1 In selli dawwa hott Israel kenn kaynich katt. Nau en Lefiddah es hinna in di hivla funn Ephraim gvoond hott, hott sich en nayva-fraw gnumma funn Bethlehem in Juda.

2 Avvah see is rumm kshprunga un voah nett shtandhaftich mitt eem. See hott een no falossa un is zrikk an iahra daett sei haus ganga an Bethlehem in Juda. See voah datt fa fiah moonet.

3 No is iahra mann zu iahra ganga fa broviahra see nei shvetza fa zrikk kumma. Eah hott sei gnecht un zvay aysla bei sich katt. See hott een no in iahra daett sei haus gnumma un vo iahra daett een ksenna hott voah eah froh fa een sayna.

4 'S maydel iahra daett hott een fashvetzt fa bei eem bleiva, no is eah datt geblivva fa drei dawk. So henn si datt gessa, gedrunka un kshlohfa.

5 Uf em fiahda dawk sinn si free uf kshtanna un eah voah am sich rishta fa gay. Avvah em maydel sei daett hott ksawt zu seim dochtah-mann, “Mach dich grefticha bei ebbes havva zu essa. No kansht gay.”

6 So henn di zvay funna sich anna kokt un henn mitt-nannah gessa un gedrunka. Shpaydah hott em maydel iahra daett ksawt, “Bleib do dee nacht un loss dei hatz fraylich sei.”

7 Da mann is no ufkshtanna fa gay avvah em maydel sei daett hott een nei kshvetzt fa bleiva, so voah eah noch en nacht datt.

8 Uf em fimfda dawk is eah free meiyets uf kshtanna, un em maydel sei faddah hott ksawt, “Ess ebbes un voaht biss noch em middawk.” So henn si mitt-nannah gessa.

9 Vo da mann ufkshtanna is fa gay mitt sei nayva-fraw un sei gnecht, hott em maydel sei faddah ksawt zu eem, “Gukk moll, 's is shiah ohvet. Bleib noch en nacht do un loss dei hatz fraylich sei. Free meiya-free kansht du uf shtay un gay.”

10 Avvah da mann hott nett noch en nacht bleiva vella, so is eah ufkshtanna un is ganga, un si sinn nayksht an Jebus kumma. (Sell is Jerusalem.) Sei zvay ksaddeldi aysla un sei nayva-fraw voahra bei eem.

11 Da dawk voah shund shiah ivvah vo si an Jebus kumma sinn, un da gnecht hott ksawt zu sei meishtah, “Vella do an dee shtatt funn di Jebusiddah shtobba fa di nacht.”

12 Avvah sei meishtah hott ksawt, “Nay, miah shtobba nett in en fremdi shtatt vo di leit kenn Israeliddah sinn. Miah gayn on zu Gibea.”

13 Eah hott veidah ksawt, “Kumm, vella broviahra nivvah an Gibea adda Rama gay un in ayns funn selli bletz bleiva ivvah-nacht.”

14 So sinn si on ganga un di sunn is unnah ganga vi si an Gibea in Benjamin kumma sinn.

15 Datt henn si kshtobt fa di nacht. Si henn sich anna kokt im shkveah funn di shtatt, avvah nimmand hott si in sei haymet gnumma fa di nacht.

16 Sellah ohvet is en aldah mann rei in di shtatt kumma noch sei dawk's eahvet in di feldah. Eah voah fumm hivvel-land in Ephraim avvah eah hott nau in Gibea gvoond. (Di leit funn Gibea voahra funn em kshlecht fumm Benjamin.)

17 Vo da ald mann ufgegukt hott un hott deah fremd mann ksenna im shtatt-shkveah hokka, hott eah kfrohkt, “Vo bisht am hee gay? Funn vo bisht kumma?”

18 Da Lefiddah hott ksawt, “Miah sinn uf em vayk funn Bethlehem in Juda un sinn am hinna in di hivla funn Ephraim gay. Ich voon datt. Ich voah an Bethlehem in Juda un binn am zu em Hah sei haus gay. Nimmand hott mich kaysa in sei haus kumma ivvah-nacht.

19 Miah henn shtroh un foodah fa unsah aysla un henn broht un vei fa mich, mei mawt un fa da gnecht bei uns. Miah braucha nix.”

20 Da ald mann hott ksawt, “Fridda sei mitt eich. Diah kennet an meim haus bleiva. Loss mich eiyah noht faseiya. Avvah bleivet nett do im shtatt-shkveah ivvah-nacht.”

21 No hott da ald mann da Lefiddah in sei haus gnumma un hott sei aysla kfeedaht. Si henn iahra fees gvesha un henn ebbes gessa un gedrunka.

22 Diveil es si am en goodi zeit havva voahra, sinn samm evili mennah funn di shtatt um's haus rumm kumma. Si henn ohkfanga uf di deah globba un henn nei zumm alda mann, da ayknah fumm haus, gegrisha. Si henn ksawt, “Bring sellah mann raus es an dei haus kumma is. Miah vella bei eem leiya.”

23 Da ayknah fumm haus is naus ganga zu eena un hott ksawt zu eena, “Nay, mei freind. Seind nett so gottlohs. Siddah es deah mann mei psuch is, doond nett dess unfashtendlich ding.

24 Gukket moll, do is mei maydel. See hott nee nett kshlohfa mitt en mann. Un do is em mann sei nayva-fraw. Ich bring si raus zu eich. Doond mitt eena vass diah vellet, avvah doond nett dess shreklich ding mitt demm mann.”

25 Avvah di mennah henn een nett abkeicht. No hott da mann sei nayva-fraw gnumma un hott see naus kshohva zu eena. Si henn see fashand un see gebyoost selli gans nacht. No da neksht meiya henn si see gay glost.

26 Di fraw is no zrikk ganga an's haus vo iahra meishtah am bleiva voah. See is datt an di deah kfalla, un hott datt gleyya biss es dawk voah.

27 Sellah meiya is iahra meishtah uf kshtanna un hott di deah uf gmacht. Eah is naus ganga fa haym gay, avvah datt hott sei nayva-fraw gleyya vo see anna kfalla voah an di deah. See hott iahra hend uf di deahra-shvell katt.

28 Eah hott ksawt zu iahra, “Shtay uf; vella gay.” Avvah see hott kenn andvat gevva. No hott eah iahra leib uf sei aysel gedu, un is abkshteaht fa haym.

29 Vo eah haym kumma is, hott eah en messah gnumma, hott hohld gnumma an sei nayva-fraw un hott see ufkshnidda shtikk bei shtikk in zvelf shtikkah. No hott eah di zvelf shtikkah in awl di bletz kshikt es di Israeliddah gvoond henn.

30 Alli-ebbah es dess ksenna hott, hott ksawt, “So en ding voah nee nett gedu adda ksenna gvest siddah da dawk es di Israeliddah ruff aus Egypta kumma sinn. Denket droh! Sawwet uns vass miah du kenna.”