Rute 1
1 E sucedeu que, nos dias em que os juízes julgavam, houve uma fome na terra: pelo que um homem de Beth-lehem de Judá saiu a peregrinar nos campos de Moab, ele e sua mulher, e seus dois filhos:
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 E era o nome deste homem Elimelech, e o nome de sua mulher Noemi, e os nomes de seus dois filhos Mahon e Chilion, ephrateos, de Beth-lehem de Judá: e vieram aos campos de Moab, e ficaram ali.
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 E morreu Elimelech, marido de Noemi: e ficou ela com os seus dois filhos,
And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 Os quais tomaram para si mulheres moabitas: e era o nome de uma Orpha, e o nome da outra Ruth; e ficaram ali quase dez anos.
They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.
5 E morreram também ambos, Mahalon e Chilion, ficando assim esta mulher desamparada dos seus dois filhos e de seu marido.
And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Então se levantou ela com as suas noras, e voltou dos campos de Moab: porquanto na terra de Moab ouviu que o Senhor tinha visitado o seu povo. dando-lhe pão.
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 Pelo que saiu do lugar onde estivera, e as suas duas noras com ela. E, indo elas caminhando, para voltarem para a terra de Judá,
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 Disse Noemi às suas duas noras: Ide, voltai cada uma à casa de sua mãe; e o Senhor use convosco de benevolência, como vós usastes com os defuntos e comigo.
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 O Senhor vos dê que acheis descanço cada uma em casa de seu marido. E, beijando-as ela, levantaram a sua voz e choraram.
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 E disseram-lhe: Certamente voltaremos contigo ao teu povo.
and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 Porém Noemi disse: tornai, minhas filhas, porque irieis comigo? tenho eu ainda no meu ventre mais filhos, para que vos fossem por maridos?
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 Tornai, filhas minhas, ide-vos embora, que já mui velha sou para ter marido: ainda quando eu dissesse, Tenho esperança, ou ainda que esta noite tivesse marido e ainda parisse filhos,
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 Espera-los-ieis até que viessem a ser grandes? deter-vos-ieis por eles, sem tomardes marido? não, filhas minhas, que mais amargo me é a mim do que a vós mesmas; porquanto a mão do Senhor se descarregou contra mim.
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 Então levantaram a sua voz, e tornaram a chorar: e Orpha beijou a sua sogra, porém Ruth se apegou a ela.
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 Pelo que disse: Eis que voltou tua cunhada ao seu povo e aos seus deuses: volta tu também após da tua cunhada.
Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Disse porém Ruth: Não me instes para que te deixe, e me torne de detraz de ti; porque aonde quer que tu fores irei eu, e onde quer que pousares à noite ali pousarei eu; o teu povo é o meu povo, o teu Deus é o meu Deus
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 Onde quer que morreres morrerei eu, e ali serei sepultada: me faça assim o Senhor, e outro tanto, se outra coisa que não seja a morte me separar de ti.
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 Vendo ela, pois, que de todo estava resolvida para ir com ela, deixou de lhe falar.
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 Assim pois foram-se ambas, até que chegaram a Beth-lehem: e sucedeu que, entrando elas em Beth-lehem, toda a cidade se comoveu por causa delas, e diziam: Não é esta Noemi?
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 Porém ela lhes dizia: Não me chameis Noemi; chamai-me Mara; porque grande amargura me tem dado o Todo-poderoso.
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 Cheia parti, porém vazia o Senhor me fez tornar: porque pois me chamareis Noemi? pois o Senhor testifica contra mim, e o Todo-poderoso me tem feito tanto mal.
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 Assim Noemi voltou, e com ela Ruth a moabita, sua nora, que voltou dos campos de Moab: e chegaram a Beth-lehem no princípio da sega das cevadas.
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.
