¹利未人和他的妾

¹And 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他的妾背夫行淫，离开丈夫，回到犹大的伯利恒她父亲的家那里去了，在那里住了四个月的日子。

²and 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她的丈夫起来，带着一个仆人和两头驴去追她，用话打动她的心，叫她回来。她把丈夫带到自己父家，那少女的父亲见了那人，就欢欢喜喜迎接他。

³And 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那人的岳父，就是女子的父亲，强留那人，那人就与他同住了三天；他们一起吃喝，在那里住宿。

⁴And 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到了第四天，他们清早起来，那人起身要走；那女子的父亲对女婿说：“请吃点饼增添心力，然后再走。”

⁵And 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于是二人坐下，一起吃喝；女子的父亲对那人说：“请你答应再过一夜，畅快你的心。”

⁶And 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那人起来要走，他的岳父强留他，他又在那里过了一夜。

⁷And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.

⁸到了第五天，他清早起来要走；那女子的父亲说：“请吃点饼增添心力，等到日头西斜再走吧。”于是他们耽延，直到日头西斜；二人一同吃饭。

⁸And 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那人和他的妾，以及他的仆人起来要走的时候，他的岳父，就是那女子的父亲，对他说：“看哪，天快晚了！请再住一夜。看哪，日头西斜了！请在这里再住一夜，畅快你的心；明天可以清早起来，上路回家去。”

⁹And 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那人不愿再住一夜，就带着自己的妾和两头备好了的驴，起来走了，来到耶布斯对面；耶布斯就是耶路撒冷。

¹⁰And 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基比亚之行程他们走近耶布斯的时候，日头快要落了；仆人对主人说：“来，让我们转到这耶布斯人的城去，好在那里住宿。”

¹¹They [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主人对他说：“我们不可转到这座不是以色列人居住的外族人的城里去，我们过到基比亚去吧。”

¹²And 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又对他的仆人说：“来吧，我们可以到这些地方其中一个去投宿，或在基比亚或在拉玛。”

¹³And 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于是他们走路过去；他们走近便雅悯人的基比亚的时候，日头已经落了。

¹⁴And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near Gibeah, which is to Benjamin;

¹⁵他们从那里转身，要进基比亚去住宿；他们进去，坐在城里的广场上，因为没有人接待他们到家里去住宿。

¹⁵and 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到晚上，有一个老年人从田间工作回来；那人原是以法莲山地的人，寄居在基比亚；那地方的人却是便雅悯人。

¹⁶And 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那老年人举目，看见那个旅客在城里的广场上，就问他：“你要到哪里去？你从哪里来？”

¹⁷And 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利未人回答他：“我们是从犹大的伯利恒过来的，要到以法莲山地的偏远地区去，我原是那地方的人；我去过犹大的伯利恒，现在我要到我的家去（“到我的家去”原文作“到耶和华的殿去”），但没有人接待我到家里去。

¹⁸And 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其实我有粮草、有饲料，可以喂驴；我和我的妾，以及与你的仆人在一起的那个青年人，都有饼和酒吃喝，一无所缺。”

¹⁹and 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那老年人说：“愿你平安，你所缺乏的，由我负责好了；只是不可在广场上过夜。”

²⁰And the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack [is] on me, only in the broad place lodge not.`

²¹于是把他领到自己的家里，用饲料喂了驴，他们洗了脚，就吃喝起来。

²¹And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth [food] for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.

²²基比亚匪徒的罪行他们心里正畅快的时候，忽然城里有些无赖之徒，围绕房子，不住地敲门，对老房主说：“把进入你家的那个人带出来，我们要与他交合。”

²²They 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那房主出来见他们，对他们说：“我的众兄弟啊，不可这样，请你们不要作恶；这人既然进了我的家，你们就不要作这羞耻的事。

²³And 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这里有我的女儿，还是处女，并且有这人的妾，我把她们领出来，让你们污辱她们；你们看怎样好，就怎样待她们吧。只是对这个人，你们却不要作这羞耻的事。”

²⁴lo, 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那些人却不肯听从他的话，那人就抓住自己的妾，拉出外边去交给他们，他们就与她交合，整夜污辱她；直到早晨，天色破晓的时候，才放她走。

²⁵And 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天快亮的时候，那女子回到留她主人住宿的那人的房子门口，就仆倒在那里，直到天亮。

²⁶and 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到早晨，她的主人起来，开了房门，出去要上路的时候，就看见那妇人，就是他的妾，仆倒在门口，她的双手搭在门槛上。

²⁷And 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他对那妇人说：“起来，我们走吧！”可是却没有回答。那人就把她驮在驴上，起程回自己的地方去了。

²⁸and 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他到了家里，就拿起刀来，抓住自己的妾，把她的肢体切成十二块，叫人送到以色列的全境去。

²⁹and 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看见的人都说：“自从以色列人从埃及地上来的日子，直到今日，这样的事并没有发生过，也没有看见过；你们要思想，要商议，要讨论。”

³⁰And 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.`