Rut 1
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Una familia de emigrantes
1 En la época de los jueces hubo hambre en el país y un hombre de Belén de Judá emigró con su mujer y sus dos hijos a las tierras de Moab. 2 Este hombre se llamaba Elimélec; su mujer, Noemí; y sus dos hijos, Majlón y Quilión. Todos eran efrateos, de Belén de Judá. Cuando llegaron a las tierras de Moab, se quedaron allí. 3 Murió Elimélec, el marido de Noemí, y ella se quedó con sus dos hijos, 4 que se casaron con dos mujeres moabitas: una se llamaba Orfá y la otra Rut.
Al cabo de unos diez años de estancia en Moab, 5 murieron también sus dos hijos, Majlón y Quilión; y Noemí se quedó sola, sin su marido y sus hijos.
6 Cuando Noemí se enteró de que el Señor había bendecido a su pueblo, proporcionándole pan, se dispuso a regresar con sus nueras desde las tierras de Moab. 7 Partió con sus dos nueras del lugar donde vivía y emprendieron el camino de regreso al país de Judá. 8 Entonces Noemí dijo a sus dos nueras:
— Vayan y vuélvanse a su casa materna. Que el Señor las trate con la misma bondad que ustedes han demostrado con los difuntos y conmigo 9 y les permita encontrar una vida dichosa en la casa de un nuevo marido.
Noemí las besó y ellas se echaron a llorar 10 y le dijeron:
— ¡No! Volveremos contigo a tu pueblo.
11 Pero Noemí insistió:
— Vuélvanse, hijas mías. ¿A qué van a venir conmigo? Ya no tendré más hijos que puedan casarse con ustedes. 12 Vuélvanse, hijas mías, y márchense, que soy demasiado vieja para casarme. Y aunque pensara que aún tengo esperanzas y me casara esta misma noche y tuviera hijos, 13 ¿van a aguardar ustedes hasta que sean mayores, renunciando por ellos a casarse de nuevo? No, hijas mías. Mi pena es mayor que la de ustedes, pues la mano del Señor se ha excedido conmigo.
14 Ellas se echaron de nuevo a llorar y Orfá se despidió de su suegra, pero Rut se quedó con Noemí. 15 Entonces Noemí le dijo:
— Mira, tu cuñada regresa a su pueblo y a su dios. Vuelve tú también con ella.
16 Pero Rut le contestó:
— No me pidas que te abandone y que me separe de ti, pues iré adonde vayas y viviré donde vivas, que tu pueblo es mi pueblo y tu Dios es mi Dios. 17 Moriré donde mueras y allí seré enterrada. ¡Que Dios me castigue, si nos separa otra cosa que la muerte!
18 Como vio que Rut estaba empeñada en acompañarla, Noemí dejó de insistirle 19 y las dos prosiguieron su camino hasta Belén. Cuando llegaron, toda la ciudad se alborotó por su causa y las mujeres comentaban:
— ¿No es esa Noemí?
20 Pero ella les decía:
— No me llamen Noemí. Llámemme Mara, porque el Todopoderoso me ha amargado la vida. 21 Me marché cargada y el Señor me devuelve vacía. ¿Por qué me siguen llamando Noemí, si el Señor todopoderoso me ha afligido y maltratado?
22 Y así fue como Noemí, acompañada de su nuera, Rut, volvió de las tierras de Moab. Cuando llegaron a Belén, comenzaba la cosecha de la cebada.
Ruth 1
Complete Jewish Bible
1 Back in the days when the judges were judging, at a time when there was a famine in the land, a certain man from Beit-Lechem went to live in the territory of Mo’av — he, his wife and his two sons. 2 The man’s name was Elimelekh, his wife’s name was Na‘omi, and his two sons were named Machlon and Kilyon; they were Efratim from Beit-Lechem in Y’hudah. They arrived in the plain of Mo’av and settled there. 3 Elimelekh, Na‘omi’s husband, died; and she was left, she and her two sons. 4 They took wives for themselves from the women of Mo’av; the name of the one was ‘Orpah; and the name of the other was Rut. They lived there for about ten years. 5 Then Machlon and Kilyon died, both of them; and the woman was left with neither her two sons nor her husband.
6 So she prepared to return with her daughters-in-law from the plain of Mo’av; for in the plain of Mo’av she had heard how Adonai had paid attention to his people by giving them food. 7 She left the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law and took the road leading back to Y’hudah.
8 Na‘omi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Each of you, go back to your mother’s house. May Adonai show grace to you, as you did to those who died and to me. 9 May Adonai grant you security in the home of a new husband.” Then she kissed them, but they began weeping aloud. 10 They said to her, “No; we want to return with you to your people.” 11 Na‘omi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands? 12 Go back, my daughters; go your way; for I’m too old to have a husband. Even if I were to say, ‘I still have hope’; even if I had a husband tonight and bore sons; 13 would you wait for them until they grew up? Would you refuse to marry, just for them? No, my daughters. On your behalf I feel very bitter that the hand of Adonai has gone out against me.” 14 Again they wept aloud. Then ‘Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Rut stuck with her. 15 She said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god; go back, after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Rut said,
“Don’t press me to leave you
and stop following you;
for wherever you go, I will go;
and wherever you stay, I will stay.
Your people will be my people
and your God will be my God.
17 Where you die, I will die;
and there I will be buried.
May Adonai bring terrible curses on me,
and worse ones as well,
if anything but death
separates you and me.”
18 When Na‘omi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.
19 So the two of them went on until they came to Beit-Lechem. When they arrived in Beit-Lechem, the whole city was stirred with excitement over them. The women asked, “Can this be Na‘omi?” 20 “Don’t call me Na‘omi [pleasant],” she answered them; “call me Marah [bitter], because Shaddai has made my life very bitter. 21 I went out full, and Adonai has brought me back empty. Why call me Na‘omi? Adonai has testified against me, Shaddai has afflicted me.” 22 This is how Na‘omi returned, with Rut the woman from Mo’av, her daughter-in-law, accompanying her from the plain of Mo’av. They arrived in Beit-Lechem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Ruth 1
King James Version
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And the 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6 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 how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.
7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
La Palabra, (versión hispanoamericana) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
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