< Judges 19 >
1 And it cometh 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 taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;
當以色列中沒有王的時候,有住以法蓮山地那邊的一個利未人,娶了一個猶大伯利恆的女子為妾。
2 and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days — four months.
妾行淫離開丈夫,回猶大的伯利恆,到了父家,在那裏住了四個月。
3 And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man [is] with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him.
她丈夫起來,帶着一個僕人、兩匹驢去見她,用好話勸她回來。女子就引丈夫進入父家。她父見了那人,便歡歡喜喜地迎接。
4 And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.
那人的岳父,就是女子的父親,將那人留下住了三天。於是二人一同吃喝、住宿。
5 And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, 'Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.'
到第四天,利未人清早起來要走,女子的父親對女婿說:「請你吃點飯,加添心力,然後可以行路。」
6 And they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of the young woman saith unto the man, 'Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night, and let thy heart be glad.'
於是二人坐下一同吃喝。女子的父親對那人說:「請你再住一夜,暢快你的心。」
7 And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.
那人起來要走,他岳父強留他,他又住了一宿。
8 And he riseth early in the morning, on the fifth day, to go, and the father of the young woman saith, 'Support, I pray thee, thy heart;' and they have tarried till the turning of the day, and they eat, both of them.
到第五天,他清早起來要走,女子的父親說:「請你吃點飯,加添心力,等到日頭偏西再走。」於是二人一同吃飯。
9 And the man riseth to go, he and his concubine, and his young man, and his father-in-law, father of the young woman, saith to him, 'Lo, I pray thee, the day hath fallen toward evening, lodge all night, I pray thee; lo, the declining of the day! lodge here, and let thine heart be glad — and ye have risen early to-morrow for your journey, and thou hast gone to thy tent.'
那人同他的妾和僕人起來要走,他岳父,就是女子的父親,對他說:「看哪,日頭偏西了,請你再住一夜;天快晚了,可以在這裏住宿,暢快你的心。明天早早起行回家去。」
10 And the man hath not been willing to lodge all night, and he riseth, and goeth, and cometh in till over-against Jebus (It [is] Jerusalem), and with him [are] a couple of asses saddled; and his concubine [is] with him.
那人不願再住一夜,就備上那兩匹驢,帶着妾起身走了,來到耶布斯的對面(耶布斯就是耶路撒冷。)
11 They [are] near Jebus, and the day hath gone greatly down, and the young man saith unto his lord, 'Come, I pray thee, and we turn aside unto this city of the Jebusite, and lodge in it.'
臨近耶布斯的時候,日頭快要落了,僕人對主人說:「我們不如進這耶布斯人的城裏住宿。」
12 And his lord saith unto him, 'Let us not turn aside unto the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto Gibeah.'
主人回答說:「我們不可進不是以色列人住的外邦城,不如過到基比亞去」;
13 And he saith to his young man, 'Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
又對僕人說:「我們可以到一個地方,或住在基比亞,或住在拉瑪。」
14 And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near Gibeah, which is to Benjamin;
他們就往前走。將到便雅憫的基比亞,日頭已經落了;
15 and they turn aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and he goeth in and sitteth in a broad place of the city, and there is no man gathering them into the house to lodge.
他們進入基比亞要在那裏住宿,就坐在城裏的街上,因為無人接他們進家住宿。
16 And lo, a man, an aged one, hath 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.
晚上,有一個老年人從田間做工回來。他原是以法蓮山地的人,住在基比亞;那地方的人卻是便雅憫人。
17 And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, 'Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'
老年人舉目看見客人坐在城裏的街上,就問他說:「你從哪裏來?要往哪裏去?」
18 And he saith unto him, 'We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim — thence I [am], and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,
他回答說:「我們從猶大的伯利恆來,要往以法蓮山地那邊去。我原是那裏的人,到過猶大的伯利恆,現在我往耶和華的殿去,在這裏無人接我進他的家。
19 and both straw and provender are for our asses, and also bread and wine there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants; there is no lack of anything.'
其實我有糧草可以餵驢,我與我的妾,並我的僕人,有餅有酒,並不缺少甚麼。」
20 And the old man saith, 'Peace to thee; only, all thy lack [is] on me, only in the broad place lodge not.'
老年人說:「願你平安!你所需用的我都給你,只是不可在街上過夜。」
21 And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth [food] for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.
於是領他們到家裏,餵上驢,他們就洗腳吃喝。
22 They are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men — sons of worthlessness — have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, 'Bring out the man who hath come unto thine house, and we know him.'
他們心裏正歡暢的時候,城中的匪徒圍住房子,連連叩門,對房主老人說:「你把那進你家的人帶出來,我們要與他交合。」
23 And the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith unto them, 'Nay, my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come in unto my house, do not this folly;
那房主出來對他們說:「弟兄們哪,不要這樣作惡;這人既然進了我的家,你們就不要行這醜事。
24 lo, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, let me bring them out, I pray you, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes, and to this man do not this foolish thing.'
我有個女兒,還是處女,並有這人的妾,我將她們領出來任憑你們玷辱她們,只是向這人不可行這樣的醜事。」
25 And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth [her] out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn;
那些人卻不聽從他的話。那人就把他的妾拉出去交給他們,他們便與她交合,終夜凌辱她,直到天色快亮才放她去。
26 and the woman cometh in at the turning of the morning, and falleth at the opening of the man's house, where her lord [is], till the light.
天快亮的時候,婦人回到她主人住宿的房門前,就仆倒在地,直到天亮。
27 And her lord riseth in the morning, and openeth the doors of the house, and goeth out to go on his way, and lo, the woman, his concubine, is fallen at the opening of the house, and her hands [are] on the threshold,
早晨,她的主人起來開了房門,出去要行路,不料那婦人仆倒在房門前,兩手搭在門檻上;
28 and he saith unto her, 'Rise, and we go;' and there is none answering, and he taketh her on the ass, and the man riseth and goeth to his place,
就對婦人說:「起來,我們走吧!」婦人卻不回答。那人便將她馱在驢上,起身回本處去了。
29 and cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on his concubine, and cutteth her in pieces to her bones — into twelve pieces, and sendeth her into all the border of Israel.
到了家裏,用刀將妾的屍身切成十二塊,使人拿着傳送以色列的四境。
30 And it hath come to pass, every one who seeth hath said, 'There hath not been — yea, there hath not been seen like this, from the day of the coming up of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt till this day; set your [heart] upon it, take counsel, and speak.'
凡看見的人都說:「從以色列人出埃及地,直到今日,這樣的事沒有行過,也沒有見過。現在應當思想,大家商議當怎樣辦理。」