¹A taktiež sa stalo v tých dňoch, keď nebolo kráľa v Izraelovi, že bol istý muž, Levita, pohostínom kdesi vzade vrchu Efraimovho, ktorý si vzal ženu ženinu z Betlehema Júdovho.

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;

²Ale jeho ženina smilnila dopúšťajúc sa nevernosti proti nemu a odišla od neho do domu svojho otca do Betlehema Júdovho a bola tam nejaký čas, štyri mesiace.

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.

³Potom sa zobral jej muž a išiel za ňou, aby jej hovoril k srdcu nato, aby ju doviedol zpät, a mal so sebou svojho mládenca a dvoch oslov. A doviedla ho do domu svojho otca. A keď ho uvidel otec dievčiny, zaradoval sa a išiel mu vústrety.

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.

⁴A jeho svokor, otec dievčiny, ho zdržal u seba, takže zostal u neho tri dni, a jedli a pili a nocovali tam.

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.

⁵Ale štvrtého dňa bolo, že vstali skoro ráno, a človek sa zobral, že pojde. Avšak otec dievčiny povedal svojmu zaťovi: Posilni svoje srdce kúskom chleba, a potom pojdete.

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.`

⁶A tak sadli a jedli spolu obidvaja a pili. A otec dievčiny povedal človekovi: Nože zostaň ešte a prenocuj tu, a nech sa poveselí tvoje srdce.

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.`

⁷A keď vstal človek, že odíde, nasilu ho zdržal jeho svokor. A tak sa vrátil a zase prenocoval tam.

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

⁸Potom vstal skoro ráno, piateho dňa, že teda pojde. Ale zase len povedal otec dievčiny: Nože posilni, prosím, svoje srdce! A otáľali, až sa nachýlil deň. A jedli obidvaja.

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.

⁹Keď potom vstal človek, že pojde, on i jeho ženina i jeho mládenec, jeho svokor, otec dievčiny, mu povedal: Nože hľa, deň sa už nachýlil k večeru. Prenocujte, prosím. Hľa, deň sa kladie, prenocuj tu, a nech sa poveselí tvoje srdce. Zajtra vstanete skoro ráno a vydáte sa na svoju cestu, a tak pojdeš do svojho stánu.

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.`

¹⁰Ale človek už nechcel prenocovať, ale vstal a odišiel a prišiel až proti Jebuzovi, to jest proti Jeruzalemu, a s ním dvaja osedlaní osli i jeho ženina s ním.

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.

¹¹A keďže boli u Jebuzeja, a deň sa už bol veľmi nachýlil, povedal mládenec svojmu pánovi: Prosím, poď, zabočme do tohoto mesta Jebuzejovho a prenocujme v ňom.

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.`

¹²Ale jeho pán mu povedal: Nezabočíme ta do mesta cudzinca, ktorý nie je zo synov Izraelových, ale pojdeme až do Gibee.

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.`

¹³A povedal svojmu mládencovi: Poď, aby sme sa priblížili niektorému z tých miest a prenocujeme v Gibei alebo v Ráme.

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.`

¹⁴A tak prešli a išli, a slnce im zašlo pri Gibei, ktorá patrí Benjaminovi.

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

¹⁵Uchýlili sa tedy ta, aby vojdúc prenocovali v Gibei. A keď vošiel, zostal na ulici mesta, a nebolo nikoho, kto by ich bol pojal a prijal do domu, aby prenocovali.

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.

¹⁶A hľa, nejaký starý človek išiel zo svojej práce s poľa, večer. A človek bol tiež z vrchu Efraimovho a pohostínil v Gibei, ale mužovia toho miesta boli synovia Benjaminovi.

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.

¹⁷A pozdvihnúc svoje oči videl človeka, toho pocestného, na ulici mesta. A starý človek povedal: Kam ideš a odkiaľ si prišiel?

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?`

¹⁸A povedal mu: Ideme z Betlehema Júdovho až hen celkom za vrch Efraimov; ja som ztadiaľ a bol som zašiel až do Betlehema Júdovho a chodievam do domu Božieho, ale nie je nikoho, kto by ma bol pojal a prijal do domu.

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,

¹⁹A jesto predsa aj slama aj obrok pre našich oslov, a mám aj chlieb aj víno pre seba i pre tvoju dievku i pre mládenca, ktorý je s tvojimi služobníkmi; nemáme nedostatku ničoho.

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.`

²⁰Na to povedal starý človek: Pokoj ti o to! Čohokoľvek by sa ti nedostávalo, to len ponechaj na mňa. Len nenocuj na ulici.

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

²¹A dovedúc ho do svojho domu dal oslom obrok, a oni, keď umyli svoje nohy, jedli a pili.

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

²²Ale keď sa už boli rozveselili, tu hľa, mužovia mesta, mužovia, synovia beliála, obkľúčili dom a tĺkli na dvere a vraveli starému človekovi, pánovi domu: Vyveď človeka, ktorý vošiel do tvojho domu, aby sme ho poznali.

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.`

²³A človek, pán domu, vyjdúc k nim povedal im: Nie, moji bratia, nerobte, prosím, zlého, keďže tento človek vošiel do môjho domu; nevykonajte toho bláznovstva.

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;

²⁴Hľa, je tu moja dcéra, panna, a jeho ženina, dovoľte, prosím, aby som vám tie vyviedol, a ponížte ich a urobte im, čo sa vám ľúbi, ale tomuto človekovi nerobte ničoho, nevykonajte toho bláznovstva!

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.`

²⁵Ale mužovia ho nechceli poslúchnuť. Vtedy pochytil človek svoju ženinu a vyviedol ju k nim von. A poznali ju a prevádzali pri nej svoju vôľu celú noc až do rána a pustili ju, až keď už svitalo.

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;

²⁶A žena prišla nad ránom a padla a zostala ležať pri dveriach domu človeka, kde bol jej pán, až bolo svetlo.

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.

²⁷Keď potom vstal jej pán, ráno, a otvoril dvere na dome a vyšiel, aby išiel svojou cestou, tu hľa, žena, jeho ženina, ležala padlá pri dveriach domu a ruky mala na prahu.

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,

²⁸A vravel jej: Vstaň, a poďme! Ale neodpovedala. Vtedy ju vzal na osla a človek sa zobral a išiel ku svojmu miestu.

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,

²⁹A keď prišiel do svojho domu, vzal nôž a pochytiac svoju ženinu porezal ju na kusy podľa jej kostí na dvanásť kusov, a rozposlal ju po celom území Izraelovom.

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.

³⁰A bolo, že každý, kto to videl, hovoril: Nikdy sa nič také nestalo, ani nebolo nikdy nič také vidieť od toho dňa, ako vyšli synovia Izraelovi hore z Egyptskej zeme až do tohoto dňa. Zamyslite sa nad tým! Poraďte a hovorte!

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.`