Ruts 1
1 I den tidi då domarane styrde, vart det uår i landet. Då for ein mann frå Betlehem i Juda i veg med kona si og båe sønerne sine og vilde bu i Moablandet ei stund.
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 Mannen heitte Elimelek og kona hans No’omi, og dei tvo sønerne Mahlon og Kiljon; dei var efratitar, frå Betlehem i Juda. No kom dei då til Moablandet og vart veranda der.
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 Og Elimelek, mannen hennar No’omi, døydde; men ho livde att med dei tvo sønerne sine.
And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.
4 Sønerne tok seg konor frå Moablandet; den eine heitte Orpa og den andre Rut. Og dei budde der på lag ti år.
They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.
5 Då døydde både Mahlon og Kiljon, og kvinna livde att etter sønerne sine og mannen sin.
And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.
6 Då budde ho seg til å fara heim att frå Moablandet med sonekonorne sine; for ho hadde høyrt i Moablandet at Herren hadde set um folket sitt og gjeve deim brød.
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 So gav ho seg i veg frå den staden der ho hadde butt, ho og båe sonekonorne hennar. Då dei var komne eit stykke på vegen heim til Judalandet,
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 då sagde No’omi til sonekonorne sine: «Snu no og gakk heim att kvar til si mor! Herren vere miskunnsam mot dykk, so som de hev vore mot båe dei avlidne og mot meg!
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 Herren gjeve at de må finna ro, kvar i huset hjå sin mann!» So kysste ho deim; men dei tok til å gråta,
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 og sagde til henne: «Nei, me vil fylgja med deg attende til folket ditt.»
and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.”
11 Men No’omi svara: «Snu att, døtterne mine; kvifor skulde de ganga med meg? Kann eg endå få søner i mitt liv som kunde verta menner åt dykk?
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 Snu, døtterne mine, og gakk heim att! for eg er for gamall til å gifta meg att. Og um so var at eg kunde tenkja: «Eg hev endå von, » ja um eg so alt i natt gav meg åt ein mann, og so vart at eg fødde søner,
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 skulde so de bia til dei vart fullvaksne? skulde so de stengja dykk inne og liva utan menner? Nei, døtterne mine, eg tykkjer synd i dykk, for meg hev Herrens hand råma.»
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 Då tok dei til å gråta att, og Orpa kysste vermor si til avskil, men Rut vilde ikkje slite seg laus frå henne.
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 Då sagde ho: Sjå, versyster di hev snutt heim att til folket sitt og til sin gud. Snu no du og, og fylg versyster di!»
Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
16 Men Rut svara: «Ikkje tel meg til å snu att og ganga frå deg! for der du gjeng, vil eg og ganga, og der du stanar, der vil eg og stana. Ditt folk er mitt folk, og din Gud er min Gud.
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 Der du døyr, vil eg og døy, og der vil eg verta jorda. Herren late meg bøta for det no og sidan, um noko anna enn dauden skulde skilja meg frå deg!»
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 Då ho no såg at ho stod fast på sitt og vilde vera med henne, tala ho ikkje meir med henne um dette.
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 So gjekk dei saman til dei kom til Betlehem. Og då dei kom til Betlehem, kom heile byen i rørsla for deira skuld, og kvinnorne sagde: «Er dette No’omi?»
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 Men ho sagde til deim: «Kalla meg ikkje No’omi, men kalla meg Mara, for Den Allmegtige hev late mykje sorg koma yver meg.
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 Rik for eg herifrå, og tomhendt hev Herren late meg koma att. Kvifor kallar de meg No’omi då når Herren hev vitna mot meg, og den Allmegtige hev late det ganga meg so ille?»
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 So kom då No’omi heim att frå Moabland med sonekona si, moabitkvinna Rut, og dei kom til Betlehem då dei tok til med skurdonni.
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.
