Mga Hukom 19
1 Sa mga araw na iyon, nang walang hari sa Israel, mayroong isang lalaki, isang Levita, na pansamantalang naninirahan sa pinakamalayong bahagi ng burol na bansa ng Efraim. Kumuha siya ng isang babae para sa kaniyang sarili, isa pang asawa mula sa Bethlehem sa Juda.
It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a secondary wife from Bethlehem Judah.
2 Pero ang isa pa niyang asawa ay taksil sa kaniya; iniwanan siya at bumalik sa bahay ng kaniyang ama sa Bethlehem ng Juda. Nanatili siya roon sa loob ng apat na buwan.
His secondary wife was angry with him and went away from him to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah, and was there about four months.
3 Pagkatapos tumayo ang kaniyang asawa at pumunta sa kaniya para hikayatin siyang bumalik. Kasama niya ang kaniyang tagapaglingkod, at isang pares ng mga asno. Dinala niya siya sa bahay ng kaniyang ama.
Her 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 woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4 Nang nakita siya ng ama ng babae, nagalak siya. Ang kaniyang biyenan, ang ama ng babae, ay hinikayat siyang manatili sa loob ng tatlong araw. Kumain sila at uminom, at nagpalipas sila ng gabi roon.
His father-in-law, the young woman's father, welcomed him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.
5 Sa ika-apat na araw maaga silang bumangon at naghanda siya para umalis, pero sinabihan ng ama ng babae ang kaniyang manugang, “Palakasin mo ang iyong sarili sa pamamagitan ng kaunting tinapay, pagkatapos maaari kanang umalis.”
It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with a piece of bread, and after that you may go."
6 Kaya ang dalawa sa kanila ay umupo para kumain at uminom na magkasama. Pagkatapos sinabi ng ama ng babae, “Pakiusap pumayag na magpalipas ng gabi at magpakasaya.”
So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young woman's father said to the man, "Please agree to stay the night, and enjoy yourself."
7 Nang gumising ng maaga ang Levita para umalis, hinimok siya ng ama ng dalagang babae na manatili, kaya binago niya ang kaniyang binalak at muling nagpalipas ng gabi roon.
The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.
8 Sa ika-limang araw gumising siya ng maaga para umalis, pero sinabi ng ama ng babae, “Palakasin mo ang iyong sarili, maghintay hanggang hapon.” Kaya kumain silang dalawa.
He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young woman's father said, "Please refresh yourself and stay until the day declines." And the two of them ate and drank.
9 Nang ang Levita at ang kaniyang isa pang asawa at ang kaniyang tagapaglingkod ay bumangon para umalis, ang kaniyang biyenan, ang ama ng babae ay sinabi sa kaniya, “Tingnan, malapit ng gumabi ngayon. Pakiusap manatili kayo ng isa pang gabi, at magpakasaya. Maaari kang gumising nang maaaga bukas at umuwi.”
When the man rose up with his secondary wife and his servant to leave, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, now the day draws toward evening, please stay the night. Look, the day grows to an end, stay here, and enjoy yourself; and tomorrow you can get up early for your journey so that you may go home."
10 Pero hindi na ninanais ng Levita na magpalipas pa ng gabi. Bumangon siya at umalis. Pumunta siya patungong Jebus (iyon ay Jerusalem). Mayroon siyang isang pares ng mga sasakyang asno —at kasama niya ang kaniyang isa pang asawa.
But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and went toward Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his secondary wife and his servant were with him.
11 Nang malapit na sila sa Jebus, malapit nang matapos ang araw, at sinabi ng tagapaglingkod sa kaniyang amo, “Halina, lumihis tayo patungo sa lungsod ng Jebuseo at magpalipas ng gabi roon.”
When they were by Jebus, the day was almost gone, and the servant said to his master, "Please come and let us stop at this city of the Jebusites, and spend the night in it."
12 Sinabi ng kaniyang amo sa kaniya, “Hindi tayo lilihis patungo sa isang lugnsod ng mga dayuhan na hindi kabilang sa bayan ng Israel. Pupunta tayo sa Gabaa.”
His master said to him, "We won't go into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass over to Gibeah."
13 Sinabi ng Levita sa kaniyang binata, “Halina, pumunta tayo sa isa sa mga ibang lugar na iyon, at magpalipas ng gabi sa Gabaa o Rama.”
He said to his servant, "Come and let us try to reach one of those places and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
14 Kaya nagpatuloy sila, at lumubog ang araw habang papalapit sila sa Gabaa, sa nasasakupan ng Benjamin.
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
15 Lumihis sila roon para magpalipas ng gabi sa Gabaa. At pumasok siya at umupo sa plasa ng lungsod, sapagka't walang isa mang nagpatuloy sa kanila sa kaniyang bahay para sa gabi.
They turned that way to go in to spend the night in Gibeah. And he went in and they sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who would take them into their house to spend the night.
16 Pero pagkatapos dumating ang isang matandang lalaki mula sa kaniyang trabaho sa bukid ng gabing iyon. Siya ay mula sa burol na bansa ng Efraim, at panandalian siyang nakatira sa Gabaa. Pero ang mga kalalakihang naninirahan sa lugar na iyon ay mga Benjamita.
