1 A nd 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.

حَدَثَتْ فِي زَمَنِ القُضاةِ مَجاعَةٌ فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا. وَتَغَرَّبَ فِي تِلْكَ الفَتْرَةِ رَجُلٌ وَزَوْجَتُهُ وَابْناهُما فِي حُقُولِ مُوآبَ.

2 A nd 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.

كانَ اسْمُ الرَّجُلِ ألِيمالِكَ، وَاسْمُ زَوْجَتِهِ نُعْمِي، وَاسْما ابْنَيهِ مَحلُونَ وَكِلْيُونَ. كانُوا أفْراتِيِّينَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحمَ فِي مُقاطَعَةِ يَهُوذا. فَرَحَلُوا إلَى حُقُولِ مُوآبَ وَاسْتَقَرُّوا هُناكَ.

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

وَماتَ ألِيمالِكُ زَوْجُ نُعمِي بَعْدَ فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الزَّمَنِ، فَبَقِيَتْ هِيَ وَابْناها

4 A nd 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.

اللَّذانِ تَزَوَّجا امْرأتَينِ مُوآبِيَّتَينِ. اسْمُ الأُولَى عُرْفَةُ، وَاسْمُ الثّانِيَةِ راعُوثُ. وَقَدْ مَكَثُوا هُناكَ عَشْرَ سَنَواتٍ.

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

ثُمَّ ماتَ أيضاً الابْنانِ مَحلُونُ وَكِلْيُونُ. فَتُرِكَتْ نُعمِي وَحِيدَةً لا زَوْجٌ لَها وَلا أولادٌ. نُعمِي تَعُودُ إلَى بِلادِها

6 A nd 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.

وَهَكَذا اسْتَعَدَّتْ نُعْمِي وَكَنَّتاها لِتَرْكِ حُقُولِ مُوآبَ. فَقَدْ سَمِعَتْ، وَهِيَ هُناكَ، أنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أعطَى شَعبَهُ طَعاماً.

7 W herefore 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.

فَتَرَكَتْ نُعْمِي المَكانَ الَّذِي كانَتْ تَسْكُنُ فِيهِ، وَكانَتْ كَنَّتاها مَعَها. وَابتَدَأنَ مَسيرَتَهُنَّ إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا.

8 A nd 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.

ثُمَّ قالَتْ نُعمِي لِكَنَّتَيها: «لِتَرْجِعْ كُلُّ واحِدَةٍ مِنْكُما إلَى بَيتِ أُمِّها. لَيْتَ اللهَ يُحْسِنُ إلَيكُما كَما أحسَنْتُما إلَى زَوْجَيكُما المَيِّتَينِ وَمَعِي.

9 J ehovah 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.

وَلْيَرْزُقِ اللهُ كُلِّ واحِدَةٍ مِنْكُما بِزَوْجٍ تَسْتَقِرُّ فِي بَيتِهِ.» ثُمَّ قَبَّلَتْ نُعمِي كَنَّتَيها. وَبَدَأْنَ يَبْكِينَ بِصَوْتٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ.

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

وَقالَتا لَها: «نُرِيدُ الذَّهابَ مَعْكِ إلَى شَعبِكِ.»

11 A nd Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

فَقالَتْ نُعْمِي: «ارْجِعا يا ابْنَتَيَّ. لِماذا تَذْهَبانِ مَعِي؟ هَلْ مازالَ لِي أولادٌ فِي رَحمِي لِكَي تَتَزَوَّجا بِهِما؟

12 R eturn, 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,

هَيّا ارجِعا يا ابنَتَيَّ. فَأنا كَبِرْتُ عَلَى الزَّواجِ. وَحَتَّى إنْ أقْنَعْتُ نَفْسِي بِأنَّ هُناكَ أمَلاً بِذَلِكَ، فَتَزَوَّجْتُ اللَّيلَةَ وَأنجَبْتُ أولاداً،

13 w ould 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.

فَهَلْ سَتَنْتَظِرانَ حَتَّى يَكْبُرا؟ لا يا ابْنَتَيَّ. أنا جَرَّبْتُ طَعْمَ المَرارِ أكْثَرَ مِنْكُما، فَقَدْ أدْخَلَنِي اللهُ فِي مَصَاعِبَ كَثِيرَةٍ.»

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

فابْتَدَأْنَ يَبْكِينَ ثانِيَةً بِصَوْتٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ. وَقَبَّلَتْ عُرْفَةُ حَماتَها وَرَجِعَتْ، أمّا راعُوثُ فَالْتَصَقَتْ بِها.

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

فَقالَتْ نُعْمِي: «ها سِلْفَتُكِ قَدْ رَجِعَتْ إلَى شَعبِها وَإلَهِها. قُومِي اتْبَعِيها.»

16 A nd Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from 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;

فَقالَتْ راعُوثُ لَها: «لا تُجبِرِينِي عَلَى تَرْكِكِ وَالكَفِّ عَنْ اتِّباعِكِ. لِأنَّهُ حَيثُ تَذْهَبِينَ أذْهَبُ، وَحَيثُ تَقْضِينَ اللَّيلَ أقِضِيهِ. شَعبُكِ شَعبِي، وَإلَهُكِ إلَهِي.

17 w here 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!

وَحَيثُ تَمُوتِينَ أمُوتُ، وَهُناكَ أُدفَنُ. وَلْيَضْرِبْنِي اللهُ إنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ المَوْتُ هُوَ الأمْرَ الوَحِيدَ الَّذِي سَيَفْصِلُنِي عَنْكِ.»

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

وَرَأتْ نُعْمِي أنَّ راعُوثَ مُصَمِّمَةٌ عَلَى الذَّهابِ مَعْها، فَكَفَّتْ عَنِ الجِدالِ مَعَها.

19 A nd 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 said, Is this Naomi?

وَسارَتِ الاثْنَتانِ مَعاً، حَتَّى وَصَلَتا إلَى مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحمَ. وَعِندَما وَصَلَتا، هاجَتِ البَلْدَةُ كُلُّها بِسَبَبِها. وَقالَتِ النِّساءُ: «هَلْ هَذِهِ نُعْمِي حَقّاً؟»

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

فَقالَتْ نُعْمِي لَهُنَّ: «لا تُنادُونِي نُعْمِي بَلْ مُرَّةً، لِأنَّ يَدَ اللهِ القَدِيرِ قَدْ أَمَرَّتْ حَياتِي!

21 I 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?

رَحَلْتُ وَأنا أملِكُ الكَثِيرَ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أرجَعَنِي إلَى هُنا وَأنا لا أملُكُ شَيئاً. فَلِماذا تُنادُونَنِي نُعمِي، وَاللهُ القَدِيرُ قَسَى عَلَيَّ.»

22 S o 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.

وَرَجِعَتْ نُعمِي مِنْ حُقُولِ مُوآبَ وَمَعَها راعُوثُ كَنَّتُها المُوآبِيَّةُ. وَجاءَتا إلَى بَيتَ لَحمَ مَعَ ابتِداءِ وَقْتِ حَصادِ الشَّعِيرِ.