Rute 1

1E aconteceu nos dias que governavam os juízes, que houve fome na terra. E um homem de Belém de Judá, foi a peregrinar nos campos de Moabe, ele e sua mulher, e dois filhos seus. 2O nome daquele homem era Elimeleque, e o de sua mulher Noemi; e os nomes de seus dois filhos eram Malom e Quiliom, efrateus de Belém de Judá. Chegaram, pois, aos campos de Moabe, e assentaram ali. 3E morreu Elimeleque, marido de Noemi, e restou ela com seus dois filhos; 4Os quais tomaram para si mulheres de Moabe, o nome da uma Orfa, e o nome da outra Rute; e habitaram ali uns dez anos. 5E morreram também os dois, Malom e Quiliom, restando assim a mulher desamparada de seus dois filhos e de seu marido. 6Então se levantou com suas noras, e voltou-se dos campos de Moabe: porque ouviu no campo de Moabe que o SENHOR havia visitado a seu povo para dar-lhes pão. 7Saiu, pois, do lugar de onde havia estado, e com ela suas duas noras, e começaram em caminhar para voltar-se à terra de Judá. 8E Noemi disse a suas duas noras: Andai, voltai-vos cada uma à casa de sua mãe: o SENHOR faça convosco misericórdia, como a fizestes com os mortos e comigo. 9Dê-vos o SENHOR que acheis descanso, cada uma em casa de seu marido: beijou-as logo, e elas choraram a voz em grito. 10E disseram-lhe: Certamente nós voltaremos contigo a teu povo. 11E Noemi respondeu: Voltai, filhas minhas; para que ireis comigo? Tenho eu mais filhos no ventre, que possam ser vossos maridos? 12Voltai, filhas minhas, e ide; que eu já sou velha para ser para me casar com homem. E ainda que dissesse: Tenho esperança; e esta noite me casasse com um homem, e ainda desse à luz filhos; 13Teríeis vós de esperá-los até que fossem grandes? Ficaríeis vós sem se casar por causa deles? Não, filhas minhas; que maior amargura tenho eu que vós, pois a mão do SENHOR saiu contra mim. 14Mas elas levantando outra vez sua voz, choraram: e Orfa beijou à sua sogra, mas Rute se ficou com ela. 15E Noemi disse: Eis que tua cunhada se voltou a seu povo e a seus deuses; volta-te atrás dela. 16E Rute respondeu: Não me rogues que te deixe, e que me aparte de ti: porque de onde quer que tu fores, irei eu; e de onde quer que viveres, viverei. Teu povo será meu povo, e teu Deus meu Deus. 17Onde tu morreres, morrerei eu, e ali serei sepultada: assim me faça o SENHOR, e assim me dê, que somente a morte fará separação entre mim e ti. 18E vendo Noemi que estava tão decidida a ir com ela, deixou de falar-lhe. 19Andaram, pois, elas duas até que chegaram a Belém: e aconteceu que entrando em Belém, toda a cidade se comoveu por razão delas, e diziam: Não é esta Noemi? 20E ela lhes respondia: Não me chameis Noemi, mas sim me chamai Mara: porque em grande amargura me pôs o Todo-Poderoso. 21Eu me fui cheia, mas vazia me fez voltar o SENHOR. Por que me chamareis Noemi, já que o SENHOR deu testemunho contra mim, e o Todo-Poderoso me afligiu? 22Assim voltou Noemi e Rute moabita sua nora com ela; voltou dos campos de Moabe, e chegaram a Belém no princípio da colheita das cevadas.

