Shìshījì 19

1 Dāng Yǐsèliè zhōng méiyǒu wáng de shíhou , yǒu zhù Yǐfǎlián shān dì nàbiān de yī gè Lìwèi rén , qǔ le yī gè Yóudà Bólìhéng de nǚzi wèi qiè .
2 Qiè xíng yín líkāi zhàngfu , huí Yóudà de Bólìhéng , dào le fù jiā , zaì nàli zhù le sì gè yuè .
3 Tā zhàngfu qǐlai , daì zhe yī gè púrén , liǎng pì lü qù jiàn tā , yòng hǎo huà quàn tā huí lái . nǚzi jiù yǐn zhàngfu jìnrù fù jiā . tā fù jiàn le nà rén , biàn huān huānxǐ xǐ dì yíngjiē .
4 Nà rén de yuèfù , jiù shì nǚzi de fùqin , jiāng nà rén liú xià zhù le sān tiān . yúshì èr rén yītóng chī hē , zhù xiù .
5 Dào dì sì tiān , Lìwèi rén qīngzǎo qǐlai yào zǒu , nǚzi de fùqin duì nǚxù shuō , qǐng nǐ chī diǎn fàn , jiā tiān xīn lì , ránhòu kĕyǐ xíng lù .
6 Yúshì èr rén zuò xià yītóng chī hē . nǚzi de fùqin duì nà rén shuō , qǐng nǐ zaì zhù yī yè , chàng kuaì nǐde xīn .
7 Nà rén qǐlai yào zǒu , tā yuèfù qiáng liú tā , tā yòu zhù le yī xiù .
8 Dào dì wǔ tiān , tā qīngzǎo qǐlai yào zǒu , nǚzi de fùqin shuō , qǐng nǐ chī diǎn fàn , jiā tiān xīn lì , dĕng dào rìtou piān xī zaì zǒu . yúshì èr rén yītóng chī fàn .
9 Nà rén tóng tāde qiè hé púrén qǐlai yào zǒu , tā yuèfù , jiù shì nǚzi de fùqin , duì tā shuō , kàn nǎ , rìtou piān xī le , qǐng nǐ zaì zhù yī yè . tiān kuaì wǎn le , kĕyǐ zaì zhèlǐ zhù sù , chàng kuaì nǐde xīn . míngtiān zǎo zǎo qǐ xíng huí jiā qù .
10 Nà rén bù yuàn zaì zhù yī yè , jiù beì shàng nà liǎng pǐ lü , daì zhe qiè qǐshēn zǒu le , lái dào Yébùsī de duìmiàn , Yébùsī jiù shì Yēlùsǎlĕng .
11 Línjìn Yébùsī de shíhou , rìtou kuaì yào luō le , púrén duì zhǔrén shuō , wǒmen bù rú jìn zhè Yēbùsīrén de chéng lǐ zhù sù .
12 Zhǔrén huídá shuō , wǒmen bùkĕ jìn bú shì Yǐsèliè rén zhù de waì bāng chéng , bù rú guō dào jī bǐ yà qù .
13 Yòu duì púrén shuō , wǒmen kĕyǐ dào yī gè dìfang , huò zhù zaì jī bǐ yà , huò zhù zaì Lāmǎ .
14 Tāmen jiù wǎng qián zǒu . jiāng dào Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà , rìtou yǐjing luō le .
15 Tāmen jìnrù jī bǐ yà yào zaì nàli zhù sù , jiù zuò zaì chéng lǐ de jiē shàng , yīnwei wú rén jiē tāmen jìn jiā zhù sù .
16 Wǎnshang , yǒu yī gè lǎo nián rén cóng tiánjiān zuò gōng huí lái . tā yuán shì Yǐfǎlián shān dì de rén , zhù zaì jī bǐ yà . nà dìfang de rén què shì Biànyǎmǐn rén .
17 Lǎo nián rén jǔmù kànjian kèren zuò zaì chéng lǐ de jiē shàng , jiù wèn tā shuō , nǐ cóng nǎli lái . yào wǎng nǎli qù .
18 Tā huídá shuō , wǒmen cóng Yóudà de Bólìhéng lái , yào wǎng Yǐfǎlián shān dì nàbiān qù . wǒ yuán shì nàli de rén , dào guō Yóudà de Bólìhéng , xiànzaì wǒ wǎng Yēhéhuá de diàn qù , zaì zhèlǐ wú rén jiē wǒ jìn tāde jiā .
19 Qíshí wǒ yǒu liáng cǎo kĕYǐwèi lü , wǒ yǔ wǒde qiè , bìng wǒde púrén , yǒu bǐng yǒu jiǔ , bìng bù quē shǎo shénme .
20 Lǎo nián rén shuō , yuàn nǐ píngān . nǐ suǒ xū yòng de wǒ dōu gĕi nǐ , zhǐshì bùkĕ zaì jiē shàng guō yè .
21 Yúshì lǐng tāmen dào jiā lǐ , wèi shàng lü , tāmen jiù xǐ jiǎo chī hē .
