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Dómarabókin 19
Icelandic Bible
Dómarabókin 19
Icelandic Bible
19 Um þær mundir bar svo til _ en þá var enginn konungur í Ísrael _ að levíti nokkur bjó innst inni í Efraímfjöllum, og tók hann sér að hjákonu kvenmann nokkurn frá Betlehem í Júda.
2 En þessi hjákona hans var honum ótrú og fór frá honum til húss föður síns í Betlehem í Júda og var þar fjögra mánaða tíma.
3 En maður hennar tók sig upp og fór eftir henni til þess að tala um fyrir henni og til þess að sækja hana, og hafði hann með sér svein sinn og tvo asna. Hún leiddi hann þá inn í hús föður síns, og er faðir stúlkunnar sá hann, gladdist hann yfir komu hans.
4 En tengdafaðir hans, faðir stúlkunnar, hélt honum, svo að hann dvaldist hjá honum í þrjá daga. Átu þeir og drukku og voru þar um nóttina.
5 En fjórða daginn risu þeir árla um morguninn og bjóst hinn nú til ferðar. Þá sagði faðir stúlkunnar við tengdason sinn: "Hresstu þig fyrst á matarbita og síðan megið þið fara."
6 Þá settust þeir niður og átu báðir saman og drukku. En faðir stúlkunnar sagði við manninn: "Lát þér það lynda að vera í nótt, og lát liggja vel á þér."
7 En maðurinn bjóst til að fara. Þá lagði tengdafaðir hans svo að honum, að hann settist aftur og var þar um nóttina.
8 Fimmta daginn reis hann árla um morguninn og ætlaði að halda af stað. Þá sagði faðir stúlkunnar: "Hresstu þig þó fyrst, og bíðið þið uns degi hallar." Og þeir átu báðir saman.
9 En er maðurinn bjóst til að fara, ásamt hjákonu sinni og sveini sínum, þá sagði tengdafaðir hans, faðir stúlkunnar, við hann: "Það er orðið áliðið og dagur að kveldi kominn; verið í nótt. Sjá, degi hallar. Ver þú í nótt og láttu liggja vel á þér, en á morgun getið þið lagt upp snemma, svo að þú getir náð heim til þín."
10 En maðurinn vildi ekki vera um nóttina, heldur bjóst til ferðar og hélt af stað og komst norður á móts við Jebús, það er Jerúsalem, og hann hafði með sér tvo söðlaða asna og hjákonu sína.
11 Þegar þau voru hjá Jebús og mjög var liðið á dag, þá sagði sveinninn við húsbónda sinn: "Kom þú, við skulum fara inn í þessa Jebúsíta borg og gista þar."
12 En húsbóndi hans sagði við hann: "Ekki skulum við fara inn í borg ókunnugra manna, þar sem engir Ísraelsmenn búa, höldum heldur áfram til Gíbeu."
13 Og hann sagði við svein sinn: "Kom þú, við skulum fara í einhvern af stöðunum og gista í Gíbeu eða Rama."
14 Síðan héldu þeir áfram leið sína, en sól gekk undir, er þeir voru hjá Gíbeu, sem heyrir Benjamín.
15 Viku þeir þar af leið til þess að fara inn í Gíbeu til gistingar. Og er hann kom þangað, staðnæmdist hann á bæjartorginu, en enginn tók þau inn í hús sitt til gistingar.
16 Maður nokkur gamall kom frá vinnu sinni utan af akri um kveldið. Hann var frá Efraímfjöllum og bjó sem útlendingur í Gíbeu, en mennirnir, sem þarna bjuggu, voru Benjamínítar.
17 Og er honum varð litið upp, sá hann ferðamanninn á bæjartorginu. Þá sagði gamli maðurinn: "Hvert ætlar þú að fara og hvaðan kemur þú?"
18 Hinn svaraði honum: "Við komum frá Betlehem í Júda og ætlum innst inn í Efraímfjöll. Þaðan er ég. Ég fór suður til Betlehem og er nú á heimleið, en enginn hefir boðið mér hér inn til sín.
19 Við höfum bæði hálm og fóður handa ösnum okkar, svo og brauð og vín handa mér og ambátt þinni og sveininum, sem er með þjónum þínum. Hér er einskis vant."
20 Þá sagði gamli maðurinn: "Vertu velkominn! Lofaðu mér nú að annast allt, sem þig kann að bresta, en úti máttu ekki liggja í nótt hér á torginu."
