Judges 19
1 At that time the Israeli people had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi who lived in a remote place in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lives. He had previously taken as a wife a woman who was a slave. She was from Bethlehem, in the area where the tribe of Judah lives.
Amo esoha, Isala: ili da hina bagade hame galu. Lifai dunu afadafa da Ifala: ime agolo soge ganodini esalu. E da Bedeleheme moilai, Yuda soge ganodini, amoga ea gidisedagi uda a: fini (amo da ea udadafa hame be ema gilisili golamusa: eno lai) amo hamomusa: lai.
2 But she started to sleep with other men also. Then she left him and returned to her father’s house in Bethlehem. She stayed there for four months.
Be amo uda da Lifai dunuma ougiba: le, hobea: i dagoi. E da ea eda ea diasu Bedeleheme moilai ganodini, amoga buhagili, oubi biyaduyale gala esalu.
3 Then her husband took his servant and two donkeys and went to Bethlehem. He went to ask her to come back to live with him again. When he arrived at her father’s house, she invited him to come in. Her father was happy to see him.
Amalalu, Lifai dunu da e bu lamusa: dawa: i galu. E da ea hawa: hamosu dunu amola dougi aduna amo uda ea eda diasuga oule asi. Ea uda da eda diasu logo doasi amola ea eda da Lifai dunu hahawane aowai.
4 The woman’s father asked him to stay. So he stayed there for three days. During that time he ate and drank and slept there.
Eda da ema esaloma: ne sia: i. Amaiba: le, e da eso udiana ouesalu. E amola ea uda da amo diasuga ha: i mai amola amogai gasi udiana golai.
5 On the fourth day, they all got up early in the morning. The man from the tribe of Levi was preparing to leave, but the woman’s father said to him, “Eat something before you go.”
Eso biyadu amoga hahabedafa ela da nedigili, logoga masunusa: liligi momagei. Be uda ea eda da Lifai dunu ema amane sia: i, “Hidadea fonobahadi ha: i moma. Amo da dima gasa imunu. Fa: no masunu da defea.”
6 So the two men sat down to eat and drink together. Then the woman’s father said to him, “Please stay another night. Relax/Rest and have a joyful time.”
Amaiba: le, amo dunu aduna da fili, ha: i mai amola waini hano mai. Amalalu, uda ea eda da ema amane sia: i, “Guiguda: hahawane golama!”
7 The man from the tribe of Levi wanted to leave, but the woman’s father requested him to stay one more night. So he stayed again that night.
Lifai dunu da masunusa: wale gadoi. Be uda ea eda da ema ha: giwane esaloma: ne sia: beba: le, e da eno gasi amoga goegawi golai.
8 On the fifth day, the man got up early and prepared to leave. But the woman’s father said to him again, “Have something to eat. Wait until this afternoon, [and then leave].” So the two men ate together.
Golale, eso bi hahabedafa, e da masunusa: dawa: i galu. Be uda ea eda da amane sia: i, “Hidadea ha: i moma. Esomogoa agoane masunu da defea.” Amaiba: le, amo dunu aduna da ha: i mai.
9 In the afternoon, when the man from the tribe of Levi and his slave wife and his servant got up to leave, the woman’s father said, “It will soon be dark. The day is almost over. Stay here tonight and have a good/joyful time. Tomorrow morning you can get up early and leave for your home.”
Lifai dunu amola ea gidisedagi uda amola ea hawa: hamosu dunu da masusa: dawa: beba: le, eda da amane sia: i, “Daeya da gadenesa. Dilia gasimu galebe. Guiguda: hahawane golama. Hahabedafa dia diasuga masunu da defea.”
10 But the man from the tribe of Levi did not want to stay for another night. He put saddles on his two donkeys, and started to go with his slave wife [and his servant] toward Jebus [city], which is [now named] Jerusalem.
11 Late in the afternoon, they came near to Jebus. The servant said to his master, “We should stop in this city where the Jebus people-group live, and stay here tonight.”
