Ostervald (French) OST
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1 Il arriva qu'en ce temps-là Juda descendit d'avec ses frères, et se retira vers un homme d'Adullam, nommé Hira.
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At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
2 Et Juda y vit la fille d'un Cananéen, nommé Shua; et il la prit, et vint vers elle.
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There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her;
3 Et elle conçut et enfanta un fils; et il le nomma Er.
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she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.
4 Et elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et elle le nomma Onan.
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She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.
5 Elle enfanta encore un fils, et elle le nomma Shéla. Et Juda était à Kezib, quand elle l'enfanta.
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She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.
6 Et Juda prit une femme pour Er, son premier-né; elle s'appelait Tamar.
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Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 Mais Er, premier-né de Juda, fut méchant aux yeux de l'Éternel, et l'Éternel le fit mourir.
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But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight; so the LORD put him to death.
8 Alors Juda dit à Onan: Viens vers la femme de ton frère; prends-la, comme beau-frère, et suscite une postérité à ton frère.
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Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”
9 Mais Onan savait que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui, et quand il venait vers la femme de son frère, il se souillait afin de ne point donner de postérité à son frère.
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But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.
10 Et ce qu'il faisait déplut à l'Éternel; et il le fit mourir aussi.
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What he did was wicked in the LORD’s sight; so the LORD put him to death also.
11 Et Juda dit à Tamar, sa belle-fille: Demeure veuve dans la maison de ton père, jusqu'à ce que Shéla, mon fils, soit devenu grand. Car il disait: Prenons garde qu'il ne meure, lui aussi, comme ses frères. Et Tamar s'en alla, et demeura dans la maison de son père.
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Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s household until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s household.
12 Et les jours s'écoulèrent, et la fille de Shua, femme de Juda, mourut. Lorsque Juda se fut consolé, il monta vers les tondeurs de ses brebis, à Thimna, avec Hira son ami, l'Adullamite.
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After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.
13 Et on le fit savoir à Tamar, en disant: Voici, ton beau-père monte à Thimna, pour tondre ses brebis.
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When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
14 Alors elle quitta ses habits de veuve, et se couvrit d'un voile, et s'en enveloppa, et s'assit à l'entrée d'Énaïm, qui est sur le chemin de Thimna; car elle voyait que Shéla était devenu grand, et qu'elle ne lui avait point été donnée pour femme.
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she took off her widow’s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.
15 Et Juda la vit et la prit pour une prostituée; car elle avait couvert son visage.
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When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
16 Et il se détourna vers elle sur le chemin, et il dit: Allons, je te prie, que je vienne vers toi; car il ne savait pas que ce fût sa belle-fille. Et elle répondit: Que me donneras-tu, pour venir vers moi?
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Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “And what will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.
17 Et il dit: J'enverrai un chevreau du troupeau. Et elle répondit: Me donneras-tu un gage jusqu'à ce que tu l'envoies?
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“I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” he said. “Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?” she asked.
18 Et il dit: Quel est le gage que je te donnerai? Et elle répondit: Ton cachet, ton cordon, et ton bâton, que tu as à la main. Et il les lui donna, et il vint vers elle; et elle conçut de lui.
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He said, “What pledge should I give you?” “Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
19 Ensuite elle se leva et s'en alla. Et elle quitta son voile, et se revêtit de ses habits de veuve.
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After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes again.
20 Et Juda envoya le chevreau par son ami l'Adullamite, pour retirer le gage des mains de cette femme; mais il ne la trouva point.
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Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.
21 Et il interrogea les hommes du lieu où elle était, en disant: Où est cette courtisane qui était à Énaïm, sur le chemin? Et ils répondirent: Il n'y a point eu ici de courtisane.
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He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here,” they said.
22 Et il retourna vers Juda, et dit: Je ne l'ai point trouvée, et même les gens du lieu ont dit: Il n'y a point eu ici de courtisane.
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So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here.’ ”
23 Et Juda dit: Qu'elle garde le gage! Il ne faut pas nous faire mépriser. Voici, j'ai envoyé ce chevreau; et tu ne l'as point trouvée.
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Then Judah said, “Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.”
24 Or, il arriva qu'environ trois mois après on fit rapport à Juda, en disant: Tamar, ta belle-fille, s'est prostituée, et même la voilà enceinte par suite de sa prostitution. Et Juda dit: Faites-la sortir, et qu'elle soit brûlée.
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About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.” Judah said, “Bring her out and have her burned to death!”
25 Comme on la faisait sortir, elle envoya dire à son beau-père: Je suis enceinte de l'homme à qui ces choses appartiennent. Et elle dit: Reconnais, je te prie, à qui sont ce cachet, ces cordons et ce bâton.
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As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. “I am pregnant by the man who owns these,” she said. And she added, “See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.”
26 Alors Juda les reconnut, et dit: Elle est plus juste que moi, parce que je ne l'ai point donnée à Shéla mon fils. Et il ne la connut plus.
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Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not sleep with her again.
27 Et à l'époque où elle devait accoucher, il se trouva qu'il y avait des jumeaux dans son sein;
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When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
28 Et pendant qu'elle enfantait, l'un d'eux donna la main, et la sage-femme la prit et y lia un fil écarlate, en disant: Celui-ci est sorti le premier.
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As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, “This one came out first.”
29 Mais comme il retira sa main, voici, son frère sortit. Et elle dit: Quelle brèche tu as faite! La brèche soit sur toi! Et on le nomma Pharets (brèche).
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But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.
30 Ensuite son frère sortit, qui avait à sa main le fil écarlate, et on le nomma Zarach.
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Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah.
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