Genesi 38
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Genesis 38
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| Or avvenne che, in quel tempo, Giuda discese di presso ai suoi fratelli, e andò a stare da un uomo di Adullam, che avea nome Hira. | Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah. |
| E Giuda vide quivi la figliuola di un Cananeo, chiamato Shua; e se la prese, e convisse con lei. | And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife. |
| Ed ella concepì e partorì un figliuolo, al quale egli pose nome Er. | And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er. |
| Poi ella concepì di nuovo, e partorì un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Onan. | And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan. |
| E partorì ancora un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Scela. Or Giuda era a Kezib, quand’ella lo partorì. | Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place. |
| E Giuda prese per Er, suo primogenito, una moglie che avea nome Tamar. | And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar. |
| Ma Er, primogenito di Giuda, era perverso agli occhi dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno lo fece morire. | Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death. |
| Allora Giuda disse a Onan: "Va’ dalla moglie del tuo fratello, prenditela come cognato, e suscita una progenie al tuo fratello". | 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. |
| E Onan, sapendo che quella progenie non sarebbe sua, quando s’accostava alla moglie del suo fratello, faceva in modo d’impedire il concepimento, per non dar progenie al fratello. | 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. |
| Ciò ch’egli faceva dispiacque all’Eterno, il quale fece morire anche lui. | And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother. |
| Allora Giuda disse a Tamar sua nuora: "Rimani vedova in casa di tuo padre, finché Scela, mio figliuolo, sia cresciuto". Perché diceva: "Badiamo che anch’egli non muoia come i suoi fratelli". E Tamar se ne andò, e dimorò in casa di suo padre. | 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. |
| Passaron molti giorni, e morì la figliuola di Shua, moglie di Giuda; e dopo che Giuda si fu consolato, salì da quelli che tosavan le sue pecore a Timna; egli col suo amico Hira, l’Adullamita. | 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. |
| Di questo fu informata Tamar, e le fu detto: "Ecco, il tuo suocero sale a Timna a tosare le sue pecore". | And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting, |
| Allora ella si tolse le vesti da vedova, si coprì d’un velo, se ne avvolse tutta, e si pose a sedere alla porta di Enaim, ch’è sulla via di Timna; poiché vedeva che Scela era cresciuto, e nondimeno, lei non gli era stata data per moglie. | 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. |
| Come Giuda la vide, la prese per una meretrice, perch’essa aveva il viso coperto. | When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered. |
| E accostatosi a lei sulla via, le disse: "Lasciami venire da te!" Poiché non sapeva ch’ella fosse sua nuora. Ed ella rispose: "Che mi darai per venire da me?" | 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? |
| Ed egli le disse: "Ti manderò un capretto del mio gregge". Ed ella: "Mi darai tu un pegno finché tu me l’abbia mandato?" | 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? |
| Ed egli: "Che pegno ti darò?" E l’altra rispose: "Il tuo sigillo, il tuo cordone e il bastone che hai in mano". Egli glieli dette, andò da lei, ed ella rimase incinta di lui. | 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. |
| Poi ella si levò, e se ne andò; si tolse il velo, e si rimise le vesti da vedova. | Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing. |
| E Giuda mandò il capretto per mezzo del suo amico, l’Adullamita, affin di ritirare il pegno di man di quella donna; ma egli non la trovò. | 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. |
| Interrogò la gente del luogo, dicendo: "Dov’è quella meretrice che stava a Enaim, sulla via?" E quelli risposero: "Qui non c’è stata alcuna meretrice". | 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. |
| Ed egli se ne tornò a Giuda, e gli disse: "Non l’ho trovata; e, per di più, la gente del luogo m’ha detto: Qui non c’è stata alcuna meretrice". | 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. |
| E Giuda disse: "Si tenga pure il pegno, che non abbiamo a incorrere nel disprezzo. Ecco, io ho mandato questo capretto, e tu non l’hai trovata". | 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. |
| Or circa tre mesi dopo, vennero a dire a Giuda: "Tamar, tua nuora, si è prostituita; e, per di più, eccola incinta in seguito alla sua prostituzione". E Giuda disse: "Menatela fuori, e sia arsa!" | 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. |
| Come la menavano fuori, ella mandò a dire al suocero: "Sono incinta dell’uomo al quale appartengono queste cose". E disse: "Riconosci, ti prego, di chi siano questo sigillo, questi cordoni e questo bastone". | 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? |
| Giuda li riconobbe, e disse: "Ella è più giusta di me, giacché io non l’ho data a Scela, mio figliuolo". Ed egli non ebbe più relazioni con lei. | 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. |
| Or quando venne il tempo in cui doveva partorire, ecco ch’essa aveva in seno due gemelli. | And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body. |
| E mentre partoriva, l’un d’essi mise fuori una mano; e la levatrice la prese, e vi legò un filo di scarlatto, dicendo: "Questo qui esce il primo". | 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. |
| Ma egli ritirò la mano, ed ecco uscir fuori il suo fratello. Allora la levatrice disse: "Perché ti sei fatta questa breccia?" Per questo motivo gli fu messo nome Perets. | 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. |
| Poi uscì il suo fratello, che aveva alla mano il filo di scarlatto; e fu chiamato Zerach. | And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah. |
