Genesis 38
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Si Juda at si Tamar
38 Nang panahon ding iyon, humiwalay si Juda sa mga kapatid niya at doon nanirahan kasama ni Hira na taga-Adulam. 2 Doon nakilala ni Juda ang anak ni Shua na taga-Canaan at napangasawa niya ito. 3 Dumating ang panahon, nagbuntis ito at nanganak ng lalaki at pinangalanan ni Juda ang sanggol na Er. 4 Muli siyang nagbuntis at nanganak ng lalaki at pinangalanan niyang Onan. 5 Nagbuntis pa siya at nanganak ng lalaki at pinangalanan niyang Shela. Isinilang si Shela sa Kezib.
6 Si Tamar ang napili ni Juda para maging asawa ng kanyang panganay na si Er. 7 Pero si Er ay naging masama sa paningin ng Panginoon, kaya pinatay siya ng Panginoon.
8 Kaya sinabi ni Juda kay Onan, “Sipingan mo ang hipag mo dahil tungkulin mo iyan bilang kapatid ng asawa niyang namatay, para sa pamamagitan mo ay magkaroon din ng mga anak ang iyong kapatid.” 9 Pero alam ni Onan na hindi ituturing na kanya ang magiging anak nila, kaya tuwing magsisiping sila ni Tamar, itinatapon niya sa labas ang kanyang binhi para hindi siya magkaanak para sa kanyang kapatid. 10 Masama ang ginawa ni Onan sa paningin ng Panginoon, kaya pinatay din niya ito.
11 Sinabi agad ni Juda kay Tamar na kanyang manugang, “Umuwi ka muna sa iyong ama, at huwag kang mag-asawa hanggang magbinata na si Shela.” Sinabi iyon ni Juda dahil natatakot siya na baka mamatay din si Shela katulad ng mga kapatid niya. Kaya umuwi muna si Tamar sa kanyang ama.
12 Dumating ang panahon, namatay ang asawa ni Juda. Pagkatapos ng kanyang pagdadalamhati, pumunta siya sa mga manggugupit ng balahibo ng kanyang mga tupa roon sa Timnah. Kasama niyang pumunta roon ang kaibigan niyang si Hira na taga-Adulam.
13 May nagsabi kay Tamar na ang biyenan niya ay pupunta sa Timnah para pagupitan doon ang mga tupa nito. 14 Nang marinig iyon ni Tamar, pinalitan niya ang kanyang damit na pambalo, at tinakpan ng belo ang kanyang mukha. Naupo siya sa may pintuan ng bayan ng Enaim, sa tabi ng daan na papunta sa Timnah. Plano niyang dayain si Juda dahil hindi pa rin ibinibigay sa kanya si Shela para maging asawa niya kahit binata na ito.
15-16 Pagkakita ni Juda kay Tamar, hindi niya nakilala na manugang niya ito dahil may talukbong ang mukha nito. Akala niyaʼy isa itong babaeng bayaran. Kaya lumapit siya sa kanya sa tabi ng daan at sinabi, “Halika, magsiping tayo.”
Sumagot si Tamar, “Ano ang ibabayad mo sa akin kapag sumiping ako sa iyo?”
17 Sinabi ni Juda, “Bibigyan kita ng kambing mula sa aking mga hayop.”
Sumagot si Tamar, “Papayag ako kung may ibibigay ka sa akin para makatiyak ako na babayaran mo ako hanggang maipadala mo na ang kambing.”
18-19 Nagtanong si Juda, “Anong garantiya ang gusto mo?”
Sumagot si Tamar, “Ibigay mo sa akin ang ginagamit mong pantatak, panali at pati ang iyong tungkod.” Kaya ibinigay iyon ni Juda at sumiping siya kay Tamar. Pagkatapos, umuwi si Tamar, at tinanggal niya ang talukbong sa kanyang mukha at muling isinuot ang damit na pambalo. Dumating ang panahon at nagbuntis siya.
20 Hindi nagtagal, ipinahatid ni Juda ang kambing sa kaibigan niyang si Hira na taga-Adulam para kunin ang mga bagay na ibinigay niya kay Tamar bilang garantiya, pero hindi niya makita si Tamar. 21 Nagtanong si Hira sa mga lalaking taga-Enaim kung nasaan na ang babaeng bayaran, na nakaupo sa tabi ng daan.
Ngunit sumagot ang mga tao, “Wala naman kaming nakitang ganoong babae rito.”
22 Kaya bumalik si Hira kay Juda at sinabi, “Hindi ko siya makita. At sinabi ng mga tao na wala naman daw ganoong babae roon.”
23 Sinabi ni Juda, “Hayaan na lang natin na itago niya ang mga ibinigay kong gamit sa kanya, dahil baka pagtawanan pa tayo ng mga tao na naghahanap tayo sa wala. Ganoon pa man, pinahatiran ko naman siya ng mga kambing pero hindi mo naman siya makita roon.”
24 Pagkalipas ng tatlong buwan, nabalitaan ni Juda na ang manugang niyang si Tamar ay nagbebenta ng dangal at nabuntis ito.
Kaya sinabi ni Juda, “Dalhin ninyo siya sa labas ng lungsod at sunugin.”
25 Pero nang ilalabas na si Tamar, ipinasabi niya kay Juda, “Narito ang pantatak, panali at pati ang tungkod. Ang may-ari nito ang ama ng sanggol na nasa sinapupunan ko. Kilalanin nʼyo kung kanino ito.”
26 Nakilala ni Juda na kanya ang mga gamit na iyon kaya sinabi niya, “Wala siyang kasalanan. Ako ang nagkasala dahil hindi ko pinayagang mapangasawa niya ang anak kong si Shela.” Hindi na muling sumiping si Juda kay Tamar.
