Gênesis 38

1 At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her. 3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er. 4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan. 5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him. 6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7 Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him. 8 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." 9 Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother. 10 The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also. 11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

12 After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite. 13 Tamar was told, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep." 14 She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16 He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law.

She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

17 He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock."

She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

18 He said, "What pledge will I give you?"

She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand."

He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him. 19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her. 21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?"

They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

22 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.’" 23 Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her."

24 About three months later, Judah was told, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution."

Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned." 25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "I am with child by the man who owns these." She also said, "Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son."

He knew her again no more. 27 In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first." 29 As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.*38:29 Perez means "breaking out". 30 Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.*38:30 Zerah means "scarlet" or "brightness".

Ko Hūrā rāua ko Tāmara

1 I taua wā ka maunu atu a Hūrā i roto i ōna tuākana, ā, peka ana ki tētahi Aturami, ko Hira tōna ingoa. 2 Ā, kitea ana e Hūrā i reira te tamāhine a tētahi Kanaani, ko Huaha tōna ingoa. Nā, ka tango ia i a ia, ā, haere ana ki roto, ki a ia. 3 Nā, ka hapū ia, ā, ka whānau he tama; ā, huaina iho tōna ingoa ko Ere. 4 Nā, ka hapū anō ia, ā, ka whānau he tama; ā, huaina iho tōna ingoa ko Onana. 5 Ā, ka hapū anō ia, ā, ka whānau he tama; ā, huaina iho tōna ingoa ko Heraha; i Ketipi hoki te tāne i tōna whānautanga.

6 Nā, ka tangohia e Hūrā he wahine mā Ere, mā tāna mātāmua, ko tōna ingoa ko Tāmara. 7 He tangata kino a Ere mātāmua a Hūrā ki tā Ihowā titiro; ā, whakamatea ana ia e Ihowā.

8 Nā, ka mea a Hūrā ki a Onana, "Haere ki roto, ki te wahine a tōu tuakana, hei whakakapi mō te whāwhārua, kia whai uri ai tōu tuakana." 9 I mōhio anō a Onana e kore e waiho te uri mōna; ā, i tōna haerenga ki te wahine a tōna tuakana, nā, ka tukua e ia kia heke atu ki te whenua, kei hoatu e ia he uri ki tōna tuakana. 10 He kino hoki tāna mahi ki tā Ihowā titiro; nā, ka whakamatea hoki ia.

11 Kātahi ka mea a Hūrā ki a Tāmara, ki tāna hunaonga, "Me noho pouaru koe ki te whare o tōu pāpā, kia kaumātua rā anō a Heraha, tāku tama." I mea hoki ia, "Kei mate anō hoki tēnei, kei pērā me ōna tuākana." Nā, ka haere a Tāmara, ā, noho ana i te whare o tōna pāpā.

12 Ā, ka maha ngā rā, ka mate te tamāhine a Huaha, te wahine a Hūrā; ā, ka mārie a Hūrā, ā, ka haere rāua ko tōna hoa ko Hira Aturami ki runga ki Timinata, ki āna kaikutikuti hipi.

13 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Tāmara, ka meatia, "Ko tōu hungawai tēnei te haere ake nei ki Timinata, ki te kutikuti i āna hipi." 14 Nā, ka whakarērea atu e ia ōna kākahu pouaru, ka hīpoki i a ia ki tōna ārai, roropi tonu ki a ia, ā, ka noho i te tomokanga ki Enaima, i te huarahi ki Timinata. I kite hoki ia kua kaumātua a Heraha, ā, kāhore anō ia i hoatu hei wahine māna.

15 Nā, ka kite a Hūrā i a ia, hua noa ia he wahine kairau; nō te mea i hīpokina tōna mata. 16 Nā, ka peka ia ki te ara ki a ia, ka mea, "Tukua atu ahau, nē? Kia haere atu ki a koe." Kīhai hoki ia i mōhio ko tāna hunaonga ia.

Ā, ka mea ia, "He aha tāu e hōmai ai ki ahau, ki te haere mai koe ki ahau?"

17 Ā, ka mea ia, "Ka tukua atu e ahau tētahi kūao koati o te kāhui."

Ā, ka mea ia, "Ka hōmai rānei e koe tētahi taunaha ki ahau, kia tukua mai rā anō taua mea e koe?"

18 Ā, ka mea ia, "He aha te taunaha e hoatu e ahau ki a koe?"

Ka mea ia, "Ko tōu hīri, me āu tau, me tāu tokotoko i tōu ringa." Nā, ka hoatu e ia ki a ia, ā, ka haere atu ia ki a ia, ā, ka hapū ia i a ia. 19 Nā, ka whakatika ia, ā, haere ana, whakarērea ana e ia tōna ārai, ā, kākahuria iho ōna kākahu pouaru.

20 Nā, ka hoatu te kūao koati e Hūrā kia kawea e tōna hoa e te Aturami, ki te tiki i te taunaha i te ringa o te wahine; ā, kīhai ia i kitea. 21 Ā, ka ui ia ki ngā tāngata o taua wāhi, ka mea, "Kei hea te wahine kairau i Enaima, nei i te taha o te ara?"

Ā, ka mea rātou, "Kāhore he wahine kairau i konei."

22 Nā, ka hoki ia ki a Hūrā, ka mea, "Kāhore ia i kitea e ahau; e mea ana hoki ngā tāngata o tērā wāhi, kāhore he wahine kairau i reira."

23 Nā, ka mea a Hūrā, "Tukua kia tangohia e ia, kei tāwaia tāua. Titiro hoki, kua tukua atu nei e ahau te kūao nei, ā, kīhai ia i kitea e koe."

24 Ā, ka toru ngā marama, nā, ka kōrerotia ki a Hūrā, ka meatia, "Kua kairau a Tāmara, tāu hunaonga; kua hapū anō hoki ia i ōna kairautanga."

Ā, ka mea a Hūrā, "Kawea ki waho, kia tahuna."

25 Ā, ka kawea ia ki waho, ka tono tangata ia ki tōna hungawai, ka mea, "Nā te tangata nāna ēnei mea tōku hapū." I mea anō ia, "Tēnā, tirohia, nā wai ēnei, te hīri nei, me ngā tau, me te tokotoko."

26 Nā, ka mōhiotia e Hūrā, ā, ka mea ia, "Nui atu tōna tika i tōku; kīhai hoki ia i hoatu e ahau ki a Heraha, ki tāku tama." Ā, kīhai ia i mōhio ki a ia i muri iho.

27 Ā, ka taka ki te wā e whānau ai ia, nā, he māhanga kei roto i tōna kōpū. 28 Ā, i tōna whānautanga, nā, ka torona te ringa o tētahi; nā, ka mau te kaiwhakawhānau ki te miro whero, ā, herea ana ki tōna ringa, ka mea, "Ko tēnei i puta mai i mua." 29 Ā, i tāna whakahokinga atu i tōna ringa, nā, ka puta mai tōna tuakana; ā, ka mea ia, "Ka tae tōu pakaru mai! Nāu te pakaru mai." Koia i huaina ai tōna ingoa ko Parete. 30 Ā muri iho ka puta tōna teina, i herea nei tōna ringa ki te miro whero, ā, ka huaina tōna ingoa ko Tera.