¹It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

¹Teisėjų valdymo laikais šalyje kilo badas. Vienas vyras iš Judo Betliejaus su žmona ir dviem sūnumis iškeliavo gyventi į Moabo kraštą.

²The 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. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

²To vyro vardas buvo Elimelechas, jo žmonos vardas Noomė, o sūnų­Machlonas ir Kiljonas, efratai iš Judo Betliejaus. Jie atvyko į Moabo kraštą ir ten apsigyveno.

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

³Noomės vyras Elimelechas mirė ir ji liko su dviem sūnumis.

⁴They took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years.

⁴Jie vedė žmonas moabites. Viena vardu Orpa, o kita­Rūta. Jie ten išgyveno apie dešimt metų.

⁵Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.

⁵Po to abu sūnūs, Machlonas ir Kiljonas, mirė. Moteris neteko abiejų sūnų ir vyro.

⁶Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. had visited his people in giving them bread.

⁶Ji su savo marčiomis pakilo grįžti į savo kraštą, nes buvo girdėjusi būdama Moabo krašte, kad Viešpats aplankė savo tautą, duodamas jiems duonos.

⁷She went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

⁷Ji išėjo iš ten, kur gyveno kartu su savo marčiomis, ir ėjo į Judą.

⁸Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house: Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.

⁸Noomė tarė savo marčioms: “Eikite namo pas savo motinas. Viešpats tebūna malonus jums, kaip jūs buvote mirusiems ir man.

⁹Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

⁹Viešpats jums tesuteikia poilsį vyro namuose”. Noomė pabučiavo savo marčias, kurios pakėlė balsus ir verkė.

¹⁰They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”

¹⁰Ir jos sakė: “Mes norime eiti su tavimi pas tavo žmones”.

¹¹Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

¹¹Noomė atsakė: “Grįžkite, mano dukros. Kodėl jūs norite eiti su manimi? Ar manote, kad aš galiu užauginti sūnus, kurie taptų jūsų vyrais?

¹²Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;

¹²Grįžkite, mano dukros. Aš juk per sena vedyboms. Jei turėčiau viltį dar šiąnakt ištekėti ir pagimdyti sūnų,

¹³would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me.”

¹³argi jūs lauktumėte, kol jis užaugs? Argi dėl to susilaikytumėte nuo santuokos? Ne, mano dukros. Man labai skaudu dėl jūsų, bet Viešpaties ranka yra prieš mane”.

¹⁴They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.

¹⁴Jos pakėlė balsus ir vėl verkė. Orpa atsisveikino su savo anyta, o Rūta pasiliko su ja.

¹⁵She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”

¹⁵Noomė tarė: “Tavo brolienė sugrįžo pas savo tautą ir savo dievus. Grįžk ir tu”.

¹⁶Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” my God;

¹⁶Tačiau Rūta atsakė: “Neversk manęs tave palikti ir sugrįžti. Kur tu eisi, ir aš eisiu; kur tu gyvensi, ir aš gyvensiu. Tavo tauta yra mano tauta ir tavo Dievas­mano Dievas.

¹⁷where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried. Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me.”

¹⁷Kur tu mirsi, ir aš ten mirsiu ir būsiu palaidota. Tegul Viešpats padaro man tai ir dar daugiau, bet tik mirtis atskirs mane nuo tavęs”.

¹⁸When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

¹⁸Noomė matė, kad Rūta tvirtai pasiryžusi eiti su ja, ir nustojo atkalbinėti.

¹⁹So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”

¹⁹Taip jos keliavo, kol atėjo į Betliejų. Joms atėjus į Betliejų, visas miestas sujudo ir klausinėjo: “Ar tai Noomė?”

²⁰She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

²⁰Ji atsakė: “Nevadinkite manęs Noome, vadinkite mane Mara, nes Visagalis labai apkartino mano gyvenimą.

²¹I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

²¹Išėjau turtinga, o Viešpats parvedė tuščiomis rankomis. Kodėl vadinate mane Noome? Juk Viešpats paliudijo prieš mane, Visagalis mane nubaudė”.

²²So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

²²Taip grįžo Noomė ir jos marti moabitė Rūta iš Moabo krašto. Jos atvyko į Betliejų miežių pjūties pradžioje.