1 Šinī laikā notika, ka Jūda nošķīrās no saviem brāļiem un apmetās pie kāda vīra no Adullāmas, vārdā Hiraha. 2 Un Jūda tur ieskatīja kāda kānaānieša meitu, tā vārds bija Sua, un viņš to paņēma un gāja pie tās. 3 Un viņa tapa grūta un dzemdēja dēlu, un nosauca tā vārdu: Gers. 4 Un tā tapa vēlreiz grūta un dzemdēja dēlu, un nosauca viņa vārdu: Onans. 5 Un viņa dzemdēja vēl vienu dēlu un nosauca tā vārdu: Šela. Viņa atradās Kezibā, kad viņa to dzemdēja. 6 Un Jūda ņēma sievu Geram, savam vecākajam dēlam, un tās vārds bija Tamāra. 7 Bet Gers, Jūdas vecākais dēls, bija Tā Kunga acīs ļauns, un Tas Kungs tam lika mirt. 8 Un Jūda sacīja Onanam: "Ej pie sava brāļa sievas un ņem to kā svainis par sievu, lai tavam brālim būtu pēcnācēji." 9 Bet Onans, zinādams, ka tie nebūs viņa pēcnācēji, pie sava brāļa sievas iedams, izkaisīja zemē, lai nerastos pēcnācēji viņa brālim. 10 Bet Tam Kungam nepatika, ko tas darīja, un Viņš lika mirt arī viņam. 11 Un Jūda sacīja savai vedeklai Tamārai: "Atgriezies kā atraitne sava tēva mājās, kamēr mans dēls Šela pieaugs," - jo viņš domāja, ka nenomirst arī viņš, tāpat kā viņa brāļi. Un Tamāra atgriezās sava tēva namā. 12 Bija pagājis ilgāks laiks, kad nomira Jūdas sieva, Suas meita. Kad Jūda bija beidzis sērot, viņš aizgāja pie savu avju cirpējiem uz Timnu; viņš, Jūda, un viņa draugs Hirahs no Adullāmas. 13 Un Tamārai tika teikts: "Redzi, tavs vīratēvs iet uz Timnu savas avis cirpt." 14 Tad viņa novilka savas atraitnes laika drēbes, apsedzās ar plīvuru un satinusies apsēdās pie Enajimas vārtiem. Tā ir ceļā uz Timnu, jo viņa redzēja, ka Šela bija pieaudzis, bet viņa tam nebija dota par sievu. 15 Kad Jūda to ieraudzīja, tam šķita, ka tā ir netikle, tāpēc ka tai seja bija apsegta. 16 Un viņš nogriezās pie tās ceļa malā un sacīja: "Atļauj man nākt pie tevis," - jo tas nezināja to esam savu vedeklu. Bet viņa sacīja: "Ko tu man dosi, ja tu nāksi pie manis?" 17 Un viņš sacīja: "Es atsūtīšu no saviem sīklopiem kādu āzīti." Tad viņa sacīja: "Vai tu dotu ķīlu, kamēr tu to atsūti?" 18 Un viņš sacīja: "Kādu ķīlu lai es tev dodu?" Un viņa atbildēja: "Tavu cilts gredzenu, tavu ķēdi un tavu spieķi, kas tev rokā." Un viņš tai deva tos un gāja pie tās, un tā tapa grūta no viņa. 19 Un tā piecēlās un aizgāja, nolika plīvuru un apvilka atkal savas atraitnes drēbes. 20 Un Jūda ar savu draugu, kas bija no Adullāmas, atsūtīja āzi, lai paņemtu no tās rokām ķīlas, bet tas to sievu neatrada. 21 Un viņš taujāja tās vietas iemītniekus, teikdams: "Kur ir tā netikle, kas Enajimas ceļa malā bija?" Un tie atbildēja: "Te neviena netikle nav bijusi." 22 Un tā viņš atgriezās pie Jūdas, sacīdams: "Es neesmu tādu atradis, un arī tās vietas iedzīvotāji saka, ka tur netikle nav bijusi." 23 Tad Jūda sacīja: "Lai viņa manis pēc to patur, tikai ka netopam kaunā! Piemini: es šo āzi esmu sūtījis, bet tu viņu neesi atradis." 24 Un notika trešajā mēnesī, ka Jūdam tika šādi vēstīts: "Tamāra, tava vedekla, ir piekopusi netiklību, un viņa ir arī kļuvusi grūta dēļ savas netiklības." Un Jūda sacīja: "Izvediet to, lai tā top sadedzināta!" 25 Kad viņa bija izvesta, tā sūtīja ziņu savam vīratēvam un sacīja: "No tā vīra, kam šīs lietas pieder, es esmu kļuvusi grūta. Vai pazīsti šo gredzenu, ķēdi un spieķi; kam tie pieder?" 26 Un Jūda tos pazina un teica: "Tā sieva ir taisnīgāka par mani, jo es tai neesmu devis Šelu, savu dēlu." Un viņš vairs turpmāk negāja pie tās. 27 Un notika, viņas laikam pienākot dzemdēt, ka, lūk, dvīņi bija viņas miesās. 28 Un, viņai dzemdējot, viens bērns izbāza roku, un vecmāte paņēma to un apsēja rokai sarkanu pavedienu, sacīdama: "Tas ir iznācis pirmais." 29 Tad tas atkal atvilka savu roku, un viņa brālis iznāca pirmais. Tad viņa sacīja: "Kāpēc tu esi viņai izplēsis plīsumu?" Un tā nosauca viņa vārdu: Perecs . 30 Un pēc tam iznāca viņa brālis, kam ap roku bija sarkans pavediens, un tā viņa vārdu nosauca: Zerahs .
Judah and Tamar
