1 J udah went away from his brothers at that time. He visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، تَرَكَ يَهُوذا إخْوَتَهُ وَنَزَلَ وَاسْتَقَرَّ عِندَ رَجُلٍ عَدُّلامِيٍّ اسْمُهُ حِيرَةُ.

2 T here Judah saw a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her as his wife and lived with her.

وَرَأى هُناكَ ابْنَةَ رَجُلٍ كَنْعانِيٍّ اسْمُهُ شُوعُ. فَتَزَوَّجَها وَعاشَرَها،

3 A nd she was going to have a child and gave birth to a son. He gave him the name Er.

فَحَبِلَتْ وَأنجَبَتْ وَلَداً سَمَّتْهُ عِيرَ.

4 T hen she was going to have another child and she gave birth to a son. She gave him the name Onan.

ثُمَّ حَبِلَتْ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَأنجَبَتْ وَلَداً سَمَّتْهُ أُونانَ.

5 T hen she gave birth to another son at Chezib. And she gave him the name Shelah.

ثُمَّ أنجَبَتْ وَلَداً آخَرَ وَسَمَّتْهُ شِيلَةَ. وَكانَ يَهُوذا ساكِناً فِي كَزِيبَ عِندَما أنجَبَتْ لَهُ شِيلَةَ.

6 J udah chose a wife for his first-born son Er. Her name was Tamar.

وَوَجَدَ يَهُوذا زَوجَةً لِبِكْرِهِ عِيرَ اسْمُها ثامارُ.

7 B ut Er, Judah’s first-born, was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. So the Lord took his life.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ راضِياً عَنْ بِكْرِ يَهُوذا عِيرَ، فَأماتَهُ اللهُ.

8 T hen Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife. Do your duty as her brother-in-law. Have children for your brother.”

فَقالَ يَهُوذا لِأُونانَ: «تَزَوَّجِ امْرأةَ أخِيكَ المُتَوَفَّى، فَتَصْنَعَ بِذَلِكَ وَاجِبَ أخِي الزَّوْجِ مَعَها، وَتُنجِبُ أولاداً يَحمِلُونَ اسْمَ أخِيكَ.»

9 B ut Onan knew that the children would not be his. So when he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground to keep his brother from having children.

وَإذْ عَرَفَ أُونانُ أنَّ الطِّفلَ لَنْ يُنسَبَ إلَيهِ، كانَ إذا عاشَرَ امْرأةَ أخِيهِ يَقذِفُ عَلَى الأرْضِ لِئَلّا يُعطِي أخاهُ نَسلاً.

10 W hat he did was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. So the Lord took his life also.

فَاسْتَاءَ اللهُ مِمّا فَعَلَهُ أُونانُ، فَأماتَهُ أيضاً.

11 T hen Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Stay in your father’s house as a woman whose husband has died, until my son Shelah is grown.” For he thought, “I am afraid that he also may die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

فَقالَ يَهُوذا لِكِنَّتِهِ ثامارَ: «ارجِعِي إلَى بَيتِ أبِيكِ وَلا تَتَزَوَّجِي إلَى أنْ يَكبُرَ شِيلَةُ.» فَقَدْ خافَ يَهُوذا أنْ يَموتَ شِيلَةُ أيضاً كَأخَوَيهِ. فَذَهَبَتْ ثامارُ وَعاشَتْ فِي بَيتِ أبِيها.

12 N ow after a long time, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. And after the time of sorrow, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went to the men who cut the wool from his sheep at Timnah.

وَبَعدَ وَقْتٍ طَوِيلٍ، ماتَتِ ابْنَةُ شُوعَ، زَوْجَةُ يَهُوذا. وَبَعْدَ انتِهاءِ الحِدادِ، ذَهَبَ يَهُوذا مَعَ صَدِيقِهِ حِيرَةَ العَدُلّامِيِّ إلَى تِمْنَةَ، إلَى الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَجُزُّونَ صُوفَ غَنَمِه.

13 I t was told to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to Timnah to cut the wool from his sheep.”

فَقالَ أحَدُهُمْ لِثامارَ: «ها هُوَ حَمُوكِ فِي طَريقِهِ إلَى تِمْنَةَ لِيَجُزَّ صُوفَ غَنَمِهِ.»

14 S o she took off the clothes of a woman whose husband has died and put on other clothes and covered her face with cloth. Then she sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown, and she had not been given to him for a wife.

فَخَلَعَتْ ثِيابَ تَرَمُّلِها، وَغَطَّتْ وَجْهَها بِحِجابٍ، وَلَفَّتْ نَفْسَها. ثُمَّ جَلَسَتْ عِندَ مَدْخَلِ عَينايِمَ الَّتِي كانَتْ عَلَى طَرِيقِ تِمْنَةَ، فَقَدْ رَأتْ أنَّ شِيلَةَ قَدْ كَبِرَ، وَأنَّها لَمْ تُزَوَّجْ مِنْهُ.

15 W hen Judah saw her, he thought she was a woman who sold the use of her body. For she had covered her face.

فَلَمّا رَآها يَهُوذا ظَنَّ أنَّها امْرأةٌ ساقِطَةٌ، لِأنَّها كانَتْ تُغَطِّي وَجهَها.

16 H e went to her at the side of the road, and said, “Here now, let me come in to you.” He did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me to come in to me?”

فَذَهَبَ إلَيها إلَى جانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ. وَقالَ لَها: «أُرِيدُ أنْ أُعاشِرَكِ.» إذْ لَمْ يَعرِفْ أنَّها كانَتْ زَوجَةَ ابْنِهِ. فَقالَتْ لَهُ ثامارُ: «وَماذا سَتُعطِينِي مُقابِلَ ذَلِكْ؟»

17 H e answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked, “Will you give something as a promise until you send it?”

