Genesis 38 (JUM)

1Aŋ waan yaanja ti Yahüüja mädgen daljene ïñï, aŋ attä cääynä ke oon mä Adalaam yaŋkalaŋ battä me ogo Ïïra.About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2Aŋ wïca Yahüüja yuṭṭu ṭuul mä Kanaan wäyen battä me ogo Cüwa aŋ ḍeyne. Aŋ wääna nïïnnene kä ye,There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3i ike laaccä aŋ giiṇṇä minneni oone, aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Eer.So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

4Aŋ ŋuccin laaccä aŋ giiṇṇä minneni oone, aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Unaan.Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5Aŋ giiṇṇä minneni oone menen ŋuca, aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Cïïla. Aŋ waan yaana gittene me Cïïla ye, i iken cäyok Kaajïïp.Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6Aŋ Yahüüja kaygon yeene Eer ḍijgene iiŋ battä me ogo Taamaar.Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7Aŋ Eer kaygon Yahüüja yaajaŋ Pïṭo ñome ti, aŋ nägi ḍok Pïṭo.But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

8Aŋ Yahüüja Unaan kiinne ogo, “Atä aŋ iŋ määdic yädä, aŋ ḍääkä ñuugula yüünü ike ti bata oore keelle, äckii kä woo määdic merkä.”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.”

9Aŋ ŋäjjänä Unaan minneni yaanna batta bi wäätï a yeene. Naana daa nïnok ke iŋ määden ye, i daa yïmgä pooke ïñï ŋomgu gïtï nuŋko ŋana määden käñdee ko kilkä.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.

10Aŋ yaaka naŋŋe yaakka a yiñ Pïṭo ñome ti, aŋ näŋŋe ḍok cäänna.What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

11Aŋ Yahüüja iŋ minneni yeene Taamaar kiinne ogo, “Cääyä agä boro paa ba' wääc ke minneni yeeni Cïïla täle.” Ike ḍüücï ogo, “Ike bi tüwje cäänna bata mädgen.” Aŋ Taamaar attä cääynä paa ba' wäyen.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.

12Aŋ yuungu yakkalaŋ ti Yahüüja iiŋe tüwnü, aŋ wääna ḍaŋŋee kä waan nüüjdüŋ ye i ike ke muukonḍe Ïïra yen Adalaam attene Tïmna nänṭä yaana ŋitene me käbälgä yeeke ye.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.

13Aŋ mäŋkalaŋ Taamaar nüütkene ogo daan wäyen ato Tïmna ŋito käbälgä.When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14Aŋ wina buruŋgu borkïtïn yaaka eŋde ye gütte woo aŋ waŋge kümme kä burŋu yaana kümdene me waŋgen ye, aŋ cääjjin päy tük Anaayim baan mooye yaana päy jï Tïmna ye. Aŋ ŋäjje ṭeṭaŋ Yahüüja minneni yeene Cïïla tällä aŋ batta por kujgeeda.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.

15Aŋ wääna yoorene daa Yahüüja ye ike ḍüücï ogo ṭuul yaana ogo baal ye nääŋka waŋge agee kä kümgïn ye.When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16Aŋ umgi ti Yahüüja kä päy taaŋŋe ti aŋ kiinne ogo, “Äätä nïïnï.” Aŋ kuje ogo iŋ minneni yeene. Aŋ taaji iiŋ ogo, “Ika bi iñja ŋaaka naana ïkïï nïïnnï ye?”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.

17Aŋ luugi Yahüüja ogo, “Ïkï bi tuckeni jüülole ḍiik yeeki ti.” Aŋ kiini iiŋ ogo, “Naana ye iñja ginkalaŋ dalä tïïjä bata luggin ke tuucii ḍeel.”“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.”

18Aŋ taaji Yahüüja ogo, “A luggin yaana wali ye ken iñenii?” Aŋ luugi iiŋ ogo, “Iñja baacbaac ke dira yeene ke lacan yaana ïntü ti yaanna.” Aŋ iñene daa Yahüüja aŋ nïïnnene kä aŋ laaccä.“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.

19Aŋ Taamaar juwin kaaccä woo aŋ burŋu yaana eŋde waŋge ti ye gütte woo, aŋ iiŋcin buruŋgu borkïtïn.Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

20Aŋ Yahüüja tuccin müükonḍe Ïïra ogo jüülole ijje iiŋ ti, aŋ waak'a koownïï iiŋ ogo yek luggin ye äbee. Aŋ batta a kañgon kä Ïïra.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.

21Aŋ ike tääccin ook yakkalaŋ ti yek mä Anaayim ogo, “Wali iiŋ yaana a baal cääy päy taaŋ winni ye?” Aŋ luugi ogo, “Baati iiŋ yaana a wääton a baal winni ye.”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.

22Aŋ ike ḍukcin Yahüüja ti aŋ kiinne ogo, “Iiŋ batta agä kañgon. Aŋ ook yaaka nänṭä yaanja ti ye, jayok ogo iken batta cääygïda ko iiŋ yaana ogo baal wïca ye.”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.’”

23Aŋ kiini Yahüüja ogo, “Dalä waak yaaka iññä daa kä ye tïïje. Ikoon batta ṭäkon mä baan ikoon yirkoton, ika tuccunu ogo iiŋ iñjo jüülole, aŋ batta agii kä kañgon.”“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.”

24Aŋ pankä kä ḍäk mäŋkalaŋ äätin Yahüüja ti aŋ ike kiini ogo, “Taamaar iŋ minneni yüünü nääŋä nääŋka batta päjjïdï ye, ike a laacon kä balkïtïn.” Aŋ Yahüüja iinjin ogo, “Äbe woo, aŋ nääkke maañ dale tüw.”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!”

25Aŋ wääna ike äbene daa me woo ye, i ike tuccin jiik daan wäyen ti jaay ogo, “Ika laacana kä oon yaana a män waak yaakki ye. Yooru waak yaakki a yek ŋaani, baacbaac ke dira yeene ke lacan?”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?”

26Aŋ ŋïjï Yahüüja aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Ike ḍoŋe ladaŋ, a ika ken nääŋkä yällä, nääŋka ike batta agä kä iñgon minneni yeeni Cïïla ye.” Aŋ Yahüüja batta a nïïnïn ke ike ŋuca.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.

27Aŋ wääna waan yen giidä yeene ḍäägenee kä ye, i ŋïjï a yuunku jïñe ti.When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

28Aŋ wääna giidee kä ye, i minneni yaŋkalaŋ ïṇte äbene woo, aŋ gito kuññu wiṇṇanle tïṇṇä aŋ ḍekke ïṇte ti aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Yaanni kääjïdï woo ñomuk.”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.

29Aŋ wina ïṇte ḍuukke ti, aŋ määden ïïjïn kääjin woo! Aŋ gito jaajjin ogo, “Ïkï ïïjïnï kääjini woo ogoo?” Aŋ äkki me yäṇtäŋ ogo Paaric.But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

30Aŋ määden giidi me ke wiṇṇanle tïṇṇä ïṇte ti, aŋ äkki me yäṇtäŋ ogo Jüra.Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

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