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.

¹And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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.

²And the name of the man [is] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.

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

³And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;

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

⁴and they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the one [is] Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years.

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

⁵And they die also, both of them — Mahlon and Chilion — and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.

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.

⁶And she riseth, she and her daughters-in-law, and turneth back from the fields of Moab, for she hath heard in the fields of Moab that God hath looked after His people, — to give to them bread.

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

⁷And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah.

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.

⁸And Naomi saith to her two daughters-in-law, `Go, turn back, each to the house of her mother; Jehovah doth with you kindness as ye have done with the dead, and with me;

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

⁹Jehovah doth grant to you, and find ye rest each in the house of her husband;` and she kisseth them, and they lift up their voice and weep.

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

¹⁰And they say to her, `Surely with thee we go back to thy people.`

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

¹¹And Naomi saith, `Turn back, my daughters; why do ye go with me? are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands?

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,

¹²Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:

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.

¹³for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.`

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

¹⁴And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

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

¹⁵And she saith, `Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.`

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.

¹⁶And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee — to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people [is] my people, and thy God my God.

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.

¹⁷Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add — for death itself doth part between me and thee.`

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

¹⁸And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

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?

¹⁹and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, `Is this Naomi?`

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

²⁰And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to 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?

²¹I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?`

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.

²²And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.