< Ruth 1 >
1 There was a famine during the time when the judges ruled Israel, so a man left Bethlehem in Judah and went to live in exile in the country of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.
and to be in/on/with day to judge [the] to judge and to be famine in/on/with land: country/planet and to go: went man from Bethlehem Bethlehem Judah to/for to sojourn in/on/with land: country Moab he/she/it and woman: wife his and two son: child his
2 His name was Elimelech, and his wife's name Naomi. His sons were called Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went to the country of Moab and lived there.
and name [the] man Elimelech and name woman: wife his Naomi and name two son: child his Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathite from Bethlehem Bethlehem Judah and to come (in): come land: country Moab and to be there
3 However, Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.
and to die Elimelech man: husband Naomi and to remain he/she/it and two son: child her
4 The sons married Moabite women. One was called Orpah, the other was called Ruth. After about ten years,
and to lift: marry to/for them woman: wife Moabite name [the] one Orpah and name [the] second Ruth and to dwell there like/as ten year
5 both Mahlon and Chilion died. Naomi was left alone, without her two sons or her husband.
and to die also two their Mahlon and Chilion and to remain [the] woman from two youth her and from man: husband her
6 So she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the country of Moab and return home because she had heard that the Lord had blessed his people there with food.
and to arise: rise he/she/it and daughter-in-law her and to return: return from land: country Moab for to hear: hear in/on/with land: country Moab for to reckon: visit LORD [obj] people his to/for to give: give to/for them food
7 She left the place where she had been living and with her two daughters-in-law set out on the road back to the land of Judah.
and to come out: come from [the] place which to be there [to] and two daughter-in-law her with her and to go: went in/on/with way: journey to/for to return: return to(wards) land: country/planet Judah
8 However, as they left, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Each of you, go back to your mother's homes, and may the Lord be as kind to you as you have been to me, and to those who have died.
and to say Naomi to/for two daughter-in-law her to go: went to return: return woman: another to/for house: household mother her (to make: do *Q(K)*) LORD with you kindness like/as as which to make: do with [the] to die and with me
9 May the Lord give you a good home with another husband.” She kissed them, and they all started to cry loudly.
to give: give LORD to/for you and to find resting woman: another house: household man: husband her and to kiss to/for them and to lift: loud voice their and to weep
10 “No! We want to go back with you to your people,” they replied.
and to say to/for her for with you to return: return to/for people your
11 “Why do you want to go back with me?” Naomi asked. “I'm not able to have any more sons for you to marry.
and to say Naomi to return: return daughter my to/for what? to go: went with me still to/for me son: child in/on/with belly my and to be to/for you to/for human
12 Go back home, my daughters, because I'm too old to marry again. Even if I were to sleep with a new husband tonight and had sons,
to return: return daughter my to go: went for be old from to be to/for man: husband for to say there to/for me hope also to be [the] night to/for man: husband and also to beget son: child
13 would you wait for them to grow up? Would you decide you weren't going to marry anyone else? No. The whole situation is more bitter for me than it is for you, for the Lord has turned against me!”
therefore to await till which to magnify therefore to refrain to/for lest to be to/for man: husband not daughter my for to provoke to/for me much from you for to come out: come in/on/with me hand LORD
14 They started crying loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth held on tightly to Naomi.
and to lift: loud voice their and to weep still and to kiss Orpah to/for mother-in-law her and Ruth to cleave in/on/with her
15 “Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her,” said Naomi.
and to say behold to return: return sister-in-law your to(wards) people her and to(wards) God her to return: return after sister-in-law your
16 But Ruth replied, “Please don't keep on telling me to leave you and go back. Where you go, I will go. Where you live, I will live. Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God.
and to say Ruth not to fall on in/on/with me to/for to leave: forsake you to/for to return: turn back from after you for to(wards) which to go: went to go: went and in/on/with in which to lodge to lodge people your people my and God your God my
17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me harshly if I let anything but death separate us!”
in/on/with in which to die to die and there to bury thus to make: do LORD to/for me and thus to add for [the] death to separate between me and between you
18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped telling Ruth to go home.
and to see: see for to strengthen he/she/it to/for to go: went with her and to cease to/for to speak: speak to(wards) her
19 So the two of them walked on until they reached Bethlehem. When they arrived there, the whole town got excited. “Is this Naomi?” the women asked.
and to go: went two their till to come (in): come they Bethlehem Bethlehem and to be like/as to come (in): come they Bethlehem Bethlehem and to make noise all [the] city upon them and to say this Naomi
20 She said to them, “Don't call me Naomi! Call me Mara, for the Almighty has treated me very bitterly.
and to say to(wards) them not to call: call by to/for me Naomi to call: call by to/for me Mara for to provoke Almighty to/for me much
21 I left here full, but the Lord has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi when the Lord has condemned me, when the Almighty has brought disaster on me?”
I full to go: went and emptily to return: return me LORD to/for what? to call: call by to/for me Naomi and LORD to answer in/on/with me and Almighty be evil to/for me
22 This is the way that Naomi returned from Moab with Ruth, the Moabite, her daughter-in-law. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
and to return: return Naomi and Ruth [the] Moabite daughter-in-law her with her [the] to return: return from land: country Moab and they(masc.) to come (in): come Bethlehem Bethlehem in/on/with beginning harvest barley