1Zvino namazuva iwayo kusina mambo pakati paIsiraeri, mumwe muRevhi waigara mberi kwenyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, akazvitorera mukadzi murongo paBheterehemu-judha.
1It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
2Zvino murongo wake akafeva, akabva kwaari, akaenda kumba kwababa vake paBheterehemu-judha, akagarako mwedzi mina.
2His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.
3Zvino murume wake akasimuka, akamutevera, ano muranda wake nembongoro mbiri, akataura zvakanaka naye, kuti amudzoserezve kwaari, iye mukadzi akamuisa kumba kwababa vake; zvino baba vomusikana vakati vachimuona, vakafara kusangana naye.
3Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4Mukarahwa wake, ivo baba vomusikana, vakamudzivisa kuenda, akagara naye mazuva matatu, vakadya, vakamwa, vakavatapo.
4His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.
5Zvino nomusi wechina vakamuka mangwanani, iye akasimuka achida kuenda; baba vomusikana vakati kumukwasha wavo, Simbisa moyo wako nechimedu chechingwa, mugoenda henyu.
5It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.”
6Ipapo vakagara pasi, vakadya, vakamwa vose; baba vomusikana vakati kumurume, Tenda hako ugare usiku hwose, moyo wako ufare.
6So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together: and the young lady’s father said to the man, “Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.”
7Asi murume wakasimuka, achida kuziva; mukarahwa wake akamugombedzera, akavatapozve.
7The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
8Nomusi weshanu akamuka mangwanani, achida kubva; baba vomusikana vakati, Simbisa moyo wako, ugare kusvikira zuva rovira; vakadya vose vari vaviri.
8He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady’s father said, “Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines”; and they both ate.
9Zvino murume wakati achisimuka, achida kubva, iye nomurongo wake, nomuranda wake, mukarahwa wake, ivo baba vomusikana, akati kwaari, Tarira, zuva rovira, ava madekwana, chigara hako usiku hwose; tarira, zuva roda kupera, vata hako pano, moyo wako ufare, mugofumira mangwana parwendo rwenyu kumusha kwenyu.
9When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady’s father, said to him, “Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow go on your way early, that you may go home.”
10Asi murume wakaramba kuvatapo usiku uhwo, asi wakasimuka, akabva, ndokusvika pakatarisana neJebhusi (ndiro Jerusaremu); wakange ane mbongoro mbiri dzakanga dzakaiswa zvigaro; nomurongo wake wakange anaye.
10But the man wouldn’t stay 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 donkeys saddled; his concubine also was with him.
11Zvino vakati vasvika pedo neJebhusi, zuva rikanga rovira; muranda akati kuna tenzi wake, Ngatitsaukire hedu kuguta iri ravaJebhusi, tivatemo.
11When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Please come and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.”
12Tenzi wake akati kwaari, Handingatsaukiri kuguta ravatorwa, kusina vana vaIsiraeri; asi tichapfuura hedu, kusvikira paGibhiya.
12His master said to him, “We won’t turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.”
13Akati kumuranda wake, Hendei, tiswedere kune imwe yenzvimbo idzi, tivate paGibhiya kana paRama.
13He said to his servant, “Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
14Ipapo vakapfuura parwendo rwavo, vakavirirwa pedo neGibhiya, raiva guta ravaBhenjamini.
14So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
15Vakatsaukirako, vachida kuvata paGibhiya akapinda, akagara pasi munzira yomuguta; nekuti kwakanga kusina munhu wakavadana kuzovata mumba make.
15They turned aside there, 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 who took them into his house to lodge.
16Zvino mumwe mutana akasvika, achibva kubasa rake kumunda madekwana; zvino murume uyo wakange ari wenyika yamakomo yaEfuremu, asi wakagara hake paGibhiya; asi varume venzvimbo iyo vakanga vari vaBhenjamini.
16Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening: now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
17Iye akatarira, akaona murume uyu mufambi ari munzira yomuguta; mutana akati, Ko unoendepi? Uye, unobvepiko?
17He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”
18Iye akati kwaari, Tinobva Bheterehemu-judha, tinopfuurira kurutivi rwemberi rwenyika yamakomo yaEfuremu; ndiko kwandakabva, ndikaenda Bheterehemu-judha, zvino ndinoenda kumba kwaJehovha, asi hakuna munhu wakandidana kugara mumba make.
18He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his house.
19Kunyange zvakadaro tinahwo uswa nezvokudya zvembongoro dzedu, nechingwa newaini zvinondiringana ini nomurandakadzi wenyu nejaya rina varanda venyu; hakuna chinhu chinoshaikwa.
19Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything.”
20Zvino mutana akati, Farao hako, zvose zvawaishaiwa, ini ndichakupa; asi usavata munzira yomuguta.
20The old man said, “Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don’t lodge in the street.”
21ipapo akavaisa mumba make, akapa mbongoro zvokudya; vakashambidza tsoka dzavo, vakadya nokumwa.
21So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
22Zvino vakati vofara pamoyo yavo, tarirai varume veguta, vamwe vanhu vakaisvoipa, vakakomba imba kunhivi dzose, vakagogodza pamukova; vakataura nomwene weimba, iye mutana, vakati, Budisa murume wakasvika paimba yako, timuzive.
22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him!”
23Zvino murume uyo, mwene weimba akabuda kwavari, akati kwavari, Kwete, hama dzangu, regai kuita zvakaipa zvakadai; musaita samapenzi, nekuti murume uyu wakapinda mumba mangu.
23The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, “No, my brothers, please don’t act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, don’t do this folly.
24Tarirai, hoyu mukunda wangu mhandara, nomurongo wake; ndichavabudisa zvino, muvazvidze, muvaitire sezvamunoda, asi regai kuitira murume uyu chakaipa chakadai.
24Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. I will bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them what seems good to you; but to this man don’t do any such folly.”
25Asi varume vakaramba kumuteerera; ipapo murume akabata murongo wake, akamubudisira kwavari; vakamuziva, vakamuchinya usiku hwose kusvikira mangwana vakamurega koedza.
25But the men wouldn’t listen to him: so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning: and when the day began to dawn, they let her go.
26Zvino mukadzi akauya koedza, akawira pasi pamukova weimba yomunhu, makanga munashe wake, akavapo kusvikira kwaedza kwazvo.
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, until it was light.
27Zvino ishe wake wakamuka mangwanani, akazarura mikova yeimba, akabuda, achida kupfuura parwendo rwake; akawana mukadzi, iye murongo wake, akawira pasi pamukova weimba, maoko ake ari pachikumbaridzo.
27Her 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 on the threshold.
28Akati kwaari, Simuka, tiende; asi hakuna wakapindura; ipapo akamuisa pambongoro yake, murume akasimuka, akaenda kumba kwake.
28He said to her, “Get up, and let us be going!” but no one answered. Then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and went to his place.
29Wakati asvika kumba kwake, akatora banga, akabata murongo wake, akadimuranya mitezo yake, akaita nhindi dzine gumi nembiri, akadzituma munyika yose yavaIsiraeri.
29When he had 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.
30Zvino vose vakati vachizviona, vakati, Chinguva vana vaIsiraeri vakakwira vachibva panyika yeEgipita, kusvikira zuva ranhasi, hakune chinhu chakadai chakaitwa kana chakaonekwa; rangarirai izvozvo, murangane mutaure.
30It was so, that all who 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 to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”