¹[Ny ratsy nataon'ny mponina tao Gibea, sy ny namalian'ny Isiraely rehetra azy] Ary tamin'izany andro izany, raha tsy nisy mpanjaka teo amin'ny Isiraely, dia nisy Levita anankiray nivahiny tary an-tsisin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima, ka naka vaditsindrano avy any Betlehema-joda.

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;

²Ary ny vaditsindranony nijangajanga sy nisintaka taminy ka nandao azy ary nankany an-tranon-drainy any Betlehema-joda, dia nitoetra tao efa-bolana mipaka.

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.

³Ary niainga ralehilahy ka nandeha nanaraka azy hanao teny malefaka taminy hampody azy ary nitondra ny zatovony sy boriky roa; dia nampiantranoin-dravehivavy ho ao an-tranon-drainy izy, ka nony hitan'ny rain-drazazavavy ralehilahy, dia faly izy nihaona taminy.

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.

⁴Ary nihazona azy ny rafozany, rain-drazazavavy, ka nitoetra teo aminy hateloana izy, dia nihinana sy nisotro ary nandry tao izy roa lahy.

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.

⁵Ary nony tamin'ny andro fahefatra, dia nifoha maraina koa izy ka niomana handeha; fa hoy ny rain-drazazavavy tamin'ny vinantony: Aoka aloha mba hanao ody am-bavafo kely ianao, ary rehefa afaka izany, dia handeha ianareo.

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.`

⁶Dia nipetraka izy roa lahy ka niara-nihinana sy nisotro; dia hoy ny rain-drazazavavy tamin-dralehilahy: Mba maneke ny handry eto anio alina, ary aoka ho faly ny fonao.

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.`

⁷Ary raha niomana handeha ralehilahy, dia nanery azy hitoetra ny rafozany, ka dia tafandriana tao indray izy.

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

⁸Dia nifoha maraina koa izy handeha nony tamin'ny andro fahadimy; fa hoy ny rain-drazavazavy: Aoka mba hanao ody am-bavafo kely ianao, ary mijanonjanona aloha mandra-pihilan'ny andro; ary dia niara-nihinana izy roa lahy.

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.

⁹Ary raha niainga handeha ralehilahy sy ny vaditsindranony ary ny ankizilahiny, dia hoy ny rafozany, rain-drazazavavy, taminy Indro, efa ho hariva ny andro izao, koa masìna ianao, mandria re anio alina; indro, efa hilentika ny masoandro, ka mandria eto, mba hifalian'ny fonao; ary rahampitso dia hifoha maraina koa ianareo, ka handeha hody ianao.

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.`

¹⁰Fa tsy nety nijanona intsony ralehilahy tamin'izany alina izany, fa niainga ihany izy ka nandeha, dia tonga tandrifin'i Jebosa (Jerosalema izany); ary boriky roa samy voaisy lasely no nentiny, ary ny vaditsindranony niaraka taminy koa.

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.

¹¹Ary rehefa mby teo akaiky an'i Jebosa izy, ka efa ho hariva ny andro, dia hoy ny zatovo tamin'ny tompony: Andeha hiakatra ato amin'ity tanànan'ny Jebosita ity isika ka handry ato.

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.`

¹²Fa hoy ny tompony taminy: Tsy hiakatra amin'ny tanànan'ny olona hafa firenena izay tsy isan'ny Zanak'Isiraely isika, fa handroso ihany ho any Gibea.

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.`

¹³Ary hoy izy tamin'ny zatovony: Andeha isika hankamin'ny anankiray amin'ireto tanàna ireto, dia any Gibea, na any Rama, ka handry any.

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.`

¹⁴Dia nandroso izy ka nandeha; ary raha mbola teo akaiky an'i Gibea, izay an'ny Benjamita, izy, dia nilentika ny masoandro.

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

¹⁵Ka dia nivily teo izy handeha handry any Gibea; ary niakatra izy ka nipetraka teo amin'ny kianjan'ny tanàna; fa tsy nisy olona nampiantrano azy handry tao an-tranony.

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.

¹⁶Ary, indro, nisy lehilahy anti-panahy avy niasa tany an-tsaha nony hariva, sady olona avy any amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima koa izy, saingy nitoetra tany Gibea, fa ny mponina tao amin'izany tanana izany dia Benjamita.

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.

