Bagian: Perbuatan bejat penduduk Gibea terhadap gundik seorang Lewi
1Masih pada masa-masa itu juga, ketika Israel belum punya raja, seorang Lewi yang tinggal di pedalaman perbukitan Efraim mengambil seorang perempuan dari kota Betlehem di daerah Yehuda untuk menjadi gundiknya.2Tetapi gundik itu tidak setia kepadanya. Dia pulang ke rumah ayahnya di Betlehem. Sekitar empat bulan kemudian,3suaminya menyusul dia untuk membujuknya kembali. Orang Lewi itu membawa seorang pelayan laki-laki dan dua ekor keledai berpelana. Kemudian perempuan itu mengajak suaminya ke rumah ayahnya. Ketika ayah perempuan itu melihat menantunya, dia menyambutnya dengan gembira,4dan mendesak menantunya itu untuk tinggal beberapa waktu. Maka mereka makan dan orang Lewi itu menginap bersama ayah mertuanya selama tiga hari.5Pada hari keempat, suami perempuan itu bangun pagi-pagi dan bersiap untuk pergi. Tetapi mertuanya berkata kepadanya, “Makanlah dulu sedikit supaya ada tenaga. Sesudah itu baru kalian berangkat.”6Maka mereka berdua duduk, lalu makan bersama-sama. Ayah perempuan itu berkata kepada menantunya, “Tinggallah satu malam lagi di rumahku. Santai saja di sini bersama istrimu.”7Ketika orang Lewi itu tetap beranjak untuk pergi, mertuanya mendesak dia untuk menginap sampai akhirnya dia terpaksa bermalam lagi di sana.8Pada hari kelima, dia bangun pagi-pagi untuk berangkat. Mertuanya kembali berkata, “Makanlah dulu sedikit supaya ada tenaga. Tunggulah hingga sore, baru berangkat.” Jadi mereka berdua pun makan bersama-sama lagi.9Saat hari sudah sore, dia bersama gundiknya dan pelayannya bersiap-siap untuk berangkat. Tetapi mertuanya berkata, “Ini sudah sore. Sebentar lagi gelap. Bermalamlah di sini. Santai saja. Besok kalian bisa bangun pagi-pagi dan berangkat pulang.”10Namun, orang Lewi itu tidak mau bermalam lagi. Dia berangkat bersama gundiknya, pelayannya, dan kedua keledainya. Lalu tibalah mereka di dekat kota Yebus, yang sekarang disebut Yerusalem.11Mereka sampai di sana ketika sudah hampir petang. Maka pelayan itu berkata kepada tuannya, “Sebaiknya kita bermalam saja di kota orang Yebus ini.”12Jawab tuannya, “Janganlah kita bermalam di kota bangsa asing, yang bukan orang Israel. Lebih baik kita berjalan terus sampai ke kota Gibea.13Ya, mari kita lanjut saja sampai ke Gibea atau Rama dan bermalam di sana.”14Maka mereka meneruskan perjalanan. Saat matahari terbenam, mereka sampai di dekat kota Gibea di wilayah suku Benyamin.15Mereka pun masuk untuk bermalam di sana. Akan tetapi, tidak ada warga yang mengajak mereka menginap di rumah, jadi mereka duduk saja di alun-alun kota.16Malam-malam, lewatlah seorang laki-laki tua yang baru pulang dari ladangnya. Dia berasal dari perbukitan Efraim, tetapi tinggal sebagai pendatang di Gibea, di antara orang-orang suku Benyamin.17Ketika melihat orang Lewi itu di alun-alun kota, dia bertanya, “Saudara datang dari mana dan mau ke mana?”18Jawab orang Lewi itu, “Kami dalam perjalanan dari Betlehem pulang ke daerah saya di pedalaman perbukitan Efraim, sekaligus hendak singgah di rumah TUHAN. Tetapi tidak ada yang mengajak kami bermalam di rumah mereka.19Kami punya cukup jerami dan makanan untuk kedua keledai kami itu. Kami juga punya cukup roti dan air anggur untuk saya, gundik saya, dan pelayan saya. Kami tidak akan merepotkan dengan apa pun.”20Lalu orang tua itu berkata, “Jangan bermalam di luar. Menginaplah di rumah saya. Tenang saja, saya akan menyediakan segala keperluan kalian.”21Kemudian dia membawa mereka ke rumahnya dan memberi makan keledai mereka. Sesudah semua mencuci kaki, mereka makan bersama.22Saat mereka sedang bersantai, preman-preman kota datang mengepung rumah itu dan menggedor-gedor pintu. Kata mereka kepada orang tua itu, “Bawa keluar laki-laki yang datang ke rumahmu! Kami mau menyetubuhi dia!”23Orang tua itu keluar menemui mereka. Katanya, “Saudara-saudaraku, jangan berbuat jahat begitu. Dia adalah tamu di rumah saya. Jangan melakukan perbuatan keji ini!24Di sini ada anak gadis saya yang masih perawan dan gundik dari tamu saya. Biarlah saya bawa mereka keluar. Lakukanlah sesuka hati terhadap mereka. Tetapi jangan berbuat keji terhadap tamu saya ini!”25Namun, para preman itu tidak mau tahu. Maka orang Lewi itu mendorong gundiknya keluar. Mereka melecehkan dan memperkosa dia sepanjang malam sampai subuh. Ketika matahari mulai terbit, barulah mereka melepaskannya.26Perempuan itu pun kembali ke tempat suaminya bermalam. Dia jatuh tergeletak di depan pintu rumah sampai hari semakin terang.27Ketika suaminya bangun pagi itu dan membuka pintu untuk berangkat, dia mendapati gundiknya tergeletak di depan, dengan tangan memegang ambang pintu.28“Bangunlah,” katanya. “Kita mau berangkat.” Tetapi perempuan itu tidak menjawab. Lalu dia mengangkat mayat gundiknya itu, menaruhnya di atas keledai, dan berjalan pulang.29Sesampainya di rumah, orang Lewi itu mengambil pisau dan memotong-motong mayat itu menjadi dua belas bagian. Kemudian dia mengirim utusan-utusan untuk membawa potongan-potongan itu ke daerah setiap suku Israel.30Setiap orang yang melihat potongan mayat itu berkata, “Perbuatan keji seperti ini belum pernah terjadi sejak bangsa Israel keluar dari Mesir. Kita harus berpikir baik-baik! Mari kita berunding dan putuskan bagaimana kita harus bertindak!”
World English Bible (dengan Deuterokanonika)
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.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.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.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.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.”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.”7The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.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.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.”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.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.”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.”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.”14So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.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.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.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?”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 Yahweh’s house; and there is no one who has taken me into his house.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.”20The old man said, “Peace be to you! Just let me supply all your needs, but don’t sleep in the street.”21So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank.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!”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.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.”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.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.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.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.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.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.”