Rut 1

BIBBIA RICCIOTTI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 - Quando i Giudici governavano, al tempo d'uno di loro, fu carestia nella regione. Ed un uomo di Betleem di Giuda andò pellegrino nella terra dei Moabiti, con la moglie e due figli.	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 Egli si chiamava Elimelec, la moglie sua Noemi, e i due figli uno Maalon e l'altro Chelion, efratei, di Betleem di Giuda. Venuti dunque nella Moabitide, vi presero dimora.	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 Morto Elimelec marito di Noemi, questa vi rimase coi figli,	3 And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 i quali presero mogli moabite, una chiamata Orfa, e l'altra Rut. Vi stettero dieci anni,	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 e poi morirono ambedue, Maalon cioè e Chelion; e quella donna rimase orbata del marito e de' due figli.	5 And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Allora si mosse dalla terra di Moab, con ambedue le nuore, per tornare in patria; aveva infatti udito dire che il Signore riguardando benignamente il suo popolo gli aveva mandato di che vivere.	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 Uscì dunque con ambedue le nuore dalla terra straniera, e, stando già sulla via che la riconduceva nella terra di Giuda,	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 disse loro: «Tornate nella casa di vostra madre; sia con voi misericordioso il Signore, come voi lo siete state con quei morti e con me;	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 vi conceda di trovar pace nella casa dei mariti che troverete». E le baciò. Ma quelle si misero a piangere, e alzata la voce,	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 dissero: «Noi verremo con te, nel tuo popolo».	10 and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 Ed essa: «Tornate indietro, figliuole mie; perchè venire con me? Ho io forse in seno altri figli, che possiate sperare da me i mariti?	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 Tornate indietro, figliuole, ed andate; io ormai son vecchia, e non più atta alle nozze; ma anche se potessi oggi concepire e partorir figli,	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 se voi doveste aspettare che crescessero e giungessero agli anni della pubertà, sareste diventate vecchie prima di sposarvi. Non fate così, figliuole; perchè la vostra angustia accresce la mia, e la mano del Signore mi si fa più grave».	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 Quelle, alzata la voce, di nuovo si misero a piangere. Orfa la baciò, e tornò indietro; Rut restò attaccata alla suocera.	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 E Noemi le disse: «Vedi, la tua cognata è ritornata al suo popolo ed a' suoi dèi; va' con lei».	15 Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Rispose: «Non mi contrariare, col voler che ti lasci, e me ne vada; per dovunque tu t'incammini, io verrò; dove tu prenderai dimora, dimorerò io pure; il tuo popolo sarà il popolo mio, e il tuo Dio sarà il Dio mio.	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 Nella terra che ti riceverà dopo morta, io pure morirò, ed ivi avrò la mia sepoltura. Mi mandi il Signore ogni male, se la morte soltanto non mi separerà da te».	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 Vedendo dunque Noemi che Rut era irremovibile nel proposito di partire con lei, non volle contrariarla, nè più oltre persuaderla a tornare a' suoi.	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 Partirono dunque insieme e vennero a Betleem. Entrate che furono in città, se ne sparse presto fra tutti la voce. E le donne dicevano: «Ecco quella Noemi!».	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 Ma essa diceva loro: «Non mi chiamate Noemi (cioè bella); chiamatemi Mara (cioè amara); perchè l'Onnipotente mi ha ripiena assai d'amarezza.	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 Partii nell'abbondanza ed il Signore m'ha fatto ritornare nella miseria. Perchè dunque mi chiamate Noemi, me che il Signore ha umiliata, e l'Onnipotente ha afflitta?».	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 Venne pertanto Noemi, con Rut Moabita sua nuora, dalla terra ove era stata come straniera, e fece ritorno in Betleem, quando si cominciava a mietere l'orzo.	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.