó y ató un hilo de grana en su mano, diciendo: “Este salió primero.”

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 Al retirar la mano, he aquí que su hermano salió, y ella le dijo: “¿Por qué te has hecho una brecha?” Por eso se llamó Fares.

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 Después salió su hermano, que tenía el hilo escarlata en la mano, y se llamó Zerah.

Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, so he was named Zerah.