Ruth 1
1 Et il arriva, dans les jours où les juges jugeaient, qu’il y eut une famine dans le pays; et un homme s’en alla de Bethléhem de Juda, pour séjourner aux champs de Moab, lui et sa femme et ses deux fils.
During the time before kings ruled Israel, (there was a famine/the people there had nothing to eat). There was a man who lived there whose name was Elimelech. His wife’s name was Naomi, and his sons’ names were Mahlon and Chilion. They were all from Bethlehem [town], from the Ephrath [clan] in Judah [region].
2 Et le nom de l’homme était Élimélec, et le nom de sa femme, Naomi; et les noms de ses deux fils, Makhlon et Kilion, Éphratiens, de Bethléhem de Juda; et ils vinrent aux champs de Moab, et ils demeurèrent là.
Because of the famine, they left Bethlehem and went east to [live for a while in] Moab [region].
3 Et Élimélec, mari de Naomi, mourut; et elle resta avec ses deux fils.
While they were there, Elimelech died, and Naomi had only her two sons with her.
4 Et ils prirent des femmes moabites: le nom de l’une était Orpa, et le nom de la seconde, Ruth; et ils habitèrent là environ dix ans.
They married women from Moab. One of them was named Orpah, and the other one was named Ruth. But after they had lived in that area for about ten years,
5 Et Makhlon et Kilion, eux deux aussi, moururent; et la femme resta, [privée] de ses deux enfants et de son mari.
Mahlon and Chilion died. So then Naomi had no husband and no sons.
6 Et elle se leva, elle et ses belles-filles, et s’en revint des champs de Moab; car elle avait entendu dire, au pays de Moab, que l’Éternel avait visité son peuple pour leur donner du pain.
One day while Naomi was in Moab, she heard someone say that Yahweh had helped his people in Israel and that now there was plenty of food to eat. So she prepared to return [to Bethlehem].
7 Et elle partit du lieu où elle était, et ses deux belles-filles avec elle; et elles se mirent en chemin pour retourner dans le pays de Juda.
She left the place where she had been living and started to walk [with her daughters-in-law] along the road back to Judah.
8 Et Naomi dit à ses deux belles-filles: Allez, retournez chacune dans la maison de sa mère. Que l’Éternel use de bonté envers vous, comme vous avez fait envers les morts et envers moi!
Then as the three of them were walking, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Each of you should turn around and go back to your mother’s home. You treated [your husbands] kindly [before] they died, and you have treated me kindly.
9 L’Éternel vous donne de trouver du repos, chacune dans la maison de son mari! Et elle les embrassa; et elles élevèrent leur voix et pleurèrent.
Now I desire that Yahweh will enable each of you to have another husband in whose home you will [feel] secure.” Then she kissed both of them, and they cried aloud.
10 Et elles lui dirent: [Non], mais nous retournerons avec toi vers ton peuple.
They each said, “No, we want to go with you as you return to your relatives.”
11 Et Naomi dit: Retournez, mes filles; pourquoi iriez-vous avec moi? Ai-je encore des fils dans mon sein, de sorte qu’ils soient vos maris?
But Naomi said, “No, my daughters, return home. (It will not do any good for you to come with me!/What good will it do for you to come with me?) [RHQ] Do you think I will get married again and have more sons who could become your husbands?
12 Retournez, mes filles, allez; car je suis trop vieille pour être à un mari; si je disais que j’en ai l’espérance, quand cette nuit même je serais à un mari, et que même j’enfanterais des fils:
Even if I thought I could have another husband, and even if I got married today and became pregnant [EUP] tonight and later gave birth to sons,
13 attendriez-vous pour cela jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient grands? Resteriez-vous pour cela sans être à un mari? Non, mes filles; car je suis dans une plus grande amertume que vous, car la main de l’Éternel s’est étendue contre moi.
would you remain single/unmarried until they grew up [and became old enough] for you to marry? No, my daughters, [you would not do that]. Your situations are bad [because your husbands have died, but it is possible that you will each marry again]. My situation is much worse, because Yahweh [SYN] has opposed me, [and now I am too old to get married again].”
14 Et elles élevèrent leur voix, et pleurèrent encore; et Orpa embrassa sa belle-mère, mais Ruth s’attacha à elle.
Then Ruth and Orpah cried again [because of what Naomi said]. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, [and left], but Ruth clung to Naomi.
15 Et [Naomi] dit: Voici, ta belle-sœur est retournée vers son peuple et vers ses dieux; retourne-t’en après ta belle-sœur.
Naomi said to her, “Look! Your sister-in-law is going back to her relatives and to her gods! Go back with her!”
16 Et Ruth dit: Ne me prie pas de te laisser, pour que je m’en retourne d’avec toi; car où tu iras, j’irai, et où tu demeureras, je demeurerai: ton peuple sera mon peuple, et ton Dieu sera mon Dieu.
But Ruth replied, “No! Don’t urge me to leave you! I [want to] go with you. Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your relatives will be my relatives, and the God you [worship] will be the God I [worship].
17 Là où tu mourras, je mourrai et j’y serai enterrée. Ainsi me fasse l’Éternel, et ainsi il y ajoute, si la mort [seule] ne me sépare de toi!
Where you die, I will die. Where you are buried, I will be buried. May Yahweh punish me severely if I separate from you. I will be separated from you only [when one of us] dies.”
18 Et [Naomi] vit qu’elle était résolue d’aller avec elle, et elle cessa de lui parler.
When Naomi realized that Ruth was very determined to go with her, she stopped urging her [to return home].
19 Et elles marchèrent les deux jusqu’à ce qu’elles arrivèrent à Bethléhem. Et il arriva que, comme elles entraient dans Bethléhem, toute la ville s’émut à leur sujet; et les [femmes] disaient: Est-ce là Naomi?
So the two women continued walking until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived there, everyone in town was excited [to see] them. The women [of the town] exclaimed, “(Can this be Naomi?/It is difficult to believe that this is Naomi!)” [RHQ]
20 Et elle leur dit: Ne m’appelez pas Naomi, appelez-moi Mara; car le Tout-puissant m’a remplie d’amertume.
Naomi said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi, [which means ‘pleasant’]. Instead, call me Mara, [which means ‘bitter’], because God Almighty has made my life very unpleasant.
21 Je m’en allai comblée, et l’Éternel me ramène à vide. Pourquoi m’appelez-vous Naomi, quand l’Éternel m’a abattue, et que le Tout-puissant m’a affligée?
When I left here, I [felt] rich, [because I had a family]. But Yahweh has brought me back here and now I [feel] poor, [because I have no family]. Do not call me Naomi [RHQ]. [I feel as though] Yahweh has spoken against (OR, afflicted) me. Almighty [God] has caused me to experience a great tragedy.”
22 Ainsi Naomi revint, et avec elle Ruth, la Moabite, sa belle-fille, qui était venue des champs de Moab; et elles vinrent à Bethléhem, au commencement de la moisson des orges.
That [summarizes the account] of Naomi returning home along with her daughter-in-law Ruth, the woman from Moab. And [it happened that] when they arrived in Bethlehem, the barley [grain] harvest was just beginning.
