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1 Now there came a time of famine while judges were ruling in the land of Israel. A man from Bethlehem of Judah, his wife, and his two sons left to live in the country of Moab. In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
2 The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name was Naomi, and their two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion—Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah. They journeyed to the country of Moab and lived there for some time. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
3 Then Naomi's husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.
4 Each of her sons married Moabite women: one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. After they lived there about ten years, These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
5 both Mahlon and Chilion died, leaving Naomi alone with neither her husband nor her two sons. and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
6 She and her daughters-in-law prepared to return from the country of Moab, because she had heard while living there how the LORD had come to the aid of his people, giving them relief. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food. When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there.
7 So she left the place where she had been, along with her two daughters-in-law, and they traveled along the return road to the land of Judah. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
8 But along the way, Naomi told her two daughters-in-law, |Each of you go back home. Return to your mother's house. May the LORD show his gracious love to you, as you have shown me and our loved ones who have died. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me.
9 May the LORD grant each of you security in your new husbands' households.| Then she kissed them good-bye, and they cried loudly. The LORD grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud
10 They both replied to her, |No! We'll go back with you to your people.| And they said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi responded, |Go back, my daughters. Why go with me? Are there still sons to be born to me as future husbands for you? But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?
12 So go on back, my daughters! Be on your way! I'm too old to remarry. If I were to say that I'm hoping for a husband tonight and then also bore sons this very night, Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—
13 would you wait for them until they were grown? Would you refrain from marriage for them? No, my daughters! I'm more deeply grieved than you, because the LORD is working against me!| would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.” would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD’s hand has turned against me!”
14 They began to cry loudly again. So Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye, but Ruth remained with her. Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
15 Naomi told Ruth, |Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods. Follow your sister-in-law!| And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”
16 But Ruth answered, |Stop urging me to abandon you and to turn back from following you. Because wherever you go, I'll go. Wherever you live, I'll live. Your people will be my people, and your God, my God. But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following 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. But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
17 Where you die, I'll die and be buried. May the LORD do this to me—and more—if anything except death comes between you and me.| Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
18 When Naomi observed Ruth's determination to travel with her, she ended the conversation. And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more. When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
19 So they continued on until they reached Bethlehem. Now when the two of them arrived in Bethlehem, the entire town got excited at the news of their arrival and they asked one another, |Can this be Naomi?| So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?” So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 But Naomi replied, |Don't call me 'Naomi'! Call me 'Mara'! That's because the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me. She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.
21 I left here full, but the LORD brought me back empty. So why call me 'Naomi'? After all, the LORD is against me, and the Almighty has broken me.| I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?” I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
22 So Naomi returned to Bethlehem from the country of Moab, along with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabite woman. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.
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