¹And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

¹In v tistih dneh, ko ni bilo kralja v Izraelu, se zgodi, da si neki levit, ki je bival v zadnji strani Efraimskega gorovja, vzame priležnico iz Betlehema Judovega.

²And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.

²Ta priležnica pa je proti njemu nečisto živela in mu je pobegnila v svojega očeta hišo, v Betlehem Judov, in ondi je bila štiri mesece.

³And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

³Tedaj se vzdigne njen mož in gre za njo, da bi ji govoril na srce in jo pripeljal nazaj; in s seboj je imel hlapca in dva osla. In ona ga vpelje v svojega očeta hišo. Ko ga vidi dekletin oče, ga sprejme z veseljem.

⁴And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

⁴In tast njegov, dekletin oče, ga je zadržal, da je ostal pri njem tri dni; in jedli so in pili in ondi nočevali.

⁵And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

⁵Četrti dan pa vstanejo zgodaj zjutraj in se odpravljajo na pot. A dekletin oče reče možu hčere svoje: Okrepčaj si dušo z grižljajem kruha, potem pojdite!

⁶And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

⁶Sedeta torej in jesta in pijeta obadva skupaj; in dekletin oče reče možu: Izvoli, prosim, ostati čez noč, in srce ti bodi dobre volje.

⁷And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

⁷A mož vstane in hoče iti. Ali tast njegov ga primora, da se vrne in ondi prenoči.

⁸And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

⁸Zarana petega dne pa vstane, da odrine. A dekletin oče veli: Okrepčaj si, prosim, dušo in pomudite se, dokler se dan nagne. In jesta obadva vkup.

⁹And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

⁹In ko mož vstane, da odide s priležnico svojo in s hlapcem svojim, mu reče tast njegov, dekletin oče: Glej, dan se je že nagnil, večer nastaja, ostanite tu, prosim, čez noč; glej, dan skoraj mine, prenoči tu in srce ti bodi dobre volje! In jutri se odpravite zgodaj na svoj pot, da prideš na dom svoj.

¹⁰But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

¹⁰A mož ni hotel ostati to noč, temuč vstane in odide in dospe proti Jebusu (ki je Jeruzalem) in ž njim dva obložena osla in priležnica njegova.

¹¹And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

¹¹Ko pa pridejo blizu Jebusa, je dan skoraj minil. In hlapec reče gospodarju svojemu: Pojdi, prosim, krenimo v to mesto Jebusejcev in prenočimo v njem!

¹²And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

¹²Gospodar pa mu reče: Ne pojdemo v mesto tujcev, ki ni od sinov Izraelovih, ampak pojdimo dalje v Gibeo.

¹³And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

¹³Še reče hlapcu svojemu: Pojdi, da se prihližamo nekateremu teh selišč in prenočimo v Gibei ali v Rami.

¹⁴And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

¹⁴Gredo torej naprej svojim potem, in solnce jim zaide prav pri Gibei, ki je last Benjaminova.

¹⁵And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

¹⁵In krenejo tja, da prenočijo v Gibei. In ko pride noter, sede na ulico v mestu; in ni bilo nikogar, ki bi jih vzel čez noč pod streho.

¹⁶And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

¹⁶Ali glej, star mož prihaja zvečer s polja od dela svojega, in ta mož je tudi bil z Efraimskega gorovja in je bival kot tujec v Gibei; ljudje tega mesta pa so bili Benjaminci.

¹⁷And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

¹⁷In ko povzdigne oči in zagleda popotnika na ulici, reče tisti starec: Kam si namenjen? in odkod prihajaš?

¹⁸And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

¹⁸In mu odgovori: Gremo iz Betlehema Judovega na zadnjo stran Efraimskega gorovja, odkoder sem. Potoval sem pa v Betlehem Judov in zdaj grem k hiši GOSPODOVI, a nikogar ni, ki bi me vzel pod streho.

¹⁹Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

¹⁹Saj imamo slame in krme za osla svoja, tudi kruha in vina zame in za deklo tvojo in za hlapca, ki je s služabnikoma tvojima; ne manjka nam ničesar.

²⁰And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

²⁰Stari mož reče: Mir ti! Vsekakor naj oskrbim jaz, česar ti treba; le na ulici ne nočuj!

²¹So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

²¹In ga vpelje v hišo svojo in da osloma krme, in umijejo si noge, in jedli so in pili.

²²Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

²²In ko je njih srce bilo že dobre volje, glej, mestni možje, hudobni zanikarneži, obsujejo hišo in tolčejo ob duri in govore hišnemu gospodarju, tistemu starcu: Pripelji ven moža, ki je prišel v hišo tvojo, da ga spoznamo!

²³And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

²³In mož, hišni gospodar, gre ven k njim in jim reče: Nikar, bratje moji, ne storite hudega, prosim; potem ko je ta mož stopil v hišo mojo, ne počenjajte nesramnosti!

²⁴Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

²⁴Glejte, moja hči, še devica, in njegova priležnica: ti naj vam pripeljem ven, in osramotite ju in jima storite, kar vam ugaja; ali zoper tega moža ne storite take nesramnosti!

²⁵But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

²⁵A možje ga niso hoteli poslušati. Tedaj zgrabi mož priležnico svojo in jim jo pripelje ven; in so jo spoznali in nesramno ž njo ravnali celo noč do jutra, in so jo šele pustili, ko se je dan zasvetil.

²⁶Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

²⁶In žena pride ob svitu in pade ob vhodu v moževo hišo, kjer je bil njen gospodar, in tam leži do svetlega dne.

²⁷And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

²⁷Njen gospodar pa vstane zjutraj in odpre hišna vrata in stopi ven, da pojde svojim potem, in glej, žena, priležnica njegova, leži pred vrati hiše in roke njene na pragu.

²⁸And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

²⁸In ji veli: Vstani, pojdimo! A ni bilo odgovora. Tedaj jo mož vzame na osla, in vstane in odrine v svoj kraj.

²⁹And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

²⁹In ko pride domov, vzame nož in zgrabi priležnico svojo ter jo razseka po njenih kosteh na dvanajst kosov in jih pošlje v vse Izraelove kraje.In vsi, ki so videli, so rekli: Kaj takega se ni storilo in se ni videlo od časa, ko so Izraelovi sinovi odšli iz Egiptovske dežele, do tega dne. Pomislite to, dajte svet in govorite!

³⁰And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

³⁰In vsi, ki so videli, so rekli: Kaj takega se ni storilo in se ni videlo od časa, ko so Izraelovi sinovi odšli iz Egiptovske dežele, do tega dne. Pomislite to, dajte svet in govorite!