Chapter 1
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in Y’hudah went to sojourn in the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And the name of the man [was] Eli-Melekh [my God is king] , and the name of his wife Na’omi [my delight] , and the name of his two sons Machlon [sick] and Kilyon [pining] , Efratim [ashiness: fruitfulness] from Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in Y’hudah. And they came into the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , and settled there.
3 And Eli-Melekh [my God is king] Na’omi [my delight] ’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] ; the name of the one [was] ‘Orpah [gazelle] , and the name of the other Rut [friendship] : and they dwelled there about ten years.
5 And Machlon [sick] and Kilyon [pining] died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] : for she had heard in the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] how that the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had visited his people in giving them bread.
7 For what reason she 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 unto the land of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] .
8 And Na’omi [my delight] said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) deal kindly with you, as you 2f have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9 The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) grant you that you 2f may find rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with you i unto you i people.
11 And Na’omi [my delight] said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you 2f go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn again, my daughters, go [your way] ; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
13 Would you 2f wait for them till they were grown? would you 2f stay for them from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) is gone out against me.
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and ‘Orpah [gazelle] kissed her mother in law; but Rut [friendship] clave unto her.
15 And she said, Behold, you i sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return you i after you i sister in law.
16 And Rut [friendship] said, Intreat me not to leave you i , [or] to return from following after you i : for to which you i go, I will go; and where you i lodge, I will lodge: your i people [shall be] my people, and your i God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] :
17 Where you i die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part you i and me.
18 When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 So they two went until they came to Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] . And it came to pass, when they were come to Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] , that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Na’omi [my delight] ?
20 And she said unto them, Call me not Na’omi [my delight] , call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has brought me home again empty: why [then] call you 2f me Na’omi [my delight] , seeing the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has testified against me, and the Almighty (Shaddai) has afflicted me?
22 So Na’omi [my delight] returned, and Rut [friendship] the Moavi [from father: what father?] , her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] : and they came to Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in the beginning of barley harvest.