1 PLS Manae oni utuf yagud ani mai Israel hafhan maidaf raja kohaser kenae badahaser ke Lewi hafhan maidaf ani yakae haur utuf ke harmanae dadahomae gafus fadef ifar fasir Betlehem Yehuda nake ked. BSB BSB: Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
2 PLS Manae ke one karya madef ifar ani ke eke wan yahayaf masirgu yais monae hasir enafo afhaim ke Betlehem Yehuda ke, ham ke eni ohar nauri gafus bain ke. BSB BSB: But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
3 PLS Manae ehaf ni oni ifar ke mahomae mara gaunae hasir eni makir finan bae maragenae fanae sarrfinanae ked, haramon grae kahaneni ked. Manae oni ifar ani enafo af ke fanae otasir gu, enafo ni eke nahanenae onahan faran masir. BSB BSB: her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
4 PLS Oni ifar harae e nafo e atahaf ani faidesir e grae kahaneni, ataf gasmadini badafi nenae ke. Eni du fanenae, ah minae ham ke rasir. BSB BSB: His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
5 PLS Manae ataf nauri gafus kisir gu bidamdi bohos ni wan saisi kahane bohos ani rafanae hafi maho mae oni ifarke, "Go fat naha derken eni du ni nenae hasir. BSB BSB: On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
6 PLS Manae, oni nauri ni du bahanae ahtae kahane ni migimasir gu. Oni ifar harae enafo ni agaisir oni hofahan ke, "kenef ran sin agani yais e hawah naha onahan ken yais disir ked." BSB BSB: So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
7 PLS Oni hovhan ani hafi nenae faraisir, manae e asen ani sin fatar ani kama inakir, eni kenef hamke rafi nenae ked. BSB BSB: The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
8 PLS Eni ataf lima kisir gu, eni bidamdirae faranae hasir. Oni ifar harae e nafo ni agaisir, "Yais go fat sagai makotae ataf naha hodon ken nenae, disir gu. Naha nauri ni du bahaisir. BSB BSB: On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
9 PLS Manae oni hovhan ani bidamdirae faranae e gafus fadef haramon grae hasir gu oni ifar harae enafo ni eke agaisir, "Nahanid, sin bohos ataf marke gu dawar keken goni eke bagu ataf bokeked. Der yais eke badud go durfao naha onahan ken, nadon bidamdi ni faranae yais go af ke nahai disir ked." BSB BSB: When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
10 PLS Manae oni disir gu oni hovhan der eke denae ramdiaen dohaser ke. Eni roh amdiaf ani ranae faranae. E hasir Yebus ani reftaf gwanae dafai amin ke-ofae Yerusalem aked. Eni kahane rafanae hasir keledai karya madef ani eke gaunae hasir. BSB BSB: But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
11 PLS Nahaf ni Yebus ke hamotasir, yais ataf uruf ke marsir gu haramon ani esigi karya makir hovhan ke agaisir, "Nawi yais nagaf ni Yebus afhaim ke, denenae kenef, oke rafidefem disir." BSB BSB: When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
12 PLS Manae oni hovhan ani eke agaisir, "Nom nagaf ni eke dedonom, ofae Israel rigav wan haser argir rigav wan nagaf ni hafadefem Gibae ke disir. BSB BSB: But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
13 PLS Manae ke eni oni haramon ke agaisir, "Nawi yais Gibae ke Rama afhaim faran bae maidaf kemake kehanae badahomae kenef ham ke rafem disir. BSB BSB: He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
14 PLS Manae nahaf ni duf yagud ke arkir gu ataf baesir ke, Gibae atahaf kikir gu, Benyamin rigav wan ked. BSB BSB: So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
15 PLS Manae nahaf ni denae rafisir, nahaf ni hamke hanae rafi nenae Gibae ke nahaf ni esenae af saurae oni afham romon anahag ke asemanae bain. Rigav etoh ani arkamon gu haser ke rigav etoh naha af ran dohaser. BSB BSB: They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
16 PLS Manae onaigu hovhan hafkon maidaf ni hodon kisir gu karya mahomae sasir. Efae Efraim hatae haur nake esnae Gibae bainke Benyamin banadef ke ked. BSB BSB: That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
