士師記 19
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1その頃、イスラエルに王がなかった時、エフライムの山地の奥に一人のレビ人が寄留していた。彼はユダのベツレヘムから一人のそばめを迎えた。
1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
2そばめは彼に背いて淫行を行い、彼のもとを去って、ユダのベツレヘムにある父の家へ帰り、そこで四か月を過ごした。
2His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there for four months.
3彼女の夫は立ち上がり、彼女に優しく語りかけて連れ戻すために、しもべ一人と二頭のろばを連れて彼女の後を追って行った。彼女が彼を父の家に連れて入ると、若い女の父は彼を見て、喜んで彼を迎えた。
3Her 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. She brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4彼のしゅうと、すなわち若い女の父は彼を引き留めたので、彼はそこで三日間滞在した。こうして彼らは飲み食いし、そこに泊まった。
4His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank, and stayed there.
5四日目、彼らは朝早く起き、レビ人は旅立とうとした。すると若い女の父は婿に言った。「一口のパンで力をつけてから、出発しなさい。」
5On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning, and he rose up to depart. The young lady’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.”
6二人は座って飲み食いした。若い女の父はその男に言った。「どうか今夜も泊まり、くつろいでください。」
6So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young lady’s father said to the man, “Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.”
7男は旅立つために立ち上がったが、しゅうとが彼に強く勧めたので、彼は再びそこに泊まった。
7The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.
8五日目、彼は朝早く起きて旅立とうとした。若い女の父は、「どうか力をつけ、日が傾くまで待ってください」と言ったので、二人は食事をした。
8He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady’s father said, “Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines;” and they both ate.
9男がそばめとしもべを連れて旅立とうとすると、しゅうとは言った。「もう日は暮れかかっています。どうか今夜も泊まってください。日はまもなく終わります。ここでくつろぎ、明日の朝早く旅立って、家へ帰りなさい。」
9When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady’s father, said to him, “Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night. Behold, the day is ending. Stay here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow go on your way early, that you may go home.”
10しかし男はその夜滞在しようとはせず、立ち上がって旅立ち、エブス（すなわちエルサレム）の向かいに来た。彼とともに鞍を置いた二頭のろばがおり、彼のそばめも彼とともにいた。
10But the man wouldn’t stay that night, but he rose up and went near Jebus (also called Jerusalem). With him were a couple of saddled donkeys. His concubine also was with him.
11彼らがエブスのそばに来たとき、日はかなり暮れていた。しもべは主人に言った。「どうか、来て、このエブス人の町に立ち寄り、そこに泊まりましょう。」
11When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Please come and let’s enter into this city of the Jebusites, and stay in it.”
12彼の主人は彼に言った。「イスラエルの人々ではない、外国人の町には立ち寄らない。私たちはギベアまで渡って行く。」
12His master said to him, “We won’t enter into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.”
13彼はしもべに言った。「来て、これらの場所のどれかに近づき、ギベアかラマに泊まろう。」
13He said to his servant, “Come and let’s draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
14そこで彼らは通り過ぎ、自分たちの道を行き、ベニヤミンに属するギベアの近くで彼らの上に日が沈んだ。
14So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
15彼らはギベアへ立ち寄り、町の広場に座った。彼らを家に迎えて泊める者がだれもいなかったからである。
15They went over there, to go in to stay in Gibeah. He went in, and sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who took them into his house to stay.
16夕暮れに、一人の老人が野での仕事から帰って来た。その男はエフライムの山地の出で、ギベアに住んでいた。しかしその場所の人々はベニヤミン人であった。
16Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
17彼は目を上げ、町の通りにいる旅の男を見た。老人は言った。「あなたはどこへ行くのか。あなたはどこから来たのか。」
17He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”
18彼は答えた。「私たちはユダのベツレヘムから、エフライムの山地の奥へ向かう途中です。私はそこからベツレヘムへ行き、今は主の家へ向かっています。しかし、私を家に迎えてくれる人がいません。
18He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to the LORD’s house; and there is no one who has taken me into his house.
19ろばのためのわらと飼葉も、私とあなたのはしため、私たちとともにいる若者のためのパンとぶどう酒もあります。必要なものは何も欠けていません。」
19Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything.”
20老人は言った。「あなたに平安があるように。ただし、あなたのすべての必要は私に任せなさい。ただ通りで泊まってはならない。」
20The old man said, “Peace be to you! Just let me supply all your needs, but don’t sleep in the street.”
21そこで彼は彼を自分の家に連れて入り、ろばに飼葉を与えた。彼らは足を洗い、飲み食いした。
21So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
22彼らが飲み食いして楽しんでいると、町の男たち、すなわちよこしまな者たちが家を取り囲み、戸をたたいた。彼らは家の主人である老人に言った。「おまえの家に入った男を出せ。私たちは彼と関係を持ちたい。」
22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain wicked fellows, 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 can have sex with him!”
23家の主人は外へ出て言った。「いや、兄弟たち。どうか、このような悪事をしないでくれ。この人は私の家に入った客なのだから、この恥ずべきことをしてはならない。
23The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, “No, my brothers, please don’t act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, don’t do this folly.
24ここに、まだ男を知らない私の娘と、この人のそばめがいる。今、二人を連れ出そう。彼女たちを辱め、あなたがたの目に良いと思うことをせよ。しかし、この男にはこのような恥ずべきことをしてはならない。」
24Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. I will bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them what seems good to you; but to this man don’t do any such folly.”
25しかし男たちは聞こうとしなかった。そこでレビ人は自分のそばめをつかんで外へ出した。彼らは夜通し朝まで彼女を犯し、虐待した。夜が明け始めると、彼女を放した。
25But the men wouldn’t listen to him; so the man grabbed his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning. When the day began to dawn, they let her go.
26女は夜明けに戻り、主人が泊まっている家の戸口に倒れ、明るくなるまでそこにいた。
26Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, until it was light.
27主人が朝起きて家の戸を開け、旅立とうと外へ出ると、そばめが家の戸口に倒れ、その両手を敷居にかけていた。
27Her 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 had fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
28彼は「起きなさい。行こう」と言ったが、答えはなかった。彼は女をろばに載せ、自分の家へ帰った。
28He said to her, “Get up, and let’s get going!” but no one answered. Then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and went to his place.
29家に着くと、刃物を取り、そばめの体をつかんで、手足ごとに十二の部分に切り分け、イスラエルの全土へ送った。
29When he had come into his house, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
30それを見た者は皆言った。「イスラエルの人々がエジプトの地から上って来た日から今日まで、このようなことは行われたことも、見られたこともない。よく考え、相談し、語れ。」
30It was so, that all who saw it said, “Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”
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