Giudici 19

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
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 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a man, a Levite, whose home was deep inthe highlands of Ephraim. He took as concubine a woman from Bethlehem in Judah.
2 Quae irritata reversa est in domum patris sui in Bethlehem mansitque apud eum quattuor mensibus.	2 In a fit of anger his concubine left him and went back to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah, andshe stayed there for some time -- 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 after her, to appeal to her affections and fetch her back; he had his servantand two donkeys with him. As he was arriving at the house of the girl's father, the father saw him and camehappily to meet him.
4 et retinuit hominem. Mansitque gener in domo soceri tribus diebus comedens cum eo et bibens familiariter.	4 His father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there; and he stayed with him for three days; they ate anddrank and spent the nights 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 got up early, and the Levite was preparing to leave when the girl's father said tohis son-in-law, 'Have something to eat to gather strength; you can leave later.'
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 sat down and began eating and drinking, the two of them together; then the girl's father said tothe young man, 'Please agree to spend tonight here too and enjoy yourself.'
7 At ille consurgens coepit velle proficisci. Et nihilominus obnixe eum socer tenuit et apud se fecit manere.	7 And when the man got up to leave, the father-in-law pressed him again, and he spent another nightthere.
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 day, the Levite got up early to leave, but the girl's father said to him, 'Please gatherstrength first!' So they stayed on until the sun began to go down, and the two men had a meal together.
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 The husband was getting up to leave with his concubine and his servant when his father-in-law, thegirl's father, said, 'Look, day is fading into evening. Please spend the night here. Look, the day is nearly over.Spend the night here and enjoy yourself. Then, early tomorrow, you can leave on your journey and go backhome.'
10 Noluit gener acquiescere sermonibus eius, sed statim perrexit et venit contra Iebus, id est Ierusalem, ducens secum duos asinos onustos et concubinam.	10 But the man, refusing to stay the night, got up and went on his way, until he arrived within sight ofJebus -- that is, Jerusalem. He had with him two donkeys saddled, his concubine and his servant.
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 By the time they were near Jebus, the light was going fast. The servant said to his master, 'Come on,please, let us turn off into this Jebusite town and spend the night there.'
12 Cui respondit dominus: “ Non ingrediamur oppidum gentis alienae, quae non est de filiis Israel, sed transibimus usque Gabaa ”.	12 His master replied, 'We shal not turn off into a town of foreigners, of people who are not Israelites;we shal go on to Gibeah.'
13 Dixitque puero suo: “Veni, accedamus ad unum de locis et manebimus in Gabaa aut Rama ”.	13 He then said to his servant, 'Come on, we shal try to reach one or other of those places, eitherGibeah or Ramah, and spend the night there.'
14 Transierunt igitur Iebus et coeptum carpebant iter; occubuitque eis sol iuxta Gabaa, quae est in tribu Beniamin.	14 So they kept going and went on with their journey. As they approached Gibeah in Benjamin, the sunwas setting.
15 Diverteruntque ad eam, ut manerent ibi; quo cum intrassent, sedebant in platea civitatis, et nullus eos recipere volebat hospitio.	15 So they turned that way to spend the night in Gibeah. Once inside, the Levite sat down in the townsquare, but no one offered to take them in 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 Eventual y, an old man came along at nightfal from his work in the fields. He too was from thehighlands of Ephraim, although he was living in Gibeah; the people of the place, however, were Benjaminites.
17 Elevatisque oculis, vidit senex sedentem hominem viatorem in platea civitatis et dixit ad eum: “ Unde venis et quo vadis? ”.	17 Looking up, he saw the travel er in the town square. 'Where are you going?' said the old man, 'Andwhere have you come from?'
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 'We are on our way', the other replied, 'from Bethlehem in Judah to a place deep in the highlands ofEphraim. That is where I come from. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going home, but no onehas offered to take me into 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 although we have straw and provender for our donkeys, and I also have bread and wine for myself,and this maidservant and the young man who is travelling with your servant; we are short of nothing.'
20 Cui respondit senex: “ Pax tecum sit! Ego praebebo omnia, quae necessaria sunt; tantum, quaeso, ne in platea maneas ”.	20 'Welcome,' said the old man. 'I shal see that you have al you want. You cannot spend the night inthe square.'
21 Introduxitque eum in domum suam et commixtum migma asinis praebuit; ac, postquam laverunt pedes suos, recepit eos in convivium.	21 So he took him into his house and gave the donkeys provender. The travel ers washed their feet,then 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, some townsmen, scoundrels, came crowding round the house;they battered on the door and said to the old man, master of the house, 'Send out the man who went into yourhouse, we should like to have intercourse with 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 master of the house went out to them and said, 'No, brothers, please, do not be so wicked. Sincethis man is now under my roof, do not commit such an infamy.
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 Here is my daughter; she is a virgin; I shal bring her out to you. Il -treat her, do what you please withher, but do not commit such an infamy against this man.'
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 But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took hold of his concubine and brought her out tothem. They had intercourse with her and ill-treated her al night til morning; when dawn was breaking they let hergo.
26 At mulier, recedentibus tenebris, venit ad ostium domus, ubi manebat dominus suus, et ibi corruit.	26 At daybreak the girl came and fel on the threshold of her husband's host, and she stayed there until itwas light.
27 Mane facto surrexit homo et aperuit ostium, ut coeptam expleret viam; et ecce concubina eius iacebat ante ostium, sparsis in limine manibus.	27 In the morning her husband got up and, opening the door of the house, was going out to continue hisjourney when he saw the woman, his concubine, lying at the door 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 'Get up,' he said, 'we must leave!' There was no answer. He then loaded her on his donkey andbegan the journey 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 Having reached his house, he took his knife, took hold of his concubine and cut her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces; he then sent her 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 He gave instructions to his messengers, 'This is what you are to say to al the Israelites, "Hasanything like this been done since the day when the Israelites came out of Egypt until today? Take this to heart,discuss it; then give your verdict." ' And al who saw it declared, 'Never has such a thing been done or been seensince the Israelites came out of Egypt until today.'