1 About that time Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man named Hirah, who was from the town of Adullam. 2 There Judah met a young Canaanite woman whose father was named Shua. He married her, 3 and she bore him a son, whom he named Er. 4 She became pregnant again and bore another son and named him Onan. 5 Again she had a son and named him Shelah. Judah was at Achzib when the boy was born.
6 For his first son Er, Judah got a wife whose name was Tamar. 7 Er's conduct was evil, and it displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. 8 Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan, “Go and sleep with your brother's widow. Fulfill your obligation to her as her husband's brother, so that your brother may have descendants.” 9 But Onan knew that the children would not belong to him, so when he had intercourse with his brother's widow, he let the semen spill on the ground, so that there would be no children for his brother. 10 What he did displeased the Lord, and the Lord killed him also. 11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father's house and remain a widow until my son Shelah grows up.” He said this because he was afraid that Shelah would be killed, as his brothers had been. So Tamar went back home.
12 After some time Judah's wife died. When he had finished the time of mourning, he and his friend Hirah of Adullam went to Timnah, where his sheep were being sheared. 13 Someone told Tamar that her father-in-law was going to Timnah to shear his sheep. 14 So she changed from the widow's clothes she had been wearing, covered her face with a veil, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, a town on the road to Timnah. As she well knew, Judah's youngest son Shelah was now grown up, and yet she had not been given to him in marriage.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had her face covered. 16 He went over to her at the side of the road and said, “All right, how much do you charge?” (He did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.)
She said, “What will you give me?”
17 He answered, “I will send you a young goat from my flock.”
She said, “All right, if you will give me something to keep as a pledge until you send the goat.”
18 “What shall I give you as a pledge?” he asked.
She answered, “Your seal with its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” He gave them to her. Then they had intercourse, and she became pregnant. 19 Tamar went home, took off her veil, and put her widow's clothes back on.
20 Judah sent his friend Hirah to take the goat and get back from the woman the articles he had pledged, but Hirah could not find her. 21 He asked some men at Enaim, “Where is the prostitute who was here by the road?”
“There has never been a prostitute here,” they answered.
22 He returned to Judah and said, “I couldn't find her. The men of the place said that there had never been a prostitute there.”
23 Judah said, “Let her keep the things. We don't want people to laugh at us. I did try to pay her, but you couldn't find her.”
24 About three months later someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been acting like a whore, and now she is pregnant.”
Judah ordered, “Take her out and burn her to death.”
25 As she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man who owns these things. Look at them and see whose they are—this seal with its cord and this walking stick.”
26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is in the right. I have failed in my obligation to her—I should have given her to my son Shelah in marriage.” And Judah never had intercourse with her again.
27 When the time came for her to give birth, it was discovered that she was going to have twins. 28 While she was in labor, one of them put out an arm; the midwife caught it, tied a red thread around it, and said, “This one was born first.” 29 But he pulled his arm back, and his brother was born first. Then the midwife said, “So this is how you break your way out!” So he was named Perez. 30 Then his brother was born with the red thread on his arm, and he was named Zerah.
