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1 Al tempo dei giudici ci fu nel paese una carestia, e un uomo di Bethlehem di Giuda andò a stare nelle campagne di Moab con la moglie e i suoi due figliuoli.
In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah departed to sojourn in the region of the Moabites with his wife and two children.
2 Quest’uomo si chiamava Elimelec; sua moglie, Naomi; e suoi due figliuoli, Mahlon e Kilion; erano Efratei, di Bethlehem di Giuda. Giunti nelle campagne di Moab, vi fissarono la loro dimora.
He called himself Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and his two sons, the one Mahlon, and the other Chilion, Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. And entering into the region of the Moabites, they stayed there.
3 Elimelec, marito di Naomi, morì, ed ella rimase coi suoi due figliuoli.
And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 Questi sposarono delle Moabite, delle quali una si chiamava Orpa, e l’altra Ruth; e dimoraron quivi per circa dieci anni.
They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.
5 Poi Mahlon e Kilion morirono anch’essi tutti e due, e la donna restò priva de’ suoi due figliuoli e del marito.
And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Allora si levò con le sue nuore per tornarsene dalle campagne di Moab perché nelle campagne di Moab avea sentito dire che l’Eterno avea visitato il suo popolo, dandogli del pane.
And she arose so that she might journey to her native land, with both her daughters-in-law, from the region of the Moabites. For she had heard that the Lord had provided for his people and had given them food.
7 Ella partì dunque con le sue due nuore dal luogo dov’era stata, e si mise in cammino per tornare nel paese di Giuda.
And so she departed from the place of her sojourn, with both her daughters-in-law, and having set out upon the way, she was about to return to the land of Judah.
8 E Naomi disse alle sue due nuore: “Andate, tornatevene ciascuna a casa di sua madre; l’Eterno sia buono con voi, come voi siete state con quelli che son morti, e con me!
She said to them, “Go to the home of your mother. May the Lord deal mercifully with you, just as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
9 L’Eterno dia a ciascuna di voi di trovare riposo in casa d’un marito!” Essa le baciò, e quelle si misero a piangere ad alta voce, e le dissero:
May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands, whom you will obtain by lot.” And she kissed them. They lifted up their voice, and began to weep,
10 “No noi torneremo con te al tuo popolo”.
and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 E Naomi rispose: “Ritornatevene, figliuole mie! Perché verreste con me? Ho io ancora de’ figliuoli in seno che possano diventare vostri mariti?
But she answered them, “Return, my daughters. Why come with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb, so that you could hope for husbands from me?
12 Ritornatevene, figliuole mie, andate! Io son troppo vecchia per rimaritarmi; e anche se dicessi: Ne ho speranza, e andassi a marito stasera, e partorissi de’ figliuoli,
Return, my daughters, go forth. For I am now exhausted by old age, and not fit for the bond of marriage. Even if I were to conceive on this night, and bear sons,
13 aspettereste voi finché fossero grandi? Vi asterreste voi per questo dal maritarvi? No, figliuole mie; l’afflizione mia e più amara della vostra poiché la mano dell’Eterno si è stesa contro di me”.
if you were willing to wait until they were grown and had completed the years of adolescence, you would be elderly before you could marry. Do not do so, I beg you, my daughters. For your difficulties weigh upon me greatly, and the hand of the Lord has been set against me.”
14 Allora esse alzarono la voce e piansero di nuovo; e Orpa baciò la suocera, ma Ruth non si staccò da lei.
In response, they lifted up their voice and began to weep again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, and then turned back. Ruth clung to her mother-in-law.
15 Naomi disse a Ruth: “Ecco, la tua cognata se n’è tornata al suo popolo e ai suoi dèi; ritornatene anche tu come la tua cognata!”
Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Ma Ruth rispose: “Non insistere perch’io ti lasci, e me ne torni lungi da te; perché dove andrai tu, andrò anch’io; e dove starai tu, io pure starò; il tuo popolo sarà il mio popolo, e il tuo Dio sarà il mio Dio;
She answered, “Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God.
17 dove morrai tu morrò anch’io, e quivi sarò sepolta. L’Eterno mi tratti col massimo rigore se altra cosa che la morte mi separerà da te!”
Whichever land will receive you dying, in the same I will die, and there I will have the place of my burial. May God cause these things to happen to me, and add more also, if anything except death alone should separate you and I.”
18 Quando Naomi la vide fermamente decisa ad andar con lei, non gliene parlò più.
Therefore, Naomi saw that Ruth, being firmly resolved in her soul, was determined to go with her, and that she was unwilling to be dissuaded, and that nothing further could convince her to return to her own.
19 Così fecero il viaggio assieme fino al loro arrivo a Bethlehem. E quando giunsero a Bethlehem, tutta la città fu sossopra a motivo di loro. Le donne dicevano: “E’ proprio Naomi?”
And so they set out together, and they came to Bethlehem. When they had entered the city, the news quickly spread among them all. And the women said, “This is that Naomi.”
20 Ed ella rispondeva: “Non mi chiamate Naomi; chiamatemi Mara, poiché l’Onnipotente m’ha ricolma d’amarezza.
But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (that is, beautiful), but call me Mara (that is, bitter). For the Almighty has greatly filled me with bitterness.
21 Io partii nell’abbondanza, e l’Eterno mi riconduce spoglia di tutto. Perché chiamarmi Naomi, quando l’Eterno ha attestato contro di me, e l’Onnipotente m’ha resa infelice?”
I went out full and the Lord led me back empty. So then, why call me Naomi, whom the Lord has humbled and the Almighty has afflicted?”
22 Così Naomi se ne tornò con Ruth, la Moabita, sua nuora, venuta dalle campagne di Moab. Esse giunsero a Bethlehem quando si cominciava a mietere l’orzo.
Therefore, Naomi went with Ruth, the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, from the land of her sojourn, and returned to Bethlehem, at the time of the first reaping of the barley.
