Génesis 38
1 En aquel tiempo, Judá se alejó de sus hermanos y se hizo amigo de un hombre de Adulam llamado Hirah.
At that time, Judah left his older and younger brothers and went down from the hilly area and stayed with a man whose name was Hiram, who lived in Adullam [town].
2 Y vio allí a la hija de cierto varón de Canaán, llamado Súa, que tomó por mujer.
There he (met/became acquainted with) a woman who was the daughter of a man from Canaan named Shua. He married her. He had sex [EUP] with her,
3 Y ella dio a luz un hijo, y le puso por nombre Er.
and she became pregnant and later gave birth to a son, whom he named Er.
4 Y otra vez dio a luz un hijo, y le dio el nombre de Onán.
Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son whom she named Onan.
5 Entonces ella tuvo otro hijo, a quien le dio el nombre de Sela; ella estaba en Quezib cuando tuvo lugar el nacimiento.
Many years later, when Judah and his family went to live in Kezib [town], Judah’s wife gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah.
6 Y Judá tomó mujer para su primer hijo Er, y se llamaba Tamar.
When Judah’s oldest son Er [grew up], Judah got a wife for him, a woman named Tamar.
7 Y Er, el primer hijo de Judá, hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, y lo mató.
But Er did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
8 Entonces Judá dijo a Onán: Cásate con la mujer de tu hermano, y haz lo que es justo para el hermano de tu marido; hazla tu esposa y consigue descendencia para tu hermano.
Then Judah said to Onan, “Your older brother died without having any sons. So marry his widow and have sex [EUP] with her. That is what our customs require that you should do.”
9 Pero Onán, viendo que la descendencia no sería suya, fue a la mujer de su hermano, pero expulsaba su semilla en la tierra, para que no pudiese dar descendencia a su hermano.
But Onan knew if he did that, any children who would be born would not be considered to be his. So every time he had sex [EUP] with his brother’s widow, he spilled his semen on the ground, so that she would not get pregnant and produce children for his older brother.
10 Y lo que hizo fue malo a los ojos del Señor, y lo mató como a su hermano.
Yahweh considered that what he did was wicked, so he caused him to die also.
11 Entonces Judá dijo a Tamar su nuera: Vete a la casa de tu padre, y mantente viuda hasta que mi hijo Sela sea varón; porque tenía en su mente el pensamiento de que la muerte podría venir a él como había venido a sus hermanos. Entonces Tamar regresó a la casa de su padre.
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father’s house, but do not marry anyone else. When my youngest son Shelah grows up, [he can marry you].” But Judah [really did not want Shelah to marry her, because] he was afraid that then Shelah would die too, just as his older brothers had died. So Tamar [obeyed Judah and] went back to live in her father’s house again.
12 Y después de un tiempo, Sua, la mujer de Judá, llegó a su fin; y después que Judá fue consolada por su pérdida, fue a Timnat, donde estaban cortando la lana de sus ovejas, y su amigo Hira de Adulam fue con él.
Several years later, Judah’s wife, who was the daughter of Shua, died. When the time of mourning for her was finished, Judah decided to go up to Timnah, to the place where his (men were shearing his sheep/sheep were being sheared) His friend Hiram, from Adullam, went with him.
13 Y cuando Tamar tuvo noticias de que su suegro subía a Timnat para cortar lana,
Someone said to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to [the fields near the city of] Timnah to help the men who are shearing his sheep.”
14 Se quitó la ropa de su viuda y, cubriéndose con su velo, se sentó cerca de Enaim en el camino de Timnat; porque ella vio que Sela era ahora un hombre, pero no había sido hecha su esposa.
[She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So] she took off her widow’s clothes, and covered her head with a veil, so that people would not (recognize her/know who she was). Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim [town], which is on the road to Timnah.
15 Cuando Judá la vio, la tomó por una mujer prostituta del pueblo, porque tenía el rostro cubierto.
When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head [like prostitutes often did] (OR, [and sat where prostitutes often sat)].
16 Y volviéndose a ella junto al camino, le dijo: Déjame acostarme contigo; porque no tenía idea de que ella era su nuera. Y ella dijo: ¿Qué me darás como precio?
Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, “Hey, let me have sex [EUP] with you!” She replied, “What will you give me for allowing you to have sex [EUP] with me?”
17 Y él dijo: Te daré un cabrito del rebaño. Y ella dijo: ¿Qué me darás como prenda hasta que lo envíes?
He replied, “I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats.” She asked, “Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?”
18 Y él dijo: ¿Qué prenda quieres que te deje? Y ella dijo: Tu anillo y tu cordón y el palo en tu mano. Entonces él se los dio a ella y se fue a ella, y ella quedó encinta por él.
He replied, “What do you want me to give to you?” She replied, “Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand.” So he gave them to her. Then he had sex [EUP] with her, and she became pregnant.
19 Entonces ella se levantó, se fue, se quitó el velo y se vistió de viuda.
After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again.
20 Entonces Judá envió a su amigo Hira con el cabrito, para que le devolviera las cosas que había dado a la mujer, pero ella no estaba allí.
Judah gave a young goat to his friend from Adullam, for him to take back to the woman, as he had promised. But his friend could not find the woman.
21 Y él hizo preguntas a los hombres del lugar, diciendo: ¿Dónde está la mujer prostituta que estaba en Enaim en el camino? Y dijeron: No había tal mujer allí.
So he asked the men who lived there, “Where is the prostitute who was sitting by the road at Enaim?” They replied, “There has never been a prostitute here!”
22 Entonces él regresó a Judá y dijo: No la he visto, y los hombres del lugar dicen que no hay tal mujer allí.
So he went back to Judah and said, “I did not find her. [Furthermore], the men who live in that town said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’”
23 Y Judá dijo: Deja que guarde las cosas, para que no seamos avergonzados; Envié el cabrito, pero no viste a la mujer.
Judah said, “She can keep the things that I gave to her. If we continued to search for her, people would ridicule us. I tried to send this young goat to her, but you could not find her to give it to her.”
24 Aproximadamente tres meses después de esto, llegó la noticia a Judá de que Tamar, su nuera, había estado actuando como una mujer prostituta y estaba encinta. Y Judá dijo: Sáquenla y quémenla.
About three months later, someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant!” Judah said, “Drag her outside of the city and kill her by burning her!”
25 Y mientras ella salía, mandó aviso a su suegro, diciendo: El hombre de quien son estas cosas, es el padre de mi hijo: di entonces, ¿de quién es este anillo y este cordón? y este palo?
But as they were taking her outside of the city, she gave the ring and walking stick to someone, and told him to take them to Judah, and say to him, “The man who owns these things is the one who caused me to become pregnant.” She also said to tell him, “Look at this ring, and the cord that is attached to it, and this walking stick. Whose are they?”
26 Entonces Judá dijo abiertamente que eran suyos, y dijo: Es más recta que yo, porque no se la di a Sela, hijo mío. Y él nunca más se acostó con ella.
When the man did that, Judah recognized the ring and the stick. He said, “She is more righteous than I am. I did not tell my son Shelah to marry her, as I promised that I would.” And Judah did not have sex [EUP] with her again.
27 Y cuando llegó el momento de dar a luz, estaba claro que había dos niños en su cuerpo.
When it was time for her to give birth, [she was surprised that] there were twin boys in her womb.
28 Y mientras ella estaba en el acto de dar a luz, uno de ellos extendió su mano; y la mujer que estaba con ella, puso un hilo rojo alrededor de su mano, diciendo: Este salió primero.
As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. So the midwife fastened a scarlet thread around his wrist, saying, “This one came out first.”
29 Pero luego él retiró su mano, y su hermano fue el primero en nacer, y la mujer dijo: ¡Qué apertura has hecho para ti! Entonces se llamaba Pérez.
But he pulled his hand back inside the womb, and his brother came out first. So she said, “So this is how you break your way out first!” So she named him Perez, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘breaking out].’
30 Y salió luego su hermano, con el hilo rojo alrededor de su mano, y se llamaba Zara.
Then his younger brother, the one who had the scarlet thread around his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘redness of dawn].’
