Livro de Rute 1

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1 No tempo que governavam os juízes, sobreveio uma fome na terra. Um homem partiu de Belém de Judá, com sua mulher e seus dois filhos, indo morar nos campos de Moab.	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 Chamava-se Elimelec, e sua mulher Noêmi; seus dois filhos chamavam-se Maalon e Quelion; eram efrateus de Belém de Judá. Chegados à terra de Moab, estabeleceram-se ali.	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 Elimelec, marido de Noêmi, morreu, deixando-a com seus dois filhos.	3 And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 Estes casaram com mulheres moabitas, chamadas uma Orfa e outra Rute. Viveram lá aproximadamente dez anos.	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 Maalon e Quelion morreram ficando Noêmi só, sem seus dois filhos e sem seu marido.	5 And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Então, levantou-se Noêmi e partiu da região de Moab com suas duas noras, porque ouviu dizer que o Senhor tinha visitado o seu povo e lhe tinha dado pão.	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 Deixou, pois, aquele lugar onde habitara com suas duas noras e pôs-se a caminho de volta para a terra 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 Ide, voltai para a casa de vossa mãe, disse ela às suas noras. O Senhor use convosco de misericórdia, como vós usastes com os que morreram e comigo!	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 ele vos conceda paz em vossos lares, cada uma em casa de seu marido! E beijou-as. Elas puseram-se a chorar:	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 Nós iremos contigo para o teu povo, disseram elas.	10 and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 Ide, minhas filhas, replicou Noêmi. Por que haveis de vir comigo? Porventura tenho eu ainda em meu seio filhos que possam tornar-se vossos maridos?	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 Voltai, minhas filhas, porque já estou demasiado velha para casar-me de novo. E ainda que eu tivesse alguma esperança, e que esta noite mesmo me fosse dado ter marido, e viesse a gerar filhos,	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 esperá-los-íeis crescer, sem vos casardes de novo, até que se tornassem grandes? Não, minhas filhas, minha dor é muito maior do que a vossa, porque a mão do Senhor pesou sobre mim.	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 Então elas desataram de novo a chorar. Orfa beijou a sua sogra, porém Rute não quis separar-se dela.	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 Eis que tua cunhada voltou para o seu povo e para os seus deuses, disse-lhe Noêmi; vai com ela.	15 Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Não insistas comigo, respondeu Rute, para que eu te deixe e me vá longe de ti. Aonde fores, eu irei; aonde habitares, eu habitarei. O teu povo é meu povo, e o teu Deus, meu Deus.	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 Na terra em que morreres, quero também eu morrer e aí ser sepultada. O Senhor trate-me com todo o rigor, se outra coisa, a não ser a morte, me separar de ti!	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 Ante tal resolução, Noêmi não insistiu mais.	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 Seguiram juntas o seu caminho até Belém; ali chegando, comoveu-se toda a cidade; as mulheres diziam.: Eis aí Noêmi!	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 Não me chameis mais Noêmi, replicou ela, mas chamai-me Mara; porque o Todo-poderoso me encheu 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 Parti com as mãos cheias, e o Senhor fez-me voltar com as mãos vazias. Por que me chamais Noêmi, se o Senhor se declarou contra mim e o Onipotente me inundou de aflição?	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 Foi assim que voltaram dos campos de Moab, Noêmi e sua nora Rute, a moabita. Chegaram a Belém quando se começava a segar a cevada.	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.