Rut 1
1 Aconteció en los días cuando gobernaban los jueces, que hubo una hambruna en la tierra. Un hombre de Belén de Judá fue a vivir temporalmente en los campos de Moab 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 El nombre de aquel varón era Elimelec, el nombre de su esposa, Noemí, y los nombre de sus dos hijos Mahlón y Quelión, efrateos de Belén de Judá. Así que llegaron a los campos de Moab y permanecieron 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 Elimelec, esposo de Noemí, murió. Y [Noemí] quedó sola con sus dos hijos,
And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 los cuales tomaron esposas moabitas, cuyos nombres eran Orfa y Rut. Vivieron allí como 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 Después murieron también Mahlón y Quelión. [Noemí] quedó sin sus dos hijos y sin su esposo.
And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Entonces ella se levantó con sus nueras para regresar de los campos de Moab, porque oyó que Yavé había visitado a su pueblo para darles pan.
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 ella salió del lugar donde estaba, y con sus dos nueras tomaron camino para regresar 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 Noemí dijo a sus dos nueras: Anden, regresen, cada una a la casa de su madre. ¡Tenga Yavé misericordia de ustedes como ustedes la tuvieron con los difuntos y conmigo!
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 Yavé les conceda a cada una que hallen descanso en la casa de su esposo. Luego las besó. Ellas alzaron sus voces, lloraron
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 y le decían: Nosotras volveremos contigo a tu pueblo.
and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 Pero Noemí dijo: Regresen, hijas mías. ¿Por qué deben ir conmigo? ¿Tengo yo aún hijos en mis entrañas para que sean sus esposos?
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 Regresen, hijas mías, vayan. Pues envejecí como para tener esposo, y aunque dijera: Tengo esperanza, y esta noche estuviera con mi esposo, e incluso diera a luz 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 ¿los esperarían hasta que crezcan? ¿Se retraerían por ellos sin tomar esposo? No, hijas mías. Tengo mayor amargura que ustedes, pues la mano de Yavé se levantó 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 Entonces ellas alzaron su voz y lloraron otra vez. Orfa besó a su suegra, pero Rut siguió apegada a ella.
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 Noemí dijo: Mira, tu cuñada regresó a su pueblo y a sus ʼelohim. Regresa detrás de tu cuñada.
Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Rut respondió: No me ruegues que te deje y me aparte de ti. Porque adondequiera que tú vayas, yo iré, y dondequiera que vivas, viviré. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo, y tu ʼElohim mi ʼElohim.
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, yo moriré, y allí seré sepultada. Así me haga Yavé, y aun me añada, que solo la muerte hará separación entre nosotras dos.
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 Y al ver que estaba resuelta a irse con ella, desistió de decirle más.
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 Caminaron las dos hasta que llegaron a Belén. Sucedió que al entrar en Belén, toda la ciudad se alborotó a causa de ellas, y las mujeres decían: ¿No es ésta Noemí?
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 Y ella les decía: No me llamen Noemí. Llámenme Mara, porque ʼEL-Shadday me trató 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 Yo salí llena, pero Yavé dispuso que regresara vacía. ¿Por qué me llaman Noemí, puesto que Yavé dio testimonio contra mí, y ʼEL-Shadday me afligió?
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 con su nuera, Rut la moabita, cuando volvió de la tierra de Moab. Llegaron a Belén al principio de la cosecha de la 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.
