1 Dat time, da Israel peopo neva get king. Had one Levi guy dat live da far end up country Efraim. He take anodda wife from Betlehem inside da Judah land. 2 But she go fool aroun behind his back. She leave him an go back her faddah house inside Betlehem, Judah side. Afta she stay dea four month, 3 her Levi guy go talk wit her an she like come back. He take wit him one worka guy an two donkeys. She let him come inside her faddah house. Wen her faddah see him, he stay good inside. 4 Da guy faddah-in-law, da girl faddah, tell him fo stay, so he stay three days. He eat, drink, an sleep ova dea.

5 Day numba four, da Levi guy get up early fo go home. But da girl faddah tell his son-in-law, “Eat litto bit bread. Den you goin feel strong an good. Den you can go.” 6 So da two guys sit down fo eat an drink togedda. Afta dat, da girl faddah tell, “Try stay tonite, so you feel good.” 7 So wen da guy get up fo go, his faddah-in-law tell um fo stay an feel good one mo time. So he stay dat nite too. 8 Morning time, day numba five, wen he get up fo go, da girl faddah tell, “Come strong. Wait till da aftanoon.” So da two guys eat togedda.

9 Den wen da Levi guy, wit his odda wife, an his worka guy, get up fo go, his faddah-in-law, da girl faddah tell, “Now almos dark. Stay hea tonite. Da day almos pau. Stay good inside. Early morning time you can get up an go home.” 10 But da guy no like stay anodda nite, so he go way to Jebus (az Jerusalem), wit da two donkeys, da two saddles, an his odda wife.

11 Wen dey come nea Jebus, an da day almos pau, da worka guy tell his boss, “Go come, we go inside dis Jebus peopo big town, an sleep hea tonite.”

12 His boss tell, “No, we no goin go inside one big town wea oua Israel peopo no stay. We go Gibeah.” 13 An he tell too, “Go come, we try go Gibeah o Ramah, an stay dis nite one a dose places.” 14 So dey wen go, an da sun go down wen dey come nea Gibeah, inside da Benjamin land. 15 Dey stop fo stay dea dat nite. Dey go an sit down inside da main square fo da big town. But nobody bring dem inside dea house fo stay nite time.

16 Wen almos dark, one ol guy from up country Efraim, dat live inside Gibeah, come from working inside his field. (Da peopo from Gibeah, dey from da Benjamin ohana.) 17 Wen he look an see da guys from anodda place inside da square fo da big town, da ol guy aks, “Wea you going? Wea you wen come from?”

18 Da Levi guy tell, “We goin go from Betlehem, Judah side, to one far place inside da up country Efraim land wea I live. I was inside Betlehem, Judah side, an now I go da house fo Da One In Charge. But no mo nobody take me inside dea house. 19 We get straw an food fo oua donkeys, an bread an wine fo us yoa worka guys. Az me, an my odda wife, an da young guy wit us. We no need notting.”

20 Da ol guy tell, “Good you come my house. I give you wateva you need. But no stay inside da town square tonite.” 21 So he bring dem his house, an give da donkeys food. Afta dey wash dea feets, dey eat an drink.

22  ✡ 19:22: Start 19:5-8Wen dey stay feel good, some good fo notting kine guys from da town come aroun da house. Dey poun da door, an yell to da ol guy dat own da house, “Bring out da guy dat come yoa house! Us guys like make sex wit him!”

23 Da guy dat own da house go outside an tell um, “No, my braddahs! No do wass wrong lidat! Dis guy stay my house. No make shame lidat! 24 Look! Hea my girl dat no sleep wit one guy eva! An hea dis guy odda wife! I goin bring dem outside fo you guys, an you guys can make any kine to dem howeva you like. But fo da guy, no go do dat shame kine ting to him!”

25 But da guys no lissen him. So da Levi guy grab his odda wife, an make her go outside by dem, an dey make any kine to her, an rape her all nite. Wen get light, dey let her go. 26 Wen da sun start fo come up, da wahine go back da house wea her boss stay. She fall down in front da door, an stay dea till da sun come up.

27 Her boss get up morning time. He open da door fo da house, an go outside fo go home. An get his odda wife laying dea by da door fo da house, wit her hands on top da beam by da bottom a da door. 28 He tell her, “Get up! We goin go!” But she no talk. So den da guy put her on top his donkey, an start fo go home.

29  ✡ 19:29: 1Sam 11:7Wen he come home, he take one knife, an cut up his odda wife body, an make twelve piece. He sen da pieces all ova da Israel land. 30 Erybody dat see um tell, “From da time da Israel peopo come outa Egypt till now, no mo nobody eva see o do dis kine ting befo! Tink bout um! Tink real good! Tell us guys wat fo do!”