Genèse 38

1 En ce temps-là, il advint que Juda se sépara de ses frères, et s'en alla chez un Odollamite, dont le nom était Hiras.

It happened at that time that Judah moved away from his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

2 Juda vit là une fille de Chananéen dont le nom était Sué; il la prit, et il s'approcha d'elle.

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he married her and slept with her.

3 Celle-ci ayant conçu, enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Her.

She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

4 Puis, ayant conçu de nouveau, elle enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Onan,

She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

5 Elle enfanta encore un fils qu'elle appela Séla; or, elle habitait Chasbi lorsqu'elle les enfanta.

Then she gave birth to another son, and named him Shelah. And he was at Kezib when she gave birth to him.

6 Juda prit pour Her, son premier-né, une femme dont le nom était Thamar.

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

7 Her, premier-né de Juda, fut méchant devant le Seigneur, et Dieu le fit périr.

Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so God killed him.

8 Juda dit alors à Onan: Approche-toi de la femme de ton frère, épouse-la, et relève la race de ton frère.

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

9 Mais Onan, sachant que les enfants ne seraient point pour lui, lorsqu'il s'approchait de la femme de son frère, répandait la semence à terre, afin de ne point donner de race à son frère.

But Onan knew that the offspring wouldn't be his. So it happened when he slept with his brother's wife that he released his semen on the ground, so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

10 Et il parut méchant devant Dieu pour avoir fait cela, et Dieu fit mourir celui-là aussi.

And what he did was evil in the sight of God, so he killed him also.

11 Juda dit alors à Thamar, sa bru: Reste veuve dans la maison de ton père jusqu'à ce que mon fils Séla soit grand. Mais il se disait en lui-même: Prenons garde que celui-là aussi ne meure comme ses frères. Et Thamar, étant partie, demeura en la maison de son père.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Remain a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah is grown up." For he thought, "I do not want him to die too, like his brothers." So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

12 Les jours s'écoulèrent, et Sué, femme de Juda, mourut; après que Juda se fut consolé, il s'en alla avec Hiras, son pâtre Odollamite, en Thamma, vers ceux qui tondaient ses brebis.

After some time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah finished mourning, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13 Et des gens vinrent à Thamar, sa bru, disant: Voici que ton beau-père monte en Thamma pour tondre ses brebis.

And Tamar was told, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

14 Alors, elle quitta ses vêtements de veuve, et mit son large voile; elle se fit belle, et elle s'assit devant la porte d'Enan qui est sur le chemin de Thamna, car elle voyait que Séla ayant grandi et que Juda ne la lui faisait point prendre pour femme.

She took off her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

15 Juda l'ayant vue, la prit pour une prostituée, car elle avait voilé sa figure, et il ne la reconnut pas.

When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

16 Il quitta le chemin pour aller à elle, et il lui dit: Laisse-moi m'approcher de toi; car il ne savait pas que c'était sa bru; elle lui dit: Que me donneras-tu si tu t'approches de moi?

He went over to her by the road and said, "Please come, let me sleep with you," for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me for sleeping with you?"

17 Je t'enverrai, répondit-il, un chevreau de mon troupeau de chèvres. Elle repartit: Tu me donneras des gages jusqu'à ce que tu me l'aies envoyé.

He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She said, "Will you give me something as a guarantee until you send it?"

18 Et il reprit: Quel gage te donnerai-je? Ton anneau, dit-elle, ton petit collier, et la baguette que tu as à la main. Il les lui donna donc; il s'approcha d'elle, et elle conçut de lui.

He said, "What kind of guarantee should 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 slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

19 Puis, s'étant levée, elle partit, ôta et replia son large voile, et elle remit ses vêtements de veuve.

And she got up and left, and took off her veil, and put on her widow's clothing.

20 De son côté, Juda donna le chevreau à son pâtre d'Odollam, pour qu'il retirât ses gages des mains de la femme; mais celui-ci ne put la trouver.

Judah sent the young goat by his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the guarantee back from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.

21 Il interrogea les hommes du lieu: Où est la prostituée qui s'est assise à Enan sur le chemin? Ils lui dirent qu'il n'y avait pas de prostituée dans le pays.

Then he asked the men of the place, saying, "Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

22 Et il retourna près de Juda. Je n'ai trouvé personne, dit-il, et les hommes du lieu affirment qu'il n'y a point chez eux de prostituée.

He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

23 Et Juda dit: Qu'elle retienne les gages, mais que l'on se garde de nous faire des reproches: car j'ai envoyé le chevreau, et tu n'as point trouvé la personne.

Judah said, "Let her keep the things, lest we be publicly shamed. Look, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her."

24 Or, il advint, trois mois après, que des gens allèrent trouver Juda, disant: Thamar, ta bru, s'est prostituée, et elle a conçu de sa prostitution; et Juda dit: Qu'on l'amène et qu'elle soit brûlée.

Now it happened about three months later that Judah was told, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has turned to prostitution, and now, look, she is pregnant by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned."

25 Comme on l'emmenait, elle envoya à son beau-père, disant: C'est de l'homme à qui ces choses appartiennent que j'ai conçu; et elle ajouta: Reconnais à qui sont l'anneau, le petit collier et la baguette.

When she was brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man who owns these I am pregnant." She also said, "Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cord, and the staff."

26 Et Juda les reconnut, et il dit: Thamar est plus juste que moi, car je ne l'ai point donnée à Séla mon fils. Mais il ne la connut plus de nouveau.

Then Judah recognized them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." He did not sleep with her again.

27 Or, il advint, lorsqu'elle allait enfanter, que deux jumeaux étaient dans ses entrailles.

It happened when it was time for her to give birth, that look, there were twins in her womb.

28 Et pendant qu'elle enfantait, l'un présenta d'abord une main à laquelle la sage-femme attacha de l'écarlate, disant: Celui-ci sortira le premier.

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

29 Dès qu'il eut retiré sa main, soudain son frère sortit, et la sage-femme dit: Pourquoi est-ce toi qui as rompu la clôture? et elle lui donna le nom de Pharès.

It happened, as he drew back his hand, that look, his brother came out, and she said, "How did you break through?" So he was named Perez.

30 Après cela l'autre frère sortit, ayant encore au bras l'écarlate, et elle le nomma Zara.

Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, so he was named Zerah.