27 Nang malapit nang manganak si Tamar, nalaman niyang ang sanggol na nasa sinapupunan niya ay kambal. 28 At nang nanganganak na siya, lumabas ang kamay ng isang sanggol. Tinalian ito ng manghihilot ng taling pula para malaman na ito ang unang isinilang. 29 Pero ipinasok ng sanggol ang kamay nito at ang kakambal niya ang unang lumabas. Sinabi ng manghihilot, “Nakipag-unahan kang lumabas.” Kaya pinangalanan ang sanggol na Perez.[a] 30 Pagkatapos, lumabas din ang kakambal na may taling pula sa kamay. At pinangalanan siyang Zera.[b]
Genesis 38
New King James Version
Judah and Tamar
38 It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and (A)visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah (B)saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was (C)Shua, and he married her and went in to her. 3 So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name (D)Er. 4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name (E)Onan. 5 And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name (F)Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
6 Then Judah (G)took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was (H)Tamar. 7 But (I)Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, (J)and the Lord killed him. 8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to (K)your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be (L)his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did [a]displeased the Lord; therefore He killed (M)him also.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, (N)“Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt (O)in her father’s house.
12 Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah (P)was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up (Q)to Timnah to shear his sheep.” 14 So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and (R)sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw (S)that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face. 16 Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.
So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17 And he said, (T)“I will send a young goat from the flock.”
So she said, (U)“Will you give me a pledge till you send it?”
18 Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?”
So she said, (V)“Your signet and cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19 So she arose and went away, and (W)laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was [b]openly by the roadside?”
And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.”
22 So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.”
23 Then Judah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”
24 And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has (X)played the harlot; furthermore she is [c]with child by harlotry.”
So Judah said, “Bring her out (Y)and let her be burned!”
25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these belong, I am with child.” And she said, (Z)“Please determine whose these are—the signet and cord, and staff.”
26 So Judah (AA)acknowledged them and said, (AB)“She has been more righteous than I, because (AC)I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he (AD)never knew her again.
27 Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And so it was, when she was giving birth, that the one put out his hand; and the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.” 29 Then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that his brother came out unexpectedly; and she said, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!” Therefore his name was called (AE)Perez.[d] 30 Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called (AF)Zerah.
Footnotes
- Genesis 38:10 Lit. was evil in the eyes of
- Genesis 38:21 in full view
- Genesis 38:24 pregnant
- Genesis 38:29 Lit. Breach or Breakthrough
Genesis 38
The Message
38 1-5 About that time, Judah separated from his brothers and went to stay with a man in Adullam named Hirah. While there, Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua. He married her, they went to bed, she became pregnant and had a son named Er. She got pregnant again and had a son named Onan. She had still another son; she named this one Shelah. They were living at Kezib when she had him.
6-7 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn. Her name was Tamar. But Judah’s firstborn, Er, grievously offended God and God took his life.
8-10 So Judah told Onan, “Go and sleep with your brother’s widow; it’s the duty of a brother-in-law to keep your brother’s line alive.” But Onan knew that the child wouldn’t be his, so whenever he slept with his brother’s widow he spilled his semen on the ground so he wouldn’t produce a child for his brother. God was much offended by what he did and also took his life.
11 So Judah stepped in and told his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow at home with your father until my son Shelah grows up.” He was worried that Shelah would also end up dead, just like his brothers. So Tamar went to live with her father.
12 Time passed. Judah’s wife, Shua’s daughter, died. When the time of mourning was over, Judah with his friend Hirah of Adullam went to Timnah for the sheep shearing.
13-14 Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law has gone to Timnah to shear his sheep.” She took off her widow’s clothes, put on a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the road to Timnah. She realized by now that even though Shelah was grown up, she wasn’t going to be married to him.
15 Judah saw her and assumed she was a prostitute since she had veiled her face. He left the road and went over to her. He said, “Let me sleep with you.” He had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law.
16 She said, “What will you pay me?”
17 “I’ll send you,” he said, “a kid goat from the flock.”
She said, “Not unless you give me a pledge until you send it.”
18 “So what would you want in the way of a pledge?”
She said, “Your personal seal-and-cord and the staff you carry.”
He handed them over to her and slept with her. And she got pregnant.
19 She then left and went home. She removed her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on.
20-21 Judah sent the kid goat by his friend from Adullam to recover the pledge from the woman. But he couldn’t find her. He asked the men of that place, “Where’s the prostitute that used to sit by the road here near Enaim?”
They said, “There’s never been a prostitute here.”
22 He went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. The men there said there never has been a prostitute there.”
23 Judah said, “Let her have it then. If we keep looking, everyone will be poking fun at us. I kept my part of the bargain—I sent the kid goat but you couldn’t find her.”
24 Three months or so later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law has been playing the whore—and now she’s a pregnant whore.”
Judah yelled, “Get her out here. Burn her up!”
25 As they brought her out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, “I’m pregnant by the man who owns these things. Identify them, please. Who’s the owner of the seal-and-cord and the staff?”
26 Judah saw they were his. He said, “She’s in the right; I’m in the wrong—I wouldn’t let her marry my son Shelah.” He never slept with her again.
27-30 When her time came to give birth, it turned out that there were twins in her womb. As she was giving birth, one put his hand out; the midwife tied a red thread on his hand, saying, “This one came first.” But then he pulled it back and his brother came out. She said, “Oh! A breakout!” So she named him Perez (Breakout). Then his brother came out with the red thread on his hand. They named him Zerah (Bright).
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