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.
Terjadilah pada zaman itu, ketika tidak ada raja di Israel, bahwa di balik pegunungan Efraim ada seorang Lewi tinggal sebagai pendatang. Ia mengambil seorang gundik dari Betlehem-Yehuda.
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.
Tetapi gundiknya itu berlaku serong terhadap dia dan pergi dari padanya ke rumah ayahnya di Betlehem-Yehuda, lalu tinggal di sana empat bulan lamanya.
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.
Berkemaslah suaminya itu, lalu pergi menyusul perempuan itu untuk membujuk dia dan membawanya kembali; bersama-sama dia bujangnya dan sepasang keledai. Ketika perempuan muda itu membawa dia masuk ke rumah ayahnya, dan ketika ayah itu melihat dia, maka bersukacitalah ia mendapatkannya.
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.
Mertuanya, ayah perempuan muda itu, tidak membiarkan dia pergi, sehingga ia tinggal tiga hari lamanya pada ayah itu; mereka makan, minum dan bermalam di sana.
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.”
Tetapi pada hari yang keempat, ketika mereka bangun pagi-pagi dan ketika orang Lewi itu berkemas untuk pergi, berkatalah ayah perempuan muda itu kepada menantunya: "Segarkanlah dirimu dahulu dengan sekerat roti, kemudian bolehlah kamu pergi."
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.”
Jadi duduklah mereka, lalu makan dan minumlah keduanya bersama-sama. Kata ayah perempuan muda itu kepada laki-laki itu: "Baiklah putuskan untuk tinggal bermalam dan biarlah hatimu gembira."
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.
Tetapi ketika orang itu bangun untuk pergi juga, mertuanya itu mendesaknya, sehingga ia tinggal pula di sana bermalam.
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.
Pada hari yang kelima, ketika ia bangun pagi-pagi untuk pergi, berkatalah ayah perempuan muda itu: "Mari, segarkanlah dirimu dahulu, dan tinggallah sebentar lagi, sampai matahari surut." Lalu makanlah mereka keduanya.
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.”
Ketika orang itu bangun untuk pergi, bersama dengan gundiknya dan bujangnya, berkatalah mertuanya, ayah perempuan muda itu, kepadanya: "Lihatlah, matahari telah mulai turun menjelang petang; baiklah tinggal bermalam, lihat, matahari hampir terbenam, tinggallah di sini bermalam dan biarlah hatimu gembira; maka besok kamu dapat bangun pagi-pagi untuk berjalan dan pulang ke rumahmu."
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.
Tetapi orang itu tidak mau tinggal bermalam; ia berkemas, lalu pergi. Demikian sampailah ia di daerah yang berhadapan dengan Yebus--itulah Yerusalem--; bersama-sama dengan dia ada sepasang keledai yang berpelana dan gundiknya juga.
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.”
Ketika mereka dekat ke Yebus dan ketika matahari telah sangat rendah, berkatalah bujang itu kepada tuannya: "Marilah kita singgah di kota orang Yebus ini dan bermalam di situ."
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].”
Tetapi tuannya menjawabnya: "Kita tidak akan singgah di kota asing yang bukan kepunyaan orang Israel, tetapi kita akan berjalan terus sampai ke Gibea."
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.”
Lagi katanya kepada bujangnya: "Marilah kita berjalan sampai ke salah satu tempat yang di sana dan bermalam di Gibea atau di Rama."
14 So they continued walking. When they came near Gibeah, where people from the tribe of Benjamin live, the sun was setting.
Lalu berjalanlah mereka melanjutkan perjalanannya, dan matahari terbenam, ketika mereka dekat Gibea kepunyaan suku Benyamin.
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.
Sebab itu singgahlah mereka di Gibea, lalu masuk untuk bermalam di situ, dan setelah sampai, duduklah mereka di tanah lapang kota. Tetapi tidak ada seorangpun yang mengajak mereka ke rumah untuk bermalam.
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.
