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1. En ce temps-là Juda, s'éloignant de ses frères, descendit et arriva jusqu'au­près d'un homme d'Odollam, nommé Hira.

1. About that time Judah parted from his brothers and pitched his tent near a certain Adullamite named Hirah.

2. Là, Juda vit la fille d'un Chananéen, nommé Sué, et il la prit pour femme et alla vers elle.

2. There he met the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua, married her, and had relations with her.

3. Elle conçut et enfanta un fils, et il le nomma Her.

3. She conceived and bore a son, whom she named Er.

4. Elle conçut encore et enfanta un fils, et elle le nomma Onan.

4. Again she conceived and bore a son, whom she named Onan.

5. Elle conçut de nou­veau et enfanta un fils, et elle le nomma Séla ; Juda était à Achzib quand elle le mit au monde.

5. Then she bore still another son, whom she named Shelah. They were in Chezib when he was born.

6. Juda prit pour Her, son premier-né, une femme nommée Thamar.

6. Judah got a wife named Tamar for his first-born, Er.

7. Her, pre­mier-né de Juda, fut méchant aux yeux de Yahweh et Yahweh le fit mourir. 8 Alors Juda dit à Onan : " Va vers la femme de ton frère, remplis ton devoir de beau-frère et suscite une postérité à ton frère. "

7. But Er, Judah's first-born, greatly offended the LORD; so the LORD took his life.

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8. Then Judah said to Onan, "Unite with your brother's widow, in fulfillment of your duty as brother-in-law, and thus preserve your brother's line."

9. Mais Onan savait que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui et, lorsqu'il allait vers la femme de son frère, il se souillait à terre afin de ne pas donner de postérité à son frère.

9. Onan, however, knew that the descendants would not be counted as his; so whenever he had relations with his brother's widow, he wasted his seed on the ground, to avoid contributing offspring for his brother.

10. Son action déplut au Seigneur, qui le fit aussi mourir.

10. What he did greatly offended the LORD, and the LORD took his life too.

11. Et Juda dit à Thamar, sa belle-fille " Demeure comme veuve dans la maison de ton père jusqu'à ce que Séla, mon fils, soit devenu grand. " Car il se disait : " Il ne faut pas que lui aussi meure comme ses frères. " Thamar s'en alla et demeura dans la maison de son père.

11. Thereupon Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Stay as a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up"--for he feared that Shelah also might die like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father's house.

12. Après beaucoup de jours, la fille de Sué, femme de Juda, mourut. Lorsque Juda eut fini son deuil, il monta vers ceux qui tondaient ses brebis à Thamna, lui et son ami Hira, l'Odollamite.

12. Years passed, and Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah completed the period of mourning, he went up to Timnah for the shearing of his sheep, in company with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13. On en informa Thamar, en disant : " Voici ton beau-père qui monte à Thamna pour tondre ses brebis. "

13. When Tamar was told that her father-in-law was on his way up to Timnah to shear his sheep,

14. Alors elle ôta ses vêtements de veuve, se couvrit d'un voile, et, ainsi enveloppée, elle s'assit à l'entrée d'Enaïm, sur le chemin de Thamna, car elle voyait que Séla était devenu grand et qu'elle ne lui était pas donnée pour femme.

14. she took off her widow's garb, veiled her face by covering herself with a shawl, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she was aware that, although Shelah was now grown up, she had not been given to him in marriage.

15. Juda, l'ayant vue, la prit pour une femme de mauvaise vie ; car elle avait couvert son visage.

15. When Judah saw her, he mistook her for a harlot, since she had covered her face.

16. Il se dirigea de son côté, vers le chemin, et dit : " Laisse-moi aller vers toi. " Car il igno­rait que ce fût sa belle-fille. Elle dit " Que me donneras-tu pour venir vers moi? "

16. So he went over to her at the roadside, and not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he said, "Come, let me have intercourse with you." She replied, "What will you pay me for letting you have intercourse with me?"

