ይሁዳና ትዕማር
1በዚያም ወራት ይሁዳ ከወንድሞቹ ተለይቶ፣ ኤራስ ወደ ተባለ ዓዶሎማዊ ሰው ወረደ፤ እርሱም ዘንድ ለመኖር ቤቱ ገባ። 2እዚያም ሳለ፣ ይሁዳ የከነዓናዊውን የሴዋን ሴት ልጅ አየ፤ እርሷንም አግብቶ አብሯት ተኛ፤ 3እርሷም ፀንሳ ወንድ ልጅ ወለደች፤ ስሙም ዔር ተባለ። 4እንደ ገናም ፀንሳ ወንድ ልጅ ወለደች፤ ስሙን አውናን አለችው። 5አሁንም ደግማ ወንድ ልጅ ወለደች፤ ስሙንም ሴሎም ብላ አወጣችለት፤ እርሱንም የወለደችው ክዚብ በተባለ ቦታ ነበር።
6ይሁዳ የበኵር ልጁን ዔርን፣ ትዕማር የምትባል ሚስት አጋባው። 7የይሁዳ የበኵር ልጅ ዔር ግን በእግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) ፊት ክፉ ነበር፤ እግዚአብሔርም (ያህዌ) ቀሠፈው።
8በዚህ ጊዜ ይሁዳ አውናንን፣ “ዋርሳዋ እንደ መሆንህ ከወንድምህ ሚስት ጋር ሩካቤ ሥጋ በመፈጸም የወንድምህን ስም የሚያስጠራለት ዘር ተካለት” አለው። 9አውናን ግን የሚወለደው ልጅ የእርሱን ስም የሚያስጠራ እንደማይሆን ስላወቀ፣ ከወንድሙ ሚስት ጋር ሩካቤ ሥጋ በፈጸመ ቍጥር የወንድሙንም ስም የሚያስጠራ ልጅ እንዳይወልድ ዘሩን በምድር ላይ ያፈስስ ነበር። 10ይህም በእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ፊት ክፉ አድራጎት ሆኖ ስለ ተገኘ፣ እርሱንም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በሞት ቀሠፈው።
11ከዚያም ይሁዳ ምራቱን ትዕማርን፣ “ልጄ ሴሎም ለአካለ መጠን እስኪደርስ ድረስ ወደ አባትሽ ቤት ሄደሽ መበለት ሆነሽ ብትኖሪ ይሻላል” አላት። ይህን ያለውም፣ ሴሎም እንደ ወንድሞቹ ተቀሥፎ ይሞትብኛል ብሎ ስለ ሠጋ ነበር። ትዕማርም እንዳላት ሄደች፤ በአባቷም ቤት ተቀመጠች።
12ከብዙ ጊዜ በኋላ የሹዓ ልጅ፣ የይሁዳ ሚስት ሞተች። ይሁዳ ከሐዘኑ ከተጽናና በኋላ ከዓዶላማዊው ከሒራ ጋር የበጎቹን ጠጕር የሚሸልቱ ሰዎች ወዳሉበት ወደ ተምና ሄደ።
13ሰዎቹም ለትዕማር፣ “ዐማትሽ የበጎቹን ጠጕር ወደሚሸልቱ ሰዎች ዘንድ ወደ ተምና እየሄደ ነው” አሏት። ይህን እንደ ሰማች 14የመበለትነት ልብሷን አውልቃ፣ ማንነቷ እንዳይታወቅ ፊቷን በሻሽ ተከናንባ ወደ ተምና በሚወስደው መንገድ ዳር ባለች ኤናይም በተባለች ከተማ መግቢያ ላይ ተቀመጠች፤ ይህን ያደረገችው፣ ሴሎም ለአካለ መጠን ቢደርስም፣ እርሷን እንዲያገባ አባቱ አለመፈለጉን ስላወቀች ነው።
15ፊቷ በሻሽ ተሸፋፍኖ ሲያያት፣ ይሁዳ ዝሙት ዐዳሪ መሰለችው። 16ምራቱ መሆኗን ባለማወቁ፣ እርሷ ወዳለችበት ወደ መንደሩ ዳር ጠጋ ብሎ፣ “እባክሽ አብሬሽ ልተኛ” አላት። እርሷም፣ “አብሬህ ብተኛ ምን ትሰጠኛለህ?” ብላ ጠየቀችው።
17“ከመንጋዬ መካከል አንድ የፍየል ጠቦት እልክልሻለሁ” አላት። እርሷም መልሳ፣ “ጠቦቱን እስክትልክልኝ ድረስ ምን መያዣ ትሰጠኛለህ?” ብላ ጠየቀችው።
18“ታዲያ ምን መያዣ ልስጥሽ?” አላት። እርሷም፣ “የማኅተም ቀለበትህን ከነማሰሪያው፣ እንደዚሁም ይህን በትርህን ስጠኝ” አለችው። የጠየቀችውን ሁሉ ሰጣትና አብሯት ተኛ፤ እርሷም ፀነሰች። 19ከዚያም ወደ መኖሪያዋ ተመልሳ፣ ሻሽዋን አውልቃ እንደ ወትሮዋ የመበለት ልብሷን ለበሰች።
20ይሁዳ በመያዣ ስም የሰጣትን ዕቃዎች ለማስመለስ የፍየሉን ጠቦት በዓዶሎማዊ ወዳጁ እጅ ላከላት፣ መልእክተኛው ግን ሴትየዋን ሊያገኛት አልቻለም። 21“በኤናይም ከተማ መግቢያ ከመንገዱ ዳር የነበረች ያቺ ዝሙት ዐዳሪ የት ደረሰች?” ሲል ጠየቃቸው። ሰዎቹም፣ “በዚህ አካባቢ ኧረ ምንም ዝሙት ዐዳሪ ታይታ አትታወቅም” አሉት።
22መልእክተኛውም ወደ ይሁዳ ተመልሶ፣ “ሴቲቱን ላገኛት አልቻልሁም፤ ነዋሪዎቹም ‘በዚህ አካባቢ እንደዚህች ያለች ዝሙት ዐዳሪ የለችም’ አሉኝ” ብሎ ነገረው።