17 PLS Manae eni kod angke tarfanae nahaisir ake rigav auwat kamon dumaramae safaisir oni afhaim faran hatae sasir gu oni hovhan ani dari nahaisir, "Dahae ke gini hafimaken, dahanake gini safane disir ked?" BSB BSB: When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
18 PLS Eni agaisir, "Nigifni Betlehem nake saden, Efraim eni hatae haur tadambi nenae, nohofae ham nake sasiri nenae. Tarau ni eke sarindiaf bae Betlehem, Yehuda ke baidin, manae enaigu nohof ni MYAO KODON af ke hafimakeden. Onaigu bae rigav etoh ani noke agadon gu haser nosigi no finan ani makeden disir. BSB BSB: The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
19 PLS Manae oni nikir bae keledai, nateman difaigu, no karya madef ifar grae haramon grae gaunae hasir, nohof ni wan saisi andiaf badahaser disir. BSB BSB: even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”
20 PLS Oni hovhan bataf ani agaisir, "Der goni onahan grae badod goni make wan saisi senefaran nahaf ni fidai make disir goni eni hatae omhan ke kenef romon ranam nenae." BSB BSB: “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
21 PLS Onaigu eni e af ke fanae hanae e keledai nateman idasir. Nahani tae kinif ah ani wakifasir, dugi nateman gi tae bahaisir. BSB BSB: So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.
22 PLS Nahaf ni hawah onahan kisir. Manae onaigu, oni afhaim rigav wat ani finan esefah farkomhae af ke arhamnae dafain. Nahaf ni aifat ke tidomhae agankir oni hovhan bataf ke oni af ata hovhan oni kahane haser nerakir "Fawi oni af otake rigav bohos bae nigini kenef nahaf grae rafini disir ked. BSB BSB: While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
23 PLS Oni af ata hovhan ani motanae nahaf ke kaudomanae sin agaisir, "Haser no timin rigav, nohof ni gike agankeden no afke otake rigav ke gini wan esefah manom disir ked. BSB BSB: The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
24 PLS Manae, no urakem som som nauri waron ni ban rigav ni aefe famahud, gafus fadef atirim maidaf grae nohof ni fanae motakotae. Oke aefe famdiaengisigi nahanke derdemake onikahaneni mamjaen, oni kahane wan esefah ene kahane rigav ke manom disir. BSB BSB: Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
25 PLS Manae kwae oni rigagaf ani. Hovhan sin ke darohaser. Kwae makir gu oni hovhan ani oni gafus fadef atirim fanae motanae nahaf ke fisahasir gu oni bisumhi nahaf ke aefe fakir gu ataf baesir. Ataf awan derae baekir gu naha tafda gwaisir ked BSB BSB: But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
26 PLS Oni atirim ani ataf awaederae baenkir gu esenae oni af ata hovhan aifat ke haugaisir gu ataf baedoho farasir ked. BSB BSB: Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
27 PLS E nafoni bidamdi bohos ani faranae aifat kaifa gwanae hafi mahomae nahaisir oni atirim af aifat ke it aifat tafdof ke asenae difaigu. BSB BSB: In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
28 PLS Manae eni eke agaisir, "Faranid, nagaf yais hafadefem disir gu, "Eni otaham agadohaser kisir gu oni hofhanani e mutuf fanae keledai mutar ke faranae es e banadef ke fisahasir ked. BSB BSB: “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
29 PLS Manae eni e af ke hanae, eni karem fanae emutuf ke asenae watefar adah dua belas ani sanenae yais israe rigav ke tafdemafusur ked. BSB BSB: When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
30 PLS Manae eke nahankomain rigafani agankir, "Nigif ni enekahane makomaidid, "Eni kahane nahado haser tae nerakir, tarau Israel rigav Mesir nake motasir nake yais enaigu badef af disir. Nahadomhae, fina fina mahomae sin bohos badafem disir ked. BSB BSB: And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
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