Genesis 38 (RHG)

1He šomot Ehudah hitar báiyaindor hentu zaigoiyore Odullom farat Hira name ekzonor hãse taka šuru goijjil.About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2Heṛe Ehudaye ek Kenaniyor zi loi deha oiye, zar nam aššil Šuah. Hite hibare biya gori hibar loi milon oiye;There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3ar hiba hamil oiye edde ek futore zormo diye, zare nam diye Er.So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

4Tarfore hiba abar hamil oiye edde ek futore zormo diye, hitar nam diye Onan.Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5Hibaye abar ek futore zormo diye edde hitar nam diye Šela. Hite zormo odde šomot Ehudah Kasibot takito.Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6Bade Ehudaye hitar foila fut Erolla bou ainne, ar hibar nam aššil Tamar.Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7Kintu Ehudar ei foila fut Mabudor nozorot en horaf aššil; Mabudehitare mari felaiye.But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

8Toi Ehudaye Onanore hodde: "Tor bái-bou loi milon gor edde hibar loi diyoror zimma fura goriyore tor báiyolla bongšo barai tul."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.”

9Kintu Onane zainto ze, he bongšo hitar nizor no oibo; hetolla hite zetobar hitar bái-bou loi milon goijje, hetobar hite hitar birz baire felai diye.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.

10hitar ze ham goijje hiyan Mabudor nozorot horaf, hetolla Mabude hitare o mari felaiye.What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

11Toi Ehudaye hitar futor bou Tamarore hodde: "Ãr fut Šela zuwan no o foijjonto, tui tor bafor górot zai rari hisabe takgoi." Kiyollahoile hite baiffe, "hitar báiyaindor ḍoilla morizaiboi." Toi Tamar hibar bafor górot takibolla giyegoi goijje.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.

12Iyar bout din bade Ehudar bou, Šuar zi, mori giyegoi. Ehudaye hiballa šuk gorattu aram oi bade, hitar Odullom farar bondu Hirar fũwati Timnah farat soolor kẽš ãsoya okkolor heṛe giye.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.

13Hono ekzone Tamarore hoiye, "Sa, tor houre hitar soolore kẽš ãsaibolla Timnah fara zar."When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14Henot hibaye hibar rarir hoor kulifelaiyore mukot guwaṛa diye edde gat hoor beraiyore hiba Enaim golede rastar muk, ziyan Timnah fara za rastat, heṛe boi taikkegoi, kiyollahoile hibaye deikke ze, Šela zuwan oiye, tarfore o kintu hibare hitalla bou no bana.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.

15Toi Ehudaye hibare deikke edde hite hiba ek beišša maya fuwa mone goijje, kiyollahoile hibar muk guijja aššil.When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16Toi hite rastar hãsat hibar ḍake giye edde hodde: "Ai, ãi tor hãse zai" kiyollahoile hite no zanito ze hiba hitar futor bou. Hibaye: "Ãr hãse zaito dile tũi ki diba?"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.

17Toi hite hodde: "Ãi tolla zakottu uggwa soolor so defeṛaiyum." Hibaye, "Hiba no defeṛo foijjonto ki tũi ãr hãse hono kissu bondok hisabe diba ne?"“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.”

18Hite hodde, "Ãi tor hãse bondok ki ditam?" Hibaye hodde: "Fũta šoho ei silmohor edde tũwar hator ašawa." Toi hite hin hibare diyore hibar hãse giye edde hiba hamil oiye.“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.

19Tarfore hiba uiṭṭe edde giyegoi, bade hibaye hibar gũwaṛa loifelaiye edde abar hibar rarir fušak finde.Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

20Toi oi mayafuwar hatottu bondok surai anibolla Ehudaye hitar Odullom farar bondur di uggwa soolor so defeṛaiye, kintu hite hibare tuwai no fa.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.

21Hite heṛiyar manuš okkolottu fusar goijje: "Enaimor fõtor hãsat ze mondir-beišša aššil, hiba hoṛe?" Hitara hodde, "Eṛe heṛiyar hono mondir-beišša nu aiye."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.

22Toi hite Ehudar hãse uwafes firigiye edde hodde, "Ãi hibare tuwai no fai, ar heṛiyar mainše o hoiye, 'Eṛe heṛiyar hono beišša mayafuwa nu aššil.'"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.’”

23Toi Ehudaye hodde: "Hibar hãse zin ase hin hibaye lok, ar no oilede ãra šormot foriyum, sa, ãi to hiballa ei soolor sowa defeṛailam, kintu tui hibare tuwai no faili."“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.”

24Onumanik tin maš bade Ehudare howa oiye, "Tor futor bou Tamar beiššagiri gorer, ar so, hiyanor zoriya hiba ehon hamil" Ehudaye hodde, "Hibare baire ano edde hibare furaidifelo."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!”

25Hibare baire ana odde šomot, hibaye hibar houror hãse endilla hoi defeṛaiye, "Ei zinišgun zar, he manušwar duwara ãi hamil oiyi," hibaye aro hodde, "Fũta, silmohor edde laṛi in okkol har so."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?”

26Ehudaye hinore sini faijje edde hodde, "Hiba ãttuwaro beši forhesgar, kiyollahoile ãi hibare ãr fut Šelare no di." Ar Ehudah dusorabar honodin hibar hãse no.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.

27Ar hibaye fuwa biyaibar šomoi zehon aišše, ar so, hibar feṛot zoikka fuwain.When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

28Hibaye biyadde šomot hitarar butottu ekzone hitar niyolai diye; henot daimaye dori hitar hatot lal rongor fũta bandi di hodde, "Ite foila niyoli aišše."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.

29Kintu hite hitar hat butore ṭani loifelaye, ar so, hitar bái niyoli aišše, toi hibaye hodde, "Tui kene band bangi niyoli aili!" Ar hitar nam raka oiye Perez.But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

30Tarfore hitar bái, zar hatot lal rongor fũta banda aššil, hite zormo oiye, hitar nam raka oiye Zerah.Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

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