Juda na Tama
1 Kukashingikala kuti nge tjibaka itjetjo, Juda kasiya bakulu babe ne banung'una babe kayenda kanogala ne mmwe nlume we ku Adulamu wakabe edang'wa kuyi Hira. 2 Ikoko Juda kashangana ne nkololokadzi we mmwe nlume we Nkanana wakabe edang'wa kuyi Shua. Kanlobola kagala naye. 3 Nkadzi iwoyo kazwisenga katshibama mwana we tjilisana kantumila zina kati Eri. 4 Kazwisenga kakale katshibama mwana we tjilisana kantumila zina eti Onani. 5 Kazwala mmwe mwana we tjilisana kakale kantumila zina eti Shela. Iwoyu wakazwaligwa ku Khezibu.
6 Juda kalobodza nkololo uwe we mbano Eri nkadzi wakabe edang'wa kuyi Tama. 7 Koga Eri mbano ya Juda wakabe ali nthu mbiimbi mu mesho a Yahwe ndizo Yahwe bakambulaya. 8 Juda kadwa Onani kati, “Gala nkadzi we nkulu uwo thaka ndizo uwanile nkulu uwo bana, kuyendidzana nge tjilenje.” 9 Koga Onani kaziba kuti bana banowozwagwa abatowobe babe, ndizo katebulila mbewu pasi kuti asizwalile nkulu uwe bana. 10 Onani tjaakabe athama atjizoshathisa Yahwe ndizo na iye bakambulayabo. 11 Ipapo Juda kalebeleka na Tama nlongo uwe kati, “Yenda unogala kanyi kwenyu uli tjilikadzi kuswikila nkololo wangu Shela akula.” Juda wakaleba eijali ngoti wakabe etja kuti pamwe Shela na iye unodwa efabo se bakulu babe. Ndizo Tama kabgwilila kanyi kwabo.
12 Shule kwe tjibaka nkadzi wa Juda nkololokadzi wa Shua kafa. Kati anyaladzika kayenda ne nzwalani uwe Hira we Adulamu ku Timina ku balume bakabe bekera pkhwizi dzidze. 13 Kukati Tama abudziwa kuti tezwale babe ba mu zila banoyenda ku Timina kukera pkhwizi dzabo, 14 kaambula zwiambalo zwe butjilikadzi kazwikwididza nge lusiri ngono kagala pa nkoba we Enaimi upa zila inoyenda ku Timina. Wakabe abona kuti Shela wakula koga aazompiwa kun'gala thaka.
15 Juda kati embona kakumbula kuti i fukula ngoti wakabe akwididza buso gugwe. 16 Juda kasizibe kuti nlongo we mwana uwe ngono kabhuda mu zila kayenda kunli kandwa kati, “Ima ndilale nawe.”
Tama kabhuzwa kati, “Mowondipani kuti ndizo mulale nami?”
17 Juda kashandula eti, “Ndowokupa mbudzana kudwa mu pkhwizi ne mbudzi dzangu.”
Tama kabe eti, “Mundipeni tjandingasala ndakabhata kudzina mutumila mbudzana.”
18 Juda kabe ebhuzwa eti, “Ini tjandingakupa?”
Iye kadabila eti, “Ikoku kuna lutjwayo gwenyu ne nsungwana wago ne ludozo gwenyu gwamakabhata.” Ndizo kampa izo ngono kalala naye iye kazwisenga. 19 Tama kabgwilila kanyi, kaambula lusiri kaambala zwiambalo zwizwe zwe butjilikadzi.
20 Juda katuma nzwalani uwe we Adulamu kunoyisa mbudzana ku nkadzi iwoyu ne kubuya ne zwaakasiya kunli, koga kasitongombona. 21 Hira kabhuzwa balume bakabe begala ikoko kati, “Fukula iyeyi yakabe ili gele pa zila ku Enaimi ingayi?”
Bakadabila beti, “Akuzotongo be ne fukula ipapa.”
22 Ngono kabgwilila kuna Juda kandwa kati, “Andizonwana. Naikobo balume banogala ikweno bakati akuzotongobe ne fukula ikweno.”
23 Ipapo Juda kati, “Ngaagale nazo ngoti tingadwa tisekiwa nge bathu. Iko ndakutuma kuyisa mbudzana koga wansheta.”
24 Kukati shule kwe mwedzi mitatu Juda kabudziwa kuyi, “Nlongo wenyu Tama wakathama bufukula una ntumbu.”
Juda kabe eti, “Munduse apisiwe afe.”
25 Kati ipapo edusiwa kayisa ndayidzo kuna tezwale babe eti, “Ndakazwisengeswa nge mweni we zwithu izwezwi. Bonani kene mungaziba kuti ikoku kuthu kwe lutjwayo ne nsungwana wako ne ludozo igogu ngezwaani?”
26 Juda kazwiziba ngono kati, “Tama wakalulwama kundipinda, ngoti andizompa nkololo wangu Shela kunlobola.” Ngono Juda kasitongolala naye kakale.
27 Kukati tjibaka tje kutshibama kukwe tjiswika kukawanika kuna mabili mu nli. 28 Kati etshibama, mmwe we bana kadusa luboko gugwe, ntshibamisi bakasungilila thali shaba mu luboko bebe beti, “Iwoyu wazwagwa kutanga.” 29 Koga kakwebela luboko gugwe mukati nkwinya uwe kabe ezwagwa ngono ntshibamisi kabe eti, “Ndiko sekwa wazwibezhegwa zila.” Ndizo katumigwa zina kuyi Perezi. 30 Nkwinya uwe wakabe ana thali shaba mu luboko gugwe kazwagwa katumigwa zina kuyi Zera.
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