Genesis 38 (LIN)

1Nzokande na tango wana, Yuda atikaki bandeko na ye mpe akendeki kovanda epai ya Ira, moto ya Adulami.About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2Yuda akutanaki kuna na mwana mwasi ya Shuwa, moto ya Kanana. Abalaki ye mpe asangisaki na ye nzoto.There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3Mwasi yango akomaki na zemi mpe abotelaki Yuda mwana mobali. Mpe Yuda apesaki ye kombo « Eri. »So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

4Mwasi yango azwaki lisusu zemi mpe abotaki mwana mobali ; apesaki ye kombo « Onani. »Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5Abotaki mwana mobali mosusu mpe apesaki ye kombo « Shela. » Yuda azalaki na Kezibi tango mwasi na ye abotaki mwana ya misato.Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6Yuda abalelaki Eri, mwana na ye ya liboso, mwasi : Tamari.Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7Kasi Eri, mwana liboso ya Yuda, azalaki moto mabe na miso ya Yawe ; yango wana Yawe abomaki ye.But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

8Bongo Yuda alobaki na Onani : « Sangisa nzoto na semeki na yo mpo ete obota bana mpo na ndeko na yo ya mobali oyo akufa. »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.”

9Kasi lokola Onani ayebaki ete bana oyo bakobotama bakozala ya ye te, azalaki kobwaka mayi na ye ya mibali na mabele tango nyonso azalaki kosangisa nzoto na semeki na ye, mpo ete abotela ndeko na ye ya mobali bana te.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.

10Likambo oyo Onani azalaki kosala ezalaki kosepelisa Yawe te. Boye ye mpe lisusu, Yawe abomaki ye.What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

11Yuda alobaki na Tamari, bokilo na ye ya mwasi : « Lokola okufisi mibali, kende kovanda na ndako ya tata na yo kino Shela, mwana na ngai ya mobali, akokoma mokolo. » Pamba te azalaki komilobela : « Tango mosusu ye mpe akoki kokufa lokola bandeko na ye ya mibali. » Boye Tamari akendeki kovanda na ndako ya tata na ye.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.

12Sima na tango molayi, mwana mwasi ya Shuwa, mwasi ya Yuda, akufaki. Lokola tango na ye ya matanga esilaki, Yuda akendeki na Timina epai ya bato oyo bazalaki kolongola bapwale ya bameme na ye. Boye, moninga na ye Ira, moto ya Adulami, akendeki elongo na 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.

13Tango bayebisaki Tamari : « Bokilo na yo ya mobali azali kokende na Timina mpo na kolongolisa bapwale ya bameme na ye, »When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14alongolaki bilamba na ye ya mwasi akufisa mobali mpe amizipaki elongi na vwale mpo ete bayeba ye lisusu te. Avandaki na ekuke ya Enayimi oyo ezalaki na nzela ya Timina, pamba te amonaki ete Shela akolaki, kasi bapesaki ye te na libala epai ya Shela.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.

15Tango Yuda amonaki ye, akanisaki ete azali mwasi ya ndumba, pamba te azipaki elongi na ye.When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16Lokola Yuda ayebaki te ete ezali bokilo na ye ya mwasi, apusanaki na esika oyo azalaki, pembeni ya nzela, mpe alobaki na ye : — Yaka, ndima ete tosangisa na yo nzoto. Tamari atunaki : — Okopesa ngai nini soki osangisi na ngai nzoto ?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.

17Yuda azongisaki : — Nakotindela yo mwana ntaba oyo nakozwa na etonga na ngai. Tamari atunaki lisusu : — Ndanga nini okosimbisa ngai kino tango okotindela ngai yango ?“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.”

18Yuda alobaki : — Ndanga nini olingi ete nasimbisa yo ? Tamari azongisaki : — Lopete na yo, singa na yo mpe lingenda na yo, oyo osimbi na loboko. Boye Yuda apesaki ye yango, asangisaki na ye nzoto mpe Tamari akomaki na zemi.“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.

19Tamari atelemaki mpe akendeki ; alongolaki vwale na ye mpe azongisaki lisusu na nzoto bilamba na ye ya mwasi akufisa mobali.Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

20Boye Yuda atindaki moninga na ye Ira, moto ya Adulami, mpo ete amemela mwasi yango mwana ntaba mpe azwa ndanga oyo asimbisaki ye. Kasi Ira amonaki ye te.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.

21Boye atunaki epai ya bavandi ya esika wana, na Enayimi : — Wapi mwasi ya ndumba oyo azalaki na nzela, na Enayimi ? Bazongiselaki ye : — Esika oyo etikala kozala na mwasi ya ndumba te.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.

22Ira azongaki epai ya Yuda mpe ayebisaki ye : — Namoni ye te ; kutu bavandi ya Enayimi bayebisi ngai ete mwasi ya ndumba atikala kozala na esika wana te.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.’”

23Yuda alobaki : — Atikala na biloko oyo azwaki, noki te tokobima babolole. Ngai nazali na likambo te ; natindeli ye mwana ntaba, mpe yo omoni ye te.“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.”

24Sima na sanza misato, bayebisaki Yuda : — Tamari, bokilo na yo ya mwasi, asalaki kindumba, mpe tala kutu akomi na zemi. Yuda alobaki : — Babimisa ye mpe batumba ye na moto !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!”

25Wana bazalaki kobimisa ye libanda, Tamari atindaki sango oyo epai ya Yuda, bokilo na ye : — Nazali na zemi ya nkolo biloko oyo. Mpe abakisaki : — Tala soki okoki koyeba nani azali nkolo ya lopete oyo, ya singa oyo mpe ya lingenda oyo.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?”

26Yuda asosolaki ete ezali biloko na ye mpe alobaki : — Azali sembo koleka ngai, pamba te nabalisaki ye te epai ya Shela, mwana na ngai ya mobali. Boye Yuda atikalaki lisusu te kosangisa na ye nzoto.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.

27Wana tango na ye ya kobota ekokaki, emonanaki ete ezalaki na mapasa mibale ya mibali kati na libumu na ye.When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

28Na tango ya kobota, moko kati na bango abimisaki loboko ; mpe mwasi oyo abotisaka asimbaki loboko yango, akangaki yango singa ya motane mpe alobaki : « Mwana oyo nde abimi liboso. »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.

29Kasi azongisaki loboko na ye, mpe ndeko na ye ya mobali abimaki. Bongo mwasi oyo abotisaka alobaki : « Ofungoli nzela nini mpo na kobima ? » Mpe bapesaki ye kombo « Peretsi. »But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

30Sima, ndeko na ye oyo azalaki na singa ya motane na loboko mpe abotamaki ; bapesaki ye kombo « Zera. »Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

Genesis 38

You’ve read Genesis 38

Go deeper

Genesis 38

You’ve read Genesis 38

Go deeper