IGenesis
38:1 Kwathi ngelo xesha, wehla uYuda, esuka kweyakhe indlu
Abazalwana, baphambukela kumfo waseAdulam, ogama linguHira.
38:2 UYuda wabona khona intombi yendoda engumKanan, egama liyiyo
Shuah; wamthabatha, wamngena.
38:3 Wamitha, wazala unyana; wamthiya igama elinguEre.
38:4 Wabuya wamitha, wazala unyana; wathi igama lakhe nguOnan.
38:5 Yabuya yamitha, yazala unyana; Wamthiya igama elinguShela;
wayeseKezibhi ukumzala kwayo.
38:6 UYuda wamzekela uEre amazibulo akhe umfazi, ogama belinguTamare.
38:7 Ke uEre, amazibulo kaYuda, ubeneentlondi ezimbi emehlweni kaYehova; kwaye i
UYehova wambulala.
38:8 Wathi uYuda kuOnan, Ngena kumkamkhuluwa wakho, umngene;
umvelisele imbewu umzalwana wakho.
38:9 Wayesazi uOnan ukuba imbewu ayiyi kuba yeyakhe; kwathi, xa
Wamngena umfazi womninawa wakhe, wayiphalazela emhlabeni.
hleze amnike imbewu umzalwana wakhe.
38:10 Kwaba kubi emehlweni kaYehova oko wakwenzayo; wambulala ke
kananjalo.
38:11 Wathi uYuda kuTamare umolokazana wakhe, Hlala ungumhlolokazi emzini wakho
endlwini kayise, ade akhule uShela unyana wam; kuba wayesithi, Hleze
mhlawumbi angafa kwanjengabazalwana bakhe. Waya uTamare wahlala
endlwini kayise.
38:12 Ekuhambeni kwexesha yafa intombi kaShuwa, umkaYuda; kwaye
Wathuthuzeleka uYuda, wenyuka waya kubachebi bempahla yakhe emfutshane, waya eTimnati
nomhlobo wakhe uHira waseAdulam.
38:13 Waxelelwa uTamare kwathiwa, Nanko uyihlozala, enyuka esiya
eTimnati yokucheba iigusha zakhe.
38:14 Wazihluba iingubo zobuhlolokazi bakhe kuye, wamgubungela ngeqhiya
wazithi wambu ngesigqubuthelo, wazithi wambu, wahlala phantsi ebaleni elingasendleleni
eTimnati; ngokuba ubebona ukuba uShela ukhulile, akanikwa
kuye ukuba abe ngumfazi.
38:15 UYuda wambona, waba ulihenyukazi; kuba wayenayo
wazigquma ubuso.
38:16 Wathi gu bucala, waya kuye endleleni wathi, Khawuze, undivumele.
ngena kuwe; Kuba ubengazi ukuba ngumolokazana wakhe.
Wathi, Wondinika ntoni na, ukuze undingene?
38:17 Wathi, Mna ndothumela ndithabathe itakane lebhokwe elisempahleni emfutshane. Wathi yena, Ncima
Undinika isibambiso, ude usithumele?
38:18 Wathi, Ndikunike sibambiso sini na? Wathi, Umsesane wakho wokutywina.
nezacholo zakho, nomsimelelo wakho osesandleni sakho. Waza wamnika
Wangena kuye, wamitha ngaye.
38:19 Wesuka wemka, wasikhulula isigqubuthelo sakhe, wanxiba.
iingubo zobuhlolokazi bakhe.
38:20 UYuda walithumela itakane itakane ngesandla somhlobo wakhe waseAdulam, kuye
wamkele isibambiso esandleni senkazana leyo, akayifumana.
38:21 Sabuza kubantu baloo ndawo, sathi, Liphi na ing’awukazi?
ibivuliwe ecaleni kwendlela? Bathi ke bona, Akubangakho ng’awukazi apha
indawo.
38:22 Wabuyela kuYuda wathi, Andilifumananga; kananjalo amadoda
yaloo ndawo yathi, Akubangakho ng’awukazi kule ndawo.
38:23 Wathi uYuda, Malizithabathe, hleze sidelwe.
Uthumele elitakane, akwalifumana.
38:24 Kwathi, emva kweenyanga ezintathu, waxelelwa uYuda, kwathiwa,
esithi, UTamare umolokazana wakho uhenyuzile; kwaye kwakhona,
yabona, umithi ngobuhenyu. Wathi uYuda, Mkhupheni;
makatshiswe.
38:25 Akukhutshwa, wathumela kuyise womkakhe, wathi, Nge
ndimithi indoda ezizizo ezi zinto; wathi, Khawundibone
Zezekabani ezi zezi zakho, umsesane wokutywina, nezacholo, nomsimelelo.
38:26 Wazifanisa uYuda, wathi, Ulilungisa kunaye
Mna; ngenxa yokuba ndingamnikanga uShela unyana wam. Waza wamazi kwakhona
hayi kwakhona.
38:27 Kwathi, ngexesha lokuzala kwakhe, nanko, ezala amawele.
esiswini sakhe.
38:28 Kwathi, ekuzaleni kwakhe, omnye wasolula isandla sakhe;
Wathabatha umzalisikazi, wawubopha umsonto obomvu esandleni sakhe, esithi.
Oku kwaphuma kuqala.
38:29 Kwathi, akusirhubuluzisa isandla sakhe, nanko umninawa wakhe.
Yaphuma, yathi, Yini na ukuba utyhoboze? lo ulwaphulo makube phezu
ngenxa yoko wabizwa ngokuba nguPeretse.
38:30 Kwathi emva koko, kwaphuma umzalwana walo, obenosinga olubomvu phezu kwakhe
Yathiywa igama elinguZera.