1 καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις καὶ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἦν ἐν Ισραηλ καὶ ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ Λευίτης παροικῶν ἐν μηροῖς ὄρους Εφραιμ καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ ἀνὴρ ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα παλλακὴν ἐκ Βηθλεεμ Ιουδα 2 καὶ ὠργίσθη αὐτῷ ἡ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς εἰς Βηθλεεμ Ιουδα καὶ ἐγένετο ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τετράμηνον 3 καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπορεύθη κατόπισθεν αὐτῆς τοῦ λαλῆσαι ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῆς τοῦ αὐτὴν ἑαυτῷ καὶ αὐτὴν πάλιν πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ζεῦγος ὑποζυγίων καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕως οἴκου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς καὶ εἶδεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος καὶ εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ 4 καὶ αὐτὸν ὁ γαμβρὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος καὶ μετ' αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας τρεῖς καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ὕπνωσαν ἐκεῖ 5 καὶ ἐγενήθη τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ καὶ ὤρθρισαν τὸ πρωί καὶ τοῦ καὶ εἶπεν ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος πρὸς τὸν γαμβρὸν αὐτοῦ στήρισον τὴν καρδίαν σου κλάσματι ἄρτου καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο πορεύεσθε 6 καὶ καὶ ἔφαγον ἀμφότεροι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ἔπιον καὶ εἶπεν ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα ἀρξάμενος αὐλίσθητι καὶ ἀγαθυνθήτω ἡ καρδία σου 7 καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἐβιάσατο αὐτὸν ὁ γαμβρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάλιν ηὐλίσθη ἐκεῖ 8 καὶ ὤρθρισεν τὸ πρωὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πέμπτῃ τοῦ καὶ εἶπεν ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος στήρισον τὴν καρδίαν σου ἄρτῳ καὶ στρατεύθητι ἕως κλίνῃ ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον ἀμφότεροι 9 καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τοῦ αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ γαμβρὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος ἰδοὺ δὴ εἰς ἑσπέραν κέκλικεν ἡ ἡμέρα ὧδε ἔτι σήμερον καὶ ἀγαθυνθήτω ἡ καρδία σου καὶ ὀρθριεῖτε αὔριον εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν καὶ εἰς τὸ σκήνωμά σου 10 καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐλισθῆναι καὶ καὶ καὶ ἕως κατέναντι Ιεβους αὕτη ἐστὶν Ιερουσαλημ καὶ μετ' αὐτοῦ ζεῦγος ὑποζυγίων καὶ ἡ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ 11 ἔτι αὐτῶν ὄντων κατὰ Ιεβους καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα κεκλικυῖα σφόδρα καὶ εἶπεν τὸ παιδάριον πρὸς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ δεῦρο δὴ καὶ εἰς τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Ιεβουσαίου ταύτην καὶ αὐλισθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ 12 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν οὐ μὴ εἰς πόλιν ἀλλοτρίου ἣ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ καὶ ἕως Γαβαα 13 καὶ εἶπεν τῷ παιδαρίῳ αὐτοῦ δεῦρο καὶ εἰς ἕνα τῶν τόπων καὶ αὐλισθῶμεν ἐν Γαβαα ἢ ἐν Ραμα 14 καὶ καὶ ἔδυ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος ἐχόμενα τῆς Γαβαα ἥ ἐστιν τοῦ Βενιαμιν 15 καὶ ἐκεῖ τοῦ ἐν Γαβαα καὶ καὶ ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ τῆς πόλεως καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνὴρ ὁ αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον 16 καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ πρεσβύτης ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἑσπέρας καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐξ ὄρους Εφραιμ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν Γαβαα καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ τόπου υἱοὶ Βενιαμιν 17 καὶ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδεν τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ὁδοιπόρον ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ τῆς πόλεως καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ πρεσβύτης ποῦ πορεύῃ καὶ πόθεν ἔρχῃ 18 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν ἡμεῖς ἐκ Βηθλεεμ τῆς Ιουδα ἕως μηρῶν ὄρους τοῦ Εφραιμ ἐγὼ δὲ ἐκεῖθέν εἰμι καὶ ἐπορεύθην ἕως Βηθλεεμ Ιουδα καὶ εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου ἐγὼ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνὴρ με εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν 19 καί γε ἄχυρα καὶ χορτάσματα τοῖς ὄνοις ἡμῶν καί γε ἄρτος καὶ οἶνος μοι καὶ τῇ δούλῃ σου καὶ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τοῖς δούλοις σου οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστέρημα παντὸς πράγματος 20 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ πρεσβύτης εἰρήνη σοι πλὴν πᾶν τὸ ὑστέρημά σου ἐπ' ἐμέ πλὴν ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ μὴ 21 καὶ αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνίψαντο τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον 22 αὐτῶν δὲ ἀγαθυνθέντων τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως υἱοὶ παρανόμων τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ἔκρουσαν τὴν θύραν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν κύριον τῆς οἰκίας τὸν πρεσβύτην λέγοντες τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου ἵνα γνῶμεν αὐτόν 23 καὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς μηδαμῶς ἀδελφοί μὴ πονηρεύσησθε δή μετὰ τὸ τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου μὴ ποιήσητε τὴν ἀφροσύνην ταύτην 24 ἰδοὺ ἡ θυγάτηρ μου ἡ παρθένος καὶ ἡ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ δὴ αὐτάς καὶ ταπεινώσατε αὐτὰς καὶ ποιήσατε αὐταῖς τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ τούτῳ μὴ ποιήσητε τὸ ῤῆμα τῆς ἀφροσύνης ταύτης 25 καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀκοῦσαι αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆς παλλακῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔξω καὶ ἔγνωσαν αὐτὴν καὶ αὐτῇ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἕως τὸ πρωί καὶ αὐτὴν ἅμα τῷ τὸν ὄρθρον 26 καὶ ἦλθεν ἡ γυνὴ τὸ πρὸς πρωὶ καὶ ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν θύραν τοῦ πυλῶνος τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἀνδρός οὗ ἦν ὁ κύριος αὐτῆς ἐκεῖ ἕως οὗ 27 καὶ ὁ κύριος αὐτῆς τὸ πρωὶ καὶ τὰς θύρας τοῦ οἴκου καὶ τοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνὴ ἡ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ πεπτωκυῖα παρὰ τὴν θύραν καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ πρόθυρον 28 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτήν καὶ καὶ οὐκ αὐτῷ ἀλλὰ τεθνήκει καὶ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιον καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ καὶ εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ 29 καὶ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν μάχαιραν καὶ τῆς παλλακῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐμέλισεν αὐτὴν κατὰ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῆς εἰς δώδεκα μερίδας καὶ αὐτὰς εἰς πάσας τὰς φυλὰς Ισραηλ 30 καὶ ἐγένετο πᾶς ὁ ὁρῶν ἔλεγεν οὔτε ἐγενήθη οὔτε ὤφθη οὕτως ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἀναβάσεως υἱῶν Ισραηλ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν οἷς λέγων τάδε ἐρεῖτε πρὸς πάντα ἄνδρα Ισραηλ εἰ γέγονεν κατὰ τὸ ῤῆμα τοῦτο ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἀναβάσεως υἱῶν Ισραηλ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης θέσθε δὴ ἑαυτοῖς βουλὴν περὶ αὐτῆς καὶ λαλήσατε