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

¹ Alwaato din ra Yahuda dira ka fun nga nya-izey do ka koy ka goro Adullam kwaara boro fo do, kaŋ maa Hira.

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

² Noodin binde Yahuda di wandiyo fo kaŋ baabo maa Suwa, Kanaanance fo no. A n'a hiiji ka margu nd'a.

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

³ A te gunde ka hay ize alboro k'a maa daŋ Er.

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

⁴ A ye ka te gunde ka hay ize alboro k'a maa daŋ Onan.

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

⁵ A ye ka hay ize alboro koyne k'a maa daŋ Sela. A go Keziba saaya kaŋ a n'a hay.

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

⁶ Yahuda na wande sambu nga hay-jine Er se, kaŋ maa Tamar.

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

⁷ Amma Yahuda hay-jina Er wo, boro laalo no Rabbi jine, Rabbi n'a wi mo.

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.”

⁸ Yahuda mo ne Onan se: «Kala ni ma margu nda ni nya izo wando. Ni ma kurnye kayne wazibo toonandi a do, ka dumi jisi ni nya izo se.»

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.

⁹ Onan binde bay kaŋ dumo si ciya nga wane. A ciya binde waato kaŋ a margu nda nga nya izo wando, kal a na dumo mun ganda laabo ra, zama nga ma si dumi no nga nya izo se.

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

¹⁰ Haŋ kaŋ a te din binde, goy laalo no Rabbi jine, a na nga mo wi.

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.

¹¹ Saaya din Yahuda ne nga anzura Tamar se: «Kala ni ma goborotaray goray te ni baaba windo ra, hal ay izo Sela ma beeri.» Zama a ne nga mo ma si koy ka bu danga a nya izey cine. Tamar binde koy ka goro nga baabo windo ra.

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.

¹² Jirbiyaŋ bisa, kala Suwa izo, Yahuda wando bu. Kaŋ Yahuda n'a seew, waato din gaa a koy nga feejey hamni hõsekoy do, Timnat haray, nga nda nga cora Hira, Adullam bora.

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

¹³ I ci Tamar se ka ne: «Guna, ni anzuray neeya ga koy Timnat ka nga feejey hõse.»

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.

¹⁴ Kal a na seew bankaarayey kaa ka jisi, ka bangum ka daabu _danga mate kaŋ kaaruwa ga te|_. A koy ka goro Enam kwaara meyo gaa, kaŋ go Timnat fonda boŋ. Zama a di kaŋ Sela beeri, amma i mana nga no a se, a m'a hiiji.

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

¹⁵ Saaya kaŋ Yahuda di a, a ga ho hala kaaruwa no, zama a na nga moyduma daabu.

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?”

¹⁶ Kala Yahuda kamba a do fonda boŋ ka ne: «Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ ay ma margu nda nin.» (zama a mana bay hala nga anzura no.) Waybora ne: «Ifo no ni g'ay no, zama ni ma margu nda ay?»

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

¹⁷ Yahuda ne: «Ay ga hincin ize fo samba ni se, ay kurey ra.» Waybora ne: «M'ay no tolme hala ni g'a samba.»

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.

¹⁸ A ne: «Tolme fo dumi n'ay ga no ni se?» Waybora ne: «Ni kawaatimo da ni jinda gaa korfo wo, da ni goobo kaŋ go ni kambe ra.» Kal a n'i no a se. A margu nd'a mo. Nga mo na gunde sambu a do.

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

¹⁹ Kala Tamar tun ka nga koyyaŋ te. A na nga bangumo kaa ka nga seew bankaarayey daŋ koyne.

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.

²⁰ Yahuda mo na hincin ize fo samba a se nga cora Adullam bora kambe ra, zama a ma tolma ta waybora gaa, amma a mana di a.

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.”

²¹ Gaa no a na noodin borey hã naŋ kaŋ a go ka ne: «Mana kaaruwa din kaŋ go Enam fonda me gaa waato?» I ne: «Kaaruwa kulu si no kaŋ te nango wo ra.»

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.’”

²² Kal a ye Yahuda do ka ne: «Ay mana di a. A binde, noodin borey ne kaaruwa kulu mana te noodin.»

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

²³ Yahuda binde ne: «Fay d'a, a m'a gaay hala iri ma si haaw. A go, ay na hincin izo wo samba, amma ni mana di a.»

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.”

²⁴ A go no, i te danga handu hinza cine, kal i ci Yahuda se ka ne: «Ni anzura Tamar te kaaruwa. A go mo da gunde, kaaruwataray wane.» Yahuda ne: «I ma kond'a taray k'a ton.»

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.”

²⁵ Saaya kaŋ i fatta nd'a, waybora donton nga anzura gaa ka ne: «Bora kaŋ wane no harey wo, a do no ay na gunde sambu.» A ne mo: «Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma bay boro kaŋ wane yaŋ no, ngey: kawaatimo wo, da jinde korfo wo da goobo wo.»

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.

²⁶ Yahuda binde yadda ka ne: «A bisa ay cimi, za kaŋ ay man'a no ay izo Sela.» Yahuda mana ye ka Tamar bay koyne.

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

²⁷ A te ka ciya mo, a hay-zaŋa waate, kala tawayyaŋ go a gunda ra.

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.”

²⁸ Kaŋ a go hay-zaŋa gaa, kal afo na nga kambe salle. Fuuma dumbukwa na kamba di ka silli ciray haw kamba gaa ka ne: «Woone no ka fatta sintina.»

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.”

²⁹ A go mo, a na nga kamba ye. Kala nya izo go ga fatta. Fuuma dumbukwa ne: «Man kottimo kaŋ ni te ni boŋ se din misa?» Woodin se no i n'a maa daŋ Farisa.

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

³⁰ Kokor banda a nya izo mo fatta, bora kaŋ silli cira go a kambe gaa. I n'a maa daŋ Zera.