Rut 1
1 I Dommernes Dage blev der engang Hungersnød i Landet. Da drog en Mand fra Betlehem i Juda til Moabiternes Land for at bo der som fremmed med sin Hustru og sine to Sønner.
And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 Manden bed Elimelek, hans Hustru No'omi og hans to Sønner Malon og Kiljon, Efratiter fra Betlehem i Juda, og de kom til Moabiternes Land og opholdt sig der.
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 Bethlehem-Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 Saa døde Elimelek, No'omis Mand, og hun sad tilbage med sine to Sønner.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 De tog sig moabitiske Hustruer; den ene hed Orpa, den anden Rut. Men da de havde boet der en halv Snes Aar,
And they took them Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode there about ten years.
5 døde ogsaa de to, Malon og Kiljon, saa at Kvinden sad alene tilbage efter sine to Sønner og sin Mand.
And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
6 Da brød hun op med sine Sønnekoner for at vende hjem fra Moabiternes Land; thi hun havde hørt i Moabiternes Land, at HERREN havde set til sit Folk og givet dem Brød.
And she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give them bread.
7 Saa drog hun sammen med sine to Sønnekoner bort fra det Sted, hvor hun havde opholdt sig, men paa Hjemvejen til Judas Land
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
8 sagde No'omi til sine to Sønnekoner: »Vend nu tilbage hver til sin Moders Hus! HERREN være barmhjertig imod eder, som I har været imod de døde og mig;
And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead and with me.
9 HERREN give eder, at I maa finde Ro, hver i sin Mands Hus!« Og hun kyssede dem. Men de gav sig til at græde højt
Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept.
10 og sagde til hende: »Nej! vi vil følge dig hjem til dit Folk!«
And they said to her, We will certainly return with thee to thy people.
11 Men No'omi sagde: »Vend tilbage, mine Døtre! Hvorfor vil I drage med mig? Bærer jeg endnu Sønner i mit Skød, som kan blive eders Mænd?
And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?
12 Vend tilbage, mine Døtre, gaa nu hjem, thi jeg er for gammel til at blive en Mands Hustru. Og selv om jeg tænkte, at jeg endnu havde Haab, selv om jeg endnu i Nat tilhørte en Mand og virkelig fødte Sønner,
Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, should I even have a husband to-night, and should I also bear sons,
13 skulde I saa derfor vente, til de blev voksne? Skulde I derfor stænge eder inde og leve ugifte? Nej, mine Døtre, det gør mig saare ondt for eder, thi mig har HERRENS Haand ramt!«
would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.
14 De gav sig da igen til at græde højt, og Orpa kyssede sin Svigermoder, men Rut klyngede sig til hende.
And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.
15 Da sagde hun: »Se, din Svigerinde er vendt tilbage til sit Folk og sin Gud; vend du ogsaa tilbage og følg din Svigerinde!«
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.
16 Men Rut svarede: »Nød mig ikke til at forlade dig og vende tilbage! Nej, hvor du gaar hen, der vil jeg gaa hen, og hvor du tager Bolig, der vil jeg tage Bolig; dit Folk skal være mit Folk, og din Gud skal være min Gud;
And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, 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 hvor du dør, der vil jeg dø, og der vil jeg jordes. HERREN ramme mig baade med det ene og det andet: Kun Døden skal skille os ad!«
where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
18 Da No'omi saa, at det var hendes faste Vilje at drage med hende, holdt hun op at tale til hende derom,
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
19 og de drog da videre sammen, indtil de kom til Betlehem. Men da de kom til Betlehem, blev der Røre i hele Byen, og Kvinderne sagde: »Er det No'omi?«
And they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the [women] said, Is this Naomi?
20 Men hun sagde til dem: »Kald mig ikke No'omi; kald mig Mara, thi den Almægtige har voldet mig megen bitter Smerte!
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi — call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
21 Rig drog jeg herfra, og fattig har HERREN ført mig tilbage. Hvorfor kalder I mig No'omi, naar HERREN har vidnet imod mig og den Almægtige tilskikket mig Ulykke?«
I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me?
22 Saaledes vendte No'omi tilbage fra Moabiternes Land tillige med sin Sønnekone, Moabiterinden Rut, og de kom til Betlehem først paa Byghøsten.
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the fields of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley-harvest.
