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Ruth 1
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κρίνειν τοὺς κριτὰς καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐν τῆ γῆ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ Βαιθλέεμ τῆς ᾿Ιούδα τοῦ παροικῆσαι ἐν ἀγρῷ Μωάβ, αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ.
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ἀνδρὶ ᾿Αβειμέλεχ, καὶ ὄνομα τοῖς δυσὶν υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ Μααλὼν καὶ ών, ᾿Εφραθαῖοι ἐκ Βαιθλέεμ τῆς Ἰούδα· καὶ ἥλθοσαν εἰς ἀγρὸν καὶ ἦσαν ἐκεῖ.
The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
καὶ ἀπέθανεν ᾿Αβειμέλεχ ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆς Νωεμείν, καὶ κατελείφθη αὕτη καὶ οἱ δύο υἱοὶ αὐτῆς.
Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
καὶ ἐλάβοσαν ἑαυτοῖς γυναῖκας Μωαβείτιδας· ὄνομα τῇ μιᾷ ᾿Ορφά, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ δευτέρᾳ ῾Ρούθ· καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ ὡς δέκα ἔτη.
who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
καὶ ἀπέθανον καί γε ἀμφότεροι, Μααλὼν καὶ Χελαιών· καὶ κατελείφθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δύο υἱῶν αὐτῆς.
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
Καὶ ἀνέστη αὕτη καὶ αἱ δύο νύμφαι αὐτῆς καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωάβ, ὅτι ἤκουσαν ἐν ἀγρῷ Μωὰβ ὅτι ᾿Επέσκεπται Κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἄρτους.
When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου οὗ ἦν ἐκεῖ, καὶ αἱ δύο νύμφαι αὐτῆς μετ᾿ αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐπορεύοντο ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι εἰς τὴν γῆν Ἰούδα.
Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
καὶ εἶπεν Νωεμεὶν ταῖς νύμφαις αὐτῆς Πορεύεσθε δή, ἀποστράφητε ἑκάστη εἰς οἶκον μητρὸς αὐτῆς· ποιήσαι κύριος μεθ’ ὑμῶν ἔλεος, καθὼς ἐποιήσατε μετὰ τῶν τεθνηκότων καὶ μετ’ ἐμοῦ·
Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion (note: Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.), as you have shown to your dead and to me.
δῴη κύριος ὑμῖν καὶ εὕροιτε ἀνάπαυσιν, ἑκάστη ἐν οἴκῳ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς. καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτάς· καὶ ἐπῆραν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκλαυσαν.
May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ Μετὰ σοῦ ἐπιστρέφομεν εἰς τὸν λαόν σου.
and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
καὶ εἶπεν Νωεμείν ᾿Επιστράφητε δή, θυγατέρες μου· καὶ ἵνα τί πορεύεσθε μετ’ ἑ μοῦ ; μὴ ἔτι μοι υἱοὶ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ μου, καὶ ἔσονται ὑμίν εἰς ἄνδρας;
But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
ἐπιστράφητε δή, θυγατέρες μου, διότι γεγήρακα τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἀνδρί· ὅτι εἶπα ὅτι ἔστιν μοι ὑπόστασις τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρὶ καὶ τέξομαι υἱούς,
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
μὴ αὐτοὺς προσδέξεσθε ἕως οὗ ἁδρυνθῶσιν ; ἢ αὐτοῖς κατασχεθήσεσθε τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι ἀνδρί; μὴ δὴ θυγατέρες μου, ὅτι ἐπικράνθη μοι ὑπὲρ ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ἐξῆλθεν ἐν ἐμοὶ χεὶρ Κυρίου.
would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
καὶ ἐπῆραν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκλαυσαν ἔτι· καὶ κατεφίλησεν Ορφὰ τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν λαὸν αὐτῆς, ῾Ροὺθ δὲ ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῇ.
Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
καὶ εἶπεν Νωεμεὶν πρός ῾Ρούθ ἰδοὺ ἀνέστρεψεν σύννυμφός σου πρὸς λαὸν αὐτῆς καὶ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῆς. ἐπιστράφητι δὴ καὶ σὺ ὀπίσω τῆς συννύμφου σου.
“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
εἶπεν δὲ ῾Ρούθ Μὴ ἀπαντήσαι ἐμοὶ τοῦ καταλιπεῖν σε ἡ ἀποστρέψαι ὄπισθέν σου, ὅτι σὺ ὅπου ἐὰν πορευθῇς πορεύσομαι, καἰ οὗ ἐὰν αὐλισθῇς αὐλισθήσομαι. ὁ λαός σου λαός μου, καὶ ὁ θεός σου θεός μου·
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
καὶ οὗ ἐὰν ἀποθάνῃς ἀποθανοῦμαι, κἀκεῖ ταφήσομαι. τάδε ποιήσαι μοι Κύριος καὶ τάδε προσθείη, ὅτι θάνατος διαστελεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
ἰδοῦσα δὲ Νωεμεὶν ὅτι κραταιοῦται αὐτὴ τοῦ πορεύεσθαι μετ’ αὐτῆς, ἐκόπασεν τοῦ λαλῆσαι πρὸς αὐτὴν ἔτι
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
᾿Επορεύθησαν δὲ ἀμφότεραι ἕως τοῦ παραγενέσθαι αὐτὰς εἰς Βαιθλέεμ. καὶ ἤχησεν πᾶσα ἡ πόλις ἐπ’ αὐτῆς, κοὶ εἶπον Αὕτη ἐστὶν Νωεμείν ;
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτάς Μὴ δὴ καλεῖτέ με Νωεμείν, καλέσατέ με πικράν, ὅτι ἐπικράνθη ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ ἱκανὸς σφόδρα.
“Do not call me Naomi (note: Naomi means pleasant.),” she replied. “Call me Mara (note: Mara means bitter.), because the Almighty (note: Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21) has dealt quite bitterly with me.
ἐγὼ πλήρης ἐπορεύθην, κοὶ κενὴν ἀπέστρεψέν με ὁ κύριος· καὶ ἵνα τί καλεῖτέ με Νωεμείν, καὶ ἐταπείνωσέν με, καὶ ὁ ἱκανὸς ἐκάκωσέν με,.
I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
καὶ ἐπέ Νωεμεὶν καὶ ῾Ροὺθ ἡ Μωαβεῖτις ἡ νύμφη αὐτῆς ἐπιστρέφουσα ἀγροῦ Μωάβ· αὗται δὲ παρεγενήθησαν εἰς Βαιθλέεμ ἐν ἁρχῇ θερισμοῦ κριθῶν.
So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.