Judges 19
1 At that time the Israeli people had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi who lived in a remote place in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lives. He had previously taken as a wife a woman who was a slave. She was from Bethlehem, in the area where the tribe of Judah lives.
И бысть в тыя дни не бяше царя во Израили: и бысть муж левитин живый во стране горы Ефремовы, и поя себе жену подложницу от Вифлеема Иудина:
2 But she started to sleep with other men also. Then she left him and returned to her father’s house in Bethlehem. She stayed there for four months.
и разгневася нань подложница его, и отиде от него в дом отца своего в Вифлеем Иудин, и бе тамо четыри месяцы:
3 Then her husband took his servant and two donkeys and went to Bethlehem. He went to ask her to come back to live with him again. When he arrived at her father’s house, she invited him to come in. Her father was happy to see him.
и воста муж ея и иде вслед ея глаголати в сердце ея, обратити ю к себе и привести паки к себе: и отрок его с ним, и двое ослят: она же введе его в дом отца своего:
4 The woman’s father asked him to stay. So he stayed there for three days. During that time he ate and drank and slept there.
и виде его отец отроковицы и изыде с веселием во сретение его, и удержа его тесть его отец отроковицы, и пребысть с ним три дни, и ядоша и пиша, и спаша тамо.
5 On the fourth day, they all got up early in the morning. The man from the tribe of Levi was preparing to leave, but the woman’s father said to him, “Eat something before you go.”
И бысть в день четвертый, и обутреша заутра, и воста поити. И рече отец отроковицы к зятю своему: укрепи сердце твое укрухом хлеба, и по сем пойдете.
6 So the two men sat down to eat and drink together. Then the woman’s father said to him, “Please stay another night. Relax/Rest and have a joyful time.”
И седоша, и ядоша оба вкупе и пиша. И рече отец отроковицы к мужу: иди ныне и преспи, и возблажает сердце твое.
7 The man from the tribe of Levi wanted to leave, but the woman’s father requested him to stay one more night. So he stayed again that night.
И воста муж поити: и понуди его тесть его, и седе, и пребысть тамо.
8 On the fifth day, the man got up early and prepared to leave. But the woman’s father said to him again, “Have something to eat. Wait until this afternoon, [and then leave].” So the two men ate together.
И воста рано в пятый день да идет. И рече отец отроковицы: укрепи убо сердце твое хлебом, и пребуди дондеже преклонится день. И ядоша и пиша оба.
9 In the afternoon, when the man from the tribe of Levi and his slave wife and his servant got up to leave, the woman’s father said, “It will soon be dark. The day is almost over. Stay here tonight and have a good/joyful time. Tomorrow morning you can get up early and leave for your home.”
И воста муж да идет сам и подложница его и отрок его. И рече ему тесть его отец отроковицы: се, уже преклонися день к вечеру, пребуди зде, и возблажает сердце твое, и обутреете утро в путь ваш, и отидеши в селение свое.
10 But the man from the tribe of Levi did not want to stay for another night. He put saddles on his two donkeys, and started to go with his slave wife [and his servant] toward Jebus [city], which is [now named] Jerusalem.
И не изволи муж пребыти, и воста и отиде: и прииде даже прямо Иевусу, сей есть Иерусалим, и с ним двое ослят с бремены, и подложница его с ним.
11 Late in the afternoon, they came near to Jebus. The servant said to his master, “We should stop in this city where the Jebus people-group live, and stay here tonight.”
И приидоша до Иевуса, и день преклонися к вечеру зело: и рече отрок ко господину своему: гряди убо, да уклонимся во град сей Иевус и пребудем в нем.
12 But his master said, “No, it would not be good for us to stay here where foreign people live. There are no Israeli people here. We will go on to Gibeah [city].”
И рече к нему господин его: не уклонимся во град чуждь, в немже несть от сынов Израилевых, но прейдем до Гаваона.
13 He said to his servant, “Let’s go. It is not far to Gibeah. We can go there, or we can go a bit further to Ramah. We can stay in one of those two cities tonight.”
И рече ко отроку своему: гряди, да приступим ко единому от мест Гаваонских и пребудем в Гаваоне или в Раме.
14 So they continued walking. When they came near Gibeah, where people from the tribe of Benjamin live, the sun was setting.
И минуша, и идоша, и зайде им солнце близ Гаваона, иже есть Вениаминь:
15 They stopped to stay there that night. They went to the public square of that city and sat down. But no one [who passed by] invited them to stay in their house for that night.
и уклонишася тамо внити превитати в Гаваоне, и внидоша и седоша на стогнах града: и не бе муж вводяй их в дом превитати.
16 Finally, in the evening, an old man came by. He had been working in the fields. He was from the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim, but at that time he was living in Gibeah.