17. Il répondit : " Je t'enverrai un chevreau du troupeau. " Elle dit : " A condition que tu me donnes un gage jusqu'à ce que tu l'envoies . "

17. He answered, "I will send you a kid from the flock." "Very well," she said, "provided you leave a pledge until you send it."

18. Il dit : Quel gage dois-je te donner? "Elle dit " Ton anneau, ton cordon et ton bâton que tu tiens à la main. " Il les lui donna et alla vers elle, et elle devint enceinte de lui.

18. Judah asked, "What pledge am I to give to you?" She answered, "Your seal and cord, and the staff you carry." So he gave them to her and had intercourse with her, and she conceived by him.

19. Puis, s'étant levée, elle s'en alla ; et elle ôta son voile et revêtit ses vêtements de veuve.

19. When she went away, she took off her shawl and put on her widow's garb again.

20. Juda envoya le chevreau par son ami, l'Odollamite, pour retirer le gage des mains de cette femme; mais il ne la trouva point.

20. Judah sent the kid by his friend the Adullamite to recover the pledge from the woman; but he could not find her.

21. Il interrogea les gens du lieu, en disant : " Où est cette prostituée qui se tenait à Enaïm au bord du chemin? " Ils répondirent : " Il n'y a point eu ici de prostituée. "

21. So he asked the men of the place, "Where is the temple prostitute, the one by the roadside in Enaim?" But they answered, "There has never been a temple prostitute here."

22. Il revint donc vers Juda et dit : " Je ne l'ai point trouvée ; et même les gens du lieu ont dit : il n'y a point eu ici de prostituée. "

22. He went back to Judah and told him, "I could not find her; and besides, the men of the place said there was no temple prostitute there."

23. Juda dit : " Qu'elle garde son gage ; il ne faut pas qu'on se moque de nous. Voici, j'ai envoyé le che­vreau promis, et tu ne l'as pas trouvée. "

23. "Let her keep the things," Judah replied; "otherwise we shall become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her the kid, even though you were unable to find her."

24. Environ trois mois après, on vint dire à Juda : " Thamar, ta belle-fille, s'est prostituée, et même la voilà enceinte à la suite de ses prostitutions. " Juda dit " Faites-la sortir et qu'elle soit brûlée. "

24. About three months later, Judah was told that his daughter-in-law Tamar had played the harlot and was then with child from her harlotry. "Bring her out," cried Judah; "she shall be burned."

25. Comme on l'emmenait dehors, elle envoya dire à son beau-père: "C'est de l'homme à qui ces objets appartiennent que je suis enceinte. Regarde bien, ajouta-t-elle, à qui sont cet anneau, ce cordon et ce bâton. " Juda les reconnut et dit:

25. But as they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law, "It is by the man to whom these things belong that I am with child. Please verify," she added, "whose seal and cord and whose staff these are."

26. "Elle est plus juste que moi, puisque je ne l'ai pas donnée à Séla, mon fils. " Et il ne la connut plus.

26. Judah recognized them and said, "She is more in the right than I am, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." But he had no further relations with her.

27. Quand elle fut au moment d'enfanter, voici, il y avait deux jumeaux dans son sein.

27. When the time of her delivery came, she was found to have twins in her womb.

28. Pendant l'accouchement, l'un d'eux étendit la main ; la sage-femme la prit et y attacha un fil écarlate, en disant : " C'est celui-ci qui est sorti le premier. "

28. While she was giving birth, one infant put out his hand; and the midwife, taking a crimson thread, tied it on his hand, to note that this one came out first.

29. Mais il retira sa main, et voici que son frère sortit. " Quelle brèche tu as faite ! dit la sage-femme ; la brèche soit sur toi ! " Et on le nomma Pharès.

29. But as he withdrew his hand, his brother came out; and she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" So he was called Perez.

30. Ensuite sortit son frère, qui avait à la main le fil écarlate ; et on le nomma Zara.

30. Afterward his brother came out; he was called Zerah.



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