Giudici 19

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 In diebus illis non erat rex in Israel. Fuit quidam vir Levi tes habitans ut advena in extrema parte montis Ephraim, qui accepit concubinam de Bethlehem Iudae.	1 At that time, when there was no king in Israel, there was a Levite residing in remote parts of the mountain region of Ephraim who had taken for himself a concubine from Bethlehem of Judah.
2 Quae irritata reversa est in domum patris sui in Bethlehem mansitque apud eum quattuor mensibus.	2 His concubine was unfaithful to him and left him for her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah, where she stayed for some four months.
3 Secutusque est eam vir suus volens loqui ad cor eius et secum reducere habens in comitatu puerum et duos asinos. Quae suscepit eum et introduxit in domum patris sui. Quem cum socer eius vidisset, occurrit ei laetus	3 Her husband then set out with his servant and a pair of asses, and went after her to forgive her and take her back. She brought him into her father's house, and on seeing him, the girl's father joyfully made him welcome.
4 et retinuit hominem. Mansitque gener in domo soceri tribus diebus comedens cum eo et bibens familiariter.	4 He was detained by the girl's father, and so he spent three days with this father-in-law of his, eating and drinking and passing the night there.
5 Die autem quarto, cum de nocte consurrexissent, et ille proficisci vellet, socer ait ad eum: “ Gusta prius pauxillum panis et conforta cor tuum et sic proficisceris ”.	5 On the fourth day they rose early in the morning and he prepared to go. But the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Fortify yourself with a little food; you can go later on."
6 Sederuntque ambo simul et comederunt ac biberunt. Dixitque pater puellae ad generum suum: “ Quaeso te, ut hodie hic maneas, pariterque laetemur ”.	6 So they stayed and the two men ate and drank together. Then the girl's father said to the husband, "Why not decide to spend the night here and enjoy yourself?"
7 At ille consurgens coepit velle proficisci. Et nihilominus obnixe eum socer tenuit et apud se fecit manere.	7 The man still made a move to go, but when his father-in-law pressed him he went back and spent the night there.
8 Mane autem facto, quinta die parabat Levites iter; cui socer rursum: “ Oro te, inquit, ut confortes cor tuum”. Et tardabant, donec declinaret dies; et ambo comederunt simul.	8 On the fifth morning he rose early to depart, but the girl's father said, "Fortify yourself and tarry until the afternoon." When he and his father-in-law had eaten,
9 Surrexitque adulescens, ut pergeret cum uxore sua et puero. Cui rursum locutus est socer eius pater puellae: “ Considera quod dies ad occasum declivior sit et propinquet ad vesperum; manete apud me etiam hodie, pernocta hic et esto laeto animo, et cras mane proficiscemini, ut vadas in domum tuam ”.	9 and the husband was ready to go with his concubine and servant, the girl's father said to him, "It is already growing dusk. Stay for the night. See, the day is coming to an end. Spend the night here and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow you can start your journey home."
10 Noluit gener acquiescere sermonibus eius, sed statim perrexit et venit contra Iebus, id est Ierusalem, ducens secum duos asinos onustos et concubinam.	10 The man, however, refused to stay another night; he and his concubine set out with a pair of saddled asses, and traveled till they came opposite Jebus, which is Jerusalem.
11 Iamque aderant iuxta Iebus, et dies mutabatur in noctem; dixitque puer ad dominum suum: “ Veni, obsecro, declinemus ad urbem Iebusaeorum et maneamus in ea ”.	11 Since they were near Jebus with the day far gone, the servant said to his master, "Come, let us turn off to this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it."
12 Cui respondit dominus: “ Non ingrediamur oppidum gentis alienae, quae non est de filiis Israel, sed transibimus usque Gabaa ”.	12 But his master said to him, "We will not turn off to a city of foreigners, who are not Israelites, but will go on to Gibeah.
13 Dixitque puero suo: “Veni, accedamus ad unum de locis et manebimus in Gabaa aut Rama ”.	13 Come," he said to his servant, "let us make for some other place, either Gibeah or Ramah, to spend the night."
14 Transierunt igitur Iebus et coeptum carpebant iter; occubuitque eis sol iuxta Gabaa, quae est in tribu Beniamin.	14 So they continued on their way till the sun set on them when they were abreast of Gibeah of Benjamin.
15 Diverteruntque ad eam, ut manerent ibi; quo cum intrassent, sedebant in platea civitatis, et nullus eos recipere volebat hospitio.	15 There they turned off to enter Gibeah for the night. The man waited in the public square of the city he had entered, but no one offered them the shelter of his home for the night.
16 Et ecce apparuit homo senex revertens de agro et de opere suo vespere, qui et ipse erat de monte Ephraim et peregrinus habitabat in Gabaa; homines autem loci illius erant de tribu Beniamin.	16 In the evening, however, an old man came from his work in the field; he was from the mountain region of Ephraim, though he lived among the Benjaminite townspeople of Gibeah.
