Ruth 1
Magandang Balita Biblia
Si Elimelec at ang Kanyang Sambahayan sa Moab
1 Nang ang Israel ay pinamumunuan pa ng mga hukom, nagkaroon ng taggutom sa buong bayan. Kaya't ang mag-asawang Elimelec at Naomi na mga taga-Bethlehem, Juda ay pansamantala munang nanirahan sa Moab kasama ang kanilang mga anak na sina Mahlon at Quelion. Ang pamilyang ito ay mula sa angkan ng Efrata. 3 Namatay sa Moab si Elimelec at naiwang biyuda si Naomi. Ang dalawa nilang anak 4 ay nakapag-asawa naman ng mga Moabita, sina Orpa at Ruth. Ngunit pagkalipas ng mga sampung taon, 5 namatay rin sina Mahlon at Quelion, kaya't si Naomi ay naulila sa asawa't mga anak.
Bumalik sa Bethlehem si Naomi Kasama si Ruth
6 Nabalitaan ni Naomi na ang kanyang bayan ay pinagkalooban ng Diyos ng masaganang ani kaya't humanda sila ng kanyang mga manugang na umalis sa Moab. 7 Naglakbay nga silang pabalik sa Juda. 8 Ngunit sa daa'y sinabi ni Naomi sa kanyang dalawang manugang, “Umuwi na kayo sa dati ninyong tahanan, at manirahan sa inyong mga nanay. Kung paanong naging mabuti kayo sa mga yumao at sa akin, nawa'y maging mabuti rin sa inyo si Yahweh. 9-10 Itulot nawa ni Yahweh na kayo'y makapag-asawang muli at magkaroon ng panibagong pamilya.” At sila'y hinagkan ni Naomi bilang pamamaalam.
Ngunit napaiyak ang mga manugang at sinabi sa kanya, “Hindi namin kayo iiwan. Sasama kami sa inyong bayan.”
11 Sumagot si Naomi, “Mga anak, huwag na kayong sumama sa akin. Bumalik na kayo sa inyong mga magulang. Hindi na ako magkakaanak pa upang inyong mapangasawa. 12 Umuwi na kayo. Matanda na ako para mag-asawang muli. Kahit na umaasa akong makakapag-asawang muli, o kahit pa ngayong gabi ako mag-asawa't magkaanak, 13 mahihintay ba ninyo silang lumaki? Alam ninyong ito'y hindi mangyayari. Kaya, mag-asawa na kayo ng iba. Pinabayaan ako ni Yahweh, at hindi ko nais na madamay kayo sa aking kasawian.” 14 Pagkasabi nito'y lalo silang nag-iyakan. At hinagkan ni Orpa ang kanyang biyenan, at nagpaalam na.[a] Ngunit nagpaiwan si Ruth.
15 Sinabi ni Naomi kay Ruth, “Ang bilas mo'y nagbalik na sa kanyang bayan at sa kanyang mga diyos. Umuwi ka na rin.” 16 Sumagot si Ruth, “Huwag po ninyong hilinging iwanan ko kayo. Hayaan na ninyo akong sumama sa inyo. Saanman kayo pumunta, doon ako pupunta. Kung saan kayo tumira, doon din ako titira. Ang inyong bayan ang magiging aking bayan. Ang inyong Diyos ang magiging aking Diyos. 17 Kung saan kayo mamatay, doon ako mamamatay, at doon din ako malilibing. Parusahan sana ako ni Yahweh ng pinakamabigat na parusa kung papayagan kong magkalayo tayo maliban na lamang kung paghiwalayin tayo ng kamatayan!” 18 Nang matiyak ni Naomi na hindi talaga magbabago ang isip ni Ruth na sumama sa kanya, hindi na siya tumutol.
19 Kaya't nagpatuloy sila ng paglalakbay. Pagdating nila sa Bethlehem, nagulat ang lahat. “Hindi ba't si Naomi ito?” tanong ng kababaihan.
20 Sumagot naman si Naomi, “Huwag na ninyo akong tawaging Naomi.[b] Tawagin ninyo akong Mara,[c] sapagkat ako'y pinabayaang magdusa ng Makapangyarihang Diyos. 21 Masagana ang buhay namin ni Elimelec nang umalis dito. Ngunit ibinalik ako ni Yahweh na walang anumang dala. Huwag na ninyo akong tawaging Naomi sapagkat ako'y binigyan ng Makapangyarihang Diyos ng matinding kasawian sa buhay!”
22 Iyan ang nangyari kaya't mula sa Moab ay nagbalik si Naomi kasama si Ruth, ang manugang niyang Moabita. Nang dumating sila sa Bethlehem ay simula na ng anihan ng sebada.
Ruth 1
English Standard Version
Naomi Widowed
1 In the days (A)when the judges ruled there was (B)a famine in the land, and a man of (C)Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 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 (D)Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi
6 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 (E)the Lord had visited his people and (F)given them food. 7 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. 8 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord (G)deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with (H)the dead and with me. 9 The Lord grant that you may find (I)rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. 10 And they said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” 11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb (J)that they may become your husbands? 12 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, 13 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 (K)the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.” 14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
15 And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to (L)her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16 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. (M)Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. (N)May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” 18 (O)And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
Naomi and Ruth Return
19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, (P)the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?” 20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi;[a] call me (Q)Mara,[b] for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 (R)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?”
22 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 (S)at the beginning of barley harvest.
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