Be Lifai dunu da gasi eno amoga golamu higa: i galu. Amaiba: le, e, ea gidisedagi uda, ela hawa: hamosu dunu amola dougi aduna (fisu amo da: iya ligisibi ba: i) logoga asi. Ilia da Yibase (Yelusaleme) gadenene doaga: loba, gasi gadenene ba: i. Amaiba: le, hawa: hamosu dunu da amane sia: i, “Ninia da amo Yibase moilai bai bagade ganodini golamu da defea.”
12 But his master said, “No, it would not be good for us to stay here where foreign people live. There are no Israeli people here. We will go on to Gibeah [city].”
13 He said to his servant, “Let’s go. It is not far to Gibeah. We can go there, or we can go a bit further to Ramah. We can stay in one of those two cities tonight.”
Be ea ouligisu da amane sia: i, “Isala: ili dunu hame esalebe moilai bai bagade ganodini golamu da defea hame. Ninia da amo moilai baligili, Gibia o Lama moilaiga golamu.”
14 So they continued walking. When they came near Gibeah, where people from the tribe of Benjamin live, the sun was setting.
Amaiba: le, ilia da Yibase moilai bai bagade (Yelusaleme) baligili, Gibia moilai Bediamini fi ilia soge ganodini, amoga doaga: i. Amoha eso dabe ba: i.
15 They stopped to stay there that night. They went to the public square of that city and sat down. But no one [who passed by] invited them to stay in their house for that night.
Ilia da logo fisili, diasuga golamusa: asi. Ilia da moilai dogoa sogebi amoga asili, be dunu da ili aowamusa: hame sia: i.
16 Finally, in the evening, an old man came by. He had been working in the fields. He was from the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim, but at that time he was living in Gibeah.
Ilia da amoga esaloba, dunu da: i da ea ifabi amoga hawa: hamonanu, ilima doaga: i. E da musa: Ifala: ime agolo soge amoga esalu. Be amoga mugululi, Gibia moilaiga misi esalu. (Eno dunu huluane amogawi esalu da Bediamini dunu).
17 He realized that the man from the tribe of Levi was only traveling and did not have a home in that city. So he asked the man, “Where have you come from? And where are you going?”
Dunu da: i da Lifai dunu moilai dogoa sogebi amoga esalebe ba: beba: le, e amane sia: i, “Di da habidili misibala: ? Amola di da habidili masa: bela: ?”
18 He replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem to my home in the hilly area where people of the tribe of Ephraim live. I went from there to Bethlehem, but now we are going to [Shiloh] where Yahweh’s Sacred tent (OR, my house) is. No one here has invited us to stay in their house tonight.
Lifai dunu da bu adole i, “Ninia da Bedeleheme moilai Yuda soge gadili asili, wali ninia da ninia diasu Ifala: ime agolo soge amoga buhagisa. Guiguda: dunu eno da ninima golama: ne sogebi hame olei.
19 We have straw and food for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the young woman and my servant. We do not need anything else.”
Ninia da dougi ea ha: i manu gala. Amola ninia da ha: i manu amola waini hano, na amola na gidisedagi uda amola na hawa: hamosu dunu manu defele gala. Be amo mae dawa: le, dunu da ninima golamu sogebi hame olei.”
20 The old man said, “I wish that things will go well for you, but I would like to provide what you need. Do not stay here in the square tonight.”
Dunu da: i da amane sia: i, “Dilia da na diasuga golamu da defea. Na da hahawane dili ouligimu. Dilia da gadili moilai dogoa sogebi amoga golamu da hamedei.”
21 Then the old man took them to his house. He gave food to the donkeys. He [gave water to the man and the woman and the servant to] wash their feet. And he gave them something to eat and drink.
Amaiba: le, e da ili ea diasuga oule asili, ilia dougi amoma ha: i manu i. Ilia da emo dodofelalu, ha: i mai.
