路得記 1
1 當民長執政時代，國內發生了饑荒。有個人帶了他的妻子和兩個兒子，從猶大白冷到摩阿布鄉間去僑居。
In the time when the judges ruled, there was once a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah took his wife and two sons to live in the territory of Moab.
2 這人名叫厄里默肋客，他的妻子名叫納敖米，他的兩個兒子：一個名叫瑪赫隆，一個名叫基肋雍，是猶大白冷厄弗辣大人。他們到了摩阿布鄉間，就住在那裏。
His name was Elimelech and his wife’s was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. After they had been living in Moab for some time,
3 後來納敖米的丈夫厄里默肋客死了，留下了她和她的兩個兒子。
Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons,
4 他們都娶了摩阿布女子為妻：一個名叫敖爾帕，一個名叫盧德；他們在那裏大約住了十年。
who married Moabite women named Orpah and Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
5 瑪赫隆和基肋雍二人有相繼去世，只剩下了那婦人，沒有兒子，以沒有丈夫。
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and Naomi was left alone, without husband or sons.
6 於是她便與她的兩個兒媳打算從摩阿布鄉間起程回家，因為她在摩阿布鄉間聽說天主垂顧了他的百姓，賜給了他們食糧。納熬米勸兒媳回家
So she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the land of Moab, for she had heard that the Lord had remembered his people and given them food.
7 當她和她的兩個兒媳，要從寄居的地方出發，取道回猶大故鄉的時候，
As they were setting out together on the journey to Judah,
8 納熬米就對她的兩個兒媳說：「你們去罷! 各自回娘家去! 願上主恩待你們，如同你們待了死者和我一樣。
Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, “Go, return both of you to the home of your mother. May the Lord be kind to you as you have been kind to the dead and to me.
9 院上主賜你們在新夫家裏，各得安身! 」於是就吻了她們；她們便放聲大哭，
The Lord grant that each of you may find peace and happiness in the house of a new husband.” Then she kissed them; but they began to weep aloud
10 向她說：「我們要同你回到你的民族中去。」
and said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.”
11 納敖米回答說：「我的女兒，你們回去罷! 為什麼要跟我去呢﹖難道我還能懷妊生子給你們做丈夫嗎﹖
But Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Can I still bear sons who might become your husbands?
12 我的女兒啊，你們回去罷! 你們走罷! 我已老了，不能再嫁人了；如說我尚又希望，今夜能嫁人，也懷妊生子，
Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, ‘I have hope,’ even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,
13 你們又豈能等待他們長大，持身不嫁人﹖我的女兒啊! 不要這樣，有了你們我反而更苦，因為上主已伸出手來與我作對。」盧德追隨婆母
would you wait for them until they were grown up? Would you remain single for them? No, my daughters! My heart grieves for you, for the Lord has sent me adversity.”
14 她們於是又放聲大哭。敖爾帕吻了自己的婆婆，便回自己的家鄉去了；盧德對婆母仍依依不捨。
Then they again wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth stayed with her.
15 納敖米向她說：「看，你的嫂子已回她民族和她的神那裏去了，你也跟你的嫂子回去罷! 」
“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and to her own gods. Go along with her!”
16 盧德答說：「請你別逼我離開你，而不跟你去。你到那裏去，我也要到那裏去；你住在那裏，我也住在那裏；你的民族，就是我的民族；你的天主，就是我的天主；
But Ruth answered, “Do not urge me to leave you or to go back. I will go where you go, and I will stay wherever you stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God;
17 你死在那裏，我也死在那裏，埋在那裏；若不是死使我與你分離，願上主罰我，重重罰我! 」
I will die where you die, and be buried there. May the Lord bring a curse upon me, if anything but death separate you and me.”
18 納敖米見她執意要與自己同去，就不再勸阻她了。
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she ceased urging her to return.
19 於是二人同行，來到了白冷。她們一到了白冷，全城的人都為她們所驚動。婦女們驚問說：「這不是納敖米嗎﹖」
So they journeyed on until they came to Bethlehem. Their arrival stirred the whole town, and the women said, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 她向她們說：「你們不要叫我納敖米，應叫我瑪辣，因為全能者待我好苦!
“Do not call me Naomi,” she said to them, “call me Mara, for the Almighty has given me a bitter lot.
21 我去時富足，如今上主卻使我空空而回。上主責罰了我，全能者降禍於我，你們為什麼還叫我納敖米呢﹖」
I had plenty when I left, but the Lord has brought me back empty handed. Why should you call me Naomi, now that the Lord has afflicted me, and the Almighty has brought misfortune on me?”
22 納敖米同她的兒媳摩阿布女子盧德回來了，是從摩阿布鄉間回來的。她們來到白冷，正是開始收大麥的時候。
So Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, returned from Moab. They reached Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
