¹And 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.

¹Vaihawmmiten Vai a hawm lai un hichi ahi a, huai gamah kial a kia a. Huan, Bethlehem-juda a mi khat Moab gama om dingin amah leh a ji leh a tapate nih toh a hoh ua,

²And 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.

²Huai mi min Elimelek ahi, a ji min Naomi ahi, a tapate nih min Malon leh Kilon, Bethlehem-juda a Ephrat mi ahi uh. Moab gamah a hoh ua, huai ah a om nilouh uh.

³And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

³Huan, Elimelek, Naomi pasal a si a, amah leh a tapate nih kia a hita ua.

⁴And 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.

⁴Huan, Moab gam numei jiin a nei ua, a khatpen min Orpa ahi a, a khatpen min Ruthi ahi: huaiah kum sawm hiam tak a om uhi.

⁵And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

⁵Huan, Malon leh Kilon a si tuaktuak ua; huchiin huai numei tuh a tate nih leh a pasalin a sihsanta uhi.

⁶And 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.

⁶Huchiin a moute toh Moab gam a kipan kiknawn dingin a kisa ua, TOUPAN nek ding piain a mite a vehdan khawng Moab gama kipan a najak jiakin.

⁷Wherefore 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.

⁷Huchiin a omna akipan a moute nih toh a pawt ua; Juda gam a kiknawn dingin a paita uh.

⁸And 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.

⁸Huan Naomi-in a moute nih kiangah, Na nu uh inlam tuak tuaka pai nawn dingin paita un; misi tung leh ka tunga na hih bang un TOUPAN na tunguah siamtak in hih hen.

⁹Jehovah 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.

⁹TOUPAN na nih un pasalte in a omna na muh theihna ding un hon hehpih hen, a chi a. Huchiin a tawpa, huan, aw suah hialin a kapta uhi.

¹⁰And they said to her, We will certainly return with thee to thy people.

¹⁰Huan, a kiangah, Paikei nung, na chite kianga na pai naah ka teltei zo ding uh, a chi uh.

¹¹And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

¹¹Huan, Naomiin, Ka tanute aw, pai nawn jaw un; bangjiaka ka kianga hongpai tei mahmah ding na hi ua? Na pasal ding uh tapa ka pai nawn thei sin ahia?

¹²Return, 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,

¹²Ka tanute aw, kisa unla pai un; pasal nei dingin lah ka upa lota ngala. Huan, lametna ka nei chi mahleng, tujan mahmahin leng pasal neiin tapate leng nei mahleng,

¹³would 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.

¹³A pichin tan ua om ding na hi ding uam? Pasal louin na om nilouh sin ua hia? Hi tel lou e, ka tanute aw; nou jiakin ka lungkhamna a uang semsem hi, Toupa khut ka tung a tu eita ve, a chi a.

¹⁴And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.

¹⁴Huan, a aw uh suahin a kap nawn leuleu ua; huan Orpain a pi a tawpa; Ruthiin bel a len chinten hi.

¹⁵And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.

¹⁵Huan, aman, Ngaiin, na moupihnu a chite kiang leh a pathian kiang lamah a kik nawnta; nang leng na moupihnu delh inla, pai nawnta in aw, achia a.

¹⁶And 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;

¹⁶Huan, Ruthiin, Nang khen ding leh nang jui loua kik nawn dingin hon khem kei teitei in; na paina peuhah ka pai dinga; na giahna peuhah ka giak dinga; na chite ka chite ahi ding ua, na Pathian ka Pathian ahi ding.

¹⁷where 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!

¹⁷Na sihna peuhah ka si dinga, huaiah non vui sam ding ahi; nang leh kei zaw sihna kia lou thil dangin a honkhen sin leh TOUPAN a hihhihin honhih mai henla, huai sanga thupi zaw in leng, a chi a.

¹⁸And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

¹⁸Huchiin a kianga pai a tum chiltel chih a theih in a daih santa hi.

¹⁹And 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?

¹⁹Huchiin Bethlehem tan a pai khawmta uh. Huan, hichi ahia, Bethlehem a tun un a khuain a ling ua, numeiten, Hiai tua Naomi ahi maw? a chi ua.

²⁰And she said to them, Call me not Naomi -- call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

²⁰Huan aman a kianguah, Naomi honchi kei un. Mara hon chi jaw un. Bangkimhihtheipan lah khasiathuai takin a honhihta ngala.

²¹I 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?

²¹Buching takin ka pawta, TOUPAN a vuakin a honpi nawn hi: TOUPAN ka tungah a lungkimlouhna a hihlang a, Bangkimhihtheipan a hon hih gentheih dan thei gige napia bang dia Naomi honchi lailai na hi ua? A chi a.Huchiin Naomi a hongkika, a mounu Moab mi Ruthi toh Moab gam akipanin a hongkik uh ahi: barli-buh lak pat tung laiin Bethlehem a tung uhi.

²²So 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.

²²Huchiin Naomi a hongkika, a mounu Moab mi Ruthi toh Moab gam akipanin a hongkik uh ahi: barli-buh lak pat tung laiin Bethlehem a tung uhi.