Judges 19
1 And it comes to pass in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man, a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he takes a wife for himself, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;
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.
2 and his concubine commits whoredom against him, and she goes from him to the house of her father, to Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there four months of days.
Tedae anih taengkah a yula tah a cukhalh dongah a va taeng lamloh a napa im Judah Bethlehem la cet tih hla li om.
3 And her husband rises and goes after her, to speak to her heart, to bring her back, and his young man [is] with him, and a couple of donkeys; and she brings him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman sees him, and rejoices to meet him.
Te dongah a yuu te ha mael khaw ha mael laeh saeh tila a lungbuei te yam pah ham a va te thoo tih a yuu taengla cet. Te vaengah amah taengkah cadong pakhat neh laak rhoi te a khuen. A va te a napa im a paan puei tih huta kah a napa loh a hmuh hatah anih doe ham a kohoe.
4 And his father-in-law keeps hold on him, father of the young woman, and he abides with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.
Tedae huta kah a napa, khosoih masae loh a parhaeng. Te dongah hnin thum a om puei hatah a caak a ok uh tih rhaeh uh.
5 And it comes to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he rises to go, and the father of the young woman says to his son-in-law, “Support your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you go on.”
Hnin li a 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 lamtah a hnuk la cet mai,” a ti nah.
6 And both of them sit, and eat and drink together, and the father of the young woman says to the man, “Please be willing and lodge all night, and let your heart be glad.”
Te dongah ngol rhoi tih thikat la a caak a 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.
7 And the man rises to go, and his father-in-law presses on him, and he turns back and lodges there.
Tekah hlang loh caeh hamla thoo bal coeng dae a masae loh a hloep dongah mael tih hnap rhaeh.
8 And he rises early in the morning, on the fifth day, to go, and the father of the young woman says, “Please support your heart”; and they have tarried until the turning of the day, and both of them eat.
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.
9 And the man rises to go, he, and his concubine, and his young man, but his father-in-law, father of the young woman, says to him, “Now behold, the day has fallen toward evening, please lodge all night; behold, the declining of the day! Lodge here and let your heart be glad—and you have risen early tomorrow for your journey, and you have gone to your tent.”
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.
10 And the man has not been willing to lodge all night, and he rises, and goes, and comes in until [he is] opposite Jebus (it [is] Jerusalem), and a couple of saddled donkeys [are] with him; and his concubine [is] with him.
Tedae rhaeh hamla hlang loh a huem pawt dongah thoo tih nong. Te vaengah amah taengah a khih laak rhoi neh a taengkah a yula te Jerusalem kah Jebus dan la a pawk puei.
11 They [are] near Jebus, and the day has greatly gone down, and the young man says to his lord, “Please come, and we turn aside to this city of the Jebusite and lodge in it.”
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.
12 And his lord says to him, “Let us not turn aside to the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel there, but we have passed over to Gibeah.”
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.
13 And he says to his young man, “Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
Te phoeiah cadong te, “Cet sih lamtah a hmuen pakhat te moeh sih, Gibeah ah khaw Ramah ah khaw rhaeh uh mai sih,” a ti nah.
14 And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goes in on them near Gibeah, which is of Benjamin;
Te dongah cet uh tih Benjamin khuikah Gibeah taengah a pha tom ah kho tla coeng.
15 and they turn aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and he goes in and sits in a broad place of the city, and there is no man gathering them into the house to lodge.
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.
16 And behold, an old man has come from his work from the field in the evening, and the man [is] of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he [is] a sojourner in Gibeah, and the men of the place [are] Benjamites.
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.
17 And he lifts up his eyes, and sees the man, the traveler, in a broad place of the city, and the old man says, “To where do you go? And where do you come from?”
Patong loh a mik a huel a 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.
18 And he says to him, “We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah to the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim—I [am] from there, and I go to Beth-Lehem-Judah; and I am going to the house of YHWH, and there is no man gathering me into the house,
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.
19 and there is both straw and provender for our donkeys, and there is also bread and wine for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”
Tahae ah ka laak ham cangkong neh a 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.
20 And the old man says, “Peace to you; only, all your lack [is] on me, but do not lodge in the broad place.”
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.
21 And he brings him into his house, and mixes [food] for the donkeys, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.
Yin te a im khuila a khuen tih laak a vuelh pah, a kho a silh pah phoeiah a caak a ok uh.
22 They are making their heart glad, and behold, men of the city, men—sons of worthlessness—have gone around the house, beating on the door, and they speak to the old man, the master of the house, saying, “Bring out the man who has come into your house, and we know him.”
A lungbuei a voelphoeng uh li vaengah khopuei hlang khui hlang muen ca rhoek loh im te tarha a vael uh tih thohkhaih te a tum uh. Im kung patong te khaw a doek uh uh tih, “Na im la aka pawk hlang te hang khuen lamtah anih ka hmat uh lah eh,” a ti nah.
23 And the man, the master of the house, goes out to them and says to them, “No, my brothers, please do not do evil after that this man has come into my house; do not do this folly;
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.
24 behold, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, please let me bring them out and you humble them, and do that which is good in your eyes to them, and do not do this foolish thing to this man.”
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.
25 And the men have not been willing to listen to him, and the man takes hold on his concubine and brings [her] out to them outside, and they know her and roll themselves on her all the night until the morning, and they send her away in the ascending of the dawn;
Tedae hlang loh hnatun ham a huem uh pawt dongah khosoih loh a yula te a mawt tih amih taengah poeng la a thak pah. Te vaengah anih te a tholh puei uh tih khoyin khing te mincang duela a poelyoe uh. Khothaih a pha daengah huta te a hlah uh.
26 and the woman comes in at the turning of the morning, and falls at the opening of the man’s house where her lord [is], until the light.
Mincang a pha vaengah tah huta te cet tih a boei a om nah im kah thohka ah khosae duela hmawk sop uh.
27 And her lord rises in the morning, and opens the doors of the house, and goes out to go on his way, and behold, the woman, his concubine, is fallen at the opening of the house, and her hands [are] on the threshold,
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.
28 and he says to her, “Rise, and we go”; but there is no answering, and he takes her on the donkey, and the man rises and goes to his place,
Te dongah anih te, “Thoo lamtah cet pawn sih,” a ti nah. Tedae a doo voel pawt dongah laak dongla a khueh. Te phoeiah tekah hlang te thoo tih a hmuen a paan.
29 and comes into his house, and takes the knife, and lays hold on his concubine, and cuts her in pieces to her bones—into twelve pieces, and sends her into all the border of Israel.
Amah im la a pawk vaengah tah tumcaca a loh tih a yula te a tloeng. Te phoeiah a rhuh te maehpoel hlai nit la a tloek tih Israel khorhi takuem ah a pat.
30 And it has come to pass, everyone who sees has said, “There has not been—indeed, there has not been seen [anything] like this, from the day of the coming up of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt until this day; set your [heart] on it, take counsel, and speak.”
Te tla aka om te boeih a 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.
