Judges 19:4-9

19:4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there. 19:5 On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave.¹ But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy,² then you can go.” 19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together.³ Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!”⁴ 19:7 When the man got ready to leave,⁵ his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.⁶ 19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy.⁷ Wait until later in the day to leave!”⁸ So they ate a meal together. 19:9 When the man got ready to leave⁹ with his concubine and his servant,¹⁰ his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over!¹¹ Stay another night! Since the day is over,¹² stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.”¹³

¹tn Heb “and he arose to go.”

²tn Heb “Sustain your heart [with] a bit of food.”

¹tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”

²tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”

¹tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”

²tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”

¹tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

²tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”

¹tn Heb “the man arose to go.”

²tn Or “young man.”

³tn Heb “the day is sinking to become evening.”

⁴tn Or “declining.”

⁵tn Heb “for your way and go to your tent.”