1 A conteció en aquel tiempo que Judá se apartó de sus hermanos, y se fue a casa de un adulamita que se llamaba Hira.

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

2 A llí conoció Judá a la hija de un cananeo, el cual se llamaba Súa; la tomó y se llegó a ella.

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

3 E lla concibió y dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Er.

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

4 C oncibió otra vez y dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Onán.

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

5 V olvió a concebir y dio a luz un hijo, al que llamó Sela. Ella se hallaba en Quezib cuando lo dio a luz.

Then she gave birth to another son at Chezib. And she gave him the name Shelah.

6 D espués Judá tomó para su primogénito Er a una mujer llamada Tamar.

Judah chose a wife for his first-born son Er. Her name was Tamar.

7 P ero Er, el primogénito de Judá, fue malo ante los ojos de Jehová, y Jehová le quitó la vida.

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

8 E ntonces Judá dijo a Onán: —Llégate a la mujer de tu hermano, despósate con ella y levanta descendencia a tu hermano.

Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife. Do your duty as her brother-in-law. Have children for your brother.”

9 S abiendo Onán que la descendencia no sería suya, cuando se llegaba a la mujer de su hermano vertía en tierra, para no dar descendencia a su hermano.

But 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.

10 C omo desagradó a Jehová lo que hacía, a él también le quitó la vida.

What he did was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. So the Lord took his life also.

11 E ntonces Judá dijo a su nuera Tamar: —Permanece viuda en casa de tu padre, hasta que crezca mi hijo Sela. (Esto dijo pues pensaba: «No sea que muera él también, como sus hermanos.») Tamar se fue y se quedó en casa de su padre.

Then 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.

12 P asaron muchos días y murió la hija de Súa, la mujer de Judá. Cuando Judá se consoló, subió a Timnat (donde estaban los trasquiladores de sus ovejas) junto a su amigo Hira, el adulamita.

Now 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.

13 Y avisaron a Tamar, diciéndole: «Tu suegro sube a Timnat a trasquilar sus ovejas.»

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

14 E ntonces se quitó ella los vestidos de su viudez, se cubrió con un velo para no ser reconocida y se puso a la entrada de Enaim, junto al camino de Timnat, pues veía que Sela había crecido y que ella no le era dada por mujer.

So 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.

15 C uando Judá la vio, la tuvo por una ramera, pues ella había cubierto su rostro.

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

16 E ntonces se apartó del camino para acercarse a ella y, sin saber que era su nuera, le dijo: —Déjame ahora llegarme a ti. —¿Qué me darás por llegarte a mí? —dijo ella.

He 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?”

17 — Te enviaré un cabrito de mi rebaño —respondió él. —Dame una prenda, hasta que lo envíes —dijo ella.

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

18 — ¿Qué prenda te daré? —preguntó Judá. Ella respondió: —Tu sello, tu cordón y el bastón que tienes en tu mano. Judá se los dio, se llegó a ella y ella concibió de él.

He 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.

19 L uego se levantó y se fue; se quitó el velo que la cubría y se vistió las ropas de su viudez.

Then 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.

20 J udá envió el cabrito del rebaño por medio de su amigo, el adulamita, para que éste rescatara la prenda de la mujer; pero no la halló.

Judah 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.

21 E ntonces preguntó a los hombres de aquel lugar, diciendo: —¿Dónde está la ramera que había en Enaim, junto al camino? —No ha estado aquí ramera alguna —dijeron ellos.

He 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.”

22 E ntonces él se volvió a Judá y le dijo: —No la he hallado. Además, los hombres del lugar me dijeron: “Aquí no ha estado ninguna ramera.”

So 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.’”

23 J udá respondió: —Pues que se quede con todo, para que no seamos objetos de burla. Yo le he enviado este cabrito, pero tú no la hallaste.

Then 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.”

24 S ucedió que al cabo de unos tres meses fue dado aviso a Judá, diciendo: —Tamar, tu nuera, ha fornicado, y ciertamente está encinta a causa de las fornicaciones. Entonces dijo Judá: —¡Sacadla y quemadla!

About 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!”

25 P ero ella, cuando la sacaban, envió a decir a su suegro: «Del dueño de estas cosas estoy encinta.» También dijo: «Mira ahora de quién son estas cosas: el sello, el cordón y el bastón.»

When 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?”

26 C uando Judá los reconoció, dijo: «Más justa es ella que yo, por cuanto no la he dado a mi hijo Sela.» Y nunca más la conoció.

Judah 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.

27 A conteció que, al tiempo de dar a luz, había gemelos en su seno.

When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were two babies.

28 Y sucedió durante el parto que uno de ellos sacó la mano, y la partera tomó y ató a su mano un hilo de grana, diciendo: «Éste salió primero.»

While 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.”

29 P ero volviendo él a meter la mano, salió su hermano; y ella dijo: «¡Cómo te has abierto paso!» Por eso lo llamó Fares.

But 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.

30 D espués salió su hermano, el que tenía en su mano el hilo de grana, y lo llamó Zara.

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