فَقالَ: «سَأُرْسِلُ إلَيكِ جَدْياً مِنْ قَطِيعِي.» فَقالَتْ: «لا أرْضَى إلّا إذا أبْقَيتَ عِندِي رَهناً إلَى أنْ تُرْسِلَهُ.»

18 H e said, “What should I give you as a promise?” And she said, “The ring you use to mark your name, and its string, and the stick that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her. And she was going to have a baby by him.

فَقالَ: «وَما هُوَ الرَّهْنُ الَّذِي تُرِيدِينَنِي أنْ أُبْقِيَهُ عِندَكِ إلَى أنْ آتِيَ؟» فَقالَتْ: «أعطِنِي خاتِمَكَ وَخَيطَهُ، وَعَصاكَ الَّتِي فِي يَدِكَ.» فَأعطاها لَها. ثُمَّ عاشَرَها فَحَبِلَتْ مِنْهُ.

19 T hen she got up and left. She took off the cloth that covered her, and put on the clothes worn by a woman whose husband has died.

ثُمَّ قامَتْ وَذَهَبَتْ إلَى بَيتِها. وَنَزَعَتْ حِجابَها، وَلَبِسَتْ ثِيابَ تَرَمُّلِها.

20 J udah sent his friend the Adullamite to bring the young goat to the woman and take from her the things he had given as a promise. But he did not find her.

وَفِيما بَعْدُ، أرْسَلَ يَهُوذا صَدِيقَهُ حِيرَةَ مَعَ الجَدْيِ لِيَسْتَرِدَّ الرَّهْنَ مِنَ المَرأةِ. لَكِنَّ حِيرَةَ لَمْ يَجِدْها.

21 H e asked the men of the place, “Where is the woman who was selling the use of her body beside the road at Enaim?” They said, “There has been no woman selling the use of her body here.”

وَسَألَ حِيرَةُ أهلَ تِلْكَ المِنطَقَةِ: «أينَ عاهِرَةُ الهَيكَلِ الَّتِي كانَتْ عِنْدَ عَينايِمَ عَلَى جانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ؟» فَقالُوا: «لَمْ تَكُنْ هُنا أيَّةُ عاهِرَةِ هَيكَلٍ.»

22 S o he returned to Judah, and said, “I did not find her. The men of the place said, ‘There has been no woman selling the use of her body here.’”

فَعادَ حِيرَةُ إلَى يَهُوذا، وَقالَ: «لَمْ أجِدْها. وَقالَ لِي أهلُ المَكانِ: ‹لَمْ تَكُنْ هُنا أيَّةُ عاهِرَةِ هَيكَلٍ.›»

23 T hen Judah said, “Let her keep the things, or else we will be laughed at. I sent the young goat, and you did not find her.”

فَقالَ يَهُوذا: «فَلتَحتَفِظْ بِالرَّهْنِ، وَإلّا صِرْنا أُضْحُوكَةً. ها قَدْ أرْسَلْتُ الجَدْيَ بِالفِعلِ، لَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَجِدْها.» ثامارُ تحبل

24 A bout three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has sold the use of her body. She is going to have a baby by doing this sinful thing.” Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”

وَبَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أشْهُرٍ، قالَ أحَدُهُمْ لِيَهُوذا: «لَقَدْ زَنَتْ كِنَّتُكَ ثامارُ.» فَقالَ يَهُوذا: «أخرِجُوها، وَلْتُحْرَقْ حَتَّى المَوْتِ.»

25 W hen she was brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “I am going to have a baby by the man who owns these things.” She said, “Look and see, who owns this ring for marking a name, and this string and stick?”

وَأثْناءَ إخراجِها، أرْسَلَتْ رِسالَةً إلَى حَمِيها يَهُوذا تَقُولُ: «لَقَدْ حَبِلْتُ مِنَ صاحِبِ هَذِهِ الأشْياءِ.» وَقالَتِ: «انظُرْ إلَيها! فَلِمَنْ هَذا الخاتِمُ وَالخَيطُ وَالعَصا؟»

26 J udah saw that they belonged to him. He said, “She is more right than I, because I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not lie with her again.

فَمَيَّزَ يَهُوذا أشْياءَهُ. وَقالَ: «إنَّها أفْضَلُ مِنِّي، لِأنِّي لَمْ أُزَوِّجْها مِنَ ابْنِي شِيلَةَ.» وَلَمْ يُعاشِرْها يَهُوذا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.

27 W hen the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were two babies.

وَلَمّا حانَ وَقْتُ وِلادَتِها، كانَ فِي بَطنِها تَوْأمانِ.

28 W hile she was giving birth, one put out a hand. The nurse took his hand and tied a red string around it, saying, “This one came out first.”

وَعِندَما وَلَدَتْ، أخرَجَ أحَدُهُما يَدَهُ، فَأخَذَتِ القابِلَةُ خَيطاً قُرْمُزِيّاً وَرَبَطَتْهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ. وَقالَتْ: «خَرَجَ هَذا أوَّلاً.»

29 B ut when he pulled away his hand, his brother was born. Then she said, “What an opening you have made for yourself!” So he was given the name of Perez.

وَلَكِنْ حالَما سَحَبَ يَدَهُ، خَرَجَ أخُوهُ. فَقالَتِ القابِلَةُ: «يا لَهَذا الاختِراقُ الَّذِي اختَرَقْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ!» فَسُمِّيَ فارَصَ.

30 A fter that, his brother came out with the red string around his hand. He was given the name Zerah.

ثُمَّ خَرَجَ أخُوهُ بَعْدَهُ. وَكانَ الخَيطُ القُرْمُزِيُّ عَلَى يَدِهِ. فَسُمِّيَ زارَحُ.