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Judah and Tamar

¹It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and ⚓visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. ²And Judah ⚓saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was⚓Shua, and he married her and went in to her. ³So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name ⚓Er. ⁴She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name ⚓Onan. ⁵And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name ⚓Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
⁶Then Judah ⚓took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was⚓Tamar. ⁷But ⚓Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, ⚓and the Lord killed him. ⁸And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to ⚓your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.” ⁹But Onan knew that the heir would not be ⚓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. ¹⁰And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He killed ⚓him also.
¹¹Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, ⚓“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 ⚓in her father’s house.
¹²Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah ⚓was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. ¹³And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up ⚓to Timnah to shear his sheep.” ¹⁴So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and ⚓sat in an open place which was on the way to Timnah; for she saw ⚓that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife. ¹⁵When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face. ¹⁶Then 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?”
¹⁷And he said, ⚓“I will send a young goat from the flock.”
So she said, ⚓“Will you give me a pledge till you send it?”
¹⁸Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?”
So she said, ⚓“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. ¹⁹So she arose and went away, and ⚓laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.
²⁰And 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. ²¹Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was openly by the roadside?”
And they said, “There was no harlot in this place.”
²²So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.”
²³Then Judah said, “Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”
²⁴And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has ⚓played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry.”
So Judah said, “Bring her out ⚓and let her be burned!”
²⁵When 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, ⚓“Please determine whose these are—the signet and cord, and staff.”
²⁶So Judah ⚓acknowledged them and said, ⚓“She has been more righteous than I, because ⚓I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he ⚓never knew her again.
²⁷Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb. ²⁸And 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.” ²⁹Then 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 ⚓Perez. ³⁰Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called ⚓Zerah.

