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1 Durante el tiempo de los Jueces hubo una gran sequía en el país, y un hombre de Belén de Judá emigró a los campos de Moab, con su mujer y sus dos hijos.	1 In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah departed to sojourn in the region of the Moabites with his wife and two children.
2 El hombre se llamaba Elimélec, su esposa Noemí, y sus dos hijos, Majlón y Quilión: eran efrateos, de Belén de Judá. Una vez llegados a los campos de Moab, se establecieron allí.	2 He called himself Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and his two sons, the one Mahlon, and the other Chilion, Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. And entering into the region of the Moabites, they stayed there.
3 Al morir Elimélec, el esposo de Noemí, ella se quedó con sus hijos.	3 And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 Estos se casaron con mujeres moabitas –una se llamaba Orpá y la otra Rut– y así vivieron unos diez años.	4 They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.
5 Pero también murieron Majlón y Quilión, y Noemí se quedó sola, sin hijos y sin esposo.	5 And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Entonces se decidió a volver junto con sus nueras, abandonando los campos de Moab, porque se enteró de que el Señor había visitado a su pueblo y le había proporcionado alimento.	6 And she arose so that she might journey to her native land, with both her daughters-in-law, from the region of the Moabites. For she had heard that the Lord had provided for his people and had given them food.
7 Así abandonó, en compañía de sus nueras, el país donde había vivido. Mientras regresaban al país de Judá,	7 And so she departed from the place of her sojourn, with both her daughters-in-law, and having set out upon the way, she was about to return to the land of Judah.
8 Noemí dijo a sus nueras: «Váyanse, vuelva cada una a la casa de su madre. ¡Que el Señor tenga misericordia de ustedes, como ustedes la tuvieron con mis hijos muertos y conmigo!	8 She said to them, “Go to the home of your mother. May the Lord deal mercifully with you, just as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
9 Que el Señor les dé un lugar para vivir tranquilas, en compañía de un nuevo esposo». Y las besó. Pero ellas prorrumpieron en sollozos	9 May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands, whom you will obtain by lot.” And she kissed them. They lifted up their voice, and began to weep,
10 y le respondieron: «No, volveremos contigo a tu pueblo».	10 and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 Noemí insistió: «Regresen, hijas mías. ¿Por qué quieren venir conmigo? ¿Acaso tengo aún hijos en mi seno para que puedan ser sus esposos?	11 But she answered them, “Return, my daughters. Why come with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb, so that you could hope for husbands from me?
12 Vuélvanse, hijas mías, vayan. Yo soy demasiado vieja para casarme. Y aunque dijera que todavía no perdí las esperanzas, que esta misma noche voy a unirme con un hombre, y que tendré hijos,	12 Return, my daughters, go forth. For I am now exhausted by old age, and not fit for the bond of marriage. Even if I were to conceive on this night, and bear sons,
13 ¿esperarían ustedes hasta que ellos se hagan grandes? ¿Dejarían por eso de casarse? No, hijas mías; mi suerte es más amarga que la de ustedes, porque la mano del Señor se ha desatado contra mí».	13 if you were willing to wait until they were grown and had completed the years of adolescence, you would be elderly before you could marry. Do not do so, I beg you, my daughters. For your difficulties weigh upon me greatly, and the hand of the Lord has been set against me.”
14 Ellas volvieron a prorrumpir en sollozos, pero al fin Orpá despidió a su suegra con un beso, mientras que Rut se quedó a su lado.	14 In response, they lifted up their voice and began to weep again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, and then turned back. Ruth clung to her mother-in-law.
15 Noemí le dijo: «Mira, tu cuñada regresa a su pueblo y a sus dioses; regresa tú también con ella».	15 Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Pero Rut le respondió: «No insistas en que te abandone y me vuelva, porque yo iré adonde tú vayas y viviré donde tú vivas. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo y tu Dios será mi Dios.	16 She answered, “Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God.
17 Moriré donde tú mueras y allí seré enterrada. Que el Señor me castigue más de lo debido, si logra separarme de ti algo que no sea la muerte».	17 Whichever land will receive you dying, in the same I will die, and there I will have the place of my burial. May God cause these things to happen to me, and add more also, if anything except death alone should separate you and I.”
18 Al ver que Rut se obstinaba en ir con ella, Noemí dejó de insistir.	18 Therefore, Naomi saw that Ruth, being firmly resolved in her soul, was determined to go with her, and that she was unwilling to be dissuaded, and that nothing further could convince her to return to her own.
19 Entonces caminaron las dos juntas hasta llegar a Belén. Su llegada conmocionó a toda la ciudad, y las mujeres exclamaban: «¡Pero si esta es Noemí!».	19 And so they set out together, and they came to Bethlehem. When they had entered the city, the news quickly spread among them all. And the women said, “This is that Naomi.”
20 Ella, en cambio, respondía: «No me llamen más Noemí; díganme Mará, porque el Todopoderoso me ha llenado de amargura.	20 But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (that is, beautiful), but call me Mara (that is, bitter). For the Almighty has greatly filled me with bitterness.
21 Partí llena de bienes y el Señor me hace volver sin nada. ¿Por qué me siguen llamando Noemí, si el Señor da testimonio contra mí y el Todopoderoso me ha hecho desdichada?».	21 I went out full and the Lord led me back empty. So then, why call me Naomi, whom the Lord has humbled and the Almighty has afflicted?”
22 Así regresó Noemí con su nuera, la moabita Rut, la que había venido de los campos de Moab. Cuando llegaron a Belén, comenzaba la cosecha de la cebada.	22 Therefore, Naomi went with Ruth, the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, from the land of her sojourn, and returned to Bethlehem, at the time of the first reaping of the barley.