Look, there came an old man from his work out in the field at evening. Now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
17 Tumingin siya at nakita ang manlalakbay sa plasa ng lungsod. Sinabi ng matandang lalaki, “Saan ka pupunta? Saan ka nanggaling?”
He lifted up his eyes, and saw the traveler in the street of the city. And the old man said, "Where are you going, and where did you come from?"
18 Sinabi ng Levita sa kaniya, “Kami ay naglalakbay mula sa Bethlehem sa Juda patungo sa pinakamalayong bahagi ng burol na bansa ng Efraim, na kung saan ako nagmula. Pumunta ako sa Bethlehem sa Juda, at papunta ako sa bahay ni Yahweh, pero wala ni isang magdadala sa akin sa kaniyang bahay.
He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. And I am going to my home, and there is no one who will take me into his home.
19 Mayroon kaming dayami at pakain para sa aming mga asno, at mayroong tinapay at alak para sa akin at sa iyong babaeng lingkod dito, at para sa binatang ito na kasama ng iyong mga lingkod. Wala kaming kakulangan.”
Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything."
20 Binati sila ng matandang lalaki, “Sumainyo ang kapayapaan! Ako ang bahala sa lahat ng inyong mga pangangailangan. Huwag lamang magpalipas ng gabi sa plasa.”
And the old man said, "Peace be to you. I will take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the square."
21 Kaya dinala ng lalaki ang Levita sa kaniyang bahay at nagbigay ng pakain para sa mga asno. Hinugasan nila ang kanilang mga paa at kumain at uminom.
So he brought him into his house, and fed the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
22 Nagsasaya sila, nang ang mga kalalakihan sa lungsod, masasamang lalaki, ay pinalibutan ang bahay, hinahampas ang pinto. Nakipag-usap sila sa matandang lalaki, ang amo ng bahay, at sinabing, “Palabasin ang lalaking dumating sa iyong bahay, para makilala namin siya.”
As they were enjoying themselves, look, the men of the city, some wicked men of the city 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."
23 Ang lalaki, ang amo ng bahay, lumabas at sinabi sa kanila, “Huwag, mga kapatid ko, pakiusap huwag gawin ang masamang bagay na ito! Sapagka't bisita sa aking bahay ang lalaking ito, huwag gawin ang masamang bagay na ito!
The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, "No, my brothers, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house. Do not do this disgraceful thing.
24 Tingnan ninyo, narito ang aking birheng anak na babae at ang isa pang asawa. Hayaang ilabas ko sila ngayon. Lapastanganin sila at gawin sa kanila ang anumang nais ninyo. Pero huwag gumawa ng masamang bagay sa lalaking ito!”
Look, here is my virgin daughter and his secondary wife. I will bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but do not do any such a disgraceful thing to this man."
25 Pero ayaw makinig sa kaniya ng mga kalalakihan, kaya kinuha ng lalaki ang kaniyang isa pang asawa at inilabas siya sa kanila. Kinuha siya nila, ginahasa siya, at inabuso siya nang buong magdamag, at hinayaan nila siyang umalis ng madaling araw.
But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his secondary wife, and brought her out to them. And they raped her and abused her all night until the morning, and when the day began to dawn they let her go.
26 Sa madaling araw dumating ang babae at bumagsak sa pinto ng bahay ng lalaki kung saan naroon ang kaniyang amo, at nahiga siya roon hanggang sa magliwanag.
Then at daybreak the woman arrived and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until daylight.
27 Bumangon ang kaniyang amo sa umaga at binuksan ang mga pinto ng bahay at umalis papunta sa kainyang paroroonan. Nakikita niya ang kaniyang isa pang asawa na nakahiga roon sa pintuan, na ang mga kamay ay nasa bungad.
Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and look, the woman his secondary wife was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
28 Sinabi ng Levita sa kaniya, “Bumangon ka. Umalis na tayo.” Pero walang sagot. Isinakay niya siya sa asno at umalis ang lalaki para umuwi.
And he said to her, "Get up, and let us go." But there was no answer, for she was dead. So he placed her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went to his home.
29 Nang makarating ang Levita sa kaniyang bahay, kumuha siya ng isang kutsilyo, at hinawakan niya ang kaniyang isa pang asawa, at pinagputul-putol siya, biyas sa biyas, sa labing dalawang piraso, at pinadala ang mga piraso sa lahat ng dako ng Israel.
When he had come into his house, he took a knife, and took hold of his secondary wife and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
30 Sinabi ng lahat ng nakakita nito, “Hindi pa nangyari ang bagay o nakita mula sa araw na lumabas ang mga tao ng Israel mula sa lupain ng Ehipto hanggang sa araw na ito. Isipin ang bagay na ito! Bigyan kami ng payo! Sabihin sa amin kung ano ang gagawin!”
And it was so, that all who saw it said, "Nothing like this has been done or seen since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day." And he commanded the men whom he sent, saying, "This is what you will say to all the men of Israel, 'Has anything like this happened since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day? Consider it, take counsel, and speak.'"
