¹A stalo sa v tom čase, že Júda odišiel dolu od svojich bratov a uchýlil sa k nejakému mužovi adulamitskému, ktorému bolo meno Chíra.

¹And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name [is] Hirah;

²Tam videl Júda dcéru kananejského muža, ktorému bolo meno Šuva, a vzal si ju a vošiel k nej.

²and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her.

³A žena počala a porodila syna, a nazval jeho meno Ér.

³And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er;

⁴A zase počala a porodila syna a nazvala jeho meno Onan.

⁴and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;

⁵A ešte porodila syna a nazvala jeho meno Šela. A vtedy bol v Chezibe, keď ho porodila.

⁵and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

⁶Potom vzal Júda Érovi, svojmu prvorodenému, ženu, ktorej bolo meno Támar.

⁶And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name [is] Tamar;

⁷Ale Ér, prvorodený Júdov, bol zlý v očiach Hospodinových, a preto ho zabil Hospodin.

⁷and Er, Judah`s first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.

⁸A Júda povedal Onanovi: Vojdi k žene svojho brata a vezmi si ju za ženu podľa švagrovského práva a vzbuď svojmu bratovi semeno.

⁸And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;`

⁹Ale Onan vedel, že to nebude jeho semeno, a tak bývalo, keď vošiel k žene svojho brata, že zahubil semä vypustiac ho na zem, aby nedal semena svojmu bratovi.

⁹and Onan knoweth that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother`s wife, that he hath destroyed [it] to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

¹⁰Ale to bolo zlé v očiach Hospodinových, čo urobil, a zabil i jeho.

¹⁰and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.

¹¹Vtedy povedal Júda Támari, svojej neveste: Zostaň vdovou v dome svojho otca, dokiaľ nedorastie Šela, môj syn. Lebo povedal: Aby nezomrel aj on ako jeho bratia. A Támar odišla a bývala v dome svojho otca.

¹¹And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father`s house, till Shelah my son groweth up;` for he said, `Lest he die — even he — like his brethren;` and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father`s house.

¹²A potom po dlhom čase zomrela dcéra Šuvova, žena Júdova. A keď sa potešil Júda, odišiel hore za strihačmi svojho stáda, on i Chíra, jeho adulamitský priateľ, do Timny.

¹²And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah`s wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.

¹³A Támari bolo oznámené, že vraj, hľa, tvoj svokor ide hore do Timny strihať svoje stádo.

¹³And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband`s father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;`

¹⁴Vtedy složila rúcho svojho vdovstva so seba a pokryla sa závojom a zahaliac sa sedela pri bráne Enaim, ktorá je na ceste do Timny. Lebo videla, že Šela dorástol, a že mu nebola daná za ženu.

¹⁴and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which [is] by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.

¹⁵A keď uvidel Júda, myslel, že je to smilnica, pretože zakryla svoju tvár.

¹⁵And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

¹⁶Vtedy sa uchýlil k nej na cestu a povedal jej: Nože dovoľ, aby som vošiel k tebe! Lebo nevedel, že je to jeho nevesta. A riekla: Čo mi dáš, keď vojdeš ku mne?

¹⁶and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,` (for he hath not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?`

¹⁷A povedal: Ja ti pošlem kozľa zo stáda. A riekla: Dobre, ak dáš záloh, dokiaľ nepošleš.

¹⁷and he saith, `I — I send a kid of the goats from the flock.` And she saith, `Dost thou give a pledge till thou send [it]?`

¹⁸A on povedal: Aký to má byť záloh, ktorý ti dám? A riekla: Svoj pečatný prsteň, svoj náhrdelník a svoju palicu, ktorú máš vo svojej ruke. A dal jej a vošiel k nej, a počala mu.

¹⁸and he saith, `What [is] the pledge that I give to thee?` and she saith, `Thy seal, and thy ribbon, and thy staff which [is] in thy hand;` and he giveth to her, and goeth in unto her, and she conceiveth to him;

¹⁹Potom vstala a odišla a složila svoj závoj so seba a obliekla si rúcho svojho vdovstva.

¹⁹and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.

²⁰A Júda poslal kozľa po svojom adulamitskom priateľovi, aby vzal záloh z ruky ženy, ale jej nenašiel.

²⁰And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.

²¹Vtedy sa pýtalo mužov, ktorí boli z jej mesta, a povedal: Kde je tá zasvätená, ktorá sedela v Enaime pri ceste? A riekli: Nebolo tu zasvätenej.

²¹And he asketh the men of her place, saying, `Where [is] the separated one — she in Enayim, by the way?` and they say, `There hath not been in this [place] a separated one.`

²²Vtedy sa navrátil k Júdovi a povedal: Nenašiel som jej. I mužovia toho miesta tiež vraveli: Nebolo tu zasvätenej.

²²And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, `I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this [place] a separated one,`

²³A Júda povedal: Nech si to vezme. Aby sme neboli na potupu. Hľa, poslal som toto kozľa, ale ty si jej nenašiel.

²³and Judah saith, `Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.`

²⁴A stalo sa tak asi o tri mesiace, že bolo oznámené Júdovi, že vraj Támar, tvoja nevesta, dopustila sa smilstva, a hľa, aj je tehotná od svojho smilstva. A Júda povedal: Vyveďte ju, aby bola upálená.

²⁴And it cometh to pass about three months [after], that it is declared to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:` and Judah saith, `Bring her out — and she is burnt.`

²⁵A keď ju už viedli, poslala k svojmu svokrovi a odkázala mu: Od muža, ktorému patria tieto veci, som tehotná. A ešte dodala: Poznaj, prosím, čie sú to veci: pečatný prsteň, náhrdelník a palica!

²⁵She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband`s father, saying, `To a man whose these [are], I [am] pregnant;` and she saith, `Discern, I pray thee, whose [are] these — the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.`

²⁶A Júda poznal veci a povedal: Je spravedlivejšia ako ja, lebo to preto, že som jej nedal Šelovi, svojmu synovi. A viac jej nepoznal.

²⁶And Judah discerneth and saith, `She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;` and he hath not added to know her again.

²⁷A stalo sa v tom čase, keď mala porodiť, že hľa, ukázalo sa, že sú dvojčatá v jej živote.

²⁷And it cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins [are] in her womb;

²⁸A stalo sa v tom, keď rodila, že jedno vystrčilo ruku, a baba vzala a priviazala na jeho ruku červenú niť a riekla: Tento vyšiel prvý.

²⁸and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that [one] giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `This hath come out first.`

²⁹A stalo sa, keď vtiahol zpät svoju ruku, že hľa, vyšiel jeho brat. A riekla: Prečo si pretrhol? Na teba pripadne pretrhnutie. A tak nazvali jeho meno Fáres.

²⁹And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, `What! thou hast broken forth — on thee [is] the breach;` and he calleth his name Pharez;

³⁰A potom vyšiel jeho brat, ktorý mal na ruke červenú niť. A nazvali jeho meno Zárach.

³⁰and afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand [is] the scarlet thread, and he calleth his name Zarah.