Genesis 38

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

1 وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَنَّ يَهُوذَا افْتَرَقَ عَنْ إِخْوَتِهِ وَأَقَامَ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ عَدُلَّامِيٍّ يُدْعَى حِيرَةَ

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

2 وَشَاهَدَ هُنَاكَ ابْنَةَ كَنْعَانِيٍّ اسْمُهُ شُوعٌ، فَتَزَوَّجَهَا،

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

3 فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ ابْناً دَعَاهُ عِيراً.

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

4 ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ أَيْضاً وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً سَمَّتْهُ أُونَانَ.

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

5 ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَأَنْجَبَتْ فِي كَزِيبَ ابْناً دَعَتْهُ شِيلَةَ.

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

6 وَأَخَذَ يَهُوذَا لِعِيرَ بِكْرِهِ زَوْجَةً تُدْعَى ثَامَارَ.

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

7 وَإِذْ كَانَ عِيرُ بِكْرُ يَهُوذَا شِرِّيراً، أَمَاتَهُ الرَّبُّ.

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 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لأُونَانَ: «ادْخُلْ عَلَى زَوْجَةِ أَخِيكَ وَتَزَوَّجْهَا وَأَقِمْ لأَخِيكَ نَسْلاً».

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 وَعَرَفَ أُونَانُ أَنَّ النَّسْلَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ، فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا عَاشَرَ امْرَأَةَ أَخِيهِ يُفْسِدُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، كَيْ لا يُقِيمَ لأَخِيهِ نَسْلاً.

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

10 فَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ هَذَا فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ فَأَمَاتَهُ أَيْضاً.

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 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِثَامَارَ كَنَّتِهِ: «امْكُثِي أَرْمَلَةً فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ رَيْثَمَا يَكْبُرُ شِيلَةُ ابْنِي». لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لِئَلّا يَمُوتَ شِيلَةُ أَيْضاً كَمَا مَاتَ أَخَوَاهُ». فَمَضَتْ ثَامَارُ وَمَكَثَتْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا.

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 وَبَعْدَ زَمَنٍ طَوِيلٍ مَاتَتْ زَوْجَةُ يَهُوذَا ابْنةُ شُوعٍ. وَإِذْ تَعَزَّى يَهُوذَا بَعْدَهَا انْطَلَقَ إِلَى جُزَّازِ غَنَمِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ بِرِفْقَةِ حِيرَةَ صَاحِبِهِ الْعَدُلامِيِّ.

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

13 فَقِيلَ لِثَامَارَ: «هُوَذَا حَمُوكِ قَادِمٌ لِتِمْنَةَ لِجَزِّ غَنَمِهِ».

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 فَنَزَعَتْ عَنْهَا ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا، وَتَبَرْقَعَتْ وَتَلَفَّعَتْ وَجَلَسَتْ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ عَيْنَايِمَ الَّتِي عَلَى طَرِيقِ تِمْنَةَ، لأَنَّهَا عَرَفَتْ أَنَّ شِيلَةَ قَدْ كَبُرَ وَأَنَّهَا لَنْ تُزَفَّ إِلَيْهِ.

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

15 فَعِنْدَمَا رَآهَا يَهُوذَا ظَنَّهَا زَانِيَةً لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُغَطِّي وَجْهَهَا،

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 فَمَالَ نَحْوَهَا إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ وَقَالَ: «دَعِينِي أُعَاشِرُكِ». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْرِي أَنَّهَا كَنَّتُهُ. فَقَالَتْ: «مَاذَا تُعْطِينِي لِكَيْ تُعَاشِرَنِي؟»

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 فَقَالَ: «أَبْعَثُ إِلَيْكِ جَدْيَ مِعْزَى مِنَ الْقَطِيعِ». فَقَالَتْ: «أَتُعْطِينِي رَهْناً حَتَّى تَبْعَثَ بِهِ؟»

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 فَسَأَلَهَا: «أَيُّ رَهْنٍ أُعْطِيكِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «خَاتَمُكَ وَعِصَابَتُكَ وَعَصَاكَ». فَأَعْطَاهَا مَا طَلَبَتْ، وَعَاشَرَهَا فَحَمَلَتْ مِنْهُ.

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

19 ثُمَّ قَامَتْ وَمَضَتْ، وَخَلَعَتْ بُرْقُعَهَا وَارْتَدَتْ ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا.

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 وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ الْجَدْيَ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ الْعَدُلامِيِّ لِيَسْتَرِدَّ الرَّهْنَ مِنْ يَدِ الْمَرْأَةِ لَمْ يَجِدْهَا.

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 فَسَأَلَ أَهْلَ الْمَكَانِ: «أَيْنَ الزَّانِيَةُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَجْلِسُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فِي عَيْنَايِمَ؟» فَقَالُوا: «لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ زَانِيَةٌ».

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 فَعَادَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «لَمْ أَجِدْهَا؛ وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَ أَهْلُ الْمَكَانِ: لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

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 فَأَجَابَ يَهُوذَا: «فَلْتَحْتَفِظْ بِمَا عِنْدَهَا، فَلَسْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْخَرَ النَّاسُ مِنِّي. لَقَدْ بَعَثْتُ بِهَذَا الْجَدْيِ أُجْرَةً لَهَا وَلَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَجِدْهَا».

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 وَبَعْدَ مُضِيِّ ثَلاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ قِيلَ لِيَهُوذَا: «ثَامَارُ كَنَّتُكَ زَنَتْ، وَحَبِلَتْ مِنْ زِنَاهَا». فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «أَخْرِجُوهَا لِتُحْرَقَ».

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 وَعِنْدَمَا أُخْرِجَتْ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى حَمِيهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَنَا حُبْلَى مِنْ صَاحِبِ هَذِهِ الأَشْيَاءِ. تَحَقَّقْ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْخَاتَمُ وَالْعِصَابَةُ وَالْعَصَا؟»

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 فَأَقَرَّ بِها يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «هِيَ حَقّاً أَبَرُّ مِنِّي، لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أُزَوِّجْهَا مِنِ ابْنِي شِيلَةَ». وَلَمْ يُعَاشِرْهَا فِي مَا بَعْدُ.

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

27 وَعِنْدَمَا أَزِفَ مَوْعِدُ وِلادَتِهَا إِذَا فِي أَحْشَائِهَا تَوْأَمَانِ.

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 وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ وِلادَتِهَا أَخْرَجَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَداً فَرَبَطَتِ الْقَابِلَةُ حَوْلَهَا خَيْطاً أَحْمَرَ، وَقَالَتْ: «هَذَا خَرَجَ أَوَّلاً».

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 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ سَحَبَ يَدَهُ فَخَرَجَ أَخُوهُ، فَقَالَتْ: «أَيُّ اقْتِحَامٍ اقْتَحَمْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ؟» لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُهُ فَارَصَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: اقْتِحَامٌ).

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

30 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ ذُو الْمِعْصَمِ الْمُطَوَّقِ بِالْخَيْطِ الأَحْمَرِ فَسُمِّيَ زَارَحَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: أَحْمَرُ، أَوْ إِشْرَاقٌ).