³ Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. ⁴ They married Moabite women,^(A) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.^(B) After they had lived there about ten years, ⁵ both Mahlon and Kilion^(C) also died,^(D) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

²⁰ “Don’t call me Naomi,^[a]” she told them. “Call me Mara,^[b] because the Almighty^[c](A) has made my life very bitter.^{(B) 21} I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.^(C) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted^[d] me;^(D) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”