The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said,“ Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

以色列人上到米斯巴，便雅悯人都听见了。以色列人说：“请你将这件恶事的情由对我们说明。”

便雅悯人听见以色列人上了米斯巴。以色列人说：“请说，这恶事是怎么发生的呢？”

便雅悯人听见以色列人上了米斯巴。以色列人说：“请说，这恶事是怎么发生的呢？”

便雅悯人也听见以色列人聚集在米斯巴的消息。以色列人问那个利未人：“请告诉我们，这件邪恶的事是怎么发生的？”

（以色列人上到米斯巴来，便雅悯人听见了。）以色列人说：“这件恶事是怎样发生的？你们说吧。”

以色列人上到米斯巴，便雅憫人都聽見了。以色列人說：「請你將這件惡事的情由對我們說明。」

便雅憫人聽見以色列人上了米斯巴。以色列人說：「請說，這惡事是怎麼發生的呢？」

便雅憫人聽見以色列人上了米斯巴。以色列人說：「請說，這惡事是怎麼發生的呢？」

便雅憫人也聽見以色列人聚集在米斯巴的消息。以色列人問那個利未人：「請告訴我們，這件邪惡的事是怎麼發生的。」

（以色列人上到米斯巴來，便雅憫人聽見了。）以色列人說：“這件惡事是怎樣發生的？你們說吧。”

以色列人上米斯巴、便雅憫人都聽見了。）以色列人說：『這件壞事的經過怎麼樣、請說說明白。』

以色列人至米斯巴、為便雅憫人所聞、以色列人問曰、此惡之由、請以告我、

其事為便雅憫族所聞。以色列族詢斯惡之原委。

以色列人上至米斯巴、便雅憫人聞之、以色列人曰、當以此惡事之情由告我、

( The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said,“ Tell us how this awful thing happened.”

The tribe of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said,“ Tell us how this awful thing happened.”

( Now the people of Benjamin heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the people of Israel said,“ Tell us, how did this evil happen?”

( Word soon reached the land of Benjamin that the other tribes had gone up to Mizpah.) The Israelites then asked how this terrible crime had happened.

The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites asked,“ Tell us, how did this evil act happen?”

( Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said,“ Tell us, how did this wickedness take place?”

( Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the children of Israel said,“ Tell us, how did this wicked deed happen?”

( Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites asked,“ Tell us, how did this outrage occur?”

( 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?

( Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said,“ Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?”

They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house,“ Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him.”The man who owned the house went outside and said to them,“ No, my brothers! Don’t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don’t do such a disgraceful thing!Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.When her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.

Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.