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.
En aquella época Israel no tenía rey. Un levita que vivía en una zona remota de la región montañosa de Efraín se casó con una esposa concubina de Belén 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.
Pero ella le fue infiel y lo abandonó, volviendo a la casa de su padre en Belén. Allí se quedó durante cuatro 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.
Entonces su marido fue tras ella para hablarle con amabilidad y traerla de vuelta a casa. Con él iba su criado y dos burros. Lo llevó a la casa de su padre y, cuando éste lo conoció, lo acogió con gusto.
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.
Su padre le presionó para que se quedara con ellos, así que se quedó tres días, comiendo, bebiendo y durmiendo allí.
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.”
Al cuarto día, él y su concubina se levantaron temprano por la mañana y se prepararon para irse, pero el padre de ella le dijo a su yerno: “Te sentirás mejor si comes algo antes de irte”.
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.”
Así que los dos hombres se sentaron a comer y beber juntos. El padre le dijo a su yerno: “¡Accede a pasar otra noche aquí, y podrás disfrutar!”
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.
El hombre se levantó para irse, pero su suegro le presionó para que se quedara, así que al final pasó la noche allí.
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.
Al quinto día se levantó de madrugada para marcharse. Pero su suegro le dijo: “Come antes de irte, y luego vete por la tarde”. Así que comieron juntos.
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.”
Cuando se levantó para irse con su concubina y su criado, su suegro le dijo: “Mira, es tarde, ya es de noche. Pasa la noche aquí. El día está a punto de terminar. Quédate aquí la noche y diviértete, y mañana podrás levantarte temprano y volver a casa”.
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.
Pero el hombre no quería pasar otra noche, así que se levantó y se fue. Se dirigió hacia la ciudad de Jebús (ahora llamada Jerusalén) con sus dos asnos ensillados y su 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.”
Cuando se acercaban a Jebús, el siervo le dijo a su amo: “Señor, ¿por qué no nos detenemos aquí, en esta ciudad jebusea, para pasar la noche?”
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].”
Pero su amo le contestó: “No, no vamos a detenernos en esta ciudad donde sólo viven extranjeros y ningún israelita. Seguiremos hasta Gabaa”.
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.”
Entonces le dijo a su siervo: “Vamos, tratemos de llegar a Gabaa o a Ramá y pasemos la noche en algún lugar”.
14 So they continued walking. When they came near Gibeah, where people from the tribe of Benjamin live, the sun was setting.
Así que siguieron adelante y llegaron a Guibeá, en el territorio de Benjamín, justo cuando se ponía el sol.
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.
Se detuvieron en Gabaa para pasar la noche, y se sentaron en la plaza principal del pueblo, pero nadie los invitó a quedarse.
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.
Pero más tarde, esa misma noche, llegó un anciano que volvía de trabajar en el campo. Era de la región montañosa de Efraín, pero ahora vivía en Gabaa, en el territorio de Benjamín.
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?”
Se asomó y se fijó en el viajero de la plaza y le preguntó: “¿Adónde van y de dónde vienen?”
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.
“Venimos de Belén, en Judá, y nos dirigimos a una zona remota en la región montañosa de Efraín”, respondió el hombre. “Soy de allí y fui a Belén, y ahora voy al Templo del Señor. Aquí nadie me ha invitado a quedarme.
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.”
Hay paja y comida para nuestros burros, y nosotros, tus siervos, tenemos pan y vino, suficiente para mí, la mujer y mi siervo. Tenemos todo lo que necesitamos”.
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.”
“Son bienvenidos a quedarse conmigo”, respondió el hombre. “Puedo dejarles todo lo que necesiten. Pero no pases la noche aquí en la plaza”.
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.
Lo llevó a su casa y dio de comer a los burros. Los viajeros se lavaron los pies y luego se pusieron a comer y beber.
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.”
Mientras se divertían, llegaron unos depravados del pueblo, rodearon la casa y golpearon la puerta, gritando al anciano dueño de la casa: “Saca al hombre que vino a quedarse en tu casa para que tengamos sexo con él”.
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!
El dueño de la casa salió y les dijo: “¡Hermanos míos, no actúen con tanta maldad! Este hombre es un invitado en mi casa. ¡No cometan semejante acto tan repugnante!
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!”
Miren, aquí están mi hija virgen y la concubina de ese hombre. Dejen que las saque y podrán violarlas y hacer con ellas lo que quieran. Pero no hagan algo tan repugnante con este hombre”.
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.
Pero los hombres se negaron a escuchar, así que el hombre agarró a su concubina y se la echó fuera. La violaron y abusaron de ella toda la noche hasta la mañana, y sólo la abandonaron al amanecer.
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.
Cuando la noche se convirtió en día, ella regresó a la casa donde estaba su amo y se desplomó frente a la puerta en la mañana.
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.
Su amo se levantó por la mañana y abrió la puerta de la casa. Salió para continuar su viaje y allí estaba su concubina, tendida en la puerta de la casa, con las manos agarradas al umbral.
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.
“Levántate, vamos”, le dijo, pero no hubo respuesta. Entonces el hombre la subió a su asno y se fue a su casa.
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].
Cuando llegó a su casa, tomó un cuchillo y, aferrándose a su concubina, la cortó, miembro por miembro, en doce pedazos, y envió estos pedazos a todas las partes 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.”
Todos los que la vieron dijeron: “Nunca se había visto nada igual, desde que los israelitas salieron de Egipto hasta ahora. ¡Deberían consideraresto que le pasó a ella! ¡Decidan qué vanhacer! ¡Hablen ahora!”
