Judges 19

1 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

1 那时候，以色列没有王。有一个利未人住在以法莲山区的偏远地带，他娶了犹大的伯利恒的一个女子为妾。

2 But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

2 那女子不忠，离开丈夫回到犹大的伯利恒的父亲家，住了四个月。

3 her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

3 后来，她丈夫带着一个仆人和两头驴去见她，用好话劝她回去。那女子带他去见自己的父亲。她父亲看见女婿来了，便热情地接待他，

4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.

4 留他在家里小住。他便在那里住了三天，一起吃住。

5 On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”

5 第四天，他清早起来准备回家，岳父对他说：“吃点东西补充体力后再走吧。”

6 So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”

6 于是，二人坐下来一起吃喝。岳父对他说：“再住一夜，高兴高兴吧。”

7 The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.

7 他不肯答应，起来要走，但岳父一再挽留，他就又住了一夜。

8 On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.

8 第五天清早起来，他准备回家，岳父对他说：“吃点东西补充体力，太阳偏西再走吧。”于是，二人一同吃饭。

9 When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

9 他带着妾和仆人起来要走的时候，岳父对他说：“看啊，太阳偏西了，天色已晚，再住一夜高兴高兴，明天一早再走吧。”

10 But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

10 可是，他不愿意再留一夜，就备好两头驴，带着他的妾走了，来到耶布斯附近。耶布斯就是耶路撒冷。

11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”

11 他们临近耶布斯时，天快黑了，仆人对主人说：“我们不如就在耶布斯人的城里住宿吧。”

12 But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

12 主人说：“我们不可在非以色列人的外邦城邑住宿，不如赶到基比亚。”

13 He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

13 他又说：“我们前往基比亚或拉玛住宿吧。”

14 So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

14 于是，他们继续前行，到便雅悯境内的基比亚时，天已经黑了。

15 They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.

15 他们决定在那里过夜。因为没有人接待他们，他们只好在城中的广场露宿。

16 That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.

16 那时，有一个老人从田间工作回来，经过那里。他本来是以法莲山区的人，现在住在便雅悯境内的基比亚。

17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”

17 他看见有人在城中的广场露宿，就问：“你们从哪里来，要到哪里去？”

18 The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,

18 利未人回答说：“我们从犹大的伯利恒来，正要回家去。我住在以法莲山区的偏远地带。我现在要去耶和华的殿。这里没有人接待我。

19 even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”

19 其实我有粮草喂驴，我和我的妾及仆人也有饼和酒，什么也不缺。”

20 “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”

20 那老人说：“欢迎到我家来，我会供应你们的需要，千万不可在街头露宿。”

21 So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.

21 于是，那老人带他们回家，喂他们的驴。他们洗完脚后，便一起吃喝。

22 While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”

22 他们正欢乐的时候，城里的一群无赖前来围住房子，连连叩门，对年长的家主说：“把你家里的客人交出来，我们要跟他交合。”

23 The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.

23 老人出去对他们说：“弟兄们啊，不要做这种恶事！这人是我的客人，不要干这种卑鄙的事！

24 Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”

24 我有个女儿，仍是处女，还有这人的妾，我把她们交出来，任你们玩弄，只是不要对这人干这种卑鄙的事。”

25 But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

25 他们却不肯听。利未人就把自己的妾推出去交给他们。他们强暴她，终夜凌辱她，直到天快亮才放她走。

26 Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.

26 天亮时她回到丈夫住宿的房子门前，就仆倒在地。

27 In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

27 早晨，她丈夫起来打开房门要上路，发现她倒卧在门前，双手搭在门槛上，

28 “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

28 就对她说：“起来，我们走吧！”她却没有反应。于是，他就把她的尸体放在驴背上启程回家。

29 When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

29 回到家里，他用刀把尸体切成十二块，派人送往以色列全境。

30 And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”

30 看见的人都说：“自从以色列人离开埃及以来，这种事从未发生过，也从未见过。我们必须商量一下，看看该怎么办。”