Laitloekkung 19
1 Te vaeng tue ah khaw Israel ah he manghai tal pueng. Te dongah Ephraim tlang hlaep ah aka kuep Levi hlang loh Judah Bethlehem lamkah huta pakhat te yula la a loh.
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.
2 Tedae anih taengkah a yula tah a cukhalh dongaha va taeng lamloh a napa im Judah Bethlehem la cet tih hla li om.
And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.
3 Te dongaha yuu te ha mael khaw ha mael laeh saeh tila a lungbuei te yam pah ham a va te thoo tiha yuu taengla cet. Te vaengah amah taengkah cadong pakhat neh laak rhoi te a khuen. A va te a napa ima paan puei tih huta kah a napa loh a hmuh hatah anih doe hama kohoe.
Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.
4 Tedae huta kah a napa, khosoih masae loh a parhaeng. Te dongah hnin thuma om puei hataha caaka ok uh tih rhaeh uh.
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.
5 Hnin lia om nen tah mincang ah thoo tih caeh hamla hlah uh bal. Tedae huta kah a napa loh a cava te, “Buh kamat nen khaw na lungbuei duel lamtaha hnuk la cet mai,” a ti nah.
Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.
6 Te dongah ngol rhoi tih thikat la a caaka ok rhoi. Te vaengah tekah hlang te huta kah a napa loh, “Ueh mai lamtah na lungbuei voelphoeng la rhaeh rhoi mai dae,” a ti nah.
So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.
7 Tekah hlang loh caeh hamla thoo bal coeng dae a masae loh a hloep dongah mael tih hnap rhaeh.
And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.
8 A hnin nga mincang ah caeh hamla thoo bal. Te vaengah huta kah a napa loh, “Na thinko duel rhoi dae lamatah khovoei duela rhing rhoi mai,” a ti nah. Te dongah amih rhoi long te buh koep a caak rhoi bal.
Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day.
9 Te phoeiah caeh hamla a yula neh cadong te a thoh puei hatah hula kah a napa, a napa loh, “Kholaeh ham khohnin loh khum coeng ta, khohnin loh thok coeng tih pahoi rhaeh rhoi mai lamtah na thinko voelphoeng sak rhoi mai, na longpuei te thangvuen ah na thoh thil vetih na dap khaw na paan bitni,” a ti nah.
And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.
10 Tedae rhaeh hamla hlang loha huem pawt dongah thoo tih nong. Te vaengah amah taengaha khih laak rhoi neh a taengkah a yula te Jerusalem kah Jebus dan laa pawk puei.
But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.
11 Jebus taengah tah khohnin khaw dalh thok tih a boei te cadong loh, “Cet uh sih lamtah Jebusi khopuei la ng'ael phoeiah rhaeh uh sih,” a ti nah.
When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go from our road into this town of the Jebusites and take our night's rest there.
12 Tedae anih te a boei loh, “Kholong kho la ael boel sih, amih te Israel ca moenih, te dongah Gibeah la cet uh mai sih,” a ti nah.
But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah.
13 Te phoeiah cadong te, “Cet sih lamtaha hmuen pakhat te moeh sih, Gibeah ah khaw Ramah ah khaw rhaeh uh mai sih,” a ti nah.
And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.
14 Te dongah cet uh tih Benjamin khuikah Gibeah taengaha pha tom ah kho tla coeng.
So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
15 Te dongah pahoi kun ham neh Gibeah ah rhaeh ham khaw paa uh. Te phoeiah cet uh tih khopuei toltung ah ngol uh. Tedae im khuila pah sak ham amih te hlang loh voek pawh.
And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.
16 Hlaem vaengah patong pakhat tah lohma lamkah a bibi lamkah lawt halo. Tedae anih khaw Benjamin ca rhoek kah hmuen Gibeah ah aka bakuep Ephraim tlang lamkah hlang van ni.
Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
17 Patong loh a mika huela sawt hatah khopuei toltung ah yincet hlang pakhat te a hmuh. Te dongah tekah hlang te patong loh, “Me lamkah lae na lo tih melam na caeh eh?,” a ti nah.
And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?
18 Te dongah, “Kaimih tah Judah Bethlehem lamkah Ephraim tlang hlaep la ka cet uh. Te lamkah te Judah Bethlehem la ka cet uh tih BOEIPA im ka paan. Tedae im khuila kai aka pah sak ham hlang om pawh.
And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.
19 Tahae ah ka laak ham cangkong neha kamvuelh khaw om pueng. Kamah ham neh na salnu ham khaw, na sal taengkah cadong ham khaw buh neh misurtui om pueng tih hnopai dongah pakhat khaw a tloelnah om pawh,” a ti nah.
But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.
20 Te dongah tekah hlang te patong loh, “Nang taengah ngaimongnah om saeh. Na tloelnah boeih nen khaw kai taengah om mai toltung ah rhaehba boeh,” a ti nah.
And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.
21 Yin te a im khuilaa khuen tih laaka vuelh pah, a khoa silh pah phoeiaha caaka ok uh.
So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.
22 A lungbueia voelphoeng uh li vaengah khopuei hlang khui hlang muen ca rhoek loh im te tarhaa vael uh tih thohkhaih te a tum uh. Im kung patong te khawa doek uh uh tih, “Na im la aka pawk hlang te hang khuen lamtah anih ka hmat uh lah eh,” a ti nah.
While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.
23 Tedae im kung te amih taengla ha moe tih, “Ka manuca rhoek nang te tlam moenih, hekah hlang he ka im khuila ha kun coeng dongah thaehuet uh boel mai, boethae halang he tah saii uh boeh.
So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.
24 Ka canu, oila neh ka yula kang khuen mai eh. Amih phaep uh lamtah na mik dongah then na ti uh bangla amih rhoi taengah saii uh. Tedae hekah hlang taengah boethae halang hno te saii uh boeh,” a ti nah.
See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.
25 Tedae hlang loh hnatun hama huem uh pawt dongah khosoih loh a yula tea mawt tih amih taengah poeng la a thak pah. Te vaengah anih tea tholh puei uh tih khoyin khing te mincang duelaa poelyoe uh. Khothaiha pha daengah huta te a hlah uh.
But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.
26 Mincanga pha vaengah tah huta te cet tih a boei a om nah im kah thohka ah khosae duela hmawk sop uh.
Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.
27 A boei te mincang ah thoo tih im thohkhaih te a ong. Amah kho long ah voei ham ha moe phai hatah a yula te im thohka kah cingkhaa dongah kut a tloeng tih lawt ana bakop pah.
In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step.
28 Te dongah anih te, “Thoo lamtah cet pawn sih,” a ti nah. Tedaea doo voel pawt dongah laak donglaa khueh. Te phoeiah tekah hlang te thoo tih a hmuena paan.
And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.
29 Amah im laa pawk vaengah tah tumcacaa loh tih a yula tea tloeng. Te phoeiah a rhuh te maehpoel hlai nit laa tloek tih Israel khorhi takuem aha pat.
And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.
30 Te tla aka om te boeiha hmuh uh vaengah, “Egypt kho lamkah n'thoo uh hnin lamkah loh tihnin duela te bang te Israel ca rhoek taengah om pawt tih hmuh noek bal moenih. He he nangmih loh dueh uh, anih he dawtlet uh lamtah thui uh,” a ti nah.
And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.
