1 Sel ajal Juuda läks ära oma vendade juurest ja siirdus ühe Adullami mehe juurde, kelle nimi oli Hiira.
2 Ja Juuda nägi seal kaananlase, Suua nimelise mehe tütart, võttis selle ning heitis ta juurde.
3 Ja see sai käima peale ning tõi poja ilmale; ja ta pani sellele nimeks Eer.
4 Ja tema sai taas käima peale ning tõi poja ilmale; ja ta pani sellele nimeks Oonan.
5 Ja tema tõi veelgi ühe poja ilmale ja pani sellele nimeks Seela; ta oli Kesibis, kui ta selle ilmale tõi.
6 Ja Juuda võttis Eerile, oma esmasündinule, naise nimega Taamar.
7 Aga Eer, Juuda esmasündinu, oli Issand silmis paha ja Issand laskis tema surra.
8 Siis Juuda ütles Oonanile: „Heida oma venna naise juurde, ole temale mehe eest ja soeta oma vennale sugu!"
9 Kuna aga Oonan teadis, et sugu ei pidanud saama temale, siis heites oma venna naise juurde ta hävitas oma seemne maha pillates, et mitte anda sugu oma vennale.
10 Aga see, mis ta tegi, oli Issand silmis paha ja Ta laskis surra ka tema.
11 Siis Juuda ütles oma miniale Taamarile: „Jää lesena oma isakotta elama, kuni mu poeg Seela on kasvanud suuremaks!" Sest ta mõtles: „Muidu sureb seegi nagu ta vennad!" Ja Taamar läks ning elas oma isakojas.
12 Mõne aja pärast suri Suua tütar, Juuda naine. Kui Juuda leinaaeg oli möödunud, siis ta läks üles Timnasse oma pudulojuste niitjate juurde, tema ja ta sõber Hiira, Adullami mees.
13 Ja Taamarile anti teada ning öeldi: „Vaata, su äi läheb üles Timnasse pudulojuseid niitma!"
14 Siis ta võttis lesepõlve riided seljast ära, varjas ennast looriga ja kattis enese kinni ning istus Eenaimi väravasse, kust tee viib Timnasse, sest ta oli näinud, et Seela oli kasvanud suureks, teda aga ei olnud antud temale naiseks.
15 Kui Juuda teda nägi, siis ta pidas teda hooraks, sest ta oli oma näo kinni katnud.
16 Ja ta pöördus teelt tema poole ning ütles: „Lase ma heidan su juurde!" Sest ta ei teadnud, et see oli tema minia. Aga too vastas: „Mis sa mulle annad, kui sa heidad mu juurde?"
17 Ta ütles: „Ma läkitan sulle karjast ühe sikutalle!" Ja naine vastas: „Jah, kui sa annad mulle pandi, seniks kui sa läkitad!"
18 Siis ta küsis: „Mis võiks olla pandiks, mille ma pean sulle andma?" Ja tema vastas: „Su pitsat ja vöö ja kepp, mis sul käes on!" Ja ta andis need temale ning heitis ta juurde; ja naine sai temast käima peale.
19 Siis ta tõusis ja läks ära ning võttis eneselt loori ja pani lesepõlve riided selga.
20 Ja Juuda läkitas oma sõbra Adullami mehega sikutalle, et võtta pant naise käest; aga see ei leidnud teda.
21 Siis ta küsis meestelt seal paigas, öeldes: „Kus on see pordunaine, kes oli Eenaimi tee ääres?" Aga need vastasid: „Siin pole pordunaist olnud!"
22 Ja ta tuli tagasi Juuda juurde ning ütles: „Ma ei leidnud teda. Ja mehedki seal paigas ütlesid: siin pole pordunaist olnud!"
23 Siis ütles Juuda: „Pidagu siis enesele, et me ei satuks pilke alla! Vaata, ma läkitasin selle siku, aga sina ei leidnud teda!"
24 Aga kolme kuu pärast teatati Juudale ja öeldi: „Su minia Taamar on hooranud, ja vaata, ta on hooratööst saanud ka käima peale!" Siis ütles Juuda: „Tooge ta välja, et ta põletataks!"
25 Kui ta välja toodi, siis ta läkitas sõna oma äiale: „Sellest mehest, kelle omad need on, olen ma käima peal!" Ja ta ütles: „Tunnista nüüd, kelle see pitsat ja vöö ja kepp on!"
26 Ja Juuda tundis need ära ning ütles: „Tema on õigem minust! Sest ma ei ole teda andnud oma pojale Seelale!" Ja ta ei ühtinud enam temaga.
27 Aga sünnitamise ajal, vaata, olid ta ihus kaksikud!
28 Ja kui ta sünnitas, sirutus üks käsi välja; ja aitajanaine võttis ning sidus käe ümber helepunase lõnga, öeldes: „See tuleb esmalt välja!"
29 Aga kui ta oma käe tagasi tõmbas, vaata, siis tuli välja ta vend! Ja aitajanaine ütles: „Missuguse lõhe sa küll enesele oled rebestanud!" Ja temale pandi nimeks Perets.
30 Ja pärast tuli välja tema vend, kelle käe ümber oli helepunane lõng; ja temale pandi nimeks Serah.
1 Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
2 And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.
3 And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
4 And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.
5 Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
6 And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.
7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.
9 But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.
10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.
12 And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.
13 And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,
14 She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.
15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
16 And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?
17 And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?
18 And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.
19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.
20 Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.
21 And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.
22 So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.
23 And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.
24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
25 And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?
26 Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.
27 And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
28 And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.
29 But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.
30 And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.