21 Og hann leiddi hann inn í hús sitt og gaf ösnunum, og þau þvoðu fætur sína og átu og drukku.
22 Nú sem þau gæddu sér, sjá, þá umkringdu borgarmenn _ hrakmenni nokkur _ húsið, lömdu utan hurðina og kölluðu til gamla mannsins, húsbóndans: "Leið út manninn, sem til þín er kominn, að vér megum kenna hans."
23 Þá gekk maðurinn, húsbóndinn, út til þeirra og sagði við þá: "Nei, bræður mínir, fyrir hvern mun fremjið ekki óhæfu. Fyrst þessi maður er kominn inn í mitt hús, þá fremjið ekki slíka svívirðingu.
24 Hér er dóttir mín, sem er mey, og hjákona hans, ég ætla að leiða þær út, og þær megið þér taka nauðugar og gjöra við þær sem yður vel líkar, en á manni þessum skuluð þér ekki fremja slíka svívirðingu."
25 En mennirnir vildu ekki hlýða á hann. Þá þreif maðurinn í hjákonu sína og leiddi hana út á strætið til þeirra, og þeir kenndu hennar og misþyrmdu henni alla nóttina, allt til morguns, og slepptu henni ekki fyrr en dagur rann.
26 Þegar birta tók af degi, kom konan og féll niður fyrir húsdyrum mannsins, þar sem bóndi hennar var inni, og lá þar, uns bjart var orðið.
27 En er bóndi hennar reis um morguninn og lauk upp húsdyrunum og gekk út og ætlaði að halda af stað, sjá, þá lá konan, hjákona hans, úti fyrir dyrunum með hendurnar á þröskuldinum.
28 Hann mælti þá til hennar: "Stattu upp, við skulum halda af stað!" _ en fékk ekkert svar. Þá lét hann hana upp á asnann, og maðurinn tók sig upp og hélt heim til sín.
29 En er hann kom heim, tók hann hníf, þreif hjákonu sína og hlutaði hana alla sundur í tólf hluti og sendi þá út um alla Ísraels byggð.
30 En hverjum þeim, er sá það, varð að orði: "Eigi hefir slíkt við borið og eigi hefir slíkt sést síðan er Ísraelsmenn fóru af Egyptalandi allt fram á þennan dag! Hugleiðið þetta, leggið á ráð og segið til!"
Judges 19
New International Version
Judges 19
New International Version
A Levite and His Concubine
19 In those days Israel had no king.
Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(B) 2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months, 3 her husband went to her to persuade her to return. He had with him his servant and two donkeys. She took him into her parents’ home, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him. 4 His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking,(C) and sleeping there.
5 On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself(D) with something to eat; then you can go.” 6 So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Afterward the woman’s father said, “Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself.(E)” 7 And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night. 8 On the morning of the fifth day, when he rose to go, the woman’s father said, “Refresh yourself. Wait till afternoon!” So the two of them ate together.
9 Then when the man, with his concubine and his servant, got up to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said, “Now look, it’s almost evening. Spend the night here; the day is nearly over. Stay and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and be on your way home.” 10 But, unwilling to stay another night, the man left and went toward Jebus(F) (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let’s stop at this city of the Jebusites(G) and spend the night.”
12 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.” 13 He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah(H) and spend the night in one of those places.” 14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.(I) 15 There they stopped to spend the night.(J) They went and sat in the city square,(K) but no one took them in for the night.
16 That evening(L) an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,(M) who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields. 17 When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”(N)
18 He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the Lord.[a](O) No one has taken me in for the night. 19 We have both straw and fodder(P) for our donkeys(Q) and bread and wine(R) for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”
20 “You are welcome at my house,” the old man said. “Let me supply whatever you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.” 21 So he took him into his house and fed his donkeys. After they had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink.(S)
22 While they were enjoying themselves,(T) some of the wicked men(U) of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him.(V)”
23 The owner of the house went outside(W) and said to them, “No, my friends, don’t be so vile. Since this man is my guest, don’t do this outrageous thing.(X) 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter,(Y) and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”
25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her(Z) and abused her(AA) throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. 26 At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.
27 When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. 28 He said to her, “Get up; let’s go.” But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
29 When he reached home, he took a knife(AB) and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.(AC) 30 Everyone who saw it was saying to one another, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt.(AD) Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!(AE)”
Footnotes
- Judges 19:18 Hebrew, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum; Septuagint going home
Judges 19
King James Version
Judges 19
King James Version
19 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
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