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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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.`

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.`

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.

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.

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!

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.`

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

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.`

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

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.`

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?`

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.

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,

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.

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.`

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

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

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

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

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!

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.`

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!

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;

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!

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.`

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.

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;

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

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.

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.

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,

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

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,

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!

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.

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!

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.`