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1 Og det skete i de Dage, da Dommerne dømte, da var der en Hunger i Landet; og en Mand fra Bethlehem i Juda gik hen at opholde sig i Moabiternes Land, han og hans Hustru og hans to Sønner.
And it comes to pass, in [the] days [when] the ones judging judge, that there is a famine in the land, and there goes a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 Og Mandens Navn var Elimelek og hans Hustrus Navn Noomi og hans to Sønners Navn Malon og Kiljon, Efratiter fra Bethlehem i Juda; og de kom i Moabiternes Land og bleve der.
And the name of the man [is] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephraimites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.
3 Og Elimelek, Noomi Mand, døde; og hun og hendes to Sønner bleve tilbage.
And Elimelech husband of Naomi dies, and she is left, she and her two sons;
4 Og disse toge sig moabitiske Hustruer, den enes Navn var Orpa, og den andens Navn Ruth; og de boede der ved ti Aar.
and they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the first [is] Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years.
5 Da døde ogsaa de begge, Malon og Kiljon; og Kvinden blev tilbage efter hendes tvende Sønner og efter hendes Mand.
And they die also, both of them—Mahlon and Chilion—and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.
6 Da gjorde hun sig rede, hun og hendes Sønners Hustruer, og vendte tilbage fra Moabiternes Land; thi hun havde hørt i Moabiternes Land, at Herren havde besøgt sit Folk og givet dem Brød.
And she rises, she and her daughters-in-law, and turns back from the fields of Moab, for she has heard in the fields of Moab that God has looked after His people—to give to them bread.
7 Og hun gik ud fra det Sted, hvor hun havde været, og begge hendes Sønners Hustruer med hende, og de gik paa Vejen for at komme tilbage til Judas Land.
And she goes out from the place where she has been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to return to the land of Judah.
8 Da sagde Noomi til begge sine Sønners Hustruer: Gaar hen, vender tilbage hver til sin Moders Hus; Herren gøre Miskundhed imod eder, ligesom I have gjort imod de døde og imod mig!
And Naomi says to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return, each to the house of her mother; YHWH does with you kindness as you have done with the dead, and with me;
9 Herren give eder, at I maa finde Rolighed hver i sin Mands Hus! Og hun kyssede dem, og de opløftede deres Røst og græd.
YHWH grants to you, and you find rest each in the house of her husband”; and she kisses them, and they lift up their voice and weep.
10 Og de sagde til hende: Vi ville vende tilbage med dig til dit Folk.
And they say to her, “Surely with you we go back to your people.”
11 Da sagde Noomi: Vender tilbage, mine Døtre! hvorfor ville I gaa med mig? mon jeg har Børn ydermere i mit Liv, som kunne blive eders Mænd?
And Naomi says, “Turn back, my daughters; why do you go with me? Are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands?
12 Vender tilbage, mine Døtre! gaar bort, thi jeg er for gammel til at faa en Mand; dersom jeg end sagde: Der er Forventelse for mig, ja, dersom jeg havde en Mand i denne Nat og endog fødte Sønner,
Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been tonight to a husband, and also I have borne sons:
13 mon I skulde vente paa dem, indtil de bleve store? mon I skulde opholdes derefter, saa at I ikke skulde faa Mænd? Nej, mine Døtre! thi det er mig saare bittert, mere end eder, at Herrens Haand er udgangen over mig.
do you wait for them until they grow up? Do you shut yourselves up for them, not to be to a husband? No, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.”
14 Da opløftede de deres Røst og græd ydermere; og Orpa kyssede sin Mands Moder, men Ruth hængte ved hende.
And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisses her mother-in-law, and Ruth has cleaved to her.
15 Da sagde hun: Se, din Svigerinde er vendt tilbage til sit Folk og til sin Gud; vend tilbage efter din Svigerinde!
And she says, “Behold, your sister-in-law has turned back to her people, and to her god, turn back after your sister-in-law.”
16 Og Ruth sagde: Vær mig ikke imod, at jeg skulde forlade dig og vende tilbage, fra dig; thi hvor du gaar hen, der vil jeg gaa hen, og hvor du bliver om Natten, der vil jeg blive om Natten; dit Folk er mit Folk, og din Gud er min Gud.
And Ruth says, “Do not urge me to leave you—to turn back from after you; for to where you go I go, and where you lodge I lodge; your people [is] my people, and your God my God.
17 Hvor du vil dø, der vil jeg dø, og der vil jeg begraves; Herren gøre nu og fremdeles saa og saa imod mig, saa vist som Døden alene skal skille imellem dig og imellem mig.
Where you die I die, and there I am buried; thus does YHWH to me, and thus He adds—for death itself parts between me and you.”
18 Og der hun saa, at hun havde fast foresat sig at gaa med hende, da lod hun af at tale til hende derom.
And she sees that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceases to speak to her;
19 Og de gik begge, indtil de kom til Bethlehem; og det skete, der de kom til Bethlehem, da kom den ganske Stad i Bevægelse over dem, og de sagde: Er dette Noomi?
and the two of them go until their coming to Beth-Lehem; and it comes to pass at their coming to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, “Is this Naomi?”
20 Og hun sagde til dem: Kalder mig ikke Noomi, kalder mig Mara, thi den Almægtige har gjort det saare besk for mig.
And she says to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly to me,
21 Jeg gik bort med fulde Hænder, men Herren har ført mig med tomme Hænder tilbage; hvi skulde I kalde mig Noomi, efterdi Herren har vidnet imod mig, og den Almægtige handlet ilde med mig?
I went out full, and YHWH has brought me back empty, why do you call me Naomi, and YHWH has testified against me, and the Almighty has done evil to me?”
22 Saa kom Noomi tilbage, og Ruth den moabitiske, hendes Sønnekone, var med hende, som kom tilbage af Moabiternes Land; og de kom til Bethlehem i Byghøstens Begyndelse.
And Naomi turns back, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who has turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.
