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

¹Huchih laiin, hichi ahia, Juda bel a unaute kianga kipanin a pai suka, Adullam mi khat a min Hira a vebelta hi:

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

²Huan, Juda in huailaiah Kanan mi khat tanu a min Suah a mua; huan, amah a kitenpih a, a kithuahpih ta.

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

³Huchiin a gaia, tapa a neia; huan; Juda in amin dingin Er asa hi.

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

⁴Huan, a gai nawna, tapa a nei nawna; huan, a nuin a min dingin Onan asa hi.

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

⁵Huan, tapa a nei nawn jela, a min ding Sela asa a; amah a neihlaiin Juda Chezib khua ah a om hi.

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

⁶Huan, Juda in a ta masa Er a dingin ji api saka, a min Tamar ahi.

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

⁷Huan, Juda ta masa Er Toupa mitmuh in gilou ahia; huchiin, Toupan amah a si saka.

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.”

⁸Huan, Juda in, Onan kiangah, na u ji kithuahpih inla kitenpih inla, na u a dingin chi khahsakin achia.

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.

⁹Huan, Onan in chi suah ding pen amah suan ahikei ding chih athei a, huchiin hichi ahia, a u ji a kithuahpih tengin a u a dinga chi a suahsak louh na dingin leiah a kesak jel hi.

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

¹⁰Huan, a thil hihdan Toupa mitmuh in giloutak ahi: huchiin amah leng a sisak ta.

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.

¹¹Huan, Juda in amou nu Tamar kiangah, ka tapa Sela a pichin mateng na pa in lamah pasal neilou in na om tadih in, achia. Huchilou in jaw amah leng a ute bangin a si kha ding hi, achi ahi. Huchiin, Tamar apa in lamah ava omte hi.

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.

¹²Huan, a nungin Suah tanu Juda ji a si a; huan, Juda in a ngaih a daita a, Timna khua ah a belam mulmet mi te kiang lamah amah leh a lawm Adullam mi Hira a hoh tou uh.

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

¹³Huan, mi in, Tamar, na pu a belam mulmet dingin Timna khua ah a hohtou dek, chiin, a hilh ua.

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.

¹⁴Huchiin, aman a pasal sunna puansilh te a suah a, kikhuh na puanin a kikhuh a, a kituam bikbek a, Timna kho lampi ah Enaim kulh kongpi ah ana tu a; Sela lah a piching ta ngala, apan aji dingin amah api sak kei chih a thei hi.

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

¹⁵Huan, Juda in amah amuh in kijuak hiinteh achia; amai lah akikhuh bikbek ngala.

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?”

¹⁶Huchiin, lampi gei ah huai numei lam ava juan a, kisa in hehpihtakin I lumkhawm ding, achia: amou mah ahi chih lah athei ngal kei a. Huan, aman, hon luppih bang non pe dia? Achia.

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

¹⁷Huan, aman, ganhon laka kipan kelnou ka hon khak ding, achia. Huan, aman huai na hon khak ma a kana let ding banghiam bek non pe diam? Achia.

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.

¹⁸Huan, aman, let ding bang ka hon pe dia? Achia. Huan, aman, na min sawnna leh na tau, na chiang tawi toh, achia. Huchiin, apia a, a luppih ta, huan, amah a kipan apaita hi.

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

¹⁹Huan, a thou a, a kikhuhna puan a suah a, a meithaina puansilh te a silh non ta hi.

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.

²⁰Huan, a thillet numei khut a kipana la dingin a lawmpa Adullam mi khut ah kelnou a khak a: himahleh aman ava muzou takei hi.

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.”

²¹Huchiin, numei omna mun a mite kiangah, lampi gei a Enaima kijuak nu koi a om ahita a? Chiin a dong a. Huan, amau, kijuak mawngmawng hiai laiah a om kei hi, achi ua.

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.’”

²²Huchiin, Juda kiangah a kik nawn a, amah ka muzou kei; amun a miten leng, kijuak mawngmawng hiai laiah a om kei, ana chih behlap uh, achia.

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

²³Huan, Juda in, neiden maileh huchilouin in jaw I zahlak kha ding; ngaiin, hiai kelnou khak hi inga, amah lah mu zoulou chin na, achia.

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.”

²⁴Huan, kha thum hiam tak nungin, min Juda, na mounu Tamar in tangval a ngai a; huailou leng, ngai in sawn a pai hi, chiin, ahilh ua. Huan, Juda in pi khia unla, hal lup in om heh, achia.

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.”

²⁵Huan, a pi khiak uleh, Tamar in, hiai thil te neipa lakah ahi nau ka pai, chiin, a pu kiangah mi a sawl ta a; amah mah in, hehpihtakin hiai min sawn na te, tau te, chiang te, kua a ahia, en chian dih ve, achia.

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.

²⁶Huan, Juda in huai thilte amah a ahi chih ana thei a. Kei sang amah diktat jaw ahi; ka tapa Sela lah amah toh kana kiteng sak ta kei a, achia. Huan, Juda in amah a kithuahpih nawn hetkei.

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

²⁷Huan, nau a vei laiin hichi ahia, ngai in, a sul ah phik ana om ua.

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.”

²⁸Huan, hichi ahia, nau avei laiin khat in a khut a hon golh khia a: huchiin nau dom mi in, hiai a pawt masa jaw ahi, chiin ana len a, a khut ah khau san a bunsak hi.

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.”

²⁹Huan, huchi ahia, khut a laklut nawn laiin, ngaiin, a unau a hongpawt ta a: huchiin naudom miin, bang dia pawtna kibawl na hia? Achia, huaijiakin a min dingin Perez a sa uh.Huan, huai nungin a unau, huai nungin a unau, huai a khut a khau san bunpen, a hongpawt nawna: a min dingin Zera a sa uhi.

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

³⁰Huan, huai nungin a unau, huai nungin a unau, huai a khut a khau san bunpen, a hongpawt nawna: a min dingin Zera a sa uhi.