Ruth 1 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 AND IT came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem in Judah went to sojourn in the field 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 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 Beth-lehem in Judah. And they came into the field of Moab, and continued 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 Naomi's husband 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 them wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other 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 Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
5 Y murieron también los dos, Mahalón y Chelión, quedando así la mujer [desamparada] de sus dos hijos y de su marido.
6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the field of Moab; for she had heard in the field of Moab how that the LORD had remembered His people in giving 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 on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
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 Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law: 'Go, return each of you to her mother's house; the LORD deal kindly 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.' Then 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 unto her: 'Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.'
10 Y dijéronle: Ciertamente nosotras volveremos contigo á tu pueblo.
11 And Naomi said: 'Turn back, my daughters; why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may 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 back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say: I have hope, should I even have an husband to-night, and also 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 tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is 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 Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.
14 Mas ellas alzando otra vez su voz, lloraron: y Orpha besó á su suegra, mas Ruth se quedó con ella.
15 And she said: 'Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return thou 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: 'Entreat me not to leave thee, and 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;
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 where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.'
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 when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.
18 Y viendo [Noemi] que estaba tan resuelta á ir con ella, dejó de hablarle.
19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was astir concerning them, and the women said: 'Is this Naomi?'
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 unto them: 'Call me not Naomi, call me Marah; for the Almighty hath 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 hath brought me back home empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath 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 Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the field of Moab — and they came to Beth-lehem 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
Chilion
Son of Elimelech and Naomi who married a Moabite woman and died in Moab, whose property Boaz bought; Orpah is his wife by implication, since Ruth was Mahlon's widow.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:9
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
Mahlon
Son of Elimelech and Naomi who died in Moab and whose widow Ruth Boaz acquired as his wife to raise up Mahlon's name on his inheritance.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:9
Naomi
Wife of Elimelech who lost her husband and both sons in Moab, returned to Bethlehem asking to be called Mara, and cared for Ruth's son Obed, of whom the women said a son had been…
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:20; Ruth 3:1
Orpah
Moabite wife of one of Naomi's sons who set out with Naomi and Ruth but kissed her mother-in-law goodbye and returned to her own people and gods.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1:4; Ruth 1:14
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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