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以利米勒全家迁往摩押

士师统治的时候,国中有饥荒。在犹大伯利恒,有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。 这人名叫以利米勒,他的妻子名叫拿娥米;他两个儿子,一个名叫玛伦,一个名叫基连,都是犹大伯利恒以法他人。他们到了摩押地,就住在那里。 后来拿娥米的丈夫以利米勒死了,剩下她和两个儿子。 两个儿子娶了摩押女子,一个名叫俄珥巴,第二个名叫路得,在那里住了约有十年。 玛伦基连二人也死了,剩下拿娥米,没有丈夫,也没有儿子。

路得跟拿娥米回伯利恒

拿娥米与两个媳妇起身,要从摩押地回去,因为她在摩押地听见耶和华眷顾自己的百姓,赐粮食给他们。 她和两个媳妇就起行,离开所住的地方,上路回犹大地去。 拿娥米对两个媳妇说:“你们各自回娘家去吧!愿耶和华恩待你们,像你们待已故的人和我一样。 愿耶和华使你们各自在新的丈夫家中得归宿!”于是拿娥米与她们亲吻,她们就放声大哭, 10 对她说:“不,我们要与你一同回你的百姓那里去。” 11 拿娥米说:“我的女儿啊,回去吧!为何要跟我去呢?我还能生儿子作你们的丈夫吗? 12 我的女儿啊,回去吧!我年纪老了,不能再有丈夫。就算我还有希望,今夜有丈夫,而且也生了儿子, 13 你们岂能等着他们长大呢?你们能守住自己不嫁人吗?我的女儿啊,不要这样。我比你们更苦,因为耶和华伸手击打我。” 14 两个媳妇又放声大哭,俄珥巴与婆婆吻别,但是路得却紧跟着拿娥米

15 拿娥米说:“看哪,你嫂嫂已经回她的百姓和她的神明那里去了,你也跟你嫂嫂回去吧!” 16 路得说:

“不要劝我离开你,
转去不跟随你。
你往哪里去,
我也往哪里去;
你在哪里住,
我也在哪里住;
你的百姓就是我的百姓;
你的 神就是我的 神。
17 你死在哪里,
我也死在哪里,葬在哪里。
只有死能使你我分离;
不然,愿耶和华重重惩罚我!”

18 拿娥米路得决意要跟自己去,就不再对她说什么了。

19 于是二人同行,来到伯利恒。她们到了伯利恒,全城因她们骚动起来。妇女们说:“这是拿娥米吗?” 20 拿娥米对她们说:

“不要叫我拿娥米[a]
要叫我玛拉[b]
因为全能者使我受尽了苦。
21 我满满地出去,
耶和华使我空空地回来。
耶和华使我受苦,
全能者降祸于我。
你们为何还叫我拿娥米呢?”

22 拿娥米摩押地回来了,她的媳妇摩押女子路得跟她在一起。她们到了伯利恒,正是开始收割大麦的时候。

Footnotes

  1. 1.20 “拿娥米”意思是“甜”。
  2. 1.20 “玛拉”意思是“苦”。

Elimelech’s Family Goes to Moab

Now it came to pass, in the days when (A)the judges [a]ruled, that there was (B)a famine in the land. And a certain man of (C)Bethlehem, Judah, went to [b]dwell in the country of (D)Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion—(E)Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went (F)to the country of Moab and remained there. Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they [c]dwelt there about ten years. Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.

Naomi Returns with Ruth

Then 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 that the Lord had (G)visited[d] His people by (H)giving them bread. Therefore she went out from 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. And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, (I)“Go, return each to her mother’s house. (J)The Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt (K)with the dead and with me. The Lord grant that you may find (L)rest, each in the house of her husband.”

So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. 10 And they said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”

11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, (M)that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons, 13 would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that (N)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 (O)clung to her.

15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to (P)her people and to her gods; (Q)return after your sister-in-law.”

16 But Ruth said:

(R)“Entreat[e] me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
(S)Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
(T)The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”

18 (U)When she saw that she [f]was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

19 Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that (V)all the city was excited because of them; and the women said, (W)Is this Naomi?”

20 But she said to them, “Do not call me [g]Naomi; call me [h]Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, (X)and the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and [i]the Almighty has afflicted me?”

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem (Y)at the beginning of barley harvest.

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:1 Lit. judged
  2. Ruth 1:1 As a resident alien
  3. Ruth 1:4 lived
  4. Ruth 1:6 attended to
  5. Ruth 1:16 Urge me not
  6. Ruth 1:18 Lit. made herself strong to go
  7. Ruth 1:20 Lit. Pleasant
  8. Ruth 1:20 Lit. Bitter
  9. Ruth 1:21 Heb. Shaddai

Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons

In the days when the judges ruled,[a](A) there was a famine in the land.(B) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,(C) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while(D) in the country of Moab.(E) The man’s name was Elimelek,(F) his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.(G) They were Ephrathites(H) from Bethlehem,(I) Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women,(J) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.(K) After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion(L) also died,(M) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

When Naomi heard in Moab(N) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(O) by providing food(P) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(Q) prepared to return home from there. 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.

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.(R) May the Lord show you kindness,(S) as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands(T) and to me. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest(U) in the home of another husband.”

Then she kissed(V) them goodbye and they wept aloud(W) 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”

11 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?(X) 12 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 until they grew up?(Y) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter(Z) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!(AA)

14 At this they wept(AB) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law(AC) goodbye,(AD) but Ruth clung to her.(AE)

15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law(AF) is going back to her people and her gods.(AG) Go back with her.”

16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(AH) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(AI) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(AJ) and your God my God.(AK) 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(AL) if even death separates you and me.”(AM) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(AN)

19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.(AO) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred(AP) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

20 “Don’t call me Naomi,[b]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[c] because the Almighty[d](AQ) has made my life very bitter.(AR) 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(AS) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[e] me;(AT) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”

22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,(AU) her daughter-in-law,(AV) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest(AW) was beginning.(AX)

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:1 Traditionally judged
  2. Ruth 1:20 Naomi means pleasant.
  3. Ruth 1:20 Mara means bitter.
  4. Ruth 1:20 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21
  5. Ruth 1:21 Or has testified against