Judges 19
1 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
當以色列人尚沒有君王時，有一個肋未人寄居在厄弗辣因山地邊境；他由猶大白冷取了一個女子為妾。
2 But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
那妾對他發怒，就離開他回了猶大白冷的父家，在那裏住了四個月。
3 her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
她的丈夫起來，帶著一個僕人，牽了兩匹驢去找她，想去慰問她，勸她回來；當他來到那女子的父家時，那少女的父親一望見他，就喜喜歡歡地來迎接他。
4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
他的岳父，即那少女的父親，留他在家住了三日，他們在那裏一齊喫喝居住。
5 On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
第四天他們一早起來，肋未人起身要走，那少女的父親就對女婿說：「你們先用些餅，吃點點心，然後再走。」
6 So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
於是他們二人坐下一起喫喝；少女的父親對那人說：「請你賞面，再住一夜，再高興高興! 」
7 The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
那人起身要走，但他的岳父挽留了他，他又在那裏過了一夜。
8 On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
第五天他一早起來要走，但那少女的父親又說：「請先吃些點心! 」於是二人又一同吃東西，直到日已西斜；
9 When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
那人和他的妾連他的僕人起身要走，他的岳父，即那少女的父親，對他說：「你看，天已晚了，今天在這裏再過一夜，再高興高興，明天清早起來，上路回家去罷! 」
10 But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
但是，那人不願再過一夜，就帶著他的妾和僕人，以及備好的兩匹驢起身走了，來到耶步斯，即耶路撒冷的對面。到基貝亞過夜
11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
當他們臨近耶步斯時，日已西垂，僕人就對主人說：「來，讓我們轉去，到這座耶步斯人城裏去投宿! 」
12 But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
主人回答他說：「我們不可進入這座不屬以色列子民的外方人的城，我們往基貝亞去罷!
13 He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
他又對僕人說：「來! 我們到一個地方去投宿，或在基貝亞，或在辣瑪。」
14 So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
於是他們又上路前行，當來近本雅明的基貝亞時，太陽已經落了。
15 They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
他們遂進了基貝亞，在那裏投宿；他們進城後，就坐在城內街市上，因為沒有人收留他們在家中過宿。
16 That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
有一個老人晚上由田間工作回來，他原是厄弗辣因山地的人，寄居在基貝亞；本地人卻是本雅明人。
17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
那老人舉目，看見在城中街市上又個過路的人，就問說：「你往那裏去﹖從那裏來﹖」
18 The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
肋未人回答他說：「我們是從猶大白冷來，往厄弗辣因山地的邊境去。我本是那地方的人，我去過猶大白冷，現在要回家去，但沒有人收留我到自己家裏去。
19 even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”
其實我有糧草餵驢，為我和你的婢女以及跟隨你僕人的這個青年人，都有食糧和酒，一無所缺。」
20 “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
那老人對他說：「你放心罷! 你所需要的由我供給，只不可在街上過夜。」
21 So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.
他遂領他到自己家裏，餵上驢，他們洗了腳，以後就吃喝起來。基貝亞的惡行
22 While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
他們正滿懷高興的時候，看，本城的一些無賴之徒，圍住房屋敲門，對作家主的老人說：「把剛才到你家的那個人領出來，我們要認識他。」
23 The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
家主出來見他們，對他們說：「兄弟們，不要如此! 請你不要行這樣的惡事! 這人既進了我的家，你們決不能行這醜事!
24 Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
這裏有我的女兒還是處女，我領她出來，你們可任意污辱她，任憑你們待她；但是對於這人，你們決不可作這種醜事! 」
25 But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
但是那些人不願聽他；客人就抓住自己的妾，把她交給了他們，他們就認識了她，整夜污辱她，直到早晨，在破曉的時候纔放了她。
26 Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
天快亮的時候，那女子回到留他主人住宿的那人屋前，跌倒在那裏，直到天亮。
27 In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
早晨，當她的主人起來開門，出去要動身起程時，看見那女人，即他的妾，伏在門口，她的手扶在門限上，
28 “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
就對她說：「起來! 我們走罷! 」然而沒有人回答他；那人便把她馱在驢上，起身回了本地。
29 When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
到了家裏，拿起刀來，握住自己的妾，把她的肢體切成十二塊，送到以色列全境，
30 And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
吩咐他所派遣的人說：「你們要對以色列人這樣說：自從以色列子民由埃及地上來那一日，直到今日，是否發生過這樣的事﹖大家想一想，決定之後，請說出來。」凡看見的都說：「自從以色列子民由埃及地上來那一日，直到今日，從未發生過，也未見過這樣的事。」
