Lawkcengkung 19
1 Hatnae tueng dawk, Isarel siangpahrang awm hoeh. Levih miphun buet touh teh, Ephraim mon poutnae koe kahlawng a cei. Judah ram, Bethlehem kho e napui a yudo lah a tawn.
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 Hatei hote a yudo teh a kâyo dawkvah, a vâ koehoi a na pa im Judah kho vah oun a cei teh hawvah thapa yung pali touh ao.
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 A vâ ni a san kahni touh hoi la kahni touh a hrawi teh, a lungpahawi vaiteh bout bankhai hanlah a pâlei awh. A pha awh toteh napui ni a na pa im a kâenkhai. A masei ni a cava a hmu toteh, a lunghawikhai van.
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 Hahoi a masei tongpa ni ama koe o hanelah a haw teh, ahni koe hnin thum touh ao pouh. Hawvah a tahung taben awh teh, a ca a nei awh.
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 Hahoi teh, apali hnin teh amom tâco hanlah a thaw teh, tangla e a na pa ni a cava hanlah, vaiyei youn touh vondang lah cat nateh, hahoi na cei han atipouh.
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 Hahoi teh, a tahung roi teh, rei a ca roi. Hahoi, napui e a na pa ni lunghawicalah roe roi lawih. Na lungthin nep roi nah nei atipouh.
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 Hote tami teh cei hanelah a thaw navah, a masei ni tha hoi a haw dawkvah, bout a roe.
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 Hahoi a hnin panga hnin amom teh, a tâco hanlah a kâcai teh a thaw. Napui e na pa ni na lungthin bout kâpahawi ei haw. Tangminlasa totouh teh awm ei haw atipouh. Hahoi kahni touh hoi be rei bout a ca roi.
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 Hote tami teh, a yudo hai a san hai tâco hanlah a kamthaw toteh, a masei niyah, khenhaw! kanî aloum toe. Atu tangmin teh roe awh lawih. Khenhaw! kho hai meimei bout a hmo toe. Na lungthin bet ahawi nahan hivah roe awh nateh, tangtho amom teh na thaw awh vaiteh, na ban awh han toe telah atipouh.
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 Hatei, a cava ni roe hane a ngai hoeh toung dawkvah, a thaw teh a kamthaw teh Jebusit namran lah Jerusalem koe a pha. La kahni touh a ceikhai teh a yudo hai a cei van.
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 Jebusit imteng a pha toteh, karumpui a tho toung dawkvah, a san ni tho haw, hete Jebusit khopui dawkvah, kâen vaiteh, roe awh lawih sei atipouh.
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 A bawipa ni, Isarelnaw e kho hoeh laipalah teh, kâen vaiteh roe mahoeh. Gibeah lah ma pâtam sei atipouh.
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 Hahoi a san koevah, Thohaw, hete hmuen buet touh koe pâtam sei. Gibeah hoehpawiteh, Ramah vah roe sei atipouh.
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 Hottelah hoi paloupalou a cei awh teh, Benjaminnaw e kho Gibeah teng vah a pha awh teh, kanî a khup toe.
So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
15 Hottelah Gibeah roe hanelah a kâen awh teh, kho lungui sut a tahung awh. Apinihai a im luen sak hanelah ngai awh hoeh.
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 Khenhaw! matawng buet touh teh law lahoi thaw koehoi a ban. Hote tami teh Ephraim mon e tami doeh. Gibeah vah la ka kâhat e doeh. Hote hmuen koe kaawm e naw teh, Benjamin miphunnaw doeh.
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 Hahoi kho a radoung navah, khothung e imyin hah a hmu. Ahni ni namaw na cei han, nâ lahoi maw na tho atipouh.
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 Ahni niyah, Judah ram Bethlehem kho hoiyah Ephraim mon apoutnae koe totouh cei han ka ti teh ka kâcai e doeh. Hawvah kaawm e doeh. Judah ram Bethlehem vah ka cei teh, atu BAWIPA e im vah cei han ka kâcai. Hatei, apinihai a im luen sak hane na kaw ngai awh hoeh.
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 Kaie la hanelah cakong rawca ka tawn. Hahoi kai kama hoi na sannu hoi na tengo koe kaawm e, thoundoun han haiyah, vaiyei hoi misurtui hai ao. Banghai a voutnae awm hoeh atipouh.
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 Matawng ni, nang koe roumnae awm seh. Na panki e naw pueng teh kai ni koung na khang pouh han. Kho lungui teh hrumhram roe hanh leih atipouh.
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 Hahoi a im a ceikhai teh, la hah rawca a paca awh. A khoknaw a pâsu awh teh, cungtalah a canei awh.
So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.
22 Hot patetlah a phu a nep awh lahun nah, khothung e tami kaponaw ni king a kalup awh teh, tho hah thouk a takhawng pouh awh. Im katawnkung matawng koevah, nang im e ka luen e tami hah tâcawt sak, ka ikhai awh han ati awh.
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 Im katawnkung teh, ahnimouh koe a tâco teh, telah nahoeh. Hmaunawnghanaw koe hot patetlah totouh tailai teh yonnae sak awh hanh. Hete tami heh ka imyin doeh. Het patetlah e yonnae kalen teh, sak awh hanh.
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 Khenhaw! awi hivah, ka canu tanglakacuem ao. Ahnie a yunaw hai ao. Ka tâco sak han. Ahnimouh heh ipkhai awh nateh, ahawi na ti awh e patetlah ahnimouh tak dawk sak awh. Hateiteh, tami tongpa dawk teh hot patetlah e yonnae kalen teh sak awh hanh atipouh.
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 Hatei, ahnimanaw ni a dei e patetlah ngai awh hoeh. Hahoi Levih tami ni a yudo hah alawilah a tâcokhai teh, ahnimouh koe a poe. Ahnimouh ni thouk a ikhai awh teh, khodai hoehroukrak a pacekpahlek awh. Khodai toteh a ceisak awh.
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 Hahoi hote napui teh, khodai hoi a cei teh, a bawipa a luennae takhang koe vung a rawp teh, khodai totouh hawvah ao.
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 Hahoi a bawipa teh amom vah a thaw teh, tho a paawng. Cei han kâcai hoi a tâco navah, a yudo teh takhang koe takhang kuet laihoi sut a kamlei e hah a hmu.
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 Ahni ni napui koe thaw leih, cet leih sei atipouh. Hatei, napui ni pathung hoeh toe. Hahoi, a la dawk a thueng teh a onae koelah a cei.
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 Im a pha toteh, sarai a la teh, a yudo hah a kut a khok khuehoi pung hra hlaikahni touh lah a raban teh Isarel ram pueng koe koung a patawn.
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 Hahoi teh, hote kahmawtnaw pueng ni, Isarelnaw Izip ram hoi pek tâconae koehoi het patetlah e hno sak e awm boihoeh. Hmawt hai hmawt boihoeh. Kho kahawicalah pouk awh haw sei. Be kâdei awh haw a kâti awh.
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.
