¹[Ny fanambadian'i Joda, sy ny zanany naterany, ary ny nijangajangany tamin'i Tamara] Ary tamin'izany andro izany Joda dia nidina niala teo amin'ny rahalahiny ka lasa nanatona ny lehilahy Adolamita anankiray. Hira no anarany.

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

²Ary teo no nahitan'i Joda ny zanakavavin'i Soa, lehilahy Kana­nita anankiray; dia naka azy izy ka nanambady azy.

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

³Dia nanan'anaka ravehivavy ka niteraka zazalahy; ary ny anarany nataony hoe Era.

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

⁴Dia nanan'anaka indray izy ka niteraka zazalahy; ary ny anarany nataony hoe Onana.

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

⁵Dia nanan'anaka indray koa izy ka niteraka zazalahy; ary ny anarany natao­ny hoe Sela; ary Joda nitoetra tany Keziba tamin'ny niterahan'ny vadiny an'i Sela.

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

⁶Ary Joda naka vady ho an'i Era lahimatoany, Tamara no anarany.

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

⁷Fa ratsy fanahy teo imason'1 Jehovah Era, lahimatoan'i Joda; dia novonoin'i Jehovah izy.

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

⁸Ary hoy Joda tamin'i Onana: Vadio ny vadin'ny rahalahinao, ka ento loloha izy, dia velomy maso ny rahalahinao.

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.”

⁹Ary fantatr'i Onana fa tsy ho azy tsinona ny zaza; koa raha nandry tamin'ny vadin'ny rahalahiny izy, dia nandraraka tamin'ny tany mba tsy hiterahany zanaka ho an'ny rahalahiny.

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.

¹⁰Ary ratsy teo imason'i Jehovah izay nataony; ka dia novonoiny koa izy.

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

¹¹Ary hoy Joda tamin'i Tamara vinantoni-vavy: Tomoera ho mpitondratena ao an-tranon-drainao mandra-pahalehiben'i Sela zanako-lahy (fa hoy izy: Fandrao maty koa tahaka ny rahalahiny izy); dia nandeha Tamara ka nitoetra tao an-tranon-drainy.

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.

¹²Ary rehefa ela, dia maty ny vadin'i Joda, dia ilay zanakavavin'i Soa; ary rehefa nionona ny alahelon'i Joda, dia niakatra tany amin'ny mpanety ondriny tany Timna izy sy Hira Adolamita sakaizany.

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.

¹³Dia nisy nanambara tamin'i Tamara hoe Indro, ny rafozanao miakatra ho any Timna hanety ny ondriny.

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

¹⁴Ary nanaisotra ny akanjony fanaon'ny mpitondratena izy, dia nisarona fisalobonana ka nisalobona, dia nipetraka teo am-bavahadin'i Enaima, izay eo amin'ny lalana mankany Timna; satria efa hitan'i Tamara fa efa lehibe Sela, nefa tsy mbola nomen'i Joda ho vadin'i Sela izy.

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.

¹⁵Ary hitan'i Joda izy ka nataony fa vehivavy janga, satria efa nanarona ny tavany izy.

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

¹⁶Dia nivily nanatona azy teo amoron-dalana Joda ka nanao hoe: Aoka mba handry aminao aho (fa tsy fantany ho vinantony izy); dia hoy kosa ravehivavy: Inona ary no homenao ahy, raha handry amiko ianao?

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?”

¹⁷Dia hoy izy: Hampanatitra zanak'osy avy amin'ny ondry aman'osy aho. Fa hoy kosa ravehivavy: Hanome fampitanana va ianao mandra-pampanatitrao azy?

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

¹⁸Ary hoy izy: Inona no fampitanana homeko anao? Ary hoy rave­hivavy: Ny fanombohan-kasenao sy ny kofehinao ary iny tehinao eny an-tananao iny. Ary nomeny azy ireny, dia nandry taminy izy, ka nanan'anaka taminy ravehivavy.

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.

¹⁹Ary niainga ravehivavy ka lasa nandeha, dia nanala ny fisalobonana izay notafiny ka niakanjo ny akanjony fanaon'ny mpitondratena indray.

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

²⁰Dia nampitondrain'i Joda ilay Adolamita sakaizany ny zanak'osy, hangalany ilay fampitanana amin-dravehivavy; kanjo tsy hitany izy.

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.

²¹Dia nanontany ny olona teo amin'ny fonenan-dravehivavy izy ka nanao hoe: Aiza moa ilay vehivavy janga izay tamoron-dalana teo Enaima ? Fa hoy ny olona: Tsy nisy vehivavy janga teo.

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.”

²²Dia niverina tany amin'i Joda izy ka nanao hoe: Tsy nahita azy aho; ary nolazain'ny olona tompon-tany fa tsy nisy vehivavy janga teo.

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.’”

²³Dia hoy Joda: Aoka ho lasany ho azy, fandrao ho afa-baraka isika; indro, efa nampanateriko ity zanak'osy ity, nefa ianao tsy nahita an-dravehivavy.

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

²⁴Ary rehefa afaka tokony ho telo volana, dia nisy nanambara tamin'i Joda hoe: Efa nijangajanga Tamara vinantovavinao; ka indro, efa manan'anaka tamin'ny fijangajangana izy. Dia hoy Joda: Avoahy izy hodorana.

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.”

²⁵Ary rehefa navoaka izy, dia naniraka tany amin'ny rafozany ka nanao hoe: Ny lehilahy izay tompon'ireto no nananako anaka; ary hoy koa izy: Masìna ianao, fantaro izay tompon'ireto fanombohan-kase sy kofehy ary tehina ireto.

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.”

²⁶Dia nahafantatra ireo Joda ka nanao hoe: Marina noho izaho izy, satria tsy nomeko ho vadin'i Sela zanako. Dia tsy nandry taminy intsony izy.

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.

²⁷Ary tamin'ny andro niterahany, indro, nisy zaza kambana tao an-kibony.

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

²⁸Ary raha niteraka izy, dia niseho ny tanan'ny anankiray, ary naka kofehy mena ny mpampivelona, ka nafehiny tamin'ny tànany, sady hoy izy: Ity no niseho voalohany.

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.”

²⁹Ary rehefa nahemony ny tànany, dia, indro, teraka ny rahalahiny; ary hoy ny mpampivelona: Ahoana no nibosesehanao? dia nataony hoe Fareza no anarany.Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia teraka koa ny rahalahiny, izay nisy ilay kofehy mena tamin'ny tànany; dia natao­ny hoe Zera no anarany.

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.”

³⁰Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia teraka koa ny rahalahiny, izay nisy ilay kofehy mena tamin'ny tànany; dia natao­ny hoe Zera no anarany.

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