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Yu^ndaa Caux Taamaa

¹Dongh wuov zanc, Yu^ndaa leih nqoi ninh nyei muoz-doic, biaux mingh gan dauh Aa^ndun^lam Mienh, mbuox heuc Hilaa. ²Yiem wuov Yu^ndaa buangh dauh Kaa^naa^an Mienh, Qu^aa, nyei sieqv, ziouc longc zoux auv. Longc jienv, ³ninh nyei auv ziouc maaih jienv sin aqv, yungz duqv dauh dorn, cuotv mbuox heuc E^aa. ⁴Ninh nyei auv aengx maaih da'nyeic nzunc sin, yungz duqv dauh dorn, cuotv mbuox heuc Onan. ⁵Nqa'haav aengx yungz dauh dorn, cuotv mbuox heuc Qelaa. Qelaa cuotv seix wuov zanc Yu^ndaa yiem Kesipv.⚓
⁶Yu^ndaa tengx ninh nyei dorn-hlo, E^aa, lorz duqv dauh auv, mbuox heuc Taamaa. ⁷Mv baac ziux Ziouv mangc, E^aa waaic haic. Ziouv ziouc bun ninh daic mi'aqv.
⁸Yu^ndaa aengx gorngv mbuox Onan, “Meih oix zuqc mingh caux meih nyei nyaam bueix weic zoux youz nyei leiz-nyeic,⚓ duqv fu'jueiv tengx meih nyei gorx maaih hoz doic zeiv-fun.” ⁹Onan hiuv duqv yungz duqv fu'jueiv mv baac maiv funx ninh nyei buonc. Hnangv naaic, haaix zanc caux ninh nyei nyaam bueix, ninh duqv-eix bungx ninh nyei nyim⚓ ndortv ga'ndiev ndau weic maiv bun gorx maaih hoz doic zeiv-fun. ¹⁰Ziux Ziouv mangc, Onan zoux nyei sic se waaic haic. Ziouv yaac bun ninh daic mi'aqv.
¹¹Yu^ndaa gorngv mbuox ninh nyei mbuangz, Taamaa, “Nzuonx mingh caux meih nyei die yiem aqv. Meih oix zuqc zoux auv-guaav zuov yie nyei dorn, Qelaa, hlo daaih.” Yu^ndaa hnangv naaiv nor gorngv weic zuqc ninh yiem hnyouv hnamv nzauh heix Qelaa daic hnangv ninh nyei gorx mbuo nor. Taamaa ziouc nzuonx ninh nyei die nyei biauv mi'aqv.
¹²Jiex daaih, Yu^ndaa nyei auv, Qu^aa nyei sieqv, guei seix mi'aqv. Zuov nzauh nyei ziangh hoc jiex liuz, Yu^ndaa caux ninh nyei loz-gaeng doic, Aa^ndun^lam Mienh, Hilaa, mingh Tim^naa^haa, maaih mienh tengx japv ninh nyei ba'gi yungh biei wuov norm dorngx.
¹³Maaih mienh mbuox Taamaa, “Meih nyei ong-buoc oix mingh Tim^naa^haa japv ba'gi yungh biei.” ¹⁴Taamaa ziouc yienc nqoi ninh nyei auv-guaav lui-houx, zorqv kuaaiv ndie buix jienv, mbiorngz jienv hmien. Zorng ziangx, ninh zueiz jienv mingh Tim^naa^haa nyei jauv-hlen, bieqc E^naa^im Mungv nyei zingh gaengh ndaangc. Ninh hiuv duqv Yu^ndaa nyei dorn-laai, Qelaa, hlo aqv, mv baac Yu^ndaa maiv bun ninh longc. ¹⁵Yu^ndaa buatc Taamaa, laaic ninh zoux maaic buonv-sin nyei m'sieqv dorn, weic zuqc ninh maaih ndie mbiorngz jienv hmien. ¹⁶Yu^ndaa mingh wuov jauv-hlen caux ninh gorngv waac. Ninh gorngv, “Daaih maah! Bun yie caux meih bueix oc.” Yu^ndaa maiv hiuv duqv se ninh nyei mbuangz.
Taamaa naaic, “Yie caux meih bueix, meih bun haaix nyungc yie?”
¹⁷Yu^ndaa dau, “Yie oix zorqv dauh yie nyei yungh guanh nyei yungh dorn bun meih.”
Taamaa dau, “Meih oix longc haaix nyungc dingc jienv ndaangc taux meih fungx yungh dorn daaih?”
¹⁸Yu^ndaa naaic gaax, “Meih oix yie dingc haaix nyungc ndaangc gauh longx?”
Taamaa gorngv, “Oix zuqc bun meih nyei yienx caux ndiux yienx nyei hlaang aengx caux meih ih zanc nanv jienv naaiv diuh biaav-mbiaac.” Yu^ndaa ziouc zorqv daaih bun ninh mi'aqv. Bun jienv ziouc caux ninh bueix. Nqa'haav Taamaa maaih jienv Yu^ndaa nyei gu'nguaaz aqv. ¹⁹Taamaa nzuonx mingh zorqv nqoi mbiorngz hmien nyei ndie aengx zuqv jienv ninh nyei auv-guaav nyei lui-houx hnangv loz wuov nor.
²⁰Yu^ndaa mbuox ninh nyei loz-gaeng doic, wuov dauh Aa^ndun^lam Mienh, Hilaa, dorh yungh dorn mingh zuoqc ninh dingc wuov deix ga'naaiv nzuonx. Hilaa mingh gau, lorz maiv buatc wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn.
²¹Ninh ziouc naaic gaax wuov norm dorngx nyei mienh, “Yiem E^naa^im Mungv nyei jauv-hlen wuov dauh maaic buonv-sin nyei m'sieqv dorn jiex haaix mi'aqv.”
Ninh mbuo dau, “Yiem naaiv maiv maaih maaic buonv-sin nyei m'sieqv dorn.”
²²Hilaa ziouc nzuonx mingh mbuox Yu^ndaa, “Yie lorz maiv buatc wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn. Yiem wuov nyei mienh yaac gorngv yiem naaic maiv maaih jiex maaic buonv-sin nyei m'sieqv dorn.”
²³Yu^ndaa gorngv, “Wuov deix ga'naaiv cinh ninh longc aqv. Nziex mienh oix jatv mbuo mv bei. Dorh yungh dorn mingh oix bun yaac lorz maiv buatc ninh bun.”
²⁴Nqa'haav aav lamh deix buo hlaax nyieqc nyei dorngx, maaih mienh mbuox Yu^ndaa, “Meih nyei mbuangz, Taamaa, hienx nqox. Ih zanc toi gu'nguaaz aqv.”
Yu^ndaa gorngv, “Dorh ninh cuotv daaih buov guangc maah!”
²⁵Dorh Taamaa cuotv daaih wuov zanc, Taamaa juix waac mingh mbuox ninh nyei ong-buoc, “Hienx yie toi gu'nguaaz se dongh naaiv deix ga'naaiv nyei ziouv. Longx-longx nyei mangc gaax. Naaiv norm yienx, hlaang caux biaav-mbiaac se haaix dauh nyei?”
²⁶Yu^ndaa zieqv duqv naaiv deix ga'naaiv se ninh nyei. Ninh gorngv, “Naaiv dauh m'sieqv dorn zoux nyei se gauh horpc yie zoux nyei, weic zuqc yie maiv bun ninh longc yie nyei dorn, Qelaa.” Nqa'haav Yu^ndaa yietc liuz maiv caux ninh bueix.
²⁷Taux yungz nyei ziangh hoc buatc Taamaa maaih sung-gu'nguaaz. ²⁸Mun jienv wuov zanc, maaih dauh nyei buoz cuotv ndaangc. Goux Taamaa wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn zorqv diuh fei-siqv ndoh jienv gu'nguaaz nyei buoz-sei-jaang aengx gorngv, “Naaiv dauh cuotv seix ndaangc.” ²⁹Mv baac gu'nguaaz aengx hluotv ninh nyei buoz bieqc, da'nyeic dauh ziouc yungz cuotv ndaangc. Goux Taamaa wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn gorngv, “Zoux haaix nyungc meih mbengx cuotv ndaangc laeh?” Wuov dauh dorn ninh mbuo ziouc cuotv mbuox heuc Beletv.⚓ ³⁰Ndoh jienv fei-siqv wuov dauh dorn nqa'haav yungz yaac cuotv mbuox heuc Zelaa.⚓