Genèse 38
Louis Segond 1910Translation
Louis Segond 1910
World English Bible
1En ce temps-là, Juda s’éloigna de ses frères, et se retira vers un homme d’Adullam, nommé Hira.
1At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2Là, Juda vit la fille d’un Cananéen, nommé Schua; il la prit pour femme, et alla vers elle.
2There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
3Elle devint enceinte, et enfanta un fils, qu’elle appela Er.
3She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
4Elle devint encore enceinte, et enfanta un fils, qu’elle appela Onan.
4She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
5Elle enfanta de nouveau un fils, qu’elle appela Schéla; Juda était à Czib quand elle l’enfanta.
5She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
6Juda prit pour Er, son premier-né, une femme nommée Tamar.
6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7Er, premier-né de Juda, était méchant aux yeux de l’Éternel; et l’Éternel le fit mourir.
7Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.
8Alors Juda dit à Onan: Va vers la femme de ton frère, prends-la, comme beau-frère, et suscite une postérité à ton frère.
8Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
9Onan, sachant que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui, se souillait à terre lorsqu’il allait vers la femme de son frère, afin de ne pas donner de postérité à son frère.
9Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10Ce qu’il faisait déplut à l’Éternel, qui le fit aussi mourir.
10The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.
11Alors Juda dit à Tamar, sa belle-fille: Demeure veuve dans la maison de ton père, jusqu’à ce que Schéla, mon fils, soit grand. Il parlait ainsi dans la crainte que Schéla ne mourût comme ses frères. Tamar s’en alla, et elle habita dans la maison de son père.
11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
12Les jours s’écoulèrent, et la fille de Schua, femme de Juda, mourut. Lorsque Juda fut consolé, il monta à Thimna, vers ceux qui tondaient ses brebis, lui et son ami Hira, l’Adullamite.
12After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
13On en informa Tamar, et on lui dit: Voici ton beau-père qui monte à Thimna, pour tondre ses brebis.
13Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
14Alors elle ôta ses habits de veuve, elle se couvrit d’un voile et s’enveloppa, et elle s’assit à l’entrée d’Énaïm, sur le chemin de Thimna; car elle voyait que Schéla était devenu grand, et qu’elle ne lui était point donnée pour femme.
14She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife.
15Juda la vit, et la prit pour une prostituée, parce qu’elle avait couvert son visage.
15When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
16Il l’aborda sur le chemin, et dit: Laisse-moi aller vers toi. Car il ne connut pas que c’était sa belle-fille. Elle dit: Que me donneras-tu pour venir vers moi?
16He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17Il répondit: Je t’enverrai un chevreau de mon troupeau. Elle dit: Me donneras-tu un gage, jusqu’à ce que tu l’envoies?
17He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
18Il répondit: Quel gage te donnerai-je? Elle dit: Ton cachet, ton cordon, et le bâton que tu as à la main. Il les lui donna. Puis il alla vers elle; et elle devint enceinte de lui.
18He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
19Elle se leva, et s’en alla; elle ôta son voile, et remit ses habits de veuve.
19She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20Juda envoya le chevreau par son ami l’Adullamite, pour retirer le gage des mains de la femme. Mais il ne la trouva point.
20Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
21Il interrogea les gens du lieu, en disant: Où est cette prostituée qui se tenait à Énaïm, sur le chemin? Ils répondirent: Il n’y a point eu ici de prostituée.
21Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
22Il retourna auprès de Juda, et dit: Je ne l’ai pas trouvée, et même les gens du lieu ont dit: Il n’y a point eu ici de prostituée.
22He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
23Juda dit: Qu’elle garde ce qu’elle a! Ne nous exposons pas au mépris. Voici, j’ai envoyé ce chevreau, et tu ne l’as pas trouvée.
23Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
24Environ trois mois après, on vint dire à Juda: Tamar, ta belle-fille, s’est prostituée, et même la voilà enceinte à la suite de sa prostitution. Et Juda dit: Faites-la sortir, et qu’elle soit brûlée.
24About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
25Comme on l’amenait dehors, elle fit dire à son beau-père: C’est de l’homme à qui ces choses appartiennent que je suis enceinte; reconnais, je te prie, à qui sont ce cachet, ces cordons et ce bâton.
25When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”
26Juda les reconnut, et dit: Elle est moins coupable que moi, puisque je ne l’ai pas donnée à Schéla, mon fils. Et il ne la connut plus.
26Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
27Quand elle fut au moment d’accoucher, voici, il y avait deux jumeaux dans son ventre.
27In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
28Et pendant l’accouchement il y en eut un qui présenta la main; la sage-femme la prit, et y attacha un fil cramoisi, en disant: Celui-ci sort le premier.
28When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
29Mais il retira la main, et son frère sortit. Alors la sage-femme dit: Quelle brèche tu as faite! Et elle lui donna le nom de Pérets.
29As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.
30Ensuite sortit son frère, qui avait à la main le fil cramoisi; et on lui donna le nom de Zérach.
30Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
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