1In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 3Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. 4They took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years. 5Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband. 6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread. 7She went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 8Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house: Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 10They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.” 11Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons; 13would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me.” 14They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her. 15She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.” 16Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; 17where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried. Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me.” 18When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her. 19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?” 20She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?” 22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

1In de dagen, als de richters richtten, zo geschiedde het, dat er honger in het land was; daarom toog een man van Bethlehem-Juda, om als vreemdeling te verkeren in de velden Moabs, hij, en zijn huisvrouw, en zijn twee zonen. 2De naam nu dezes mans was Elimelech, en de naam zijner huisvrouw Naomi, en de naam zijner twee zonen Machlon en Chiljon, Efrathers, van Bethlehem-Juda; en zij kwamen in de velden Moabs, en bleven aldaar. 3En Elimelech, de man van Naomi, stierf; maar zij werd overgelaten met haar twee zonen. 4Die namen zich Moabietische vrouwen; de naam der ene was Orpa, en de naam der andere Ruth; en zij bleven aldaar omtrent tien jaren. 5En die twee, Machlon en Chiljon, stierven ook; alzo werd deze vrouw overgelaten na haar twee zonen en na haar man. 6Toen maakte zij zich op met haar schoondochters, en keerde weder uit de velden van Moab; want zij had gehoord in het land van Moab, dat de HEERE Zijn volk bezocht had, gevende hun brood. 7Daarom ging zij uit van de plaats, waar zij geweest was en haar twee schoondochters met haar. Als zij nu gingen op den weg, om weder te keren naar het land van Juda, 8Zo zeide Naomi tot haar twee schoondochters: Gaat heen, keert weder, een iegelijk tot het huis van haar moeder; de HEERE doe bij u weldadigheid, gelijk als gij gedaan hebt bij de doden, en bij mij. 9De HEERE geve u, dat gij ruste vindt, een iegelijk in het huis van haar man! En als zij haar kuste, hieven zij haar stem op en weenden; 10En zij zeiden tot haar: Wij zullen zekerlijk met u wederkeren tot uw volk. 11Maar Naomi zeide: Keert weder, mijn dochters! Waarom zoudt gij met mij gaan? Heb ik nog zonen in mijn lichaam, dat zij u tot mannen zouden zijn? 12Keert weder, mijn dochters! Gaat heen; want ik ben te oud om een man te hebben. Wanneer ik al zeide: Ik heb hoop, of ik ook in dezen nacht een man had, ja, ook zonen baarde; 13Zoudt gij daarnaar wachten, totdat zij zouden groot geworden zijn; zoudt gij daarnaar opgehouden worden, om geen man te nemen? Niet, mijn dochters! Want het is mij veel bitterder dan u; maar de hand des HEEREN is tegen mij uitgegaan. 14Toen hieven zij haar stem op, en weenden wederom; en Orpa kuste haar schoonmoeder, maar Ruth kleefde haar aan. 15Daarom zeide zij: Zie, uw zwagerin is wedergekeerd tot haar volk en tot haar goden; keer gij ook weder, uw zwagerin na. 16Maar Ruth zeide: Val mij niet tegen, dat ik u zou verlaten, om van achter u weder te keren; want waar gij zult heengaan, zal ik ook heengaan, en waar gij zult vernachten, zal ik vernachten; uw volk is mijn volk, en uw God mijn God. 17Waar gij zult sterven, zal ik sterven, en aldaar zal ik begraven worden; alzo doe mij de HEERE en alzo doe Hij daartoe, zo niet de dood alleen zal scheiding maken tussen mij en tussen u! 18Als zij nu zag, dat zij vastelijk voorgenomen had met haar te gaan, zo hield zij op tot haar te spreken. 19Alzo gingen die beiden, totdat zij te Bethlehem inkwamen; en het geschiedde, als zij te Bethlehem inkwamen, dat de ganse stad over haar beroerd werd, en zij zeiden: Is dit Naomi? 20Maar zij zeide tot henlieden: Noemt mij niet Naomi, noemt mij Mara; want de Almachtige heeft mij grote bitterheid aangedaan. 21Vol toog ik weg, maar ledig heeft mij de HEERE doen wederkeren; waarom zoudt gij mij Naomi noemen, daar de HEERE tegen mij getuigt, en de Almachtige mij kwaad aangedaan heeft? 22Alzo kwam Naomi weder, en Ruth, de Moabietische, haar schoondochter, met haar, die uit de velden Moabs wederkwam; en zij kwamen te Bethlehem in het begin van de gersteoogst.