Rut 1
1 Hubo una hambruna durante la época en la que los jueces gobernaban Israel. Un hombre dejó Belén de Judá y se fue a vivir como exiliado en el país de Moab, junto con su esposa y sus dos hijos.
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 Se llamaba Elimelec y su mujer Noemí. Sus hijos se llamaban Mahlón y Quelión. Eran efrateos de Belén de Judá. Se fueron al país de Moab y vivían allí.
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 Sin embargo, Elimelec, el esposo de Noemí, murió, y ella se quedó con sus dos hijos.
And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 Los hijos se casaron con mujeres moabitas. Una se llamaba Orfa y la otra Rut. Después de unos diez años,
They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.
5 tanto Mahlón como Quelión murieron. Noemí se quedó sola, sin sus dos hijos ni su marido.
And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Así que ella y sus nueras se prepararon para abandonar el país de Moab y volver a casa, porque habían oído que el Señor había bendecido a su pueblo allí con alimentos.
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 Así que Nohemí se fue del lugar donde vivía y, con sus dos nueras, emprendió el camino de regreso a la tierra 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 Sin embargo, al partir, Noemí le dijo a sus dos nueras: “Vuelvan cada una a la casa de sus madres, y que el Señor sea tan bueno con ustedes como lo ha sido conmigo y con los que han muerto.
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 Que el Señor les de un buen hogar con otro marido”. Entonces las besó, y todas se pusieron a llorar a gritos.
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! Queremos volver contigo a tu pueblo”, respondieron.
and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 “¿Por qué quieren volver conmigo?” preguntó Noemí. “No puedo tener más hijos para que se casen con ellos.
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 Regresena casa, hijas mías, porque soy demasiado vieja para volver a casarme. Aunque esta noche me acostara con un nuevo marido y tuviera hijos,
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 ¿esperarían a que crecieran? ¿Decidirían que no van a casarse con nadie más? No. Toda esta situación es más amarga para mí que para ustedes, ¡pues el Señor se ha vuelto contra mí!”
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 Y volvieron a llorar a gritos. Entonces Orfa se despidió de su suegra con un beso. Pero Rut se aferró con fuerza a Noemí.
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 “Mira, tu cuñada vuelve con su pueblo y sus dioses. Vuelve a casa con ella”, dijo Noemí.
Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Pero Rut contestó: “Por favor, no sigas pidiéndome que te deje y vuelva. Donde tú vayas, yo iré. Donde tú vivas, viviré yo. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo. Tu Dios será mi Dios.
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 Donde tú mueras, moriré yo, y allí seré enterrada. Que el Señor me castigue duramente si dejo que algo que no sea la muerte nos separe”.
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 Cuando Noemí vio que Rut estaba decidida a irse con ella, dejó de decirle que se fuera a casa.
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 Así que las dos siguieron caminando hasta llegar a Belén. Cuando llegaron allí, todo el pueblo se alborotó. “¿Es ésta Noemí?” le preguntaron las mujeres.
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 Ella les dijo: “¡No me llamen Noemí! Llámenme Mara, porque el Todopoderoso me ha tratado muy amargamente.
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 Salí de aquí llena, pero el Señor me ha traído a casa vacía. ¿Por qué me llaman Noemí cuando el Señor me ha condenado, cuando el Todopoderoso ha traído el desastre sobre mí?”
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 Así regresó Noemí de Moab con Rut, la moabita, su nuera. Llegaron a Belén al comienzo de la cosecha de cebada.
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.
