Kadın gün ağarırken efendisinin kaldığı evin kapısına geldi, düşüp yere yığıldı. Ortalık aydınlanıncaya dek öylece kaldı.
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.
Sabahleyin kalkan adam, yoluna devam etmek üzere kapıyı açtı. Elleri eşiğin üzerinde, yerde boylu boyunca yatan cariyesini görünce,
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.
kadına, "Kalk, gidelim" dedi. Kadın yanıt vermedi. Bunun üzerine adam onu eşeğe bindirip evine doğru yola çıktı.
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.
Eve varınca eline bir bıçak aldı, cariyesinin cesedini on iki parçaya bölüp İsrailin on iki oymağına dağıttı.
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.
Bunu her gören, "İsrailliler Mısır'dan çıktığından beri böyle bir şey olmamış, görülmemiştir" dedi, "Düşünün taşının, ne yapmamız gerek, söyleyin."
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.
Gilat başta olmak üzere Dandan Beer-Şevaya kadar, bütün İsrail halkı yola çıkıp Mispada, RABbin önünde tek beden gibi toplandı.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Tanrı halkı İsrailin bütün oymak önderleri bu toplantıda hazır bulundular. Eli kılıç tutan dört yüz bin yayaydılar.
And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
-Bu arada Benyaminoğulları İsraillilerin Mispada toplandığını duydular.- İsrailliler, "Anlatın bize, bu korkunç olay nasıl oldu?" diye sordular.
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
Öldürülen kadının Levili kocası şöyle yanıtladı: "Cariyemle birlikte geceyi geçirmek üzere Benyamin bölgesinin Giva Kentine girdik.
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Givadan bazı adamlar gece beni öldürmeyi tasarlayarak gelip evi kuşattılar. Cariyemin ırzına geçtiler, ölümüne neden oldular.
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
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