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 it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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 continued there.
3 Elimelèk mouri, li kite Naomi pou kò l' ak de pitit gason li yo.
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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 them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there 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 died also both of them; and the woman was left of 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.
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
7 Se konsa yo leve, yo kite kote yo te ye a, yo pati ansanm pou y' al nan peyi Jida.
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto 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 unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with 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.
The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 Yo di l' konsa: -Non! Nou prale avè ou nan peyi ou.
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy 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?
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be 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,
Turn again, my daughters, go [your way; ] for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear 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 ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out 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'.
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto 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 she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy 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.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] 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 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.
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.
18 Lè Naomi wè Rit te soti vre pou ale avè l', li pa di l' anyen ankò.
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
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 they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city 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 unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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 hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted 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 returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
