¹Ja neil päevil, kui kohtumõistjad mõistsid kohut, juhtus, et nälg oli maal. Siis läks üks mees Petlemmast Juudamaalt, et võõrana elada Moabi väljadel, tema ja ta naine ja kaks poega.

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.

²Selle mehe nimi oli Elimelek, ta naise nimi Noomi ja ta kahe poja nimed Mahlon ja Kiljon; nad olid efratlased Petlemmast Juudamaalt, ja nad tulid Moabi väljadele ning jäid sinna.

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.

³Aga Elimelek, Noomi mees, suri, ja Noomi jäi järele oma kahe pojaga.

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

⁴Ja need võtsid endile moabi naised: ühe nimi oli Orpa ja teise nimi Rutt; ja nad elasid seal ligi kümme aastat.

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.

⁵Siis surid ka mõlemad pojad, Mahlon ja Kiljon, ning naine jäi üksi, ilma oma kahest pojast ja mehest.

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

⁶Ta võttis siis oma miniatega kätte ja läks Moabi väljadelt tagasi, sest ta oli Moabi väljadel kuulnud, et Issand oli hoolitsenud oma rahva eest, andes neile leiba.

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.

⁷Ta läks ära paigast, kus ta oli olnud, ja temaga koos ta kaks miniat. Aga olles teel tagasi Juudamaale,

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.

⁸ütles Noomi oma mõlemale miniale: 'Minge, pöörduge kumbki oma ema koju! Issand tehku teile head, nagu te olete teinud surnuile ja minule!

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.

⁹Andku teile Issand, et leiaksite varjupaiga kumbki oma mehe kojas!' Ja ta suudles neid. Aga nad tõstsid häält ja nutsid

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.

¹⁰ning ütlesid temale: 'Ei, me läheme koos sinuga su rahva juurde!'

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

¹¹Aga Noomi ütles: 'Minge tagasi, mu tütred! Miks peaksite tulema koos minuga? On mul siis veel poegi üsas, et need võiksid saada teile meesteks?

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?

¹²Minge tagasi, mu tütred, minge, sest mina olen liiga vana, et minna mehele! Kui ma ütleksin: Mul on veel lootust, kui ma veel täna öösel saaksin mehele ja sünnitaksin poegigi,

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,

¹³kas tahaksite siis oodata, kuni nad suureks saavad? Kas tahate seni meheleminekust hoiduda? Ei, mu tütred, mina kannatan tõesti rohkem kui teie, et Issanda käsi mind on tabanud.'

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.

¹⁴Aga nemad tõstsid häält ja nutsid veel enam; Orpa suudles seejärel oma ämma, kuna Rutt jäi tema seltsi.

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

¹⁵Noomi ütles: 'Vaata, su kälis pöördus tagasi oma rahva ja jumalate juurde. Pöördu ka sina oma käliksele järele!'

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

¹⁶Kuid Rutt vastas: 'Ära käi mulle peale, et ma sind maha jätaksin ja pöörduksin tagasi su juurest, sest kuhu sina lähed, sinna lähen ka mina, ja kuhu sina jääd, sinna jään minagi! Sinu rahvas on minu rahvas ja sinu Jumal on minu Jumal.

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;

¹⁷Kus sina sured, seal tahan ka mina surra ja sinna maetagu mindki! Issand tehku minuga ükskõik mida, ainult surm lahutagu mind ja sind!'

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!

¹⁸Kui Noomi nägi, et Rutil oli kindel nõu temaga kaasa tulla, siis ta sellest enam ei rääkinud.

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

¹⁹Nii läksid nad mõlemad, kuni jõudsid Petlemma. Ja kui nad Petlemma tulid, siis oli kogu linn nende pärast liikvel ja naised küsisid: 'Kas see on Noomi?'

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?

²⁰Aga tema vastas neile: 'Ärge hüüdke mind Noomiks, hüüdke mind Maaraks, sest Kõigeväeline on mulle valmistanud palju kibedust!

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

²¹Külluses läksin ma ära ja tühje käsi tõi Issand mind tagasi. Miks te hüüate mind Noomiks, sest Issand on tunnistanud minu vastu ja Kõigeväeline on teinud mulle paha!'

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?

²²Nõnda tuli Noomi tagasi ja koos temaga moabi naine Rutt, ta minia, kes tuli ära Moabi väljadelt; ja nad jõudsid Petlemma odralõikuse alguseks.

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.