Kejadian 38

¹Pada waktu itu Yehuda meninggalkan saudara-saudaranya dan menumpang pada seorang Adulam, yang namanya Hira.

¹It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

²Di situ Yehuda melihat anak perempuan seorang Kanaan; nama orang itu ialah Syua. Lalu Yehuda kawin dengan perempuan itu dan menghampirinya.

²There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her,

³Perempuan itu mengandung, lalu melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki dan menamai anak itu Er.

³and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.

⁴Sesudah itu perempuan itu mengandung lagi, lalu melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki dan menamai anak itu Onan.

⁴She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.

⁵Kemudian perempuan itu melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki sekali lagi, dan menamai anak itu Syela. Yehuda sedang berada di Kezib, ketika anak itu dilahirkan.

⁵Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she bore him.

⁶Sesudah itu Yehuda mengambil bagi Er, anak sulungnya, seorang isteri, yang bernama Tamar.

⁶And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

⁷Tetapi Er, anak sulung Yehuda itu, adalah jahat di mata TUHAN, maka TUHAN membunuh dia.

⁷But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD put him to death.

⁸Lalu berkatalah Yehuda kepada Onan: "Hampirilah isteri kakakmu itu, kawinlah dengan dia sebagai ganti kakakmu dan bangkitkanlah keturunan bagi kakakmu."

⁸Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."

⁹Tetapi Onan tahu, bahwa bukan ia yang empunya keturunannya nanti, sebab itu setiap kali ia menghampiri isteri kakaknya itu, ia membiarkan maninya terbuang, supaya ia jangan memberi keturunan kepada kakaknya.

⁹But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother.

¹⁰Tetapi yang dilakukannya itu adalah jahat di mata TUHAN, maka TUHAN membunuh dia juga.

¹⁰And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also.

¹¹Lalu berkatalah Yehuda kepada Tamar, menantunya itu: "Tinggallah sebagai janda di rumah ayahmu, sampai anakku Syela itu besar," sebab pikirnya: "Jangan-jangan ia mati seperti kedua kakaknya itu." Maka pergilah Tamar dan tinggal di rumah ayahnya.

¹¹Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up"--for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father's house.

¹²Setelah beberapa lama matilah anak Syua, isteri Yehuda. Habis berkabung pergilah Yehuda ke Timna, kepada orang-orang yang menggunting bulu domba-dombanya, bersama dengan Hira, sahabatnya, orang Adulam itu.

¹²In course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

¹³Ketika dikabarkan kepada Tamar: "Bapa mertuamu sedang di jalan ke Timna untuk menggunting bulu domba-dombanya,"

¹³And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"

¹⁴maka ditanggalkannyalah pakaian kejandaannya, ia bertelekung dan berselubung, lalu pergi duduk di pintu masuk ke Enaim yang di jalan ke Timna, karena dilihatnya, bahwa Syela telah menjadi besar, dan dia tidak diberikan juga kepada Syela itu untuk menjadi isterinya.

¹⁴she took off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.

¹⁵Ketika Yehuda melihat dia, disangkanyalah dia seorang perempuan sundal, karena ia menutupi mukanya.

¹⁵When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

¹⁶Lalu berpalinglah Yehuda mendapatkan perempuan yang di pinggir jalan itu serta berkata: "Marilah, aku mau menghampiri engkau," sebab ia tidak tahu, bahwa perempuan itu menantunya. Tanya perempuan itu: "Apakah yang akan kauberikan kepadaku, jika engkau menghampiri aku?"

¹⁶He turned to her at the roadside and said, "Come, let me come in to you," for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

¹⁷Jawabnya: "Aku akan mengirimkan kepadamu seekor anak kambing dari kambing dombaku." Kata perempuan itu: "Asal engkau memberikan tanggungannya, sampai engkau mengirimkannya kepadaku."

¹⁷He answered, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." And she said, "If you give me a pledge, until you send it--"

¹⁸Tanyanya: "Apakah tanggungan yang harus kuberikan kepadamu?" Jawab perempuan itu: "Cap meteraimu serta kalungmu dan tongkat yang ada di tanganmu itu." Lalu diberikannyalah semuanya itu kepadanya, maka ia menghampirinya. Perempuan itu mengandung dari padanya.

¹⁸He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" She replied, "Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

¹⁹Bangunlah perempuan itu, lalu pergi, ditanggalkannya telekungnya dan dikenakannya pula pakaian kejandaannya.

¹⁹Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

²⁰Adapun Yehuda, ia mengirimkan anak kambing itu dengan perantaraan sahabatnya, orang Adulam itu, untuk mengambil kembali tanggungannya dari tangan perempuan itu, tetapi perempuan itu tidak dijumpainya lagi.

²⁰When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman's hand, he did not find her.

²¹Ia bertanya-tanya di tempat tinggal perempuan itu: "Di manakah perempuan jalang, yang duduk tadinya di pinggir jalan di Enaim itu?" Jawab mereka: "Tidak ada di sini perempuan jalang."

²¹And he asked the men of the place, "Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim at the roadside?" And they said, "No cult prostitute has been here."

²²Kembalilah ia kepada Yehuda dan berkata: "Tidak ada kujumpai dia; dan juga orang-orang di tempat itu berkata: Tidak ada perempuan jalang di sini."

²²So he returned to Judah and said, "I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, 'No cult prostitute has been here.'"

²³Lalu berkatalah Yehuda: "Biarlah barang-barang itu dipegangnya, supaya kita jangan menjadi buah olok-olok orang; sungguhlah anak kambing itu telah kukirimkan, tetapi engkau tidak menjumpai perempuan itu."

²³And Judah replied, "Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her."

²⁴Sesudah kira-kira tiga bulan dikabarkanlah kepada Yehuda: "Tamar, menantumu, bersundal, bahkan telah mengandung dari persundalannya itu." Lalu kata Yehuda: "Bawalah perempuan itu, supaya dibakar."

²⁴About three months later Judah was told, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality." And Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned."

²⁵Waktu dibawa, perempuan itu menyuruh orang kepada mertuanya mengatakan: "Dari laki-laki yang empunya barang-barang inilah aku mengandung." Juga dikatakannya: "Periksalah, siapa yang empunya cap meterai serta kalung dan tongkat ini?"

²⁵As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, "By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant." And she said, "Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff."

²⁶Yehuda memeriksa barang-barang itu, lalu berkata: "Bukan aku, tetapi perempuan itulah yang benar, karena memang aku tidak memberikan dia kepada Syela, anakku." Dan ia tidak bersetubuh lagi dengan perempuan itu.

²⁶Then Judah identified them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again.

²⁷Pada waktu perempuan itu hendak bersalin, nyatalah ada anak kembar dalam kandungannya.

²⁷When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb.

²⁸Dan ketika ia bersalin, seorang dari anak itu mengeluarkan tangannya, lalu dipegang oleh bidan, diikatnya dengan benang kirmizi serta berkata: "Inilah yang lebih dahulu keluar."

²⁸And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."

²⁹Ketika anak itu menarik tangannya kembali, keluarlah saudaranya laki-laki, dan bidan itu berkata: "Alangkah kuatnya engkau menembus ke luar," maka anak itu dinamai Peres.

²⁹But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" Therefore his name was called Perez.

³⁰Sesudah itu keluarlah saudaranya laki-laki yang tangannya telah berikat benang kirmizi itu, lalu kepadanya diberi nama Zerah.

³⁰Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.