Genesis 38 (TCZCHONG)

1Hiche phat laitah chun Judah chun asopite adalhan Adullam kiti mun'a Hirah kitipa toh ana cheng khom lhon'in ahi.About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

2Chule Judah in Canaan numei Shua chanu chu akichenpin chule ana kitimatpi tan ahi.There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

3Amanu chu ahung kivopmon chapa ahin neitan chule nao min chu Er asahtan ahi.So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.

4Chuin amanu akivopmo kit in chapa khat ahin hinbe kit in nao min chu Onan asah tai.Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5Abanin amanun chapa athum lhinna pa chu amin Shelah asah in, Shelah pen laitah a chu amaho Kezib kiti mun'a achen laitah u ahiye.Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

6Phat chomkhat jouvin, Judah in achapa atahpen Er dingin numei khangthah amin Tamar chu ajidin apuipeh e.Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7Hinlah Er chu migilou miphamo tah ahijeh chun Pakaijin ahinkho aladoh tai.But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

8Hichun Judah in Onan kitipa, Er sopipa kom'a hitin aseiye, “Nangma che inlang Tamar khu gaki chenpi tan, ajeh chu pasal khat insunga ahinkho abeitah le dan in aphal ahi, asopipan avet thei ding, na sopipa dinga chilhah na semdoh peh tei ding ahi.”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.”

9Amavang Onan kitipa chu anompon ama chilhah ahilou ding chu, hijeh chun asopipa ji toh alupkhom lhona akitimat teng abotwi ho chu tollhanga abolha jin, hijeh chun Tamar chun nao avop thei tapon asopipa adin jong chilhah gou aumdoh jou tapon ahi.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.

10Amavang Pakaijin Onan umchan chu gilou engse asa lheh in asopipa athisa adin chapa ahin peh nomlou athangthip jeh ahi, hijeh chun Pakaijin Onan hinkho jong asuh chom pehtai.What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

11Hichun Judah in Tamar amounu jah a hitin aseiye, “Kachapa Shelah kikhanlhit kah in napa in'a meithaijin ga umdoh tan,” ati. Ijeh-inem itile asopi teni bangin ama jong thiget inte tia ana gel ahi. Hijeh chun Tamar jong achen apa innah aga chengtai.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.

12Phat chomkhat jouvin Judah jinu jong athi tai; ahin Judah chu akilhep lungmong dom phat in agolpa Adullam mi Hirah chutoh Timnah a akelngoi mul vouho henga aga che tauve.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.

13Koiham khat in Tamar chu aseipeh in, “Ven natehpu khu Timnah a kelngoi mul vou dingin ache touve,” atipeh e.When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

14Chuphat in amanun jong ameithai von chu akhel loijin, ponlu akikhun, akitomjol in Timnah lampia Enaim lamkot a chun atou tai; ijeh-inem itile Shelah kikhanlhit ahitan, aji dinga amanu akipeh lou akimu ahitai.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.

15Judah in amanu chu amun ahin amanun amai asel jeh chu numei kijoh ho ahisah in ahi.When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16Hichun ama akingapa in amounu ahilam chu helouvin amanu chu ajollin, “Keiman nangma kitimatpi inge” ati. Hichun Tamar in “Kei nei kitimatpi ding leh ipi ijat neipeh ding ham?” atileh,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“Keima kelchanou lah a khat nahin thah peh nang'e,” tin kitepna aneijin ahi. Hichun amanun adongin, “Kelchanou nahin pehtei ding kihetna a ipi kitepna neipeh ding ham,” ati.“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.”

18Judah in adongin, “Itobang kitepna nadei ham?” ati. Amanun adonbut in, “Na Mohor le nakhao toh chule nakhut a nachoi na tenggol chutoh,” ati. Hijeh chun amapan hichengse chu apen amanu chu aluppin ahile aman jong nao avop tai.“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.

19Phat chomkhat jouvin, Tamar a in lama a kinungle kit in a sangkhol chol akoi lhan masanga akivonna lui meithai sangkhol chu akivon in til a bang chun hinkho amang kittai.Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

20Judah chun kelchanou chu aloipa Adullam mipa khut a numeinu henga khamgahna thil lhatdoh dinga aga thahsah a ahile, Adullam mipan amanu chu agaholmo tan ahi.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.

21Hichun Adullam mipa Hirah in hikom'a cheng ho chu adongin, “Enaim jotna a tou numeinu aki johnu chu hoilam a che hitam, ama hon adonbut un, “Keima hon hikom'a hin numei phalou atahsa joh kamu kha pouve,” atiuve.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.

22Hichun Adullam mipa Hirah ahung kinunglen thu umchan ho chu Judah aseipeh tan ahi, “Keiman amanu umna chu kahol doh jou tapoi, chule chua cheng mihon jong hitobang numei phalou atahsa joh aumpoi,” atiuve.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.’”

23Judah in aseiye, “Thil kana pehho chu amanun eina koipeh mai tahen, kaki nopto nalhon dungjuijin kelchanou khat kapen ahin nangman na holmo tan, amanu chu inung hol kit le khosunga mijousen ei nuisat ding'u ahitai.”“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.”

24Lhathum jou don chun Judah chu mihon aseipeh tauvin, “Tamar na mounu chu numei kijoh banga ana bol thu ahije, chule tuhin amanun nao avoptai,” atiuve.” Hichun Judah in aseiye, “Amanu chu hinpui doh unlang halvam tauvin,” ati.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!”

25Amavang ama hon Tamar chu tha dingin ahin puidoh tauvin, Tamar in atehpu thu athot in hitin aseiye, “Hiche thil neipa tenggol ahin, khaodip ahin, Mahor ahin, koi thil pen ham? Ipi dinga thip beh cha uma ham hiche neipa a konna hi nao kavop ahi,” ati.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?”

26Judah in gangtah in ama nei le gou chu amu mun ageldoh paitan ahi, “Tamar hi keima sanga chonpha jo ahiye ati. Ajeh chu keiman kachapa Shelah toh akichen lhon na ding imacha kana gonlou jeh ahi,” ati, chupet tah chun Judah chu Tamar toh apum kitimat tapoi.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.

27Tamar dinga nao neina phat ahung naitan, amanun nao pasal ni pengkop ding ahi chu ahe tauvin ahi.When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

28Naoso nat akipan tan hiche pet tah chun naocha teni lah a khatpa akhut ahung doh in hichun numei lhacha a pangho chun patsan akhut a akanpeh un, “Hiche pa hi hung peng masa ahi,” atiuve.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.

29Hinlah hiche naocha chun akhut akailut kit tan, asopipa joh ahung peng masa tai. Hichun numei lhacha ho chun “Hiche hi ipi ham atiuve.” Nangin iti dan'a amasa a peng dingpa nahin chop khup ham atiuve.” Hichun amapa min chu Perez asah tauve.But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

30Chujouvin, naosen patsan a akhut kikanpa chu ahung peng tan hichun amapa min chun Zerah asah tauve.Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

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