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- Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
- But his concubine played the harlot against him, and she went away from him to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah, and was there for a period of four months.
- Then her husband arose and went after her to speak tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father's house, and when the girl's father saw him, he was glad to meet him.
- His father-in-law, the girl's father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.
- Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he prepared to go; and the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Sustain yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go."
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- イスラエル に 王がいなかったそのころ, エフライム の 山地の 奧に 一人の レビ 人が 滯在していた. 彼は ユダ の ベツレヘム から 一人の 女を 側女として 迎え 入れた.
- しかし, その 側女は 主人を 裏切り, そのもとを 去って ユダ の ベツレヘム の 父の 家に 歸り, 四か 月ほどそこにいた.
- 夫は 若者を 伴い, 一阿のろばを 連れて 出で 立ち, 彼女の 後を 追い, その 心に 話しかけて 連れ 戾そうとした. 彼女が 彼を 父の 家に 入れると, 娘の 父は 彼を 見て, 喜び 迎えた.
- そのしゅうと, 娘の 父が 引き 止めるので, 彼は 三日間そこにとどまり, 食べて 飮み, 夜を 過ごした.
- 四日目の 朝早く 彼は 起きて 出發しようとしたが, 娘の 父が ¿に, 「パン を 一切れ 食べて 元氣をつけ, それから 出かけた 方がいい 」と 言うので,
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- So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, "Please be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry."
- Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged him so that he spent the night there again.
- On the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl's father said, "Please sustain yourself, and wait until afternoon"; so both of them ate.
- When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Behold now, the day has drawn to a close; please spend the night. Lo, the day is coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go home."
- But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.
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- 二人は 一緖に 座り, 食べて 飮んだ. 娘の 父は 男に, 「どうか, もう 一晩泊まってくつろいでください 」と 言った.
- 男は 立ち 上がって 出發しようとしたが, しゅうとがしきりに 勸めるので, また 泊まることにした.
- 五日目も 朝早く 彼は 出發しようとしたが, 娘の 父が, 「元氣をつけた 方がいい 」と 言うので, 二人は 日の 傾くころまでゆっくり 食事をした.
- 彼が 側女と 若者を 連れて 出發しようとすると, そのしゅうと, 娘の 父は, 「日もかげってきて, もう 夕方です. もう 一晩お 泊まりください. 日は 暮れかけています. ここに 泊まってくつろぎ, 明朝早く 起きて 旅路につき, 家に 歸ることにしてはどうですか 」と 言った.
- しかし, 男は 泊まろうとせず, 立ち 上がって 出發し, エブス すなわち エルサレム を 目の 前にするところまで 來た. 彼は 鞍をつけた 一阿のろばと 側女を 連れていた.
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- When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone; and the servant said to his master, "Please come, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it."
- However, his master said to him, "We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel; but we will go on as far as Gibeah."
- He said to his servant, "Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
- So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.
- They turned aside there in order to enter and lodge in Gibeah. When they entered, they sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night.
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- 彼らが エブス の 近くに 來たとき, 日は 大きく 傾いていた. 若者は 主人に, 「あの エブス 人の 町に 向かい, そこに 泊まることにしてはいかがですか 」と 言ったが,
- 主人は, 「イスラエル の 人¿ではないこの 異國人の 町には 入るまい. ギブア まで 進むことにしよ /う 」と 答えた.
- 更に 彼は 若者に, 「さあ, このいずれかの 場所に 近づいて 行き, ギブア か ラマ に 泊まることにしよう 」と 言った.
- 彼らは 旅を 續け, ベニヤミン 領の ギブア の 近くで 日は ¿した.
- 彼らは ギブア に 入って 泊まろうとして 進み, 町の 廣場に 來て 腰を 下ろした. 彼らを 家に 迎えて 泊めてくれる 者はいなかった.
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- Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going, and where do you come from?"
- He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to my house, and no man will take me into his house.
- "Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything."
- The old man said, "Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the open square."
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- 夕暮れに, 一人の 老人が 畑仕事を 終えて 歸って 來た. この 人は エフライム 山地の 出身であったが, ギブア に 滯在していた. 土地の 人¿は ベニヤミン 族であった.
- 老人は 目を 上げて, 町の 廣場にいる 旅人を 見, 「どちらにおいでになりますか. どちらからおいでになりましたか 」と 聲をかけた.
- 彼は 老人に 答えた. 「わたしたちは, ユダ の ベツレヘム から エフライム 山地の 奧にあるわたしの 鄕里まで, 旅をしているところです. ユダ の ベツレヘム に 行って, 今, 主の 神殿に 歸る 途中ですが, わたしたちを 家に 迎えてくれる 人がいません.
- ろばのためのわらも 飼い 葉もありますし, わたしとこの 女, あなたの 僕の 連れている 若者のための パン もぶどう 酒もあります. 必要なものはすべてそろっています. 」
- 老人は, 「安心しなさい. あなたが 必要とするものはわたしにまかせなさい. 廣場で 夜を 過ごしてはいけません 」と 言って,
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- So he took him into his house and gave the donkeys fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
- While they were celebrating, behold, the men of the city, certain worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have relations with him."
- Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my fellows, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not commit this act of folly.
- "Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man."
- But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn.
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- 彼らを 自分の 家に 入れ, ろばに 餌を 與えた. 彼らは 足を 洗い, 食べて 飮んだ.
- 彼らがくつろいでいると, 町のならず 者が 家を 圍み, 戶をたたいて, 家の 主人である 老人にこう 言った. 「お 前の 家に 來た 男を 出せ. 我¿はその 男を 知りたい. 」
- 家の 主人は 彼らのところに 出て 行って 言った. 「兄弟たちよ, それはいけない. 惡いことをしないでください. この 人がわたしの 家に 入った 後で, そのような 非道なふるまいは 許されない.
- ここに 處女であるわたしの 娘と, あの 人の 側女がいる. この 二人を 連れ 出すから, 辱め, 思いどおりにするがよい. だがあの 人には 非道なふるまいをしてはならない. 」
- しかし, 人¿は 彼に 耳を 貸そうとしなかった. 男が 側女をつかんで, 外にいる 人¿のところへ 押し 出すと, 彼らは 彼女を 知り, 一晩中朝になるまでもてあそび, 朝の 光が 射すころようやく 彼女を 放した.
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- As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man's house where her master was, until full daylight.
- When her master arose in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.
- He said to her, "Get up and let us go," but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his home.
- When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
- All who saw it said, "Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel and speak up!"
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- 朝になるころ, 女は 主人のいる 家の 入り 口までたどりつき, 明るくなるまでそこに 倒れていた.
- 彼女の 主人が 朝起きて, 旅を 續けようと 戶を 開け, 外に 出て 見ると, 自分の 側女が 家の 入り 口で 手を 敷居にかけて 倒れていたので,
- 「起きなさい. 出かけよう 」と 言った. しかし, 答えはなかった. 彼は 彼女をろばに 乘せ, 自分の 鄕里に 向かって 旅立った.
- 家に 着くと, 彼は 刃物をとって 側女をつかみ, その 體を 十二の 部分に 切り 離し, イスラエル の 全土に 送りつけた.
- これを 見た 者は 皆言った. 「イスラエル の 人¿が エジプト の 地から 上って 來た 日から 今日に 至るまで, このようなことは 決して 起こらず, 目にしたこともなかった. このことを 心に 留め, よく 考えて 語れ. 」
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