17 Elevatisque oculis, vidit senex sedentem hominem viatorem in platea civitatis et dixit ad eum: “ Unde venis et quo vadis? ”.	17 When he noticed the traveler in the public square of the city, the old man asked where he was going, and whence he had come.
18 Qui respondit ei: “ Profecti sumus de Bethlehem Iudae et pergimus ad locum meum, qui est in extrema parte montis Ephraim, unde profectus sum in Bethlehem. Et nunc vado ad domum meam, nullusque sub tectum suum me vult recipere	18 He said to him, "We are traveling from Bethlehem of Judah far up into the mountain region of Ephraim, where I belong. I have been to Bethlehem of Judah and am now going back home; but no one has offered us the shelter of his house.
19 habentem paleas et pabulum pro asinis nostris et panem ac vinum in meos et ancillae tuae usus et pueri, qui cum servo tuo sunt; nulla re indigemus nisi hospitio ”.	19 We have straw and fodder for our asses, and bread and wine for the woman and myself and for our servant; there is nothing else we need."
20 Cui respondit senex: “ Pax tecum sit! Ego praebebo omnia, quae necessaria sunt; tantum, quaeso, ne in platea maneas ”.	20 "You are welcome," the old man said to him, "but let me provide for all your needs, and do not spend the night in the public square."
21 Introduxitque eum in domum suam et commixtum migma asinis praebuit; ac, postquam laverunt pedes suos, recepit eos in convivium.	21 So he led them to his house and provided fodder for the asses. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
22 Illis laeto corde epulantibus, venerunt viri civitatis illius filii Belial et circumdantes domum senis fores pulsare coeperunt clamantes ad dominum domus atque dicentes: “ Educ virum, qui ingressus est domum tuam, ut abutamur eo ”.	22 While they were enjoying themselves, the men of the city, who were corrupt, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They said to the old man whose house it was, "Bring out your guest, that we may abuse him."
23 Egressusque est ad eos senex et ait: “ Nolite, fratres, nolite facere malum hoc, quia ingressus est homo hospitium meum, et cessate ab hac stultitia.	23 The owner of the house went out to them and said, "No, my brothers; do not be so wicked. Since this man is my guest, do not commit this crime.
24 Habeo filiam virginem, et hic homo habet concubinam; educam eas ad vos, ut humilietis eas et faciatis eis, quod vobis placuerit; tantum, obsecro, ne scelus hoc operemini in virum ”.	24 Rather let me bring out my maiden daughter or his concubine. Ravish them, or do whatever you want with them; but against the man you must not commit this wanton crime."
25 Nolebant acquiescere sermonibus eius; quod cernens homo apprehendit et eduxit ad eos concubinam suam. Qua cum abusi essent et tota nocte ei illusissent, dimiserunt eam mane.	25 When the men would not listen to his host, the husband seized his concubine and thrust her outside to them. They had relations with her and abused her all night until the following dawn, when they let her go.
26 At mulier, recedentibus tenebris, venit ad ostium domus, ubi manebat dominus suus, et ibi corruit.	26 Then at daybreak the woman came and collapsed at the entrance of the house in which her husband was a guest, where she lay until the morning.
27 Mane facto surrexit homo et aperuit ostium, ut coeptam expleret viam; et ecce concubina eius iacebat ante ostium, sparsis in limine manibus.	27 When her husband rose that day and opened the door of the house to start out again on his journey, there lay the woman, his concubine, at the entrance of the house with her hands on the threshold.
28 Cui ille loquebatur: “ Surge, ut ambulemus ”. Qua nihil respondente, intellegens quod erat mortua, tulit eam et imposuit asino; reversusque est in domum suam.	28 He said to her, "Come, let us go"; but there was no answer. So the man placed her on an ass and started out again for home.
29 Quam cum esset ingressus, arripuit gladium et cadaver uxoris secundum ossa sua in duodecim partes ac frusta concidens misit in omnes terminos Israel.	29 On reaching home, he took a knife to the body of his concubine, cut her into twelve pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel.
30 Quod cum vidissent singuli, conclamabant: “ Numquam res talis facta et visa est in Israel ex eo die, quo ascenderunt patres nostri de Aegypto, usque in praesens tempus! ”. Praeceperat enim viris, quos miserat, dicens: “ Haec dicite omni viro Israel: Si factum est quidquam tale ex die, quo ascenderunt filii Israel de terra Aegypti, usque ad praesentem diem? Attendite ad hoc, consiliamini et decernite quid facto opus sit!”.	30 Everyone who saw this said, "Nothing like this has been done or seen from the day the Israelites came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Take note of it, and state what you propose to do."