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1 Lub caij uas cov Txwj Laus Tiv Thaiv kav teb chaws, lub teb chaws tau tshaib plab ib ntus. Thaum ntawd muaj ib tug txiv neej nyob Npes Les Hes, nws coj nws poj niam thiab nws ob tug tub lawv tsiv mus nyob nram cov nras tiaj Muas. 2 Tus txiv neej ntawd hu ua Es Lis Mes Les, nws tus poj niam hu ua Nos Es Mis thiab nws ob tug tub ib tug hu ua Mas Loos, ib tug hu ua Kis Lis Yoos. Lawv yog ib co Es Fas Tas, nyob Npes Les Hes, Yus Das teb. Lawv tuaj txog cov tiaj Muas, lawv tsa tsev nyob ntawd. 3 Es Lis Mes Les uas yog Nos Es Mis tus txiv, tuag nyob ntawd. Tshuav Nos Es Mis nrog nws ob tug tub nyob xwb. 4 Ob tug tub ntawd yuav poj niam nyob hauv cov Muas. Ob tug poj niam ntawd ib tug hu ua Os Pas, ib tug hu ua Luv. Lawv nyob ntawd tau kaum tawm xyoo. 5 Ces Mas Loos thiab Kis Lis Yoos nkawd kuj tuag. Tshuav Nos Es Mis ib leeg xwb nws tsis muaj tub muaj txiv lawm. 6 Nos Es Mis thiaj npaj nrog nws ob tug nyab yuav rov los rau Yus Das teb. Nws hnov tias Tswv Ntuj tuaj xyuas nws haiv neeg thiab pub mov rau lawv noj lawm. 7 Ces Nos Es Mis thiab nws ob tug nyab yuav tso lub teb chaws lawv nyob txawm tseg, lawv sawv kev yuav rov los rau teb chaws Yus Das. 8 Nos Es Mis hais rau nws ob tug nyab tias : “Neb mus mog ! Neb rov mus nrog neb niam neb txiv nyob. Kuv thov kom HUAB TAIS hlub neb xws li neb tau hlub cov uas tuag lawd thiab tau hlub kuv. 9 Thov kom HUAB TAIS pub rau neb ob leeg tib si kom neb nrhiav tau ib lub neej kaj lug nrog ib tug txiv nyob.”
1 In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there. 3 Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons. 4 They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years. 5 Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband. 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 Yahweh† had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 She went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her. They went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. 9 May Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.”
Ces Nos Es Mis puag nkaus nws ob tug nyab, nws nwj nkawd, tab sis nkawd quaj quaj. 10 Nkawd hais rau nws tias : “Wb nrog koj mus ua koj haiv neeg.”
Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices, and wept. 10 They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”
11 Nos Es Mis teb tias : “Neb rov mus tsev mog, ob tug me ntxhais ! Neb yuav nrog kuv mus ua dab tsi ? Kuv twb tsis muaj ib tug tub yuav los qaws neb ua neej lawm. 12 Neb cia li rov mus mog ! Kuv laus laus lawm, kuv tsis xav rov yuav txiv. Tab txawm hais tias hmo no kuv yuav tau ib tug txiv thiab kuv yuav xeeb tub no, los neb puas yuav tos tau kom lawv hlob ? 13 Yog neb ua li ntawd mas ntshai yog neb tsis xav yuav txiv ntxiv xwb. Neb tsis txhob ua li ntawd mog ! Yog neb ua li ntawd mas kuv yuav tu siab. Kuv yuav xav tias HUAB TAIS pub hmoov tsis zoo rau kuv.”
11 Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons, 13 would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for Yahweh’s hand has gone out against me.”
14 Ob tug nyab rov qab quaj quaj dua, ces Os Pas nwj nws niam pog, nws ua ib siab rov mus nrog nws neej nws tsav nyob lawm. Tshuav Luv nrog Nos Es Mis nyob, nws tsis tso Nos Es Mis tseg li. 15 Nos Es Mis hais rau Luv tias : “Koj saib Os Pas twb rov mus hauv nws haiv neeg thiab nws cov dab lawm. Koj ua li nws thiab koj rov mus mog !”
14 They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her. 15 She said, “Behold,‡ your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”
16 Luv teb tias : “Koj tsis txhob ntiab kuv kom kuv tso koj tseg mas ! Koj mus qhov twg, kuv yuav nrog koj mus. Koj nyob qhov twg, kuv yuav nrog koj nyob. Koj haiv neeg yuav yog kuv haiv neeg. Koj tus Tswv Ntuj yuav yog kuv tus Tswv Ntuj. 17 Koj tuag qhov twg kuv xav tuag qhov ntawd. Koj ntxa nyob qhov twg, kuv ntxa yuav nyob ntawd thiab. Yog kuv tsis tuag nyob qhov chaw koj tuag mas kuv thov kom HUAB TAIS muab txoj hmoov phem rau kuv !”
16 Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God§ my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
18 Nos Es Mis pheej pom Luv nrog nws nraim, nws tsis hais dab tsi rau Luv ntxiv.
18 When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
19 Ces nkawd ob leeg tsiv mus txog Npes Les Hes. Nkawd mus txog, lub moo ncha tas lub teb chaws. Cov poj niam hauv nruab zog tuaj hais zom zaws tias : “Koj puas yog Nos Es Mis tiag ?”
19 So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
20 Nos Es Mis teb lawv tias : “Nej tsis txhob hu kuv ua Nos Es Mis ntxiv. Nej hu kuv ua ‘Niam Pog Iab’, vim Sas Dais muab kev lwj siab rau kuv xwb ! 21 Thaum kuv mus, kuv puv siab. HUAB TAIS coj kuv rov los qhuav nquas. Nej puas tseem yuav hu tau kuv ua Nos Es Mis ? Vim HUAB TAIS tsis nrog kuv. Sas Dais muab kev txom nyem rau kuv.” 22 Nos Es Mis coj nws tus nyab ntawm Muas rov los. Nkawd los txog Npes Les Hes, twb yog lub caij pib sau nplej lawm.
20 She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi.† Call me Mara,‡ for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?” 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.