Génesis 38
1 En aquel tiempo, Judá bajó de entre sus hermanos y visitó a un adulamita que se llamaba Hira.
At that time, Judah [Praised] went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 Allí, Judá vio a la hija de un cananeo llamado Súa. La tomó y se acercó a ella.
Judah [Praised] saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite [Descendant of Humbled] whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
3 Ella concibió y dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Er.
She conceived, and bore 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 bore 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.
She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
6 Judá tomó una esposa para Er, su primogénito, y su nombre fue Tamar.
Judah [Praised] took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar [Palm tree].
7 Er, el primogénito de Judá, era malvado a los ojos de Yahvé. Así que Yahvé lo mató.
Er, Judah [Praised]’s firstborn, was wicked in Adonai’s sight. Adonai 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.”
Judah [Praised] said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother 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.
Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10 Lo que hizo fue malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y también lo mató.
The thing which he did was evil in Adonai’s sight, and 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 [Praised] said to Tamar [Palm tree], his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar [Palm tree] 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 many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah [Praised], died. Judah [Praised] was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
13 Le dijeron a Tamar: “Mira, tu suegro sube a Timnát a esquilar sus ovejas”.
Tamar [Palm tree] was told, “Behold, 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 of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given to him as a wife.
15 Cuando Judá la vio, pensó que era una prostituta, pues se había cubierto el rostro.
When Judah [Praised] saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for 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 turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
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 a pledge, 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 pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
19 Ella se levantó y se fue, y se quitó el velo de encima y se puso las ropas de su viudez.
She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
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 [Praised] sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t 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 her 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 [Praised], 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 [Praised] said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found 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”.
About three months later, Judah [Praised] was told, “Tamar [Palm tree], your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah [Praised] 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 to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man, whose these are, I am with child.” She also said, “Please discern whose are these— the signet, and the cords, 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.
Judah [Praised] acknowledged them, and said, “She is more upright than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
27 En el tiempo de su parto, he aquí que había gemelos en su seno.
In the time of her travail, behold, twins were 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.”
When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This 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.
As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called 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, and his name was called Zerah.