И се, муж стар идяше с дела своего из поля в вечер, и сей муж от горы Ефремли, и той обиташе в Гаваоне: и мужие места сынове Вениамини.
17 He realized that the man from the tribe of Levi was only traveling and did not have a home in that city. So he asked the man, “Where have you come from? And where are you going?”
И возвед очи свои, виде мужа путника на стогнах градных, и рече муж старец: камо идеши и откуду грядеши?
18 He replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem to my home in the hilly area where people of the tribe of Ephraim live. I went from there to Bethlehem, but now we are going to [Shiloh] where Yahweh’s Sacred tent (OR, my house) is. No one here has invited us to stay in their house tonight.
И рече к нему: грядем мы от Вифлеема Иудина даже до стран горы Ефремли, отюнудуже аз есмь: и ходих до Вифлеема Иудина, и иду аз в дом мой: и несть мужа вводящаго мя в дом:
19 We have straw and food for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the young woman and my servant. We do not need anything else.”
а плевы и пища ослятом нашым есть, и мне хлеб и вино есть, и отроковице и отроку: рабом твоим несть скудно ни коея вещи.
20 The old man said, “I wish that things will go well for you, but I would like to provide what you need. Do not stay here in the square tonight.”
И рече муж стар: мир тебе: и весь недостаток твой на мне, обаче на стогнах не лязи.
21 Then the old man took them to his house. He gave food to the donkeys. He [gave water to the man and the woman and the servant to] wash their feet. And he gave them something to eat and drink.
И введе его в дом свой, и даде место ослятом его: и омыша ноги своя, и ядоша и пиша.
22 While they were having a good/joyful time together, some wicked men from that city surrounded the house and started to bang on the door. They shouted to the old man, “Bring out to us the man who has come to your house. We want to have sex with him.”
Егда же возвеселися сердце их, и се, мужие градстии сынове беззаконников обыдоша дом биюще в двери, и реша мужу господину дому старцу, глаголюще: изведи мужа иже вниде в дом твой, да познаем его.
23 The old man went outside and said to them, “Friends, I will not do that. That would be a very evil thing. This man is a guest in my house. You should not do such a terrible/disgraceful/shameful thing!
И изыде к ним муж господин дому и рече: ни, братия, не сотворите зла мужу сему повнегда внити ему в дом мой, и не сотворите безумия сего:
24 Look, my daughter is here. She is [still] a virgin. And this man’s slave wife is here. I will bring them out to you now. You may do to them whatever you wish, but do not do such a terrible/disgraceful/shameful thing to this young man!”
се, дщерь моя дева, и подложница его: изведу их, и смирите их, и сотворите им еже благо пред очима вашима: а мужу сему не сотворите словесе безумия сего.
25 But the men did not pay attention to what he said. So the man from the tribe of Levi took his slave wife and sent her to them, outside the house. They raped [EUP] her and abused her all night. Then at dawn, they allowed her to go.
И не изволиша мужие послушати его. И взя муж подложницу его и изведе ю к ним вон: и познаша ю и ругашася над нею всю нощь даже до утра, и отпустиша ю, егда взыде денница.
26 She returned to the old man’s house, where her husband was staying, but she fell down at the doorway and lay there all night.
И прииде жена к заутрию, и паде у дверий дому, идеже бяше муж ея, до разсветания.
27 In the morning, when the man from the tribe of Levi got up, he went outside of the house to continue his journey. He saw his slave wife lying there at the doorway of the house. Her hands were on the doorsill.
И воста муж ея заутра, и отверзе двери дому и изыде поити в путь свой: и се, жена его подложница лежаше при дверех дому, и руце ея на преддверии.
28 He said to her, “Get up! Let’s go!” But she did not answer, [because she had died]. He put her body on the donkey and traveled to his home.
И рече к ней: востани, да идем. И не отвеща ему, бяше бо мертва. И возложи ю на осля, и воста муж и пойде на место свое.
29 When he arrived home, he took a knife and cut the body of the slave woman into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each area of Israel, [along with a message telling what had happened].
И прииде в дом свой, и взя нож, и взя подложницу свою, и раздроби ю по удесем ея на дванадесять частей, и посла я во вся племена Израилева.
30 Everyone who saw a piece of the body and the message said, “Nothing like this has ever happened before. Not since our ancestors left Egypt [have we heard of such a terrible thing]. We need to think carefully about it. Someone should decide what we should do.”
И бысть всяк видящий глаголаше: не бысть, ни видено бе сице от дне изшествия сынов Израилевых от земли Египетския даже до дне сего. И заповеда мужем, ихже посла, глаголя: сице глаголите ко всему Израилю: аще бысть по словеси сему? Уставите сами себе о ней совет и глаголите.