22 While they were having a good/joyful time together, some wicked men from that city surrounded the house and started to bang on the door. They shouted to the old man, “Bring out to us the man who has come to your house. We want to have sex with him.”
Ilia da hahawane da: i dunu ea diasu ganodini esalu. Amalalu, dunu amo sama ea sama adole lasu dunu da diasu sisiga: le, logo ga: suga bagade fasu. Ilia da dunu da: i ema amane sia: i, “Dunu da dia diasuga misi, amo gadili oule masa. Ninia da ema adole lasu hou hamomu.”
23 The old man went outside and said to them, “Friends, I will not do that. That would be a very evil thing. This man is a guest in my house. You should not do such a terrible/disgraceful/shameful thing!
Be dunu da: i da gadili asili, ilima amane sia: i, “Na na: iyado! Hame mabu! Amo wadela: idafa hou ema mae hamoma. Na da amo dunu na diasuga aowasa.
24 Look, my daughter is here. She is [still] a virgin. And this man’s slave wife is here. I will bring them out to you now. You may do to them whatever you wish, but do not do such a terrible/disgraceful/shameful thing to this young man!”
Ba: ma! Ea gidisedagi uda amola na uda mano dunu hame fi da esalebe. Na da ela gadili oule misini, dilia hanai hou elama hamoma. Be amo dunuma amo wadela: i hou mae hamoma.”
25 But the men did not pay attention to what he said. So the man from the tribe of Levi took his slave wife and sent her to them, outside the house. They raped [EUP] her and abused her all night. Then at dawn, they allowed her to go.
Be wadela: i adole lasu dunu da ea sia: hame nabi. Amaiba: le, Lifai dunu da ea gidisedagi uda lale, gadili oule asili, ilima i. Ilia da gasi ganodini, mae fisili, amo uda wadela: lesi amola ilia hanaiga wadela: idafa hou hamonanu, hahabe fawane yolesi.
26 She returned to the old man’s house, where her husband was staying, but she fell down at the doorway and lay there all night.
Hahabedafa, uda da dunu da: i ea diasu amoga egoa esalu, amo logo ga: suga misini, diasa: i. Eso misi digagala: be galu e da amogai dialebe ba: i.
27 In the morning, when the man from the tribe of Levi got up, he went outside of the house to continue his journey. He saw his slave wife lying there at the doorway of the house. Her hands were on the doorsill.
Egoa da nedigili, e da masusa: logo doasili, ea gidisedagi uda osoboga diasa: i, ea lobo logo ga: su gagumusa: molole guda: i dialebe ba: i.
28 He said to her, “Get up! Let’s go!” But she did not answer, [because she had died]. He put her body on the donkey and traveled to his home.
E amane sia: i, “Wa: legadoma! Ninia da ahoa: di!” Be e da bu hame ado baoui. Amaiba: le, e da ea bogoi da: i hodo amo dougi da: iya ligisili, hi diasuga asi.
29 When he arrived home, he took a knife and cut the body of the slave woman into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each area of Israel, [along with a message telling what had happened].
E da hi diasuga doaga: loba, ganodini golili sa: ili, gobihei lai. Amoga e da ea gidisedagi uda ea da: i hodo dadega: le, hu amola gasa fagoyale agoane ligiagagale, afae afae amo, e da Isala: ili fi fagoyale gala ilima iasi.
30 Everyone who saw a piece of the body and the message said, “Nothing like this has ever happened before. Not since our ancestors left Egypt [have we heard of such a terrible thing]. We need to think carefully about it. Someone should decide what we should do.”
Dunu huluane da amo hou ba: beba: le bagadewane fofogadigi. Ilia amane sia: i, “Ninia agoai hou da hamedafa ba: i. Ninia da Idibidi soge yolesili, amogainini wali, agoai hou hamedafa ba: su. Ninia amo hou hahamomu da defea. Hahamomusa: gini ninia adi hou hamoma: bela: ?”
