< Rit 1 >
1 Vwala, te gen yon grangou ki te tonbe sou peyi Izrayèl la. Lè sa a, se chèf ki t'ap gouvènen peyi a. Se konsa yon nonm lavil Betleyèm, nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Jida a, leve, li pran madanm li ak de pitit gason l' yo, li al pase kèk tan nan peyi Moab.
Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.
2 Nonm lan te rele Elimelèk, madanm li te rele Naomi. De pitit gason l' yo te rele Maklon ak Kiljon. Se moun branch fanmi Efrat la yo te ye, moun lavil Betleyèm nan peyi Jida. Antan yo t'ap viv nan peyi Moab la,
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 Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and were there for some time.
3 Elimelèk mouri, li kite Naomi pou kò l' ak de pitit gason li yo.
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.
4 De ti mesye yo te marye ak de fi moun peyi Moab: yonn te rele Opa, lòt la te rele Rit. Yo t'ap mache sou dizan depi yo t'ap viv nan peyi a,
And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.
5 lè Maklon ak Kiljon tonbe, yo mouri tou. Se konsa Naomi twouve vin pou kont li: li te pèdi ni mari l' ni pitit gason l' yo.
And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.
6 Antan Naomi te peyi Moab toujou, li vin pran nouvèl jan Seyè a te voye benediksyon sou pèp li a, jan li te fè yo fè bon rekòt. Menm lè a, li pare zafè l' pou l' kite peyi Moab ansanm ak de bèlfi li yo.
So she and her daughters-in-law got ready to go back from the country of Moab, for news had come to her in the country of Moab that the Lord, in mercy for his people, had given them food.
7 Se konsa yo leve, yo kite kote yo te ye a, yo pati ansanm pou y' al nan peyi Jida.
And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.
8 Men, antan yo sou wout, Naomi di bèlfi li yo konsa: -Pito nou tounen lakay nou al jwenn manman nou. Mwen mande Seyè a pou l' aji byen ak nou menm jan nou te aji byen avè m' ansanm ak defen yo.
And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go back to your mothers' houses: may the Lord be good to you as you have been good to the dead and to me:
9 Mwen mande l' pou l' fè nou chak jwenn yon moun remarye ak nou pou nou ka viv ak kè poze lakay nou. Lè li fin di yo sa, li bo yo, li di yo li ale. Men, de medam yo pete rele.
May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.
10 Yo di l' konsa: -Non! Nou prale avè ou nan peyi ou.
And they said to her, No, but we will go back with you to your people.
11 Men, Naomi reponn yo: -Pitit mwen, pito nou tounen! Poukisa nou vle ale avè m'? Nou kwè mwen ka fè pitit gason ankò pou marye ak nou?
But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands?
12 Tounen lakay nou! Mwen twò granmoun pou m' marye ankò. Epitou, menm si mwen ta mete nan tèt mwen mwen gen espwa marye ankò, menm si mwen ta rive marye aswè a epi m' ta fè pitit gason ankò,
Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,
13 èske n'ap rete tann yo fin gran? Eske se sa k'ap anpeche nou marye ak yon lòt moun? Non, pitit fi m' yo. Nou konnen sa pa ka fèt. Sa fè m' mal anpil pou nou. Men Seyè a fè m' twòp lapenn deja.
Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.
14 Medam yo pran rele pi rèd. Apre sa, Opa bo bèlmè li a, li di l' orevwa, epi li al jwenn fanmi li. Men, Rit menm te refize kite l'.
Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.
15 Naomi di l' konsa: -Rit machè! Gade bèlsè ou la! Li tounen li al jwenn moun li yo ansanm ak bondye l'ap sèvi yo. Fè menm jan an tou. Tounen ansanm avè l' non!
And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.
16 Men, Rit reponn: -Pa fòse m' kite ou! Tanpri, kite m' ale avè ou. Kote ou prale, mwen prale avè ou. Kote ou rete, m'a rete avè ou. Se moun pa ou yo ki va moun pa m'. Bondye w'ap sèvi a, se li m'a sèvi tou.
But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.
17 Kote w'a mouri a, se la m'a mouri tou. Epi se la y'a antere m' tou. Mwen mande Seyè a pou l' ban mwen pi gwo madichon ki ka genyen, si se pa lanmò ki pou separe nou.
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
18 Lè Naomi wè Rit te soti vre pou ale avè l', li pa di l' anyen ankò.
And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.
19 Yo pati, yo vwayaje ansanm jouk yo rive lavil Betleyèm. Lè yo rive, wè moun wè yo, lavil la te tèt anba. Medam yo menm t'ap di: -Ou kwè se Naomi sa?
So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 reponn yo: -Tanpri, pa rele m' Naomi. Pito nou rele m' Mara, paske Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a fè m' soufri anpil.
And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.
21 Lè m' te pati isit la, mwen te gen tou sa m' te bezwen. Men jòdi a, Seyè a mennen m' tounen de men m' de pye m'. Poukisa pou n'ap rele m' Naomi toujou lè Seyè a fin vire do ban mwen, lè se malè ase Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a voye sou mwen?
I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?
22 Se konsa Naomi tounen soti nan peyi Moab ansanm ak bèlfi li, Rit, moun peyi Moab. Lè yo rive lavil Betleyèm, rekòt grenn lòj te fèk konmanse.
So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her; and they came to Beth-lehem in the first days of the grain-cutting.