Genesi 38
1 OR avvenne in quel tempo, che Giuda discese d'appresso a' suoi fratelli, e si ridusse ad albergare in casa di un uomo Adullamita, il cui nome [era] Hira.
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 E Giuda vide quivi una figliuola di un uomo Cananeo, il nome del quale [era] Sua; ed egli la prese [per moglie], ed entrò da lei.
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 Ed ella concepette e partorì un figliuolo, al quale [Giuda] pose nome Er.
and she became pregnant and later gave birth to a son, whom he named Er.
4 Poi ella concepette ancora, e partorì un figliuolo, e gli pose nome Onan.
Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son whom she named Onan.
5 Ed ella partorì ancora un figliuolo, e gli pose nome Sela; or [Giuda era] in Chezib, quando ella lo partorì.
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 E Giuda prese una moglie ad Er, suo primogenito, il cui nome [era] Tamar.
When Judah’s oldest son Er [grew up], Judah got a wife for him, a woman named Tamar.
7 Ma Er, primogenito di Giuda, dispiacque al Signore, e il Signore lo fece morire.
But Er did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
8 E Giuda disse ad Onon: Entra dalla moglie del tuo fratello, e sposala per ragion di consanguinità, e suscita progenie al tuo fratello.
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 Ma Onan, sapendo che quella progenie non sarebbe sua, quando entrava dalla moglie del suo fratelo, si corrompeva in terra, per non dar progenie al suo fratello.
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 E ciò ch'egli faceva dispiacque al Signore; ed egli fece morire ancora lui.
Yahweh considered that what he did was wicked, so he caused him to die also.
11 E Giuda disse a Tamar, sua nuora: Stattene vedova in casa di tuo padre, finchè Sela, mio figliuolo, sia divenuto grande; perciocchè egli diceva: [E' si convien provvedere] che costui ancora non muoia, come i suoi fratelli. Tamar adunque se ne andò, e dimorò in casa di suo 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 E, dopo molti giorni, morì la figliuola di Sua, moglie di Giuda; e, dopo che Giuda si fu consolato, salì in Timna, con Hira Adullamita, suo famigliare amico, a' tonditori delle sue pecore.
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 Ed e' fu rapportato a Tamar, e detto: Ecco, il tuo suocero sale in Timna, per tonder le sue pecore.
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 Allora ella si levò d'addosso gli abiti suoi vedovili, e si coperse di un velo, e se ne turò il viso, e si pose a sedere alla porta di Enaim, ch'[è] in sulla strada, [traendo] verso Timna; perciocchè vedeva che Sela era divenuto grande, e pure ella non gli era data per moglie.
[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 E Giuda la vide, e stimò lei essere una meretrice; conciossiachè ella avesse coperto il viso.
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 E, stornatosi verso lei in su la via, le disse: Deh! permetti che io entri da te (perciocchè egli non sapeva ch'ella [fosse] sua nuora). Ed ella gli disse: Che mi darai, perchè tu entri da me?
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 Ed egli [le] disse: Io ti manderò un capretto della greggia. Ed ella disse: Mi darai tu un pegno, finchè tu me l'abbi mandato?
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 Ed egli disse: Qual pegno ti darò io? Ed ella disse: Il tuo suggello, e la tua benda, e il tuo bastone che tu hai in mano. Ed egli le diede [quelle cose], ed entrò da lei, ed ella concepette di lui.
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 Poi si levò, e se ne andò, e si levò d'addosso il suo velo, e si rivestì i suoi abiti vedovili.
After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again.
20 E Giuda mandò il capretto per le mani di quell'Adullamita, suo famigliare amico, per ritrarre il pegno da quella donna; ma egli non la trovò.
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 E [ne] domandò gli uomini del luogo dove era stata, dicendo: Dove [è] quella meretrice [ch'era] alla porta di Enaim in sulla strada? Ed essi risposero: Qui non è stata alcuna meretrice.
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 Ed egli se ne ritornò a Giuda, e gli disse: Io non ho trovata colei; ed anche gli uomini di quel luogo [mi] hanno detto: Qui non è stata alcuna meretrice.
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 E Giuda disse: Tengasi [pure il pegno], che talora noi non siamo in isprezzo: ecco, io le ho mandato questo capretto; ma tu non l'hai trovata.
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 Or intorno a tre mesi [appresso], fu rapportato, e detto a Guida: Tamar, tua nuora, ha fornicato, ed anche ecco, è gravida di fornicazione. E Giuda disse: Menatela fuori, e sia arsa.
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 Come era menata fuori, mandò a dire al suo suocero: Io son gravida di coliu al quale [appartengono] queste cose. Gli mandò ancora a dire: Riconosci ora di cui [è] questo suggello, e queste bende, e questo bastone.
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 E Giuda riconobbe [quelle cose], e disse: Ell'è più giusta di me; conciossiachè ella [abbia fatto questo], perciocchè io non l'ho data [per moglie] a Sela, mio figliuolo. Ed egli non la conobbe più da indi innanzi.
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 Or avvenne che al tempo ch'ella dovea partorire, ecco, [avea] due gemelli in corpo.
When it was time for her to give birth, [she was surprised that] there were twin boys in her womb.
28 E, mentre partoriva, [l'uno] porse la mano; e la levatrice la prese, e vi legò dello scarlatto sopra, dicendo: Costui è uscito il primo.
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 Ma avvenne ch'egli ritrasse la mano; ed ecco, il suo fratello uscì fuori; e la levatrice disse: Qual rottura hai tu fatta? la rottura [sia] sopra te; e gli fu posto nome Fares.
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 Poi uscì il suo fratello che avea lo scarlatto sopra la mano; e gli fu posto nome 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].’
