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.
Aconteceu também naqueles dias, em que não havia rei em Israel que, houve um homem levita, que peregrinando aos lados da montanha de Ephraim, tomou para si uma mulher concubina, de Beth-lehem de Judá.
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.
Porém a sua concubina fornicou contra ele, e foi-se dele para casa de seu pai, a Beth-lehem de Judá, e esteve ali alguns dias, a saber, quatro meses.
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.
E seu marido se levantou, e partiu após dela, para lhe falar conforme ao seu coração, e para tornar a traze-la: e o seu moço e um par de jumentos iam com ele: e ela o levou a casa de seu pai, e, vendo-o o pai da moça, alegrou-se ao encontrar-se com ele
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.
E seu sogro, o pai da moça, o deteve, e ficou com ele três dias: e comeram e beberam, e passaram ali a noite.
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.”
E sucedeu que ao quarto dia pela manhã madrugaram, e ele levantou-se para partir: então o pai da moça disse a seu genro: Conforta o teu coração com um bocado de pão, e depois partireis.
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.”
Assentaram-se pois, e comeram ambos juntos, e beberam; e disse o pai da moça ao homem: Peço-te que ainda esta noite queiras passa-la aqui, e alegre-se o teu coração.
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.
Porém o homem levantou-se para partir: mas seu sogro o constrangeu a tornar a passar ali a noite.
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.
E, madrugando ao quinto dia pela manhã para partir, disse o pai da moça: Ora conforta o teu coração. E detiveram-se até já declinar o dia: e ambos juntos comeram.
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.”
Então o homem levantou-se para partir, ele, e a sua concubina, e o seu moço: e disse-lhe seu sogro, o pai da moça: Eis que já o dia se abaixa, e já a tarde vem entrando, peço-te que aqui passes a noite; eis que já o dia vai acabando, passa aqui a noite, e que o teu coração se alegre; e amanhã de madrugada levantai-vos a caminhar, e vai-te para a tua tenda.
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.
Porém o homem não quis ali passar a noite, mas levantou-se, e partiu, e veio até defronte de Jebus (que é jerusalém), e com ele o par de jumentos albardados, como também a sua concubina.
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.”
Estando pois já perto de Jebus, e tendo-se já declinado muito o dia, disse o moço a seu senhor: caminhai agora, e retiremo-nos a esta cidade dos jebuseus, e passemos ali a noite.
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].”
Porém disse-lhe seu senhor: Não nos retiraremos a nenhuma cidade estranha, que não seja dos filhos de Israel: mas passaremos até Gibeah.
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.”
Disse mais a seu moço; Caminha, e cheguemos a um daqueles lugares, e passemos em Gibeah ou em Ramah.
14 So they continued walking. When they came near Gibeah, where people from the tribe of Benjamin live, the sun was setting.
Passaram pois adiante, e caminharam, e o sol se lhes pôs junto a Gibeah, que é cidade de Benjamin.
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.
E retiraram-se para lá, para entrarem a passar a noite em Gibeah; e, entrando ele, assentou-se na praça da cidade, porque não houve quem os recolhesse em casa para ali passarem a noite.
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.
E eis que um homem velho vinha à tarde do seu trabalho do campo; e era este homem da montanha de Ephraim, mas peregrinava em Gibeah: eram porém os homens deste lugar filhos de Benjamin.
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?”
Levantando ele pois os olhos, viu a este passageiro na praça da cidade, e disse o velho: Para onde vais, e de onde vens?
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.
E ele lhe disse: Passamos de Beth-lehem de Judá até aos lados da montanha de Ephraim, de onde sou; porquanto fui a Beth-lehem de Judá: porém agora vou à casa do Senhor; e ninguém há que me recolha em casa,
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.”
Ainda que há palha e pasto para os nossos jumentos, e também pão e vinho há para mim, e para a tua serva, e para o moço que vem com os teus servos: de coisa nenhuma há falta.
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.”
Então disse o velho: Paz seja contigo; tudo quanto te faltar fique ao meu cargo: tão somente não passes a noite na praça.
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.
E trouxe-o a sua casa, e deu pasto aos jumentos: e, lavando-se os pés, comeram e beberam.
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.”
Estando eles alegrando o seu coração, eis que os homens daquela cidade (homens que eram filhos de Belial) cercaram a casa, batendo à porta; e falaram ao velho, senhor da casa, dizendo: Tira para fora o homem que entrou em tua casa, para que o conheçamos.
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!
E o homem, senhor da casa, saiu a eles, e disse-lhes: Não, irmãos meus, ora não façais semelhante mal: já que este homem entrou em minha casa, não façais tal loucura.
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!”
Eis que a minha filha virgem e a concubina dele vo-las tirarei fora; humilhai-as a elas, e fazei delas o que parecer bem aos vossos olhos; porém a este homem não façais loucura semelhante.
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.
Porém aqueles homens não o quizeram ouvir: então aquele homem pegou da sua concubina, e lha tirou para fora: e eles a conheceram e abusaram dela toda a noite até pela manhã, e, subindo a alva, a deixaram.
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.
E ao romper da manhã veio a mulher, e caiu à porta da casa daquele homem, onde estava seu senhor, e ficou ali até que se fez claro.
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.
E, levantando-se seu senhor pela manhã, e abrindo as portas da casa, e saindo a seguir o seu caminho, eis que a mulher, sua concubina, jazia à porta da casa, com as mãos sobre o limiar.
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 ele lhe disse: Levanta-te, e vamo-nos, porém não respondeu; então pô-la sobre o jumento, e levantou-se o homem, e foi-se para o seu lugar.
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].
Chegando pois à sua casa, tomou um cutelo, e pegou na sua concubina, e a despedaçou com os seus ossos em doze partes: e enviou-as por todos os termos de 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.”
E sucedeu que cada um que tal via dizia: Nunca tal se fez, nem se viu desde o dia em que os filhos de Israel subiram da terra do Egito, até ao dia de hoje: ponderai isto no coração, considerai, e falai.
