Genesis 38 (LGA)

1Ego pa totoso isa, i Jiuda sa sa gore koko tadira na tasina na tugana ko sa gabala lao suvere tana kai tinoni pa Adulami na isongona i Hira.About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2Poni sa gosoria i Jiuda ketakoi sa kai tuna rereko i Sua kai tinoni pa Kenani. Ko sa tekua sa na rereko isa ko sa tome nagoa,There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3ko sa bogata sisa ko sa vapodoa kai tuna marene ko sa vaisongonia i Ere.So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

4Ko sa bogata ligu mule sisa ko sa vapodoa mule sa kai marene ko sa vaisongonia i Onani.Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5Ko sa kai bogata mutu sisa ko sa vapodoa sa kai tuna marene ko sa vaisongonia i Sela. Pa Kezibi sa vapodonia isa sisa.Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6Ko i Jiuda sa teku vania kai rereko si Ere na tuna pa moa Ko na nisongona na rereko isa si Tama.Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7Ba i Ere na tuna moa i Jiuda, sa toania na toa ikikerena pa dodogoro tai Iahova, ko sa vamate pale i Iahova sisa.But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

8Poni sa pira saunia i Jiuda si Onani, <<Mu lao tome nagoa na nabokona na tugamu ko mu roitinia na roiti tana marenena tana ko mu vapidoko vania na tutina na tugamu,>> saunia.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.”

9Ba sa gigilaiona i Onani sa na vuana isa sa minake tapoja na tuna isa sau, ko tonai vei sa tome nagoa na nabokona na tugana poni sa sa valua gore pale pa peso isa sa na kolona ko mike pore sa na vuana na tugana sau.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.

10Ba sa ikerena pa dodogoro ti Iahova sa na sakasava sa roitinia isa ko isa ba sa vamate pale tugu i Iahova.What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

11Poni sa parangia i Jiuda si Tama na roana, pira saunia, <<Mu suvere vei mai na naboko pa ruma tana tamamu tinganai mina lavata tu i Sela na tuqu marene,>> saunia. Ura sa rorove sa isa ba, <<kita mai mate vei tugu ira karu tugana>> sau. Ego ko i Tama sa lao suvere pa ruma tana tamana.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.

12Ego na sovaina jola beto sa mate sa na maqotana i Jiuda isa na tuna rereko i Sua. Pa liguna sa manoto ligu pa ona suvere takulanga sisa sa, mi sae tadira nona tinoni roiti qai korapa ngabuturia na vurungudi na ona sipi sau. Ko isa beto na ona baere i Hira na tinoni pa Adulami sa qai sae pa Timina.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.

13Ego totonai qai ule vania si Tama, pira qarigu, Ago! <<Na roamu sa sa korapa sae pa Timina ko mi ngabuturia na vurungudi nona sipi,>> sau, qarigunia, poni saWhen Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14sa vagore pale i Tama sa nona poko naboko, sa vapaenia na udude vapaeni isumata ko mike tagigala sau, beto sa toqo pa totomena lao pa Enaimi isa na soana lao vei pa Timina. Ura sa batia si Sela kopira sa sa tei kai marene lavata tu ba qaike vania i Sela ko bi maqotana sisa.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.

15Ko totonai sa batia i Jiuda sisa sa, sa rove veinia kai tugele gu sisa ura sa ude vapaea sa na isumatana.When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16Poni sa gabala laoa sisa pa keketai soana ko pira saunia, <<Aria! Mei ko ma tome nagogo,>> sau. Ura sake gigilai isa sa na roana gu sisa. Poni sa pira saunia na rereko, <<Na sa muna vanisiu ko muna puta tavitisiu?>> saunia.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.

17Sa pira sau sisa, <<Kode mana valame vanigo kai qoti kokoregana pa qua papausu,>> saunia. Poni pira saunia mule, <<Na sa sa na kejo vakole muna vanisiu mai ao tinganai muna valamea na qoti?>> saunia.“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.”

18Sa paranga tu sisa, pira sau, <<Na sa sa na kejo vakole mana vanigo ara?>> saunia. Sa pira sau sisa, <<Na mua papaku aeana tavitia na gasorona beto na mua kolu pa limamu ina,>> saunia. Ko sa vaniria isa sa na sakasava ira beto sa tome nagoa. Ko sa bogata tu sisa.“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.

19Pa liguna sa taloa riu, poni sa sa vagore pale sa na udude vapaeni isumata beto sa vasae liguria sa nona poko naboko.Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

20Pa totoso isa sa, i Jiuda sa vapogosonia nona baere pa Adulami sa na qoti kokoregana ko mi teku muleniria sa na kejo vakole sa aru tekuria na rereko sau, ba sake batia sa na rereko.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.

21Ko pira sauniria sira na marene qai suvere ketakoi, <<Pai sa na tugele tabuna isa sa suvere pa keketaina na soana pa Enaimi?>> sau. Poni pira qarigu sira, Koi! Kepore tugele tabuna sa lani, qarigunia.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.

22Ko sa mule lao tai Jiuda ko pira saunia, Qokolo! <<Qake batia sa na rereko isa. Beto ko ira na marene qai suvere ketakoi ba qai pojai sa, kepore tugele tabuna sa ketakoi qarigu,>> sau sisa.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.’”

23Poni pira sau si Jiuda, <<Ego mi kopuniria gu nona ropi kita ko ta vei na dia vavaivavu vavaledena ira na tinoni. Qa garunu laonia tugu ara sa na qoti kokoregana goto ao ko quke batia gu sa na rereko,>> sau.“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.”

24Ego papada kue popu sa jola poni sa qai vavakato vania si Jiuda, pira qarigunia, Qokolo! <<Na roamu i Tama sa sa vavatugele qarigu ko na vuana sa kopira sa bogata qarigu,>> qarigunia. Poni pira sau si Jiuda, Mu vavotua pa peguru ko mu vurungu toai pa iku, sauniria.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!”

25Totonai qai toni votunia si Tama, poni sa sa garunu valao nongoro sa tana roana, pira saunia, <<Na tinoni sa isongoria na sakasava aipira sa sa vabogatasiu ara,>> sau. Beto pira sau mutugu, <<Ko mu lame dogoro gigalaria moko ti sei sa na papaku aeana, na gasoro beto na kolu pira,>> sau sisa.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?”

26Poni sa dogoro gigalaria gu i Jiuda sa na sakasa ira ko pira sau, <<Isa sa tuvisi jolanisiu ara sisa ura ara qake vania i Sela na tuqu marene ara ko bi marenena,>> sau. Ko sake puta taviti ligua isa si Tama.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.

27Totonai sa kamua nona totoso popodo sisa poni, na pata marene sa qai kole pa iapana.When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

28Totonai sa korapa vapopodo sisa, kame ira karu sa alaka lamenia sa na limana poni sa tekua na rereko sa vatekuni koburu ko sa pikoni loji jijimiri sa na limana beto sa pira sau, Alepi sa sa podo momoe, sau.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.

29Ba totonai sa teku mulenia na limana sa, na tasina tu sa sa votu lame poni pira sau sa na rereko, <<Ko pira tu qu pururu votu vei sao,>> sau sisa. Ko sa tavavaisongonia i Perezi sisa.But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

30Beto poni, sa tuti votu sa na tugana isa sa tapikonia na loji jijimiri pa limana ko sa tavaisongonia i Zera.Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

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