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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.
And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, 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 Bethlehem-Judah. 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 Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode 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 children and of 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, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give 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.
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, 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. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye 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:
Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And 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, We will certainly return with thee to thy 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, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could 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,
Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, should I even have a husband to-night, and should I 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 ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah 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 clave 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, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy 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, Do not intreat me to leave thee, 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 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 thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
18 Quando Naomi la vide fermamente decisa ad andar con lei, non gliene parlò più.
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off 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?”
And they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the [women] 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 Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, 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, who returned out of the fields of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley-harvest.
