1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
1 Ikawa katika siku hizo, hapo kulipokuwa hapana mfalme katika Israeli, alikuwapo Mlawi mmoja aliyekuwa akikaa hali ya ugeni upande wa mbele wa nchi ya vilima vilima ya Efraimu, aliyejitwalia suria katika Bethlehemu-yuda.