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Genesis 38
38
Genesis
Joseph
Gofa
Judah
, person
Shelah
, person
Tamar
, person
Timnah
, place
Er
, person
Onan
, person
Shua
, person
Enaim
, place
5 more
Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ሄ ዎደ ይሁድ ባ እሻታፐ ሻከትድ፥ አዱላማ ካታማን ደእያ ህራ ጌተትያ ኡራራ ዳናዉ ብስ።
BSB
BSB:
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
2
GOFE
ያን ይሁድ ሹአ ጌተትያ ካናነ ኡራ ናእዉ ማችስ።
BSB
BSB:
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
3
GOFE
እያ ይሁዳስ ቃንꬃታዳ አደ ናአ የላሱ። እ ሄ ናአ ኤራ ግድ ሱንꬅስ።
BSB
BSB:
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
4
GOFE
ቃስካ ቃንꬃታዳ አደ ናአ የላሱ። እያ ሄ ናአ ኦናና ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
5
GOFE
ዛራዳካ ሀራ አደ ናአ የላሱ። እያ ሄ ናኣ ሴላ ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ። ሄ ናአይ የለትያ ዎደ ይሁድ አክዚባ ቢታና።
BSB
BSB:
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
6
GOFE
ይሁድ ባ ባይራ ናአ ኤራስ ትማሮ ጌተትያ ማቾ እሚስ።
BSB
BSB:
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7
GOFE
ይሁዳ ባይራ ናአይ፥ ኤር፥ ጎዳ ስንꬃን ኢታ አስ ግድያ ግሾ፥ ጎዳይ እያ ዎꬍስ።
BSB
BSB:
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
8
GOFE
ይሁድ ኦናናኮ፥ “ዎጋይ ነና ኪተይሳ መላ ነ እሻ ማቸራ አቃ። ነ እሻስ ናአ የላዳ እያ ሱንꬃ ፄግሳ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
9
GOFE
ሽን ኦናን የለታና ናይት እያባ ግዶናይሳ ኤርዳ ግሾ፥ ባ እሻ ማቸራ አቅያ ዎደ ባ እሻስ ናእ የለቶና መላ ባ አቱንꬃ ሳአን ጉሴስ።
BSB
BSB:
But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
10
GOFE
እ ኦꬅዳባይ ጎዳ ስንꬃን ኢታባ ግድዳ ግሾ፥ ጎዳይ እያካ ዎꬍስ።
BSB
BSB:
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
11
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ይሁድ ባ ናኣ ማችዉ ትማሮ፥ “ታ ናአይ ሴል ድጫና ጋካናስ ነ አዋ ሶ ባዳ፥ አምኤተꬃን ደኣሻ” ያግስ። ሄሳ እ ግዳይ፥ እካ ባ እሻታዳ ሀይቃነኮነ ግድ ህርግዳ ግሾሳ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ትማራ ባዳ ባ አዋ ሶን ደአሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
12
GOFE
ዳሮ ዎደፐ ጉየ፥ ይሁዳ ማችያ፥ ሹአ ናእያ ሀይቃሱ። ይሁድ ባ ካዮ ዎድያ ኦንግድ፥ ባ ዶርሳታ እክስያ ሜድያ አሳታኮ ትምና ጌተትያ በሲ ባ ላግያ አዱላማ አድያ ህረራ ብስ።
BSB
BSB:
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
13
GOFE
አሳይ ትማሮ፥ “ሄኮ፥ ነ አዝና አዋይ ይሁድ፥ ባ ዶርሳታ እክስያ ሜዳናዉ ትምና ቤስ” ያግድ ኦድዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
14
GOFE
እያ ባ አምኤተꬃ ማኡዋ ላማዳ፥ ባና ባለꬃናዉ ሻሸ ኤካዳ ጉሉንታሱ። ያታዳ፥ ትምና ኤፍያ ኦግያ ዶናን ደእያ ኤናይመ ካታማ ጋፃን ኡታሱ። ሄሳ እያ ኦꬅዳይስ፥ ሴል ድጭድ ጋክንካ እያዉ ማቾ ግዳዳ እመቶናይሳ እያ ኤርዳ ግሾሳ።
BSB
BSB:
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
15
GOFE
እያ ባ ሶምኡዋ ጉሉንትዳ ግሾ፥ ይሁድ እዮ በእዳ ዎደ፥ ላይማ ማጫስ ግድ ቆፕስ።
BSB
BSB:
