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 came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him 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 his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of 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 arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, 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.

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

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.

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 came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way.

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.

⁶So they sat down, and did eat and drink, both of them together: and the damsel's father said unto the man, Be pleased, I pray thee, to tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

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

⁷And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

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 arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Strengthen thy heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declineth; and they did 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 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 thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

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.

¹⁰But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of asses saddled; his concubine also was 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.

¹¹When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, 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 master said unto him, We will not turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.

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

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

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

¹⁴So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth 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 turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his 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, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

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

¹⁷And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, 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 said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am [now] going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his 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.

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 that is with thy servants: there is no want 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 said, Peace be unto thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

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

²¹So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did 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.

²²As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may 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, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into 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!

²⁴Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, 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 any such folly.

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.

²⁵But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on 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.

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

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.

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 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, with her hands upon 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 said unto her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up upon the ass; and the man rose up, and gat him unto 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 when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders 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 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 it, take counsel, and speak.