Judges 19
1 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for 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 went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of 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 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.
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 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.
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 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?
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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。」
