Rut 1
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.
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 Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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.
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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 Elimelec, marito di Naomi, morì, ed ella rimase coi suoi due figliuoli.
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 Questi sposarono delle Moabite, delle quali una si chiamava Orpa, e l’altra Ruth; e dimoraron quivi per circa dieci anni.
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 Poi Mahlon e Kilion morirono anch’essi tutti e due, e la donna restò priva de’ suoi due figliuoli e del marito.
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons 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.
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 Ella partì dunque con le sue due nuore dal luogo dov’era stata, e si mise in cammino per tornare nel paese di Giuda.
Why 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 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!
And Naomi said to her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, 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:
The LORD 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 voice, and wept.
10 “No noi torneremo con te al tuo popolo”.
And they said to her, Surely we will return 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?
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
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,
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 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”.
Would you tarry for them till they were grown? would you stay for them from having husbands? no, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
14 Allora esse alzarono la voce e piansero di nuovo; e Orpa baciò la suocera, ma Ruth non si staccò da lei.
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth joined to her.
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!”
And she said, Behold, your sister in law is gone back to her people, and to her gods: return you after your sister in law.
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;
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you: for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people shall be my people, and your God 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!”
Where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me.
18 Quando Naomi la vide fermamente decisa ad andar con lei, non gliene parlò più.
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking to her.
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?”
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 Ed ella rispondeva: “Non mi chiamate Naomi; chiamatemi Mara, poiché l’Onnipotente m’ha ricolma d’amarezza.
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
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 has brought me home again empty: why then call you me Naomi, seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?
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.
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 Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
