Chapter 1
Naomi Becomes a Widow
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In the days when the judges ruled,… there was a famine in the land. And a certain man vvv from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab. -
𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤄𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤓𐤏𐤁 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤂𐤅𐤓 𐤁𐤔𐤃𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤄𐤅𐤀
בִּימֵי֙ הַשֹּׁפְטִ֔ים שְׁפֹ֣ט וַיְהִ֥י וַיְהִ֗י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ אִ֜ישׁ מִבֵּ֧ית לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָ֗ה וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ וּשְׁנֵ֥י בָנָֽיו׃ וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ לָגוּר֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב ה֥וּא bî·mê haš·šō·p̄ə·ṭîm šə·p̄ōṭ way·hî way·hî rā·‘āḇ bā·’ā·reṣ ’îš mib·bêṯ le·ḥem yə·hū·ḏāh wə·’iš·tōw ū·šə·nê ḇā·nāw way·yê·leḵ lā·ḡūr biś·ḏê mō·w·’āḇ hū — WLC · 1
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The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤔𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤔𐤌 𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤔𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤌𐤇𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤔𐤃𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤔𐤌
הָאִ֣ישׁ וְשֵׁ֣ם אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ אִשְׁתּ֨וֹ וְשֵׁם֩ נָעֳמִ֜י וְשֵׁ֥ם שְׁנֵֽי־ בָנָ֣יו׀ מַחְל֤וֹן וְכִלְיוֹן֙ אֶפְרָתִ֔ים מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ שְׂדֵי־ מוֹאָ֖ב וַיִּֽהְיוּ־ שָֽׁם׃ hā·’îš wə·šêm ’ĕlî·me·leḵ ’iš·tōw wə·šêm nā·‘o·mî wə·šêm šə·nê- ḇā·nāw maḥ·lō·wn wə·ḵil·yō·wn ’ep̄·rā·ṯîm mib·bêṯ le·ḥem yə·hū·ḏāh way·yā·ḇō·’ū śə·ḏê- mō·w·’āḇ way·yih·yū- šām — WLC · 2
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Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤀𐤓 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤄
נָעֳמִ֑י אִ֣ישׁ אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ וַיָּ֥מָת הִ֖יא וַתִּשָּׁאֵ֥ר וּשְׁנֵ֥י בָנֶֽיהָ׃ nā·‘o·mî ’îš ’ĕ·lî·me·leḵ way·yā·māṯ hî wat·tiš·šā·’êr ū·šə·nê ḇā·ne·hā — WLC · 3
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who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤅 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤇𐤕 𐤔𐤌 𐤏𐤓𐤐𐤄 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤌 𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤔𐤌 𐤊𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת נָשִׁים֙ הָֽאַחַת֙ שֵׁ֤ם עָרְפָּ֔ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית וְשֵׁ֥ם ר֑וּת וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֖ם כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים׃ way·yiś·’ū lā·hem mō·’ă·ḇî·yō·wṯ nā·šîm hā·’a·ḥaṯ šêm ‘ā·rə·pāh haš·šê·nîṯ wə·šêm rūṯ way·yê·šə·ḇū šām kə·‘e·śer šā·nîm — WLC · 4
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both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤌𐤇𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤂𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤀𐤓 𐤌𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤌𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤄
שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם מַחְל֣וֹן וְכִלְי֑וֹן גַם־ וַיָּמ֥וּתוּ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙ מִשְּׁנֵ֥י יְלָדֶ֖יהָ וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּ׃ šə·nê·hem maḥ·lō·wn wə·ḵil·yō·wn ḡam- way·yā·mū·ṯū hā·’iš·šāh wat·tiš·šā·’êr miš·šə·nê yə·lā·ḏe·hā ū·mê·’î·šāh — WLC · 5
Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi
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When [Naomi] heard… in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤄 𐤁𐤔𐤃𐤄 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤐𐤒𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤋𐤕𐤕 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤒𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤁 𐤌𐤔𐤃𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁
כִּ֤י שָֽׁמְעָה֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב כִּֽי־ יְהוָה֙ פָקַ֤ד אֶת־ עַמּ֔וֹ לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם לָֽחֶם׃ הִיא֙ וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ וַתָּ֤קָם וַתָּ֖שָׁב מִשְּׂדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֑ב kî šā·mə·‘āh biś·ḏêh mō·w·’āḇ kî- Yah·weh p̄ā·qaḏ ’eṯ- ‘am·mōw lā·ṯêṯ lā·hem lā·ḥem hî wə·ḵal·lō·ṯe·hā wat·tā·qām wat·tā·šāḇ miś·śə·ḏê mō·w·’āḇ — WLC · 6
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Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left… the place where she had been [living]… and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
𐤏𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤑𐤀 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤒𐤅𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤔𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄
עִמָּ֑הּ וּשְׁתֵּ֥י כַלֹּתֶ֖יהָ וַתֵּצֵ֗א מִן־ הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיְתָה־ שָׁ֔מָּה וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ לָשׁ֖וּב אֶל־ אֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָֽה׃ ‘im·māh ū·šə·tê ḵal·lō·ṯe·hā wat·tê·ṣê min- ham·mā·qō·wm ’ă·šer hā·yə·ṯāh- šām·māh wat·tê·laḵ·nāh ḇad·de·reḵ lā·šūḇ ’el- ’e·reṣ yə·hū·ḏāh — WLC · 7
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Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.
𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤍𐤄 𐤔𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤏𐤌𐤊𐤌 𐤇𐤎𐤃 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕𐤌 𐤏𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤉
נָעֳמִי֙ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לִשְׁתֵּ֣י כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ לֵ֣כְנָה שֹּׁ֔בְנָה אִשָּׁ֖ה אִמָּ֑הּ לְבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֤ה יַעֲשֶׂה עִמָּכֶם֙ חֶ֔סֶד כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם עִם־ הַמֵּתִ֖ים וְעִמָּדִֽי׃ nā·‘o·mî wat·tō·mer liš·tê ḵal·lō·ṯe·hā lê·ḵə·nāh šō·ḇə·nāh ’iš·šāh ’im·māh lə·ḇêṯ Yah·weh ya·ʿă·śɛh ‘im·mā·ḵem ḥe·seḏ ka·’ă·šer ‘ă·śî·ṯem ‘im- ham·mê·ṯîm wə·‘im·mā·ḏî — WLC · 8
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May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud…
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤍 𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤇𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤒 𐤋𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤕𐤁𐤊𐤉𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤋𐤍
יְהוָה֙ יִתֵּ֤ן אִשָּׁ֖ה לָכֶ֔ם וּמְצֶ֣אןָ מְנוּחָ֔ה בֵּ֣ית אִישָׁ֑הּ וַתִּשַּׁ֣ק לָהֶ֔ן וַתִּבְכֶּֽינָה׃ וַתִּשֶּׂ֥אנָה קוֹלָ֖ן Yah·weh yit·tên ’iš·šāh lā·ḵem ū·mə·ṣe·nā mə·nū·ḥāh bêṯ ’î·šāh wat·tiš·šaq lā·hen wat·tiḇ·ke·nāh wat·tiś·śe·nāh qō·w·lān — WLC · 9
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and said “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤋𐤏𐤌𐤊
וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה־ לָּ֑הּ כִּי־ נָשׁ֖וּב אִתָּ֥ךְ לְעַמֵּֽךְ׃ wat·tō·mar·nāh- lāh kî- nā·šūḇ ’it·tāḵ lə·‘am·mêḵ — WLC · 10
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But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? [Are] there still sons vvv in my womb to become your husbands?
𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤔𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤄𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤉 𐤁𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌
נָעֳמִי֙ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר שֹׁ֣בְנָה בְנֹתַ֔י לָ֥מָּה תֵלַ֖כְנָה עִמִּ֑י הַֽעֽוֹד־ בָנִים֙ לִ֤י בְּֽמֵעַ֔י וְהָי֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם לַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃ nā·‘o·mî wat·tō·mer šō·ḇə·nāh ḇə·nō·ṯay lām·māh ṯê·laḵ·nāh ‘im·mî ha·‘ō·wḏ- ḇā·nîm lî bə·mê·‘ay wə·hā·yū lā·ḵem la·’ă·nā·šîm — WLC · 11
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Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband… tonight and to bear sons,
𐤔𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤊𐤍 𐤊𐤉 𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤉𐤔 𐤕𐤒𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤄𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤂𐤌 𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌
שֹׁ֤בְנָה בְנֹתַי֙ לֵ֔כְןָ כִּ֥י זָקַ֖נְתִּי מִהְי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ כִּ֤י אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ יֶשׁ־ תִקְוָ֔ה לִ֣י הָיִ֤יתִי לְאִ֔ישׁ וְגַ֖ם הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ גַּ֣ם יָלַ֥דְתִּי בָנִֽים׃ šō·ḇə·nāh ḇə·nō·ṯay lê·ḵə·nā kî zā·qan·tî mih·yō·wṯ lə·’îš kî ’ā·mar·tî yeš- ṯiq·wāh lî hā·yî·ṯî lə·’îš wə·ḡam hal·lay·lāh gam yā·laḏ·tî ḇā·nîm — WLC · 12
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would you wait for them to grow up?… Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter… for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
𐤕𐤔𐤁𐤓𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤋𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤅 𐤄𐤋𐤄𐤍 𐤕𐤏𐤂𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤓 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤊𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤄 𐤁𐤉
תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה הֲלָהֵ֣ן׀ עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲלָהֵן֙ תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י הֱי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ אַ֣ל בְּנֹתַ֗י כִּֽי־ מַר־ מְאֹד֙ לִ֤י מִכֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־ יַד־ יְהוָֽה׃ יָצְאָ֥ה בִ֖י tə·śab·bê·rə·nāh hă·lā·hên ‘aḏ ’ă·šer yiḡ·dā·lū hă·lā·hên tê·‘ā·ḡê·nāh lə·ḇil·tî hĕ·yō·wṯ lə·’îš ’al bə·nō·ṯay kî- mar- mə·’ōḏ lî mik·kem kî- yaḏ- Yah·weh yā·ṣə·’āh ḇî — WLC · 13
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Again they wept aloud…, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law {goodbye}, but Ruth clung to her.
𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤕𐤁𐤊𐤉𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤋𐤍 𐤏𐤓𐤐𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤒 𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤃𐤁𐤒𐤄 𐤁𐤄
ע֑וֹד וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה קוֹלָ֔ן עָרְפָּה֙ וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ וְר֖וּת דָּ֥בְקָה בָּֽהