Ruth · Brenton's English Septuagint
Ruth 1 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 And it came to pass when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a man went from Bethleem Juda to sojourn in the land of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
1 Y ACONTECIÓ en los días que gobernaban los jueces, que hubo hambre en la tierra. Y un varón de Beth-lehem de Judá, fué á peregrinar en los campos de Moab, él y su mujer, y dos hijos suyos.
2 And the man's name [was] Elimelech, and his wife's name Noemin, and the names of his two sons Maalon and Chelaion, Ephrathites of Bethleem of Juda: and they came to the land of Moab, and remained there.
2 El nombre de aquel varón era Elimelech, y el de su mujer Noemi; y los nombres de sus dos hijos eran, Mahalón y Chelión, Ephrateos de Beth-lehem de Judá. Llegaron pues á los campos de Moab, y asentaron allí.
3 And Elimelech the husband of Noemin died; and she was left, and her two sons.
3 Y murió Elimelech, marido de Noemi, y quedó ella con sus dos hijos;
4 And they took to themselves wives, women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpha, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years.
4 Los cuales tomaron para sí mujeres de Moab, el nombre de la una Orpha, y el nombre de la otra Ruth; y habitaron allí unos diez años.
5 And both Maalon and Chelaion died also; and the woman was left of her husband and her two sons.
5 Y murieron también los dos, Mahalón y Chelión, quedando así la mujer [desamparada] de sus dos hijos y de su marido.
6 And she rose up and her two daughters-in-law, and they returned out of the country of Moab, for she heard in the country of Moab that the Lord [had] visited his people to give them bread.
6 Entonces se levantó con sus nueras, y volvióse de los campos de Moab: porque oyó en el campo de Moab que Jehová había visitado á su pueblo para darles pan.
7 And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her: and they went by the way to return to the land of Juda.
7 Salió pues del lugar donde había estado, y con ella sus dos nueras, y comenzaron á caminar para volverse á la tierra de Judá.
8 And Noemin said to her daughters-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
8 Y Noemi dijo á sus dos nueras: Andad, volveos cada una á la casa de su madre: Jehová haga con vosotras misericordia, como la habéis hecho con los muertos y conmigo.
9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
9 Déos Jehová que halléis descanso, cada una en casa de su marido: besólas luego, y ellas lloraron á voz en grito.
10 And they said to her, We will return with thee to thy people.
10 Y dijéronle: Ciertamente nosotras volveremos contigo á tu pueblo.
11 And Noemin said, Return now, my daughters; and why do ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands?
11 Y Noemi respondió: Volveos, hijas mías: ¿para qué habéis de ir conmigo? ¿tengo yo más hijos en el vientre, que puedan ser vuestros maridos?
12 Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons;
12 Volveos, hijas mías, é idos; que yo ya soy vieja para ser para varón. Y aunque dijese: Esperanza tengo; y esta noche fuese con varón, y aun pariese hijos;
13 would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.
13 ¿Habíais vosotras de esperarlos hasta que fuesen grandes? ¿habías vosotras de quedaros sin casar por amor de ellos? No, hijas mías; que mayor amargura tengo yo que vosotras, pues la mano de Jehová ha salido contra mí.
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.
14 Mas ellas alzando otra vez su voz, lloraron: y Orpha besó á su suegra, mas Ruth se quedó con ella.
15 And Noemin said to Ruth, Behold, thy sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; turn now thou also after thy sister-in-law.
15 Y [Noemi] dijo: He aquí tu cuñada se ha vuelto á su pueblo y á sus dioses; vuélvete tú tras ella.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God.
16 Y Ruth respondió: No me ruegues que te deje, y me aparte de ti: porque donde quiera que tú fueres, iré yo; y donde quiera que vivieres, viviré. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo, y tu Dios mi Dios.
17 And wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, [if I leave thee], for death [only] shall divide between me and thee.
