Rit 1
1 Alò li te vin rive nan jou ke jij yo te gouvène yo, te genyen yon gwo grangou nan peyi a. Yon sèten mesye ki sòti Bethléem nan Juda te ale pou demere nan peyi Moab la avèk madanm li ak de fis li yo.
In the time when the judges ruled, there was once a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah took his wife and two sons to live in the territory of Moab.
2 Mesye a te rele Élimélec e madanm li, Naomi. Epi non a de fis li yo se te Machlon avèk Kiljon, Efratyen yo, de Bethléhem nan Juda. Alò, yo te antre nan peyi Moab la pou te demere la.
His name was Elimelech and his wife’s was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. After they had been living in Moab for some time,
3 Epi Élimélec, mari a Naomi an te mouri. Konsa, se li ki te rete avèk de fis li yo.
Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons,
4 De fis yo te pran pou kont yo fanm Moabit yo kon madanm yo. Youn nan yo te rele Orpa e lòt la Ruth. Epi yo te viv la pandan anviwon dis ane.
who married Moabite women named Orpah and Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
5 Alò Machlon avèk Kiljon te vin mouri osi. Konsa, fanm nan vin pèdi de pitit li yo, ansanm ak mari li.
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and Naomi was left alone, without husband or sons.
6 Konsa li te leve avèk bèlfi li pou l ta kab retounen kite Moab. Paske, depi lè li Moab, li tande ke SENYÈ a te vizite pèp li a nan bay yo manje.
So she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the land of Moab, for she had heard that the Lord had remembered his people and given them food.
7 Konsa, li te pati kote li te ye, de bèlfi li yo te avèk li. Epi yo te fè wout la pou retounen nan peyi Juda.
As they were setting out together on the journey to Judah,
8 Epi Naomi te di a de bèlfi li yo: “Ale, retounen nou chak lakay manman nou. Ke SENYÈ a kapab aji anvè nou avèk dousè, jan nou te aji avèk sila ki mouri yo e avèk mwen menm tou.
Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, ‘Go, return both of you to the home of your mother. May the Lord be kind to you as you have been kind to the dead and to me.
9 Ke SENYÈ a kapab pèmèt nou jwenn repo, nou chak lakay a pwòp mari pa li.” Alò, li te bo yo, yo te leve vwa yo wo, epi te kriye.
The Lord grant that each of you may find peace and happiness in the house of a new husband.’ Then she kissed them; but they began to weep aloud
10 Epi yo te di li: “Non, men n ap retounen avè w vè pèp ou a.”
and said to her, ‘No, we will return with you to your people.’
11 Naomi te di yo: “Retounen fi mwen yo. Poukisa nou ta dwe ale avè m? Èske m toujou gen fis nan vant mwen pou yo ta vin mari nou?
But Naomi said, ‘Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Can I still bear sons who might become your husbands?
12 Retounen fi mwen yo, paske mwen twò vye pou m gen yon mari. Si m te di nou ke m gen espwa, si m ta menm gen yon mari aswè a pou fè fis,
Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, “I have hope,” even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,
13 Èske konsa nou ta tann jiskaske yo ta grandi? Èske pou sa, nou ta refize marye? Non fi mwen yo, sa fè m trist pou ka nou yo. Paske, men SENYÈ a gen tan parèt kont mwen.”
would you wait for them until they were grown up? Would you remain single for them? No, my daughters! My heart grieves for you, for the Lord has sent me adversity.’
14 Epi yo te leve vwa yo wo e te kriye ankò. Orpa te bo bèlmè li, men Ruth te rete sou li.
Then they again wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth stayed with her.
15 Li te di: “Veye byen, bèlsè ou te retounen vè pèp li avèk dye li yo. Ale swiv bèlsè ou.”
‘Look,’ said Naomi, ‘your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and to her own gods. Go along with her!’
16 Men Ruth te di: “Pa pouse m kite ou ni pou m ta fè bak nan swiv ou. Paske kote ou ale mwen va ale, e kote ou viv, se la mwen va viv. Pèp ou, pèp pa m, e Dye pa ou, Dye pa m.
But Ruth answered, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to go back. I will go where you go, and I will stay wherever you stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God;
17 Kote ou mouri mwen va mouri; epi la mwen va antere. Se konsa pou SENYÈ a fè m, ak pi mal, si anyen sof ke lanmò ta separe ou de mwen.”
I will die where you die, and be buried there. May the Lord bring a curse upon me, if anything but death separate you and me.’
18 Lè li wè ke li te fin pran desizyon pou ale avè l, li pa t di l anyen ankò.
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she ceased urging her to return.
19 Konsa yo ale ansanm jis rive Bethléhem. Lè yo te rive Bethléhem, tout vil la te boulvèse akoz yo menm. Fanm yo te di: “Se Naomi sa a?”
So they journeyed on until they came to Bethlehem. Their arrival stirred the whole town, and the women said, ‘Can this be Naomi?’
20 Li te di yo: “Pa rele m Naomi. Rele m Mara, paske Toupwisan an te aji byen anmè avè m.
‘Do not call me Naomi,’ she said to them, ‘call me Mara, for the Almighty has given me a bitter lot.
21 Mwen te sòti plen, men SENYÈ a mennen m tounen vid. Poukisa nou rele m Naomi, konsi SENYÈ a gen tan temwaye kont mwen, e Toupwisan an te aflije mwen?”
I had plenty when I left, but the Lord has brought me back empty handed. Why should you call me Naomi, now that the Lord has afflicted me, and the Almighty has brought misfortune on me?’
22 Konsa Naomi te retounen, epi avèk li, Ruth, Moabit la, bèlfi li ki te retounen soti nan peyi Moab la. Yo te vini Bethléhem nan kòmansman rekòlt lòj la.
So Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, returned from Moab. They reached Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
