| 1 No tempo dum juiz, quando os juizes governavam, houve fome naquela terra. Um homem partiu de Belém de Judá, para ir habitar como forasteiro no país de Moab, com sua mulher e dois filhos. | 1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. |
| 2 Chamava-se ele Elimelec, e sua mulher Noemi; os dois filhos chamavam-se, um Maalon, e o outro Quelion; eram Efrateus de Belém de Judá. Chegados ao país dos Moabitas, aí moraram. | 2 And 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. |
| 3 Elimelec, marido de Noemi, morreu, e ela ficou com os filhos, | 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. |
| 4 os quais casaram com mulheres Moabitas, das quais uma se chamava Orfa, e a outra Rute. Viveram lá dez anos, | 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. |
| 5 e morreram ambos, a saber, Maalon e Quelion. Assim a mulher ficou privada dos dois filhos e do marido. | 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. |
| 6 Então a mulher levantou-se, a fim de voltar da terra de Moab para a sua pátria com as suas duas noras, porque ouviu dizer que o Senhor tinha olhado para o seu povo, e lhe tinha dado pão. | 6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. |
| 7 Saiu pois do lugar da sua peregrinação com as suas duas noras; indo já no caminho de volta para a terra de Judá, | 7 Wherefore 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 Judah. |
| 8 disse para elas: Ide para casa de vossa mãe, o Senhor use convosco de misericórdia, como vós usastes com os que morreram e comigo. | 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. |
| 9 Ele vos faça encontrar paz nas casas dos maridos, com quem tiverdes a sorte de casar. E beijou-as. Elas em alta voz começaram a chorar | 9 The LORD grant you that ye 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 e a dizer: Nós iremos contigo para o teu povo. | 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. |
| 11 Ela respondeu-lhes: Ide, minhas filhas; porque vindes comigo? Porventura tenho eu ainda filhos no meu ventre, para que possais esperar de mim maridos? | 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? |
| 12 Andai, minhas filhas, ide-vos, porque já estou velha demais para me voltar a casar. Ainda que eu pudesse conceber esta mesma noite, e dar à luz filhos, | 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 irieis esperar até que crescessem e chegassem aos anos da puberdade? Deixaríeis de tornar a casar? Não (continueis), minhas filhas, vos peço, porque a vossa angústia custa-me muito, e a mão do Senhor está levantada contra mim. | 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. |
| 14 Elas, levantando a voz, começaram de novo a chorar. Orfa beijou a sua sogra, e foi-se. Rute porém ficou com sua sogra. | 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. |
| 15 Noemi disse-lhe: A tua cunhada voltou para o seu povo e para o seu deus; vai com ela. | 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. |
| 16 Rute respondeu: Não insistas comigo para que te deixe e me vá, porque para onde tu fores, irei também eu, e onde quer que morares, morarei eu também. O teu povo será o meu povo, e o teu Deus o meu Deus. | 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following 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: |
| 17 Na terra que te receber, quando morreres, nessa morrerei eu também e aí terei o meu sepulcro. O Senhor me castigue duramente, se outra coisa, que não for a morte, me separar de ti. | 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. |
| 18 Vendo pois Noemi que Rute estava firmemente resolvida a ir com ela, não a quis mais contradizer, nem persuadir-lhe que voltasse para os seus. | 18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. |
| 19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? |
| 20 Ela disse-lhes: Não me chameis Noemi (isto é, formosa), mas chamai-me Mara (isto é, amarga), porque o Omnipotente me encheu de extrema amargura. | 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. |
| 21 Eu sai daqui cheia (de felicidade com meu marido e filhos), e o Senhor fez-me voltar vazia. Por que me chamais pois Noemi, tendo-me o Senhor humilhado, e o Omnipotente afligido? | 21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? |
| 22 Foi Noemi com Rute Moabita, sua nora, da terra da sua peregrinação, e voltou para Belém, quando se começava a segar as cevadas. | 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. |
