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.
In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with 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,
The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.
3 Elimelèk mouri, li kite Naomi pou kò l' ak de pitit gason li yo.
Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with 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,
They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived 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.
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of 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 Yahweh 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.
She went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her. They went on the way to return 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.
Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you 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.
May Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices, and wept.
10 Yo di l' konsa: -Non! Nou prale avè ou nan peyi ou.
They said to her, “No, but we will return 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?
Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have 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,
Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, 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 you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for Yahweh’s hand has 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'.
They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with 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!
She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow 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.
Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. 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.
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
18 Lè Naomi wè Rit te soti vre pou ale avè l', li pa di l' anyen ankò.
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging 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 both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “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.
She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has 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 Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has 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, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