23ይሁዳም፣ “እንግዲህ መያዣውን እንደ ያዘች ትቅር፣ አለዚያ መሣቂያ እንሆናለን። ለነገሩማ ይህን ፍየል ላክሁ፤ አንተም ፈልገህ አላገኘሃትም” አለ።
24ከሦስት ወር ያህል በኋላ፣ “ምራትህ ትዕማር ዘማዊ ሆናለች፤ ከዚህም የተነሣ አርግዛለች” ተብሎ ለይሁዳ ተነገረው።
ይሁዳም፣ “አውጧትና በእሳት ተቃጥላ ትሙት” አለ።
25እርሷም ተይዛ በምትወሰድበት ጊዜ ለዐማቷ፣ “እኔ ያረገዝሁት የእነዚህ ዕቃዎች ባለቤት ከሆነ ሰው ነው” ስትል ላከችበት፤ ደግሞም፣ “የማኅተሙ ቀለበት ከነማንጠልጠያውና በትሩ የማን እንደ ሆነ እስቲ ተመልከት” አለችው።
26ይሁዳም ዕቃዎቹን ዐውቆ፣ “ልጄ ሴሎም እንዲያገባት ባለማድረጌ፣ እርሷ ከእኔ ይልቅ ትክክል ናት” አለ። ከዚያም በኋላ ከእርሷ ጋር አልተኛም።
27የመውለጃዋ ጊዜ እንደ ደረሰም ፅንሷ መንታ መሆኑ ታወቀ። 28በምትወልድበትም ጊዜ አንደኛው እጁን አወጣ፤ አዋላጂቱም፣ “ይህኛው መጀመሪያ ወጣ” ስትል በእጁ ላይ ቀይ ክር አሰረችለት፤ 29ነገር ግን፣ እጁን መልሶ ሲያስገባ ወንድሙ ተወለደ። አዋላጂቱም “አንተ እንዴት ጥሰህ ወጣህ!” አለች፤ ከዚያም ስሙ ፋሬስ38፥29 ፋሬስ ማለት ጥሶ መውጣት ማለት ነው። ተባለ። 30ከዚያ በኋላ እጁ ላይ ቀይ ክር የታሰረለት ወንድሙ ተወለደ፤ ስሙም ዛራ38፥30 ዛራ የሚለው ደማቅ ቀይ ወይም ብሩህ እንደ ማለት ነው። ተባለ።
1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 7And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. 8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.38.10 displeased…: Heb. was evil in the eyes of the Lord 11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
12¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.38.12 in process…: Heb. the days were multiplied 13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.38.14 an open…: Heb. the door of eyes, or, of Enajim 15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. 16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 17And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?38.17 a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats 18And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not. 21Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.38.21 openly: or, in Enajim 22And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.38.23 be shamed: Heb. become a contempt
24¶ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27¶ And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.38.29 How hast…: or, Wherefore hast thou made this breach against thee?38.29 Pharez: that is A breach 30And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
