Genesis 38

1 About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

1 那时，犹大离开了他的兄弟们，到亚杜兰人希拉的家里住。

2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

2 他在那里遇见了迦南人书亚的女儿，就娶她为妻，与她同房。

3 So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

3 她怀孕生了一个儿子，犹大给他取名叫珥。

4 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

4 她又怀孕生了一个儿子，给他取名叫俄南。

5 Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

5 她再次怀孕生了一个儿子，给他取名叫示拉。示拉是在基悉出生的。

6 Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

6 犹大给长子珥娶了她玛为妻。

7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

7 耶和华见犹大的长子珥邪恶，就取走了他的性命。

8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

8 犹大对俄南说：“你要与嫂子她玛同房，向她尽娶寡嫂的本分，好替你哥哥传宗接代。”

9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

9 俄南知道生了儿子也不归自己，所以每次与她玛同房都把精液遗在地上，以免给哥哥留后。

10 What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

10 耶和华见俄南行为邪恶，就取走了他的性命。

11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

11 犹大恐怕示拉会像他的两个哥哥一样死去，就对儿媳她玛说：“示拉还没有长大，你先回娘家守寡吧。”她玛就回娘家去住了。

12 After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

12 多年后，犹大的妻子，即书亚的女儿死了。丧期过后，犹大就和他的朋友亚杜兰人希拉去亭拿，到给他剪羊毛的人那里。

13 When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

13 有人告诉她玛说：“你公公上亭拿去剪羊毛了。”

14 she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

14 她玛见示拉已经长大，却仍然没有娶她，就脱下寡妇的衣服，用帕子蒙上脸，换了装束，坐在去亭拿路上的伊拿印城门口。

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

15 犹大看见她蒙着脸，以为她是妓女，

16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

16 就走到路边去找她，说：“你来陪我睡觉吧。”犹大不知道她是自己的儿媳妇。她玛问道：“我陪你睡觉，你给我什么呢？”

17 “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

17 犹大回答说：“我会从羊群中取一只山羊羔送给你。”她玛问道：“羊还没有送来以前，你给我什么作抵押呢？”

18 “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

18 犹大问：“你要什么作抵押呢？”她玛说：“我要你的印、印带和你的手杖。”犹大给了她，然后跟她睡觉。她玛就怀了孕。

19 Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

19 事后，她玛起来走了。她拿掉蒙脸的帕子，仍旧穿上寡妇的装束。

20 Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

20 犹大托他的朋友亚杜兰人送去一只山羊羔，要从那女人手中换回抵押物，却找不到她。

21 He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.

21 他的朋友就问当地的人：“伊拿印路旁的庙妓在哪里？”他们回答说：“这里没有庙妓。”

22 So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”

22 他的朋友只好回去对犹大说：“我找不着她，当地人说那里没有庙妓。”

23 “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

23 犹大说：“让她留着我的东西吧，免得我们成为笑柄。反正我把羊送过去了，只是你找不到她。”

24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

24 大约过了三个月，有人告诉犹大说：“你的儿媳妇她玛不守妇道，并且怀孕了。”犹大说：“把她拉出来烧死！”

25 As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

25 他们正要把她拉出来，她请人传信给她公公，说：“这些东西的主人使我怀了孕，请你看看这印、印带和杖是谁的？”

26 Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.

26 犹大认出是自己的东西，就说：“她比我更有理，因为我没有让儿子示拉娶她。”犹大没有再与她睡觉。

27 When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

27 她玛临产的时候，才知道腹中是一对双胞胎。

28 And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.

28 生产的时候，一个婴儿先伸出手来，接生婆就把一条红线系在他的手上，说：“他是先出生的。”

29 But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

29 可是那婴儿随后却把手缩回去，他的胞兄先出生了，接生婆说：“你怎么冲出来了！”因此，他的名字叫法勒斯 。

30 Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

30 后来，那个手上系有红线的孩子也出生了，给他取名叫谢拉 。