¹猶大和他瑪那時，猶大離開他的眾兄弟下去，到一個亞杜蘭人的家裡居住，那人名叫希拉。

¹It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

²猶大在那裡看見迦南人書亞的女兒，就娶了她，與她親近。

²Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

³她就懷了孕，生了一個兒子，猶大給他起名叫珥。

³She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

⁴她又懷孕，生了一個兒子，給他起名叫俄南。

⁴She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

⁵她再懷孕，又生了一個兒子，就給他起名叫示拉。她生示拉的時候，猶大正在基悉。

⁵She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

⁶猶大為自己的長子珥娶妻，名叫他瑪。

⁶Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

⁷猶大的長子珥，在耶和華眼中是個惡人，所以耶和華取去他的性命。

⁷Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him.

⁸於是猶大對俄南說：“你去與你哥哥的妻子親近，向她盡你作弟弟的本分，替你的哥哥立後。”

⁸Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother.”

⁹俄南知道生下來的孩子不會歸自己，所以每次與哥哥的妻子親近的時候，都遺精在地上，免得替自己的哥哥立後。

⁹Onan knew that the seed wouldn’t be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

¹⁰俄南所作的，在耶和華眼中是件惡事，所以耶和華也取去他的性命。

¹⁰The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed him also.

¹¹於是，猶大對他的媳婦他瑪說：“你回到你父親家裡去守寡，等我的兒子示拉長大。”因為他心裡想：“恐怕示拉也像他兩個哥哥一樣死去。”他瑪就回去，住在她父親的家裡。

¹¹Then 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過了很多日子，猶大的妻子，書亞的女兒死了。守喪的時間過了以後，猶大就和他的朋友亞杜蘭人希拉上亭拿去，到替他羊群剪毛的人那裡。

¹²After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.

¹³有人告訴他瑪說：“你的公公現在上亭拿去剪羊毛。”

¹³It was told Tamar, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

¹⁴他瑪見示拉已經長大了，還沒有娶她為妻，就脫去守寡的衣服，用帕子蒙臉，遮蔽自己，坐在亭拿路上，伊拿印的城門口。

¹⁴She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife.

¹⁵猶大看見她，以為她是個妓女，因為她蒙著臉。

¹⁵When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

¹⁶猶大就過到她那邊去，說：“來吧，讓我與你親近。”原來他不知道她就是自己的媳婦。他瑪說：“你與我親近要給我甚麼呢？”

¹⁶He 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猶大說：“我從羊群中拿一隻小山羊送給你。”他瑪說：“在你沒有送來以前，你可以留些東西作為保證嗎？”

¹⁷He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”

¹⁸猶大問：“你要我給你甚麼作保證呢？”他瑪回答：“你的印戒，連同印的帶子，以及你手裡的杖。”猶大就給了她，與她親近，她就從猶大懷了孕。

¹⁸He 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他瑪起來走了，脫去帕子，再穿上守寡的衣服。

¹⁹She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

²⁰猶大託自己的朋友亞杜蘭人，把一隻小山羊送去，要從那女人手中取回保證物，卻找不著她。

²⁰Judah 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希拉問那地方的人說：“伊拿印路旁的妓女在哪裡呢？”他們回答：“這裡是沒有妓女的。”

²¹Then 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那人回去見猶大，說：“我找不著她，並且那地的人都說：‘這裡是沒有妓女的。’”

²²He 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猶大說：“那些東西任她拿去吧，免得我們被人嗤笑。我已經把這小山羊送了去，可是你找不著她。”

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

²⁴他瑪生雙生子大約過了三個月，有人告訴猶大說：“你的媳婦他瑪作了妓女，並且因此懷了孕。”猶大說：“把她拉出來，燒死她。”

²⁴It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burnt.”

²⁵他瑪被拉出來的時候，派人去見她的公公說：“這些東西是誰的，我就是從誰懷了孕。”她又說：“請你認一認，這印戒、印的帶子和手杖是誰的？”

²⁵When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man, whose these are, I am with child.” She also said, “Please discern whose are these—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”

²⁶猶大認出那些東西，就說：“她比我更有理，因為我沒有把她給我的兒子示拉為妻。”從此猶大就不再與她親近了。

²⁶Judah 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到了他瑪將要生產的時候，腹中竟是一對雙胎。

²⁷It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

²⁸她正在生產的時候，一個孩子伸出一隻手來。接生婆拿了一根朱紅線，繫在他的手上，說：“這一個是先出生的。”

²⁸When 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他把手收回去的時候，他的哥哥就出來了。接生婆說：“你為甚麼搶著出來呢？”因此，給他起名叫法勒斯。

²⁹It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez. Perez means “breaking out.”

³⁰接著，手上繫著一根朱紅線的弟弟也出來了。因此，給他起名叫謝拉。

³⁰Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah. Zerah means “scarlet” or “brightness.”