¹⁷Ary rehefa nanopy ny masony izy ka nahita ilay vahiny teo an-kianjan'ny tanana, dia hoy ilay lehilahy anti-panahy: Hankaiza moa ianao? Ary avy taiza?

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?`

¹⁸Dia hoy izy taminy: Avy tany Betlehema-joda izahay ka hankarỳ an-tsisin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima, fa any no tany nihaviako; ary nankany Betlehema-joda aho, fa mpankany an-tranon'i Jehovah; ary tsy misy olona mampiantrano ahy;[Na: mankany]

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,

¹⁹kanefa misy mololo sy hanina ihany ho an'ny borikinay, sady misy mofo sy divay ho ahy sy ny ankizivavinao ary ho an'ny zatovo manaraka ny mpanomponao: tsy misy zavatra ilainay intsony.

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.`

²⁰Dia hoy ilay lehilahy anti-panahy: Fiadanana anie ho anao; aoka ho adidiko izay rehetra ilainao, fa aza mandry foana eto an-kianja.

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

²¹Dia nitondra azy tany an-tranony izy ka nampihinana ny boriky; dia nanasa tongotra izy ireo ka nihinana sy nisotro.

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

²²Ary raha mbola nampifaly ny fony izy, indro, ny mponina tao an-tanàna, olona tena ratsy fanahy, dia nanodidina ny trano ka nandondona mafy ny varavarana ary niteny tamin'ilay lehilahy anti-panahy tompo-trano hoe: Avoahy ny lehilahy izay niditra ato an-tranonao, mba hahalalanay azy.

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.`

²³Dia nivoaka nankeo aminy ralehilahy tompo-trano ka nanao taminy hoe: Tsia, ry rahalahiko, masìna ianareo, aza manao ratsy; fa tonga ato an-tranoko ity lehilahy ity, koa aza manao izany zavatra fady indrindra izany ianareo.[Heb. fahadalana]

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;

²⁴Indreto ny zanako-vavy virijina sy ny vaditsindranon-dralehilahy, aoka mba ho entiko mivoaka ireo, ka mandria aminy, ary ataovy aminy izay sitrakareo; fa aza ity lehilahy ity no anaovanareo izany zavatra fady indrindra izany.

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.`

²⁵Fa tsy nety nihaino azy ireo lehilahy ireo, ka dia nalain-dralehilahy ilay vaditsindrano ka navoakany taminy teo ala-trano; dia nahalala azy ireo ka nanao ditra taminy mandritra ny alina mandra-pahamarain'ny andro; ary rehefa hiposaka ny masoandro, vao nalefany handeha izy.

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;

²⁶Ary rehefa ho maraina ny andro, dia tonga ravehivavy, ka lavo teo am-baravaran'ny tranon-dralehilahy, izay nitoeran'ny vadiny, ka nivalandotra teo mandra-pahazavan'ny andro.

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.

²⁷Dia nifoha maraina ralehilahy ka namoha ny varavaran'ny trano, dia nivoaka handeha tamin'ny lalan-kalehany; ary, indro, ravehivavy vaditsindranony miampatra eo am-baravaran'ny trano, ary ny tanany eo amin'ny tokonana.

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,

²⁸Ary hoy ralehilahy taminy: Mitsangàna, andeha isika. Kanjo tsy nisy namaly. Dia nobetain-dralehilahy izy ka nasampiny teo amin'ny borikiny; dia niainga izy nandeha ho any amin'ny fonenany.

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,

²⁹Ary rehefa tonga tao an-tranony izy, dia naka antsy, ka noraisiny ny fatin'ny vaditsindranony, dia norasainy araka ny famavanin'ny taolana ho roa ambin'ny folo toko, ka nampitondrainy eran'ny tanin'ny Isiraely rehetra.Ary hoy ity rehetra nahita: Tsy nisy zavatra natao na hita toy izany hatramin'ny andro niakaran'ny Zanak'Isiraely avy tany amin'ny tany Egypta ka mandraka androany; hevero izany, samia maka saina, ka ambarao.

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.

³⁰Ary hoy ity rehetra nahita: Tsy nisy zavatra natao na hita toy izany hatramin'ny andro niakaran'ny Zanak'Isiraely avy tany amin'ny tany Egypta ka mandraka androany; hevero izany, samia maka saina, ka ambarao.

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.`