¹And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

¹Zgodi se pa v tistem času, da je šel Juda od bratov svojih doli, in ustavi se pri nekem Adulamljanu, ki mu je bilo ime Hira.

²And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

²In ko je Juda videl tam hčer nekega Kanaanca, ki mu je bilo ime Šuva, jo vzame ter se združi ž njo.

³And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

³In ona spočne ter rodi sina, ki ga je imenoval Gera.

⁴And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

⁴Nato spočne v drugo ter rodi sina, ki ga je imenovala Onana.

⁵And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

⁵Potem zopet rodi še sina in ga je imenovala Šela; bil je pa Juda v Kezibu, ko je tega rodila.

⁶And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

⁶Juda pa vzame Geru, prvencu svojemu, ženo, ki ji je bilo ime Tamara.

⁷And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

⁷A bil je Ger, prvenec Judov, hudoben v očeh GOSPODOVIH; in GOSPOD ga je usmrtil.

⁸And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

⁸Tedaj reče Juda Onanu: Združi se z ženo brata svojega in na ime bratovo jo vzemi in zbúdi seme svojemu bratu.

⁹And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

⁹Vedel je pa Onan, da tisto seme ne bode njegovo, zato ga je, kadar je šel k ženi brata svojega, iztresel na tla, da bi ne dal semena svojemu bratu.

¹⁰And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

¹⁰Ali hudobno je bilo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, kar je počenjal; in usmrtil je tudi njega.

¹¹Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

¹¹Zatorej reče Juda Tamari, snahi svoji: Ostani vdova v hiši svojega očeta, dokler ne doraste Šela, sin moj. Dejal je namreč: Da bi ne umrl tudi ta kakor bratje njegovi. In odide Tamara in ostane v hiši svojega očeta.

¹²And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

¹²Ko pa je preteklo mnogo dni, umre hči Šuvova, Judova žena. In Juda, ko se je bil potolažil, je šel gori k strižcem črede svoje v Timno, on in Hira Adulamljan, prijatelj njegov.

¹³And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

¹³In sporoče Tamari, govoreč: Glej, tast tvoj gre gori v Timno strič ovce svoje.

¹⁴And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

¹⁴In ona sleče oblačila vdovstva svojega, se odene z zagrinjačo ter sede pri vhodu v Enaim, ob potu proti Timni. Videla je namreč, da je Šela odrastel, ona pa da mu ni bila dana za ženo.

¹⁵When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

¹⁵Ko jo pa vidi Juda, meni, da je nečistnica, kajti zagrnila si je obličje.

¹⁶And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

¹⁶Ustavi se torej pri njej ob potu ter reče: Dovoli mi, da se združim s teboj. Ni vedel namreč, da je snaha njegova. Ona pa reče: Kaj mi daš, da se združiš z menoj?

¹⁷And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

¹⁷In on reče: Poslati ti hočem kozliča od črede. Ona pa reče: Daj mi zastavo, dokler mi ga ne pošlješ!

¹⁸And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

¹⁸Tedaj vpraša: Kakšno naj ti dam zastavo? In ona veli: Pečatnik svoj s trakom svojim in palico svojo, ki je v roki tvoji. In da ji to ter se združi ž njo, in spočela je od njega.

¹⁹And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

¹⁹Nato vstane Tamara in odide ter sleče zagrinjačo svojo in obleče svojega vdovstva oblačila.

²⁰And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

²⁰Juda pa pošlje tistega kozliča po prijatelju svojem, onem Adulamljanu, da dobi nazaj zastavo od ženske; ali ne najde je.

²¹Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

²¹In popraševal je može v njenem kraju, govoreč: Kje je tista ljubovnica [Hebrejski kedeša, t. j. ženska, posvečena nečistosti v čast maliku.], ki je bila v Enaimu pri potu? Reko: Ni bilo tu ljubovnice.

²²And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

²²Zato se vrne k Judi in reče: Nisem je našel; pa so tudi rekli ljudje tistega kraja: Ni bilo tu ljubovnice.

²³And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

²³In Juda reče: Naj si obdrži tisto! Da le ne prideva v zasmeh. Glej, poslal sem tega kozliča, ti pa je nisi našel.

²⁴And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

²⁴Prigodi se pa blizu po treh mesecih, da so sporočili Judi, govoreč: Nečistovala je Tamara, snaha tvoja, in glej, tudi noseča je iz nečistovanja. In Juda reče: Peljite jo ven, da jo sežgo!

²⁵When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

²⁵Ko so jo peljali ven, je poslala k tastu svojemu povedat: Od moža, čigaver je to, sem noseča. In reče: Spoznaj, prosim, čigavo je to: pečatnik in trak in palica ta.

²⁶And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

²⁶In Juda je to spoznal in reče: Pravičnejša je od mene, zato ker je nisem dal Šelu, sinu svojemu. In ni je nikoli več spoznal.

²⁷And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

²⁷In ko pride čas njenega poroda, glej, dvojčka v njenem telesu.

²⁸And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

²⁸In zgodi se, ko je rodila, da njiju eden pomoli roko, in babica vzame rdečo nit ter jo priveže na roko njegovo, rekoč: Ta je prišel prvi na svet.

²⁹And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

²⁹In ko ta nazaj potegne roko svojo, glej, brat njegov pride na svet, in ona reče: Kako si ti predrl! tvoj je predor. Zato so ga imenovali Pereza [T. j. predor.].Potem pa izide brat njegov, na čigar roki je bila tista rdeča nit; in imenovali so ga Zeraha.

³⁰And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

³⁰Potem pa izide brat njegov, na čigar roki je bila tista rdeča nit; in imenovali so ga Zeraha.