Ruts 1
1 I den tidi då domarane styrde, vart det uår i landet. Då for ein mann frå Betlehem i Juda i veg med kona si og båe sønerne sine og vilde bu i Moablandet ei stund.
Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.
2 Mannen heitte Elimelek og kona hans No’omi, og dei tvo sønerne Mahlon og Kiljon; dei var efratitar, frå Betlehem i Juda. No kom dei då til Moablandet og vart veranda der.
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 Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and were there for some time.
3 Og Elimelek, mannen hennar No’omi, døydde; men ho livde att med dei tvo sønerne sine.
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.
4 Sønerne tok seg konor frå Moablandet; den eine heitte Orpa og den andre Rut. Og dei budde der på lag ti år.
And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.
5 Då døydde både Mahlon og Kiljon, og kvinna livde att etter sønerne sine og mannen sin.
And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.
6 Då budde ho seg til å fara heim att frå Moablandet med sonekonorne sine; for ho hadde høyrt i Moablandet at Herren hadde set um folket sitt og gjeve deim brød.
So she and her daughters-in-law got ready to go back from the country of Moab, for news had come to her in the country of Moab that the Lord, in mercy for his people, had given them food.
7 So gav ho seg i veg frå den staden der ho hadde butt, ho og båe sonekonorne hennar. Då dei var komne eit stykke på vegen heim til Judalandet,
And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.
8 då sagde No’omi til sonekonorne sine: «Snu no og gakk heim att kvar til si mor! Herren vere miskunnsam mot dykk, so som de hev vore mot båe dei avlidne og mot meg!
And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go back to your mothers' houses: may the Lord be good to you as you have been good to the dead and to me:
9 Herren gjeve at de må finna ro, kvar i huset hjå sin mann!» So kysste ho deim; men dei tok til å gråta,
May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.
10 og sagde til henne: «Nei, me vil fylgja med deg attende til folket ditt.»
And they said to her, No, but we will go back with you to your people.
11 Men No’omi svara: «Snu att, døtterne mine; kvifor skulde de ganga med meg? Kann eg endå få søner i mitt liv som kunde verta menner åt dykk?
But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands?
12 Snu, døtterne mine, og gakk heim att! for eg er for gamall til å gifta meg att. Og um so var at eg kunde tenkja: «Eg hev endå von, » ja um eg so alt i natt gav meg åt ein mann, og so vart at eg fødde søner,
Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,
13 skulde so de bia til dei vart fullvaksne? skulde so de stengja dykk inne og liva utan menner? Nei, døtterne mine, eg tykkjer synd i dykk, for meg hev Herrens hand råma.»
Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.
14 Då tok dei til å gråta att, og Orpa kysste vermor si til avskil, men Rut vilde ikkje slite seg laus frå henne.
Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.
15 Då sagde ho: Sjå, versyster di hev snutt heim att til folket sitt og til sin gud. Snu no du og, og fylg versyster di!»
And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.
16 Men Rut svara: «Ikkje tel meg til å snu att og ganga frå deg! for der du gjeng, vil eg og ganga, og der du stanar, der vil eg og stana. Ditt folk er mitt folk, og din Gud er min Gud.
But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.
17 Der du døyr, vil eg og døy, og der vil eg verta jorda. Herren late meg bøta for det no og sidan, um noko anna enn dauden skulde skilja meg frå deg!»
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
18 Då ho no såg at ho stod fast på sitt og vilde vera med henne, tala ho ikkje meir med henne um dette.
And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.
19 So gjekk dei saman til dei kom til Betlehem. Og då dei kom til Betlehem, kom heile byen i rørsla for deira skuld, og kvinnorne sagde: «Er dette No’omi?»
So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 Men ho sagde til deim: «Kalla meg ikkje No’omi, men kalla meg Mara, for Den Allmegtige hev late mykje sorg koma yver meg.
And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.
21 Rik for eg herifrå, og tomhendt hev Herren late meg koma att. Kvifor kallar de meg No’omi då når Herren hev vitna mot meg, og den Allmegtige hev late det ganga meg so ille?»
I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?
22 So kom då No’omi heim att frå Moabland med sonekona si, moabitkvinna Rut, og dei kom til Betlehem då dei tok til med skurdonni.
So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her; and they came to Beth-lehem in the first days of the grain-cutting.
