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.

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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?`

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

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]?`

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.

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;

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.`

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

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,`

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

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

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!

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.`

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.

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.`

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.`

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.

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;

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

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