قُضاة 19
| وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا مَلِكٌ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَانَ رَجُلٌ لاوِيٌّ مُتَغَرِّباً فِي الْمِنْطَقَةِ النَّائِيَةِ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، فَاتَّخَذَ لَهُ مَحْظِيَّةً مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا. | ١ 1 |
It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a secondary wife from Bethlehem Judah.
| وَلَكِنَّهَا غَضِبَتْ مِنْهُ فَلَجَأَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا حَيْثُ مَكَثَتْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ. | ٢ 2 |
His secondary wife was angry with him and went away from him to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah, and was there about four months.
| ثُمَّ أَخَذَ زَوْجُهَا خَادِمَهُ وَحِمَارَيْنِ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا لِيَسْتَرْضِيَهَا، فَدَعَتْهُ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا الَّذِي سُرَّ بِلِقَائِهِ. | ٣ 3 |
Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
| وَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ وَالِدُ الْفَتَاةِ فِي الْبَقَاءِ، فَمَكَثَ مَعَهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ حَيْثُ أَكَلُوا جَمِيعاً وَشَرِبُوا وَقَضَوْا لَيَالِيَهُمْ هُنَاكَ. | ٤ 4 |
His father-in-law, the young woman's father, welcomed him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ قَامَ مُبَكِّراً لِلذِّهَابِ، فَقَالَ وَالِدُ الْفَتَاةِ لِصِهْرِهِ: «كُلْ لُقْمَةَ خُبْزٍ تَسْنِدُ بِها قَلْبَكَ وَمِنْ ثَمَّ تَمْضُونَ» | ٥ 5 |
It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with a piece of bread, and after that you may go."
| فَجَلَسَا وَأَكَلا وَشَرِبَا مَعاً، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ حَمُوهُ: «إِنْ رَاقَ لَكَ الأَمْرُ، بِتْ عِنْدَنَا وَلْتَطِبْ نَفْسُكَ». | ٦ 6 |
So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young woman's father said to the man, "Please agree to stay the night, and enjoy yourself."
| وَعِنْدَمَا هَمَّ الرَّجُلُ بِالذَّهَابِ أَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ حَمُوهُ، فَرَضَخَ وَقَضَى لَيْلَتَهُ هُنَاكَ. | ٧ 7 |
The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.
| ثُمَّ نَهَضَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ مُبَكِّراً تَأَهُّباً لِلرَّحِيلِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الْفَتَاةِ: «تَنَاوَلْ لُقْمَةً تَسْنِدُ بِها قَلْبَكَ، وَانْطَلِقُوا عِنْدَ الْغُرُوبِ». فَبَقِيَ الرَّجُلُ وَأَكَلا مَعاً. | ٨ 8 |
He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young woman's father said, "Please refresh yourself and stay until the day declines." And the two of them ate and drank.
| ثُمَّ هَبَّ الرَّجُلُ لِلارْتِحَالِ هُوَ وَمَحْظِيَّتُهُ وَغُلامُهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ حَمُوهُ: «لَقَدْ مَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ إِلَى الْمَغِيبِ، فَبِيتُوا هُنَا وَلْيَطِبْ قَلْبُكَ، وَغَداً تَرْحَلُونَ مُبَكِّرِينَ نَحْوَ خَيْمَتِكَ». | ٩ 9 |
When the man rose up with his secondary wife and his servant to leave, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, now the day draws toward evening, please stay the night. Look, the day grows to an end, stay here, and enjoy yourself; and tomorrow you can get up early for your journey so that you may go home."
| فَأَبَى الرَّجُلُ الْبَقَاءَ، وَانْطَلَقُوا جَمِيعاً حَتَّى جَاءُوا إِلَى مُقَابِلِ يَبُوسَ الَّتِي هِيَ أُورُشَلِيمُ وَمَعَهُ حِمَارَانِ مُسْرَجَانِ وَمَحْظِيَّتُهُ. | ١٠ 10 |
But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and went toward Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his secondary wife and his servant were with him.
