Gênesis 38
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Genesis 38
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| Nesse tempo Judá desceu de entre seus irmãos e entrou na casa dum adulamita, que se chamava Hira, | Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah. |
| e viu Judá ali a filha de um cananeu, que se chamava Suá; tomou-a por mulher, e esteve com ela. | And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife. |
| Ela concebeu e teve um filho, e o pai chamou-lhe Er. | And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er. |
| Tornou ela a conceber e teve um filho, a quem ela chamou Onã. | And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan. |
| Teve ainda mais um filho, e chamou-lhe Selá. Estava Judá em Quezibe, quando ela o teve. | Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place. |
| Depois Judá tomou para Er, o seu primogênito, uma mulher, por nome Tamar. | And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar. |
| Ora, Er, o primogênito de Judá, era mau aos olhos do Senhor, pelo que o Senhor o matou. | Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death. |
| Então disse Judá a Onã: Toma a mulher de teu irmão, e cumprindo-lhe o dever de cunhado, suscita descendência a teu irmão. | 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. |
| Onã, porém, sabia que tal descendência não havia de ser para ele; de modo que, toda vez que se unia à mulher de seu irmão, derramava o sêmen no chão para não dar descendência a seu irmão. | 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. |
| E o que ele fazia era mau aos olhos do Senhor, pelo que o matou também a ele. | And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother. |
| Então disse Judá a Tamar sua nora: Conserva-te viúva em casa de teu pai, até que Selá, meu filho, venha a ser homem; porquanto disse ele: Para que porventura não morra também este, como seus irmãos. Assim se foi Tamar e morou em casa de seu pai. | 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. |
| Com o correr do tempo, morreu a filha de Suá, mulher de Judá. Depois de consolado, Judá subiu a Timnate para ir ter com os tosquiadores das suas ovelhas, ele e Hira seu amigo, o adulamita. | 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. |
| E deram aviso a Tamar, dizendo: Eis que o teu sogro sobe a Timnate para tosquiar as suas ovelhas. | And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting, |
| Então ela se despiu dos vestidos da sua viuvez e se cobriu com o véu, e assim envolvida, assentou-se à porta de Enaim que está no caminho de Timnate; porque via que Selá já era homem, e ela lhe não fora dada por mulher. | 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. |
| Ao vê-la, Judá julgou que era uma prostituta, porque ela havia coberto o rosto. | When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered. |
| E dirigiu-se para ela no caminho, e disse: Vem, deixa-me estar contigo; porquanto não sabia que era sua nora. Perguntou-lhe ela: Que me darás, para estares comigo? | 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? |
| Respondeu ele: Eu te enviarei um cabrito do rebanho. Perguntou ela ainda: Dar-me-ás um penhor até que o envies? | 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? |
| Então ele respondeu: Que penhor é o que te darei? Disse ela: O teu selo com a corda, e o cajado que está em tua mão. Ele, pois, lhos deu, e esteve com ela, e ela concebeu dele. | 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. |
| E ela se levantou e se foi; tirou de si o véu e vestiu os vestidos da sua viuvez. | Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing. |
| Depois Judá enviou o cabrito por mão do seu amigo o adulamita, para receber o penhor da mão da mulher; porém ele não a encontrou. | 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. |
| Pelo que perguntou aos homens daquele lugar: Onde está a prostituta que estava em Enaim junto ao caminho? E disseram: Aqui não esteve prostituta alguma. | 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. |
| Voltou, pois, a Judá e disse: Não a achei; e também os homens daquele lugar disseram: Aqui não esteve prostituta alguma. | 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. |
| Então disse Judá: Deixa-a ficar com o penhor, para que não caiamos em desprezo; eis que enviei este cabrito, mas tu não a achaste. | 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. |
| Passados quase três meses, disseram a Judá: Tamar, tua nora, se prostituiu e eis que está grávida da sua prostituição. Então disse Judá: Tirai-a para fora, e seja ela queimada. | 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. |
| Quando ela estava sendo tirada para fora, mandou dizer a seu sogro: Do homem a quem pertencem estas coisas eu concebi. Disse mais: Reconhece, peço-te, de quem são estes, o selo com o cordão, e o cajado. | 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? |
| Reconheceu-os, pois, Judá, e disse: Ela é mais justa do que eu, porquanto não a dei a meu filho Selá. E nunca mais a conheceu. | 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. |
| Sucedeu que, ao tempo de ela dar à luz, havia gêmeos em seu ventre; | And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body. |
| e dando ela à luz, um pôs fora a mão, e a parteira tomou um fio encarnado e o atou em sua mão, dizendo: Este saiu primeiro. | 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. |
| Mas recolheu ele a mão, e eis que seu irmão saiu; pelo que ela disse: Como tens tu rompido! Portanto foi chamado Pérez. | 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. |
| Depois saiu o seu irmão, em cuja mão estava o fio encamado; e foi chamado Zerá. | And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah. |
