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.

¹A stalo sa vo dňoch, keď súdili sudcovia, že povstal hlad v zemi. Vtedy odišiel nejaký muž z Betlehema Júdovho, aby pohostínil v moábskom kraji, on, jeho žena a jeho dvaja synovia.

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.

²A meno toho muža bolo Elimelech a meno jeho ženy Naoma a mená jeho dvoch synov Machlón a Kiljon, Efraťania, z Betlehema Júdovho. A prijdúc do moábskeho kraja boli tam.

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

³A Elimelech, muž Naomin, zomrel, a zostala ona a jej dvaja synovia.

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.

⁴A vzali si za ženy Moábänky; meno jednej bolo Orfa a meno druhej Ruť, a bývali tam asi desať rokov.

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

⁵A zomreli aj oni obidvaja, Machlón a Kiljon. A tak zostala žena sama po oboch svojich deťoch a po svojom mužovi.

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.

⁶Potom vstala ona i jej nevesty, aby sa navrátila z moábskeho kraja, pretože počula tam v moábskom kraji, že Hospodin navštívil svoj ľud dajúc mu zase chleba.

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.

⁷Keď vyšla z miesta, na ktorom bola, aj obe jej nevesty s ňou, išly svojou cestou, aby sa navrátily do zeme Júdovej.

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.

⁸A Naoma riekla obom svojim nevestám: Iďte, navráťte sa každá do domu svojej matky. Hospodin nech učiní s vami milosrdenstvo, jako ste aj vy učinily so zomrelými i so mnou.

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.

⁹Hospodin nech vám dá, aby ste našly odpočinok každá v dome svojho muža! A bozkala ich. Na to pozdvihly svoj hlas a plakaly.

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

¹⁰A povedaly jej: Nie, ale s tebou sa vrátime k tvojmu ľudu.

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?

¹¹Ale Naoma riekla: Vráťte sa, moje dcéry. Načo by ste išly so mnou? Či azda budem mať ešte synov, aby boli vašimi mužmi?

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,

¹²Vráťte sa, moje dcéry, odídite, lebo som už pristará na vydaj. A keby som aj povedala, že mám nádej a vydala by som sa ešte tejto noci, a keby som aj porodila synov,

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.

¹³či by ste na to čakaly, až by dorástli? Či preto by ste sa zdŕžaly, aby ste sa nevydaly? Nie, moje dcéry, lebo mne je o veľa trpkejšie ako vám, pretože ruka Hospodinova vyšla proti mne.

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

¹⁴Vtedy pozdvihnúc svoj hlas znova plakaly. A Orfa bozkala svoju svokru a odišla, ale Ruť sa jej držala.

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

¹⁵A Naoma riekla: Hľa, tvoja švagriná sa vrátila ku svojmu ľudu a ku svojim bohom, vráť sa za svojou švagrinou!

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;

¹⁶Ale Ruť riekla: Nenúť ma, aby som ťa opustila a vrátila sa od teba zpät; lebo kam ty pojdeš, ta pojdem i ja, a kde ty budeš bývať, tam budem bývať i ja; tvoj ľud môj ľud a tvoj Bôh môj Bôh.

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!

¹⁷Kde ty zomrieš, tam zomriem i ja, a tam budem i pochovaná. Nech mi tak učiní Hospodin a tak nech pridá, že iba smrť ma odlúči od teba.

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

¹⁸A keď videla, že pevne stojí na tom, že pojde s ňou, prestala jej hovoriť a odhovárať ju.

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?

¹⁹A tak išly obe spolu, až prišly do Betlehema. A stalo sa, keď prišly do Betlehema, že sa vzrušilo celé mesto pre ne, a vravely: Či je to tá Naoma?

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

²⁰A ona im riekla: Nevolajte ma Naoma, ale ma volajte Mara, lebo ma veľkou horkosťou naplnil Všemohúci.

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?

²¹Ja som odišla plná, a Hospodin ma navrátil prázdnu. Prečo by ste ma volaly Naoma, keď Hospodin svedčí proti mne, a Všemohúci mi učinil zlé?

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.

²²A tak sa navrátila Naoma a Ruť, Moábänka, jej nevesta, s ňou, ktorá sa navrátila z moábskeho kraja. A prišly do Betlehema, keď začínali žať jačmene.