22 Tāmen xīnli zhēng huān chàng de shíhou , chéng zhōng de fĕi tú wéi zhù fángzi , liánlián kòu mén , duì fáng zhǔ lǎo rén shuō , nǐ bǎ nà jìn nǐ jiā de rén daì chūlai , wǒmen yào yǔ tā jiāo hé .
23 Nà fáng zhǔ chūlai duì tāmen shuō , dìxiōng men nǎ , búyào zhèyàng zuò è . zhè rén jìrán jìn le wǒde jiā , nǐmen jiù búyào xíng zhè chǒu shì .
24 Wǒ yǒu gè nǚér , háishì chǔnǚ , bìng yǒu zhè rén de qiè , wǒ jiāng tāmen lǐng chūlai rènpíng nǐmen diànrǔ tāmen , zhǐshì xiàng zhè rén bùkĕ xíng zhèyàng de chǒu shì .
25 Nàxiē rén què bù tīng cóng tāde huà . nà rén jiù bǎ tāde qiè là chū qù jiāo gĕi tāmen , tāmen biàn yǔ tā jiāo hé , zhōng yè língrǔ tā , zhídào tiānsè kuaì liàng cái fàng tā qù .
26 Tiān kuaì liàng de shíhou , fùrén huí dào tā zhǔrén zhù xiù de fáng mén qián , jiù pú dǎo zaì dì , zhídào tiān liàng .
27 Zǎochen , tāde zhǔrén qǐlai kāi le fáng mén , chū qù yào xíng lù , búliào nà fùrén pú dǎo zaì fáng mén qián , liǎng shǒu dā zaì mén jiàn shàng .
28 Jiù duì fùrén shuō , qǐlai , wǒmen zǒu ba . fùrén què bù huídá . nà rén biàn jiāng tā tuó zaì lü shàng , qǐshēn huí bĕn chù qù le .
29 Dào le jiā lǐ , yòng dāo jiāng qiè de shī shēn qiē chéng shí èr kuaì , shǐ rén ná zhe chuánsòng Yǐsèliè de sì jìng .
30 Fán kànjian de rén dōu shuō , cóng Yǐsèliè rén chū Āijí dì , zhídào jīnrì , zhèyàng de shì méiyǒu xíng guō , yĕ méiyǒu jiàn guō . xiànzaì yīngdāng sīxiǎng , dàjiā shāngyì dāng zĕnyàng bànlǐ .

Shìshījì 19 Commentary

Chapter 19

The wickedness of the men of Gibeah.

- The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permits sinners to execute just vengeance on one another, and if the scene here described is horrible, what will the discoveries of the day of judgment be! Let each of us consider how to escape from the wrath to come, how to mortify the sins of our own hearts, to resist Satan's temptations, and to avoid the pollutions there are in the world.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 19

This chapter gives an account of a sad affair of a Levite and his concubine, and of the bad consequence of it, how that she played the whore, and went away from him to her father's house, whither he followed her, and where he was kindly entertained by her father several days, Jud 19:1-9 and then set out on his journey to his own country; and passing by Jebus or Jerusalem, he came to Gibeah, and could get no lodging, Jud 19:10-15, but at length was taken in by an old man, an Ephraimite, Jud 19:16-21 when the house where he was beset by some wicked men in Gibeah, with the same intent as the men of Sodom beset the house of Lot, Jud 19:22-24 and after some expostulation of the old man with them, the concubine was brought out to them and abused by them even unto death, Jud 19:25-28 upon which the Levite her husband cut her into twelve pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, which was shocking and surprising, Jud 19:29,30 the consequence of which is related in the next chapter.

Shìshījì 19 Commentaries

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