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Ikawa wakati ule, Yuda akashuka kutoka kwa ndugu zake, akamfikia mtu Mwadulami, jina lake Hira.
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
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Yuda akaona huko binti wa mtu Mkanaani, jina lake Shua. Akamtwaa, akaingia kwake.
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
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Naye akapata mimba, akazaa mwana, akamwita jina lake Eri.
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
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Akapata mimba tena, akazaa mwana, akamwita jina lake Onani.
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
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Akaendelea, akazaa tena mwana mwingine, akamwita jina lake Shela. Naye Yuda alikuwako huko Kezibu, alipomzaa.
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
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Yuda akamwoza mke Eri, mzaliwa wake wa kwanza, na jina lake huyo mke ni Tamari.
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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Naye Eri, mzaliwa wa kwanza wa Yuda, alikuwa mbaya machoni pa Bwana; na Bwana akamwua.
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
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Yuda akamwambia Onani, Uingie kwa mke wa nduguyo, ukamwoe, ukamwinulie nduguyo uzao.
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
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Onani alijua ya kwamba huo uzao hautakuwa wake, ikawa, alipoingia kwa mke wa nduguye, akamwagia chini asimpe nduguye uzao.
But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
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Neno hili alilolifanya likawa baya machoni pa Bwana, basi akamwua yeye naye.
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
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Yuda akamwambia Tamari mkwewe, Ukae mjane nyumbani mwa baba yako hata Shela mwanangu atakapokuwa mtu mzima, maana alisema, Asipate kufa yeye kama nduguze. Basi Tamari akaenda, akakaa nyumbani mwa babaye.
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
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Siku nyingi zikapita, akafa binti Shua, mkewe Yuda. Yuda akafarijika, akaenda kwa watu wake wawakatao manyoya kondoo huko Timna, yeye na mwenzake Hira, Mwadulami.
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
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Huyo Tamari akapewa habari, kusema, Mkweo anakwenda Timna, akate manyoya ya kondoo zake.
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
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Basi akavua nguo za ujane wake, akajivika utaji, akajifunika uso, akakaa mlangoni pa Enaimu, karibu na njia ya kuendea Timna. Maana aliona ya kwamba Shela amekuwa mtu mzima, wala hakuozwa awe mkewe.
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
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Yuda alipomwona alimdhania kuwa ni kahaba, maana amejifunika uso.
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
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Akamgeukia kando ya njia, akasema, Niruhusu niingie kwako. Maana hakujua ya kuwa ni mkwewe. Akamwuliza, Utanipa nini, ukiingia kwangu?
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
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Akasema, Nitakuletea mwana-mbuzi wa kundini. Naye akamwuliza, Je! Utanipa rehani hata utakapomleta?
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
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Akasema, Nikupe rehani gani? Akamjibu, Pete yako ya muhuri, na kamba yake, na fimbo yako iliyo mkononi mwako. Basi akampa, akaingia kwake, naye akapata mimba.
“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
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Akaondoka, akaenda zake, akavua utaji wake, na kuvaa mavazi ya ujane wake.
Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
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Yuda akapeleka yule mwana-mbuzi kwa mkono wa rafiki yake Mwadulami, ili aipate rehani mkononi mwa huyo mwanamke lakini hakumkuta.
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
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Akauliza watu wa mahali pale, akisema, Yuko wapi yule kahaba aliyekuwapo Enaimu kando ya njia? Wakasema, Hakuwako hapa kahaba.
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
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Akamrudia Yuda akasema, Sikumwona; hata na watu wa mahali hapo walisema, Hakuwako kahaba.
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
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Yuda akasema, Na aichukue yeye, tusije tukatiwa aibu; tazama, nimempelekea mbuzi huyu, wala hukumkuta.
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
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Ikawa baada ya miezi mitatu Yuda akapewa habari kwamba, Mkweo, Tamari, amefanya uzinifu, naye ana mimba ya haramu. Yuda akasema, Mtoeni ateketezwe.
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
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Alipotolewa, alipeleka watu kwa mkwewe, akisema, Mimi nimepewa mimba na mtu mwenye vitu hivi. Akasema, Tambua basi, vitu hivi ni vya nani, pete hii, na kamba hii, na fimbo hii.
As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
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Yuda akavikiri, akasema, Yeye ni mwenye haki kuliko mimi, kwa kuwa sikumpa Shela, mwanangu. Wala hakumjua tena baada ya hayo.
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
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Ikawa, wakati wake wa kuzaa walikuwapo mapacha tumboni mwake.
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
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Ikawa alipokuwa akizaa, mtoto mmoja akatoa mkono, mzalisha akautwaa uzi mwekundu akaufunga mkononi mwake, huku akisema, Huyu ametoka kwanza.
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
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Ikawa aliporudisha mkono wake, tazama, ndugu yake akatoka. Akasema, Mbona umepita kwa nguvu wewe? Mambo ya nguvu na yakuandame. Kwa hiyo jina lake likaitwa Peresi.
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
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Akatoka ndugu yake baadaye, ana uzi mwekundu mkononi mwake; naye akaitwa jina lake Zera. </p>
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.