17 Donde tú murieres, moriré yo, y allí seré sepultada: así me haga Jehová, y así me dé, que sólo la muerte hará separación entre mí y ti.
18 And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more.
18 Y viendo [Noemi] que estaba tan resuelta á ir con ella, dejó de hablarle.
19 And they went both of them until they came to Bethleem: and it came to pass, when they arrived at Bethleem, that all the city rang with them, and they said, Is this Noemin?
19 Anduvieron pues ellas dos hasta que llegaron á Beth-lehem: y aconteció que entrando en Beth-lehem, toda la ciudad se conmovió por razón de ellas, y decían: ¿No es ésta Noemi?
20 And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Noemin; call me ‘Bitter,’ for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me.
20 Y ella les respondía: No me llaméis Noemi, sino llamadme Mara: porque en grande amargura me ha puesto el Todopoderoso.
21 I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me, and the Mighty One has afflicted me?
21 Yo me fuí llena, mas vacía me ha vuelto Jehová. ¿Por qué me llamaréis Noemi, ya que Jehová ha dado testimonio contra mí, y el Todopoderoso me ha afligido?
22 So Noemin and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned from the country of Moab; and they came to Bethleem in the beginning of barley harvest.
22 Así volvió Noemi y Ruth Moabita su nuera con ella; volvió de los campos de Moab, y llegaron á Beth-lehem en el principio de la siega de las cebadas.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Elimelech
Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah who took his wife Naomi and sons Mahlon and Chilion to Moab in a famine and died there, whose clan-relative Boaz later bought back his land.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:3; Ruth 2:1
Ruth
The loyal Moabite widow whose devotion made her great-grandmother of King David.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1-4; Matthew 1:5
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:1; Ezekiel 14:13; Deuteronomy 28:23–24; 2 Kings 8:1–2
- 2 Genesis 35:19; Micah 5:2; 1 Samuel 17:21; 1 Samuel 1:1
- 3 Psalm 34:19; Hebrews 12:6; 2 Kings 4:1; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 4 Matthew 1:5; Deuteronomy 7:3; Deuteronomy 23:3; 1 Kings 11:1–2
- 5 Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 89:30–32; Isaiah 49:21; Matthew 22:25–27; Jeremiah 2:19
- 6 Psalm 132:15; Psalm 111:5; Exodus 4:31; Luke 1:68; Matthew 6:11
- 7 2 Kings 8:3; Ruth 1:14; Exodus 18:27; Ruth 1:10
- 8 Ruth 2:20; Ruth 1:5; Colossians 3:18; Colossians 3:24; Ephesians 6:2–3
- 9 Ruth 3:1; Genesis 29:11; Acts 20:37; Genesis 27:27; Genesis 45:15
- 10 Zechariah 8:23; Psalm 119:63; Psalm 16:3
- 11 Deuteronomy 25:5; Genesis 38:11
- 12 Genesis 17:17; 1 Timothy 5:9
- 13 Job 19:21; Psalm 32:4; Judges 2:15; Psalm 38:2; Psalm 39:9–10
- 14 Proverbs 18:24; Matthew 16:24; Matthew 10:37; Matthew 19:22; Hebrews 10:39
- 15 Zephaniah 1:6; Judges 11:24; Psalm 125:5; 2 Kings 2:2; Joshua 24:15
- 16 2 Samuel 15:21; Ruth 2:11–12; 2 Kings 2:2–6; Psalm 45:10; Matthew 8:19
- 17 1 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Kings 6:31; 1 Kings 2:23; 1 Kings 20:10
- 18 Acts 21:14; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 6:10
- 19 Matthew 21:10; Lamentations 2:15; Isaiah 23:7
- 20 Job 6:4; Hebrews 12:11; Psalm 88:15; Isaiah 38:13; Job 19:6
- 21 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Job 1:21; Job 16:8; Job 13:26; Job 10:17
- 22 Ruth 2:23; 2 Samuel 21:9; Exodus 9:31–32
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