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
16
GOFE
ባ ናኣ ማችዉ ግደይሳ ኤሮና ደእሸ፥ ኦግያ ጋፃ ኢኮ ሺቅድ “ታራ አቃኔ?” ያግድ ኦይችስ። እያ፥ “ታኒ ኔራ አቅኮ፥ ነ ታዉ አይ እማኔ?” ጋዳ ኦይቻሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
17
GOFE
እ፥ “ታኒ ታ መህያፐ እስ ኮለ ነዉ የዳና” ያግስ። እያ፥ “ኔኒ ሄሳ ታዉ የዳና ጋካናስ አይ ኦይꬃኔ?” ያጋሱ።
BSB
BSB:
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
18
GOFE
እ፥ “አይ ኦይꬆ?” ያግስ። እያ፥ “ነ ማታምያ እያ ጎሹዋራነ ነ ኩሽያን ደእያ ፃምአ ኦይꬃ” ያጋሱ። እ ሄሳታ እምድ፥ ኢራ አቅስ፤ እያካ ቃንꬃታሱ።
BSB
BSB:
“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
19
GOFE
እያ ሄሳፈ ደንዳዳ ብዳፐ ጉየ፥ ባ ጉሉንꬃ ቃራዳ፥ ባ አምኤተꬃ ማኡዋ ማአሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
20
GOFE
ይሁድ ባ ኦይꬅዳባ ሄ ማጫሴፐ ዛር ኤካናዉ ዴሻ ባ ላግያ ህራ ቦላ እዉ የድስ። ሽን እ እዮ ደምቤና።
BSB
BSB:
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
21
GOFE
እ ሄ ቢታ አሳኮ፥ “ኤናይመ ካታማን፥ ኦገ ዶናን ኡትዳ ላይማ ማጫስያ አዉኔ?” ያግድ ኦይችስ። አሳይ፥ “ላይማ ማጫስ ሀይሳን ኡባካ ባዋ” ያግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
22
GOFE
እ ይሁዳኮ ስሚድ፥ “ ‘ታኒ እዮ ደማብከ፤ ሄሳ ቦላካ ሄ ቢታ አሳይ፥ ላይማ ማጫስ ሀይሳን ኡባካ ባዋ’ ያግዶሶና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
23
GOFE
ይሁድ፥ “ባ ኦይክዳይሳ ባዉ ኤኮ፥ አቶ ጊኮ፥ አስ ኑና ሚጫና። ህዛ ታኒ እዉ ዴሸ የዳስ ሽን ኔኒ እዮ ደማባካ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
24
GOFE
ሄꬑ አጌና ግድሽን አሳይ፥ “ነ ናኣ ማጫስያ ትማራ ላይማታዳ ቃንꬃታሱ” ያግድ ይሁዳስ ኦድዶሶና። ይሁድ፥ “እዮ ካረ ከስድ ታማን ፁግተ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
25
GOFE
እዮ ካረ ከስያ ዎደ፥ “ታኒ ቃንꬃትዳይ ሀ ሚሸታ ጎዳሳ። ሀ ማታመይነ ፃምአይ ኦደባየኮ ኤራናዉ ዳንዳእኮ ኤራ” ጋዳ ባ አዝና አዋካ ኪታሱ።
BSB
BSB:
As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
26
GOFE
ይሁድ ሄ ሚሸታ ኤርድ፥ “ታኒ ታ ናኣ ሴላስ እዮ እማቦና ግሾ፥ ታፐ እያ ፅሎ” ያግስ። ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ እ ኢራ ዛሪድ አቅቤና።
BSB
BSB:
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
27
GOFE
እዉ የሎ ቃም ጋክያ ዎደ፥ እ ኡሎን መንተ ናይት ደኤይስ ኤረትስ።
BSB
BSB:
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
28
GOFE
እያ ማረትሽን፥ ኤንታፈ እሶይ ባ ኩሽያ ከስን የልስያራ፥ “ሀይስ ኮይሮ ከይስ” ጋናዉ ዞኦ ቃጭና ኤካዳ እያ ኩሸን ቃቻሱ።
BSB
BSB:
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
29
GOFE
ሽን እ ባ ኩሽያ ጉየ ኤክዳ ዎደ፥ እያ እሻይ ከይን እያ፥ “ኔኒ ዋናዳ ፖርፁ ጋዳ ከያዲ?” ያጋሱ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ፓረሳ (ፖርፁ ግስ) ጋዳ ሱንꬃሱ።
BSB
BSB:
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
30
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ እያ ኩሸን ዞኦ ቃጭን ደእያ እያ እሻይ የለትስ። እያ ሱንꬃይ ዛራ (ዞኦ) ጌተትስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
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