اَلتَّكْوِينُ 38

١ 1 وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ أَنَّ يَهُوذَا نَزَلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ إِخْوَتِهِ، وَمَالَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ عَدُّلَامِيٍّ ٱسْمُهُ حِيرَةُ.

It happened at that time that Judah moved away from his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

٢ 2 وَنَظَرَ يَهُوذَا هُنَاكَ ٱبْنَةَ رَجُلٍ كَنْعَانِيٍّ ٱسْمُهُ شُوعٌ، فَأَخَذَهَا وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا،

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he married her and slept with her.

٣ 3 فَحَبِلَتْ وَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنًا وَدَعَا ٱسْمَهُ «عِيرًا».

She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

٤ 4 ثُمَّ حَبِلَتْ أَيْضًا وَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنًا وَدَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ «أُونَانَ».

She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ أَيْضًا ٱبْنًا وَدَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ «شِيلَةَ». وَكَانَ فِي كَزِيبَ حِينَ وَلَدَتْهُ.

Then she gave birth to another son, and named him Shelah. And he was at Kezib when she gave birth to him.

٦ 6 وَأَخَذَ يَهُوذَا زَوْجَةً لِعِيرٍ بِكْرِهِ ٱسْمُهَا ثَامَارُ.

And Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

٧ 7 وَكَانَ عِيرٌ بِكْرُ يَهُوذَا شِرِّيرًا فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَمَاتَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so God killed him.

٨ 8 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِأُونَانَ: «ٱدْخُلْ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيكَ وَتَزَوَّجْ بِهَا، وَأَقِمْ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيكَ».

Then Judah said to Onan, "Sleep with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."

٩ 9 فَعَلِمَ أُونَانُ أَنَّ ٱلنَّسْلَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ، فَكَانَ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيهِ أَنَّهُ أَفْسَدَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِكَيْ لَا يُعْطِيَ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيهِ.

But Onan knew that the offspring wouldn't be his. So it happened when he slept with his brother's wife that he released his semen on the ground, so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

١٠ 10 فَقَبُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ مَا فَعَلَهُ، فَأَمَاتَهُ أَيْضًا.

And what he did was evil in the sight of God, so he killed him also.

١١ 11 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا لِثَامَارَ كَنَّتِهِ: «ٱقْعُدِي أَرْمَلَةً فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ حَتَّى يَكْبُرَ شِيلَةُ ٱبْنِي». لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَعَلَّهُ يَمُوتُ هُوَ أَيْضًا كَأَخَوَيْهِ». فَمَضَتْ ثَامَارُ وَقَعَدَتْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Remain a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah is grown up." For he thought, "I do not want him to die too, like his brothers." So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

١٢ 12 وَلَمَّا طَالَ ٱلزَّمَانُ مَاتَتِ ٱبْنَةُ شُوعٍ ٱمْرَأَةُ يَهُوذَا. ثُمَّ تَعَزَّى يَهُوذَا فَصَعِدَ إِلَى جُزَّازِ غَنَمِهِ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ، هُوَ وَحِيرَةُ صَاحِبُهُ ٱلْعَدُّلَامِيُّ.

After some time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah finished mourning, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

١٣ 13 فَأُخْبِرَتْ ثَامَارُ وَقِيلَ لَهَا: «هُوَذَا حَمُوكِ صَاعِدٌ إِلَى تِمْنَةَ لِيَجُزَّ غَنَمَهُ».

And Tamar was told, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

١٤ 14 فَخَلَعَتْ عَنْهَا ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا، وَتَغَطَّتْ بِبُرْقُعٍ وَتَلَفَّفَتْ، وَجَلَسَتْ فِي مَدْخَلِ عَيْنَايِمَ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى طَرِيقِ تِمْنَةَ، لِأَنَّهَا رَأَتْ أَنَّ شِيلَةَ قَدْ كَبُرَ وَهِيَ لَمْ تُعْطَ لَهُ زَوْجَةً.

She took off her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

١٥ 15 فَنَظَرَهَا يَهُوذَا وَحَسِبَهَا زَانِيَةً، لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَدْ غَطَّتْ وَجْهَهَا.

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

١٦ 16 فَمَالَ إِلَيْهَا عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ وَقَالَ: «هَاتِي أَدْخُلْ عَلَيْكِ». لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّهَا كَنَّتُهُ. فَقَالَتْ: «مَاذَا تُعْطِينِي لِكَيْ تَدْخُلَ عَلَيَّ؟»

He went over to her by the road and said, "Please come, let me sleep with you," for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me for sleeping with you?"

