Genesis 38

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

1 Or avvenne che, in quel tempo, Giuda discese di presso ai suoi fratelli, e andò a stare da un uomo di Adullam, che avea nome Hira.

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

2 E Giuda vide quivi la figliuola di un Cananeo, chiamato Shua; e se la prese, e convisse con lei.

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

3 Ed ella concepì e partorì un figliuolo, al quale egli pose nome Er.

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

4 Poi ella concepì di nuovo, e partorì un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Onan.

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

5 E partorì ancora un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Scela. Or Giuda era a Kezib, quand’ella lo partorì.

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

6 E Giuda prese per Er, suo primogenito, una moglie che avea nome Tamar.

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

7 Ma Er, primogenito di Giuda, era perverso agli occhi dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno lo fece morire.

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 Allora Giuda disse a Onan: “Va’ dalla moglie del tuo fratello, prenditela come cognato, e suscita una progenie al tuo fratello”.

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 E Onan, sapendo che quella progenie non sarebbe sua, quando s’accostava alla moglie del suo fratello, faceva in modo d’impedire il concepimento, per non dar progenie al fratello.

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

10 Ciò ch’egli faceva dispiacque all’Eterno, il quale fece morire anche lui.

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 Allora Giuda disse a Tamar sua nuora: “Rimani vedova in casa di tuo padre, finché Scela, mio figliuolo, sia cresciuto”. Perché diceva: “Badiamo che anch’egli non muoia come i suoi fratelli”. E Tamar se ne andò, e dimorò in casa di suo padre.

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 Passaron molti giorni, e morì la figliuola di Shua, moglie di Giuda; e dopo che Giuda si fu consolato, salì da quelli che tosavan le sue pecore a Timna; egli col suo amico Hira, l’Adullamita.

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

13 Di questo fu informata Tamar, e le fu detto: “Ecco, il tuo suocero sale a Timna a tosare le sue pecore”.

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 Allora ella si tolse le vesti da vedova, si coprì d’un velo, se ne avvolse tutta, e si pose a sedere alla porta di Enaim, ch’è sulla via di Timna; poiché vedeva che Scela era cresciuto, e nondimeno, lei non gli era stata data per moglie.

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

15 Come Giuda la vide, la prese per una meretrice, perch’essa aveva il viso coperto.

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 E accostatosi a lei sulla via, le disse: “Lasciami venire da te!” Poiché non sapeva ch’ella fosse sua nuora. Ed ella rispose: “Che mi darai per venire da me?”

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 Ed egli le disse: “Ti manderò un capretto del mio gregge”. Ed ella: “Mi darai tu un pegno finché tu me l’abbia mandato?”

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 Ed egli: “Che pegno ti darò?” E l’altra rispose: “Il tuo sigillo, il tuo cordone e il bastone che hai in mano”. Egli glieli dette, andò da lei, ed ella rimase incinta di lui.

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

19 Poi ella si levò, e se ne andò; si tolse il velo, e si rimise le vesti da vedova.

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 E Giuda mandò il capretto per mezzo del suo amico, l’Adullamita, affin di ritirare il pegno di man di quella donna; ma egli non la trovò.

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 Interrogò la gente del luogo, dicendo: “Dov’è quella meretrice che stava a Enaim, sulla via?” E quelli risposero: “Qui non c’è stata alcuna meretrice”.

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 Ed egli se ne tornò a Giuda, e gli disse: “Non l’ho trovata; e, per di più, la gente del luogo m’ha detto: Qui non c’è stata alcuna meretrice”.

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 E Giuda disse: “Si tenga pure il pegno, che non abbiamo a incorrere nel disprezzo. Ecco, io ho mandato questo capretto, e tu non l’hai trovata”.

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 Or circa tre mesi dopo, vennero a dire a Giuda: “Tamar, tua nuora, si è prostituita; e, per di più, eccola incinta in seguito alla sua prostituzione”. E Giuda disse: “Menatela fuori, e sia arsa!”

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 Come la menavano fuori, ella mandò a dire al suocero: “Sono incinta dell’uomo al quale appartengono queste cose”. E disse: “Riconosci, ti prego, di chi siano questo sigillo, questi cordoni e questo bastone”.

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 Giuda li riconobbe, e disse: “Ella è più giusta di me, giacché io non l’ho data a Scela, mio figliuolo”. Ed egli non ebbe più relazioni con lei.

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

27 Or quando venne il tempo in cui doveva partorire, ecco ch’essa aveva in seno due gemelli.

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 E mentre partoriva, l’un d’essi mise fuori una mano; e la levatrice la prese, e vi legò un filo di scarlatto, dicendo: “Questo qui esce il primo”.

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 Ma egli ritirò la mano, ed ecco uscir fuori il suo fratello. Allora la levatrice disse: “Perché ti sei fatta questa breccia?” Per questo motivo gli fu messo nome Perets.

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

30 Poi uscì il suo fratello, che aveva alla mano il filo di scarlatto; e fu chiamato Zerach.