< Jij 19 >

1 Alò, li te vin rive nan jou sa yo, pandan pa t gen wa an Israël, ke te gen yon sèten Levit ki te rete nan zòn izole nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm nan. Li te pran yon mennaj pou kont li, ki soti nan Bethléhem nan Juda.
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;
2 Men mennaj li a te jwe pwostitiye kont li. Li te kite li pou rive lakay papa l nan Bethléhem nan Juda e li te rete la pandan yon kat mwa.
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.
3 Epi mari li te leve swiv li, pou pale dousman avè l pou fè l tounen e te pran avè l sèvitè li a, ak yon pè bourik. Konsa, fi a te mennen li antre lakay papa l. Lè papa l te wè l, li te byen kontan rankontre li.
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.
4 Bòpè li a, papa a fi a te fè l fè reta. Li te rete avè l pandan twa jou konsa. La yo te manje, bwè e loje.
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.
5 Alò, nan katriyèm jou a, yo te leve granmmaten e yo te prepare pou sòti. Papa a fi a te di a bofi li: “Fòtifye ou menm avèk yon mòso pen pou, apre, nou kapab ale.”
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.'
6 Konsa, toude te chita manje e bwè ansanm; epi papa a fi a te di nonm nan: “Souple, vin dakò pou pase nwit lan e fè kè ou kontan.”
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.'
7 Alò, nonm nan te leve pou pati, men bòpè li te ankouraje li. Konsa, li te pase nwit lan la ankò.
And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.
8 Nan senkyèm jou a, li te leve pati bonè nan maten. Men papa a fi a te di: “Souple, soutni nou e tann pou jiska apremidi.” Konsa, yo toude te manje.
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.
9 Lè nonm nan te leve ansanm avèk mennaj li ak sèvitè li a, bòpè li te di li: “Men gade, jou a prèt pou rive; souple, pase nwit lan isit la pou kè ou kapab kontan. Epi demen ou kapab leve bonè pou vwayaje ale lakay ou.”
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.'
10 Men nonm nan pa t dakò pase nwit lan. Konsa, li te leve sòti pou te rive nan lye anfas Jebus (sa vle di, Jérusalem). Li te gen avè l de bourik sele; mennaj li a te avè l tou.
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.
11 Lè yo te toupre Jebus, jou a te prèt fini; epi sèvitè te di a mèt li: “Souple, vini e annou vire akote antre vil ki pou Jebizyen yo pou pase nwit lan ladann.”
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.'
12 Men mèt li a te di li: “Nou p ap vire akote antre nan vil etranje ki pa fè pati a fis Israël yo; men nou va kontinye rive jis Guibea.”
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.'
13 Li te di a sèvitè li: “Vini e annou pwoche youn nan kote sa yo. Nou va pase nwit lan nan Guibea oswa Rama.”
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.'
14 Konsa, yo te kontinye fè wout yo. Solèy la te kouche sou yo toupre Guibea, ki pou Benjamin.
And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near Gibeah, which is to Benjamin;
15 Yo te vire akote la pou antre rete nan Guibea. Lè yo te antre, yo te chita nan mache ki pou vil la, pwiske pèsòn pa t pran yo antre lakay yo pou pase nwit lan.
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.
16 Alò, vwala, yon mesye granmoun t ap sòti nan chan travay li nan aswè. Alò, mesye a te sòti nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo, e li t ap viv Guibea, men mesye kote sa yo se te Benjamit yo te ye.
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.
17 Konsa, li te leve zye li pou te wè vwayajè yo nan mitan mache vil la. Epi granmoun nan te di: “Kibò nou prale e kibò nou sòti?”
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?'
18 Li te di: “N ap pase soti Bethléhem nan Juda pou rive kote ki pi izole nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo, paske se la mwen sòti e mwen te ale Bethléhem nan Juda. Men koulye a, se lakay mwen mwen prale e nanpwen moun k ap ban m plas.
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,
19 Men m gen pay ak manje pou bourik nou yo e osi, pen avèk diven pou mwen, sèvant ou, e jennonm ki avèk sèvitè ou yo. Nanpwen anyen ki manke.”
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.'
20 Granmoun nan te di: “Lapè avèk nou. Sèlman, kite mwen okipe tout bezwen nou yo; sèlman, pa pase nwit lan sou plas la.”
And the old man saith, 'Peace to thee; only, all thy lack [is] on me, only in the broad place lodge not.'
21 Konsa, li te pran li lantre lakay li e li te bay bourik yo manje. Yo te lave pye yo e te manje ak bwè.
And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth [food] for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.
22 Pandan yo t ap fete, veye byen, mesye lavil yo, kèk sanzave, te vin antoure kay la. Yo te kòmanse frape pòt la, epi yo te pale avèk mèt kay la, granmoun nan, e te di: “Mennen fè sòti nonm ki te antre lakay ou a pou nou kapab gen relasyon seksyèl avèk li.”
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.'
23 Alò, nonm nan, mèt kay la, te parèt deyò kote yo, e te di yo: “Non, zanmi mwen yo, souple pa aji mal konsa! Akoz nonm sa a te antre lakay mwen, pa vin fè yon zak bèt parèy konsa!
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;
24 Men fi vyèj mwen an ak sèvant li an; souple, kite mwen fè yo sòti pou nou kapab kouche avèk yo e fè sa ke nou pito. Men pa fè zak bèt sa a kont nonm sa a!”
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.'
25 Men mesye yo te refize koute li. Epi nonm nan te sezi ti mennaj li a, li te mennen li deyò kote yo. Konsa, yo te vyole li e te abize li tout lannwit jis rive nan maten, e yo te lage li lè solèy prèt leve.
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;
26 Lè jou te kòmanse vin parèt, fanm nan te vin tonbe devan pòtay kay a mesye a kote mèt la te ye a jiskaske solèy fin klere nèt.
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.
27 Lè mèt li te leve nan maten e te louvri pòt la pou fè wout li, alò vwala, mennaj li an te kouche devan pòtay kay la, avèk men li sou papòt kay la.
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,
28 Li te di li: “Leve non, annou ale.” Men pa t gen repons. Alò, li te mete kadav li sou bourik la, epi nonm nan te leve ale lakay li.
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,
29 Lè li te antre lakay li, li te pran yon kouto, li te mete men li sou mennaj li a e te koupe li fè douz mòso, manm pa manm e te ranvoye li toupatou nan tout teritwa Israël la.
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.
30 Tout sa ki te wè l te di: “Anyen parèy a sa pa t janm fèt, ni pa t konn wè depi jou ke fis Israël yo te monte sòti an peyi Égypte la jis jodi a. Reflechi sou sa, pran konsèy e pale klè.”
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.'

< Jij 19 >