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ جَدْيَ مِعْزَى مِنَ ٱلْغَنَمِ». فَقَالَتْ: «هَلْ تُعْطِينِي رَهْنًا حَتَّى تُرْسِلَهُ؟».

He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She said, "Will you give me something as a guarantee until you send it?"

١٨ 18 فَقَالَ: «مَا ٱلرَّهْنُ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «خَاتِمُكَ وَعِصَابَتُكَ وَعَصَاكَ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَدِكَ». فَأَعْطَاهَا وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا، فَحَبِلَتْ مِنْهُ.

He said, "What kind of guarantee should I give you?" She replied, "Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her, and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

١٩ 19 ثُمَّ قَامَتْ وَمَضَتْ وَخَلَعَتْ عَنْهَا بُرْقُعَهَا وَلَبِسَتْ ثِيَابَ تَرَمُّلِهَا.

And she got up and left, and took off her veil, and put on her widow's clothing.

٢٠ 20 فَأَرْسَلَ يَهُوذَا جَدْيَ ٱلْمِعْزَى بِيَدِ صَاحِبِهِ ٱلْعَدُّلَامِيِّ لِيَأْخُذَ ٱلرَّهْنَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْهَا.

Judah sent the young goat by his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the guarantee back from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.

٢١ 21 فَسَأَلَ أَهْلَ مَكَانِهَا قَائِلًا: «أَيْنَ ٱلزَّانِيَةُ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي عَيْنَايِمَ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ؟» فَقَالُوا: «لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

Then he asked the men of the place, saying, "Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

٢٢ 22 فَرَجَعَ إِلَى يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «لَمْ أَجِدْهَا. وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَكَانِ أَيْضًا قَالُوا: لَمْ تَكُنْ هَهُنَا زَانِيَةٌ».

He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «لِتَأْخُذْ لِنَفْسِهَا، لِئَلَّا نَصِيرَ إِهَانَةً. إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ هَذَا ٱلْجَدْيَ وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَجِدْهَا».

Judah said, "Let her keep the things, lest we be publicly shamed. Look, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her."

٢٤ 24 وَلَمَّا كَانَ نَحْوُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، أُخْبِرَ يَهُوذَا وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَدْ زَنَتْ ثَامَارُ كَنَّتُكَ، وَهَا هِيَ حُبْلَى أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلزِّنَا». فَقَالَ يَهُوذَا: «أَخْرِجُوهَا فَتُحْرَقَ».

Now it happened about three months later that Judah was told, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has turned to prostitution, and now, look, she is pregnant by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned."

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا هِيَ فَلَمَّا أُخْرِجَتْ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى حَمِيهَا قَائِلَةً: «مِنَ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي هَذِهِ لَهُ أَنَا حُبْلَى!» وَقَالَتْ: «حَقِّقْ لِمَنِ ٱلْخَاتِمُ وَٱلْعِصَابَةُ وَٱلْعَصَا هَذِهِ».

When she was brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man who owns these I am pregnant." She also said, "Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cord, and the staff."

٢٦ 26 فَتَحَقَّقَهَا يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ: «هِيَ أَبَرُّ مِنِّي، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُعْطِهَا لِشِيلَةَ ٱبْنِي». فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَعْرِفُهَا أَيْضًا.

Then Judah recognized them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." He did not sleep with her again.

٢٧ 27 وَفِي وَقْتِ وِلَادَتِهَا إِذَا فِي بَطْنِهَا تَوْأَمَانِ.

It happened when it was time for her to give birth, that look, there were twins in her womb.

٢٨ 28 وَكَانَ فِي وِلَادَتِهَا أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمَا أَخْرَجَ يَدًا فَأَخَذَتِ ٱلْقَابِلَةُ وَرَبَطَتْ عَلَى يَدِهِ قِرْمِزًا، قَائِلَةً: «هَذَا خَرَجَ أَوَّلًا».

As she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."

٢٩ 29 وَلَكِنْ حِينَ رَدَّ يَدَهُ، إِذَا أَخُوهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ. فَقَالَتْ: «لِمَاذَا ٱقْتَحَمْتَ؟ عَلَيْكَ ٱقْتِحَامٌ!». فَدُعِيَ ٱسْمُهُ «فَارِصَ».

It happened, as he drew back his hand, that look, his brother came out, and she said, "How did you break through?" So he was named Perez.

٣٠ 30 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى يَدِهِ ٱلْقِرْمِزُ. فَدُعِيَ ٱسْمُهُ «زَارَحَ».

Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, so he was named Zerah.