Tetapi datanglah pada malam itu seorang tua, yang pulang dari pekerjaannya di ladang. Orang itu berasal dari pegunungan Efraim dan tinggal di Gibea sebagai pendatang, tetapi penduduk tempat itu adalah orang Benyamin.
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?”
Ketika ia mengangkat mukanya dan melihat orang yang dalam perjalanan itu di tanah lapang kota, berkatalah orang tua itu: "Ke manakah engkau pergi dan dari manakah engkau datang?"
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.
Jawabnya kepadanya: "Kami sedang dalam perjalanan dari Betlehem-Yehuda ke balik pegunungan Efraim. Dari sanalah aku berasal; aku tadinya pergi ke Betlehem-Yehuda dan sekarang sedang berjalan pulang ke rumah. Tetapi tidak ada orang yang mengajak aku ke rumahnya,
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.”
walaupun ada padaku jerami dan makanan untuk keledai kami, pula roti dan anggur untuk aku sendiri, untuk hambamu perempuan ini dan untuk bujang yang bersama-sama dengan hambamu ini; kami tidak kekurangan sesuatu."
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.”
Lalu berkatalah orang tua itu: "Jangan kuatir! Segala yang engkau perlukan biarlah aku yang menanggung, tetapi janganlah engkau bermalam di tanah lapang kota ini."
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.
Sesudah itu dibawanyalah dia masuk ke rumahnya, lalu keledai-keledai diberinya makan; maka merekapun membasuh kaki, makan dan minum.
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.”
Tetapi sementara mereka menggembirakan hatinya, datanglah orang-orang kota itu, orang-orang dursila, mengepung rumah itu. Mereka menggedor-gedor pintu sambil berkata kepada orang tua, pemilik rumah itu: "Bawalah ke luar orang yang datang ke rumahmu itu, supaya kami pakai dia."
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!
Lalu keluarlah pemilik rumah itu menemui mereka dan berkata kepada mereka: "Tidak, saudara-saudaraku, janganlah kiranya berbuat jahat; karena orang ini telah masuk ke rumahku, janganlah kamu berbuat noda.
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!”
Tetapi ada anakku perempuan, yang masih perawan, dan juga gundik orang itu, baiklah kubawa keduanya ke luar; perkosalah mereka dan perbuatlah dengan mereka apa yang kamu pandang baik, tetapi terhadap orang ini janganlah kamu berbuat noda."
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.
Tetapi orang-orang itu tidak mau mendengarkan perkataannya. Lalu orang Lewi itu menangkap gundiknya dan membawanya kepada mereka ke luar, kemudian mereka bersetubuh dengan perempuan itu dan semalam-malaman itu mereka mempermainkannya, sampai pagi. Barulah pada waktu fajar menyingsing mereka melepaskan perempuan itu.
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.
Menjelang pagi perempuan itu datang kembali, tetapi ia jatuh rebah di depan pintu rumah orang itu, tempat tuannya bermalam, dan ia tergeletak di sana sampai fajar.
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.
Pada waktu tuannya bangun pagi-pagi, dibukanya pintu rumah dan pergi ke luar untuk melanjutkan perjalanannya, tetapi tampaklah perempuan itu, gundiknya, tergeletak di depan pintu rumah dengan tangannya pada ambang pintu.
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.
Berkatalah ia kepada perempuan itu: "Bangunlah, marilah kita pergi." Tetapi tidak ada jawabnya. Lalu diangkatnyalah mayat itu ke atas keledai, berkemaslah ia, kemudian pergi ke tempat kediamannya.
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].
Sesampai di rumah, diambilnyalah pisau, dipegangnyalah mayat gundiknya, dipotong-potongnya menurut tulang-tulangnya menjadi dua belas potongan, lalu dikirimnya ke seluruh daerah orang Israel.
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.”
Dan setiap orang yang melihatnya, berkata: "Hal yang demikian belum pernah terjadi dan belum pernah terlihat, sejak orang Israel berangkat keluar dari tanah Mesir sampai sekarang. Perhatikanlah itu, pertimbangkanlah, lalu berbicaralah!"
