1 N esse tempo Judá desceu de entre seus irmãos e entrou na casa dum adulamita, que se chamava Hira,

It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

2 e viu Judá ali a filha de um cananeu, que se chamava Suá; tomou-a por mulher, e esteve com ela.

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.

3 E la concebeu e teve um filho, e o pai chamou-lhe Er.

So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

4 T ornou ela a conceber e teve um filho, a quem ela chamou Onã.

She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.

5 T eve ainda mais um filho, e chamou-lhe Selá. Estava Judá em Quezibe, quando ela o teve.

And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.

6 D epois Judá tomou para Er, o seu primogênito, uma mulher, por nome Tamar.

Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 O ra, Er, o primogênito de Judá, era mau aos olhos do Senhor, pelo que o Senhor o matou.

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.

8 E ntão disse Judá a Onã: Toma a mulher de teu irmão, e cumprindo-lhe o dever de cunhado, suscita descendência a teu irmão.

And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”

9 O nã, porém, sabia que tal descendência não havia de ser para ele; de modo que, toda vez que se unia ã mulher de seu irmão, derramava o sêmen no chão para não dar descendência a seu irmão.

But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.

10 E o que ele fazia era mau aos olhos do Senhor, pelo que o matou também a ele.

And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He killed him also.

11 E ntão disse Judá a Tamar sua nora: Conserva-te viúva em casa de teu pai, até que Selá, meu filho, venha a ser homem; porquanto disse ele: Para que porventura não morra também este, como seus irmãos. Assim se foi Tamar e morou em casa de seu pai.

Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

12 C om o correr do tempo, morreu a filha de Suá, mulher de Judá. Depois de consolado, Judá subiu a Timnate para ir ter com os tosquiadores das suas ovelhas, ele e Hira seu amigo, o adulamita.

Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13 E deram aviso a Tamar, dizendo: Eis que o teu sogro sobe a Timnate para tosquiar as suas ovelhas.

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

14 E ntão ela se despiu dos vestidos da sua viuvez e se cobriu com o véu, e assim envolvida, assentou-se ã porta de Enaim que está no caminho de Timnate; porque via que Selá já era homem, e ela lhe não fora dada por mulher.

So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.

15 A o vê-la, Judá julgou que era uma prostituta, porque ela havia coberto o rosto.

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

16 E dirigiu-se para ela no caminho, e disse: Vem, deixa-me estar contigo; porquanto não sabia que era sua nora. Perguntou-lhe ela: Que me darás, para estares comigo?

Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”

17 R espondeu ele: Eu te enviarei um cabrito do rebanho. Perguntou ela ainda: Dar-me-ás um penhor até que o envies?

And he said, “I will send a young goat from the flock.” So she said, “Will you give me a pledge till you send it? ”

18 E ntão ele respondeu: Que penhor é o que te darei? Disse ela: O teu selo com a corda, e o cajado que está em tua mão. Ele, pois, lhos deu, e esteve com ela, e ela concebeu dele.

Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” So she said, “Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

19 E ela se levantou e se foi; tirou de si o véu e vestiu os vestidos da sua viuvez.

So she arose and went away, and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 D epois Judá enviou o cabrito por mão do seu amigo o adulamita, para receber o penhor da mão da mulher; porém ele não a encontrou.

And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.

21 P elo que perguntou aos homens daquele lugar: Onde está a prostituta que estava em Enaim junto ao caminho? E disseram: Aqui não esteve prostituta alguma.

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was openly by the roadside?” And they said, “There was no harlot in this place. ”

22 V oltou, pois, a Judá e disse: Não a achei; e também os homens daquele lugar disseram: Aqui não esteve prostituta alguma.

So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place. ”

23 E ntão disse Judá: Deixa-a ficar com o penhor, para que não caiamos em desprezo; eis que enviei este cabrito, mas tu não a achaste.

Then Judah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”

24 P assados quase três meses, disseram a Judá: Tamar, tua nora, se prostituiu e eis que está grávida da sua prostituição. Então disse Judá: Tirai-a para fora, e seja ela queimada.

And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry.” So Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”

25 Q uando ela estava sendo tirada para fora, mandou dizer a seu sogro: Do homem a quem pertencem estas coisas eu concebi. Disse mais: Reconhece, peço-te, de quem são estes, o selo com o cordão, e o cajado.

When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these belong, I am with child.” And she said, “Please determine whose these are —the signet and cord, and staff.”

26 R econheceu-os, pois, Judá, e disse: Ela é mais justa do que eu, porquanto não a dei a meu filho Selá. E nunca mais a conheceu.

So Judah acknowledged them and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he never knew her again.

27 S ucedeu que, ao tempo de ela dar ã luz, havia gêmeos em seu ventre;

Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb.

28 e dando ela ã luz, um pôs fora a mão, e a parteira tomou um fio encarnado e o atou em sua mão, dizendo: Este saiu primeiro.

And so it was, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand; and the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

29 M as recolheu ele a mão, e eis que seu irmão saiu; pelo que ela disse: Como tens tu rompido! Portanto foi chamado Pérez.

Then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that his brother came out unexpectedly; and she said, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!” Therefore his name was called Perez.

30 D epois saiu o seu irmão, em cuja mão estava o fio encamado; e foi chamado Zerá.

Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called Zerah.