| وَفِيمَا هُمْ بِجِوَارِ يَبُوسَ وَقَدْ كَادَ النَّهَارُ أَنْ يَغْرُبَ، قَالَ الْخَادِمُ لِسَيِّدِهِ: «تَعَالَ نَدْخُلُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ الْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَنَقْضِي لَيْلَتَنَا فِيهَا». | ١١ 11 |
When they were by Jebus, the day was almost gone, and the servant said to his master, "Please come and let us stop at this city of the Jebusites, and spend the night in it."
| فَأَجَابَهُ سَيِّدُهُ: «لا، لَنْ نَدْخُلَ مَدِينَةً غَرِيبَةً لَا يُقِيمُ فِيهَا إِسْرَائِيلِيٌّ وَاحِدٌ، بَلْ لِنَعْبُرْ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ. | ١٢ 12 |
His master said to him, "We won't go into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass over to Gibeah."
| دَعْنَا نُتَابِعُ تَقَدُّمَنَا فَنَبِيتُ فِي جِبْعَةَ أَوِ الرَّامَةِ». | ١٣ 13 |
He said to his servant, "Come and let us try to reach one of those places and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
| وَوَاصَلُوا السَّيْرَ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا جِبْعَةَ بِنْيَامِينَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ. | ١٤ 14 |
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
| فَدَخَلُوا إِلَيْهَا لِيَجِدُوا لَهُمْ مَأْوىً فِيهَا، وَجَلَسُوا فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَضِفْهُمْ أَحَدٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
They turned that way to go in to spend the night in Gibeah. And he went in and they sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who would take them into their house to spend the night.
| وَفِيمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَجُوزٌ قَادِمٌ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي حَقْلِهِ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ. وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ أَصْلاً مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، مُتَغَرِّباً فِي جِبْعَةَ وَأَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ بِنْيَامِينِيِّينَ. | ١٦ 16 |
Look, there came an old man from his work out in the field at evening. Now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
| هَذَا وَجَدَهُمْ جَالِسِينَ فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «إِلَى أَيْنَ أَنْتُمْ ذَاهِبُونَ، وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتُمْ؟» | ١٧ 17 |
He lifted up his eyes, and saw the traveler in the street of the city. And the old man said, "Where are you going, and where did you come from?"
| فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسَافِرُ: «نَحْنُ فِي طَرِيقِنَا مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى الْجَانِبِ النَّائِي مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ حَيْثُ أُقِيمُ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَنَا الآنَ مُتَوَجِّهٌ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَسْتَضِيفُنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ، | ١٨ 18 |
He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. And I am going to my home, and there is no one who will take me into his home.
| مَعَ أَنَّ لَدَيْنَا عَلَفاً وَتِبْناً لِحَمِيرِنَا، وَكَذَلِكَ خُبْزاً لِي وَلأَمَتِكَ وَلِلْغُلامِ، فَلَسْنَا فِي حَاجَةٍ إِلَى شَيْءٍ». | ١٩ 19 |
Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything."
| فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ: «أَهْلاً بِكَ فِي بَيْتِي. لَا تَبِتْ فِي السَّاحَةِ، وَأَنَا أُقَدِّمُ لَكَ كُلَّ مَا تَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
And the old man said, "Peace be to you. I will take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the square."
| وَاسْتَضَافَهُمْ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَعَلَفَ حَمِيرَهُمْ، فَغَسَلُوا أَرْجُلَهُمْ وَتَنَاوَلُوا طَعَاماً وَشَرَاباً. | ٢١ 21 |
So he brought him into his house, and fed the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
| وَفِيمَا هُمْ يَتَنَادَمُونَ إِذَا بِجَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَوْغَادِ الْمَدِينَةِ يُحَاصِرُونَ الْبَيْتَ طَارِقِينَ عَلَى الْبَابِ صَائِحِينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الشَّيْخِ صَاحِبِ الْمَنْزِلِ: «أَخْرِجْ إِلَيْنَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي اسْتَضَفْتَهُ لِنُعَاشِرَهُ» | ٢٢ 22 |
As they were enjoying themselves, look, the men of the city, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house, beating at the door. And they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him."
| فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ صَاحِبُ الْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لا يَا إِخْوَتِي. لَا تَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الْعَمَلَ الْمُشِينَ، فَالرَّجُلُ ضَيْفِي وَقَدْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِي. | ٢٣ 23 |
The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, "No, my brothers, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house. Do not do this disgraceful thing.
| هُوَذَا ابْنَتِي الْعَذْرَاءُ وَمَحْظِيَّتُهُ، فَدَعُونِي أُخْرِجُهُمَا لَكُمْ فَتَمَتَّعُوا بِهِمَا وَافْعَلُوا مَا يَحْلُو لَكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَرْتَكِبُوا هَذَا الْعَمَلَ الْقَبِيحَ بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ». | ٢٤ 24 |
Look, here is my virgin daughter and his secondary wife. I will bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but do not do any such a disgraceful thing to this man."
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الرِّجَالَ الأَوْغَادَ رَفَضُوا الاسْتِمَاعَ إِلَيْهِ. فَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ الضَّيْفِ إِلّا أَنْ أَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ مَحْظِيَّتَهُ، فَظَلُّوا يَتَنَاوَبُونَ عَلَى اغْتِصَابِهَا طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى انْبِلاجِ الصَّبَاحِ، وَعِنْدَ بُزُوغِ الْفَجْرِ أَطْلَقُوهَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his secondary wife, and brought her out to them. And they raped her and abused her all night until the morning, and when the day began to dawn they let her go.
| وَأَقْبَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّجُلِ الشَّيْخِ حَيْثُ سَيِّدُهَا مُقِيمٌ، وَتَهَالَكَتْ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ حَتَّى شُرُوقِ النَّهَارِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Then at daybreak the woman arrived and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until daylight.
| فَنَهَضَ سَيِّدُهَا فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَعِنْدَمَا فَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ الْبَيْتِ وَخَرَجَ لِمُتَابَعَةِ طَرِيقِهِ عَثَرَ عَلَى مَحْظِيَّتِهِ سَاقِطَةً عِنْدَ بَابِ الْبَيْتِ، وَيَدَاهَا عَلَى الْعَتَبَةِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and look, the woman his secondary wife was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
| فَقَالَ لَهَا: «انْهَضِي لِنَذْهَبَ». فَلَمْ تُجِبْهُ (لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَدْ فَارَقَتِ الْحَيَاةَ) فَحَمَلَهَا عَلَى الْحِمَارِ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى حَيْثُ يَقْطُنُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And he said to her, "Get up, and let us go." But there was no answer, for she was dead. So he placed her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went to his home.
| وَمَا إِنْ بَلَغَ بَيْتَهُ حَتَّى تَنَاوَلَ سِكِّيناً، وَشَرَعَ فِي تَقْطِيعِ مَحْظِيَّتِهِ إِلَى اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قِطْعَةً مَعَ عِظَامِهَا، وَوَزَّعَهَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢٩ 29 |
When he had come into his house, he took a knife, and took hold of his secondary wife and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
| فَقَالَ كُلُّ مَنْ شَاهَدَ إِحْدَى هَذِهِ الْقِطَعِ: «لَمْ يُشْهَدْ أَوْ يَحْدُثْ مِثْلُ هَذَا الأَمْرِ مُنْذُ صُعُودِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. فَتَبَصَّرُوا وَتَشَاوَرُوا وَاتَّخِذُوا قَرَاراً». | ٣٠ 30 |
And it was so, that all who saw it said, "Nothing like this has been done or seen since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day." And he commanded the men whom he sent, saying, "This is what you will say to all the men of Israel, 'Has anything like this happened since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day? Consider it, take counsel, and speak.'"
