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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

⁵Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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;

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 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.”

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.

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

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

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

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

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;

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 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.”

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.

¹⁸When she saw that she was steadfastly 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.

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?”

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?

²⁰She said to them, “Don’t call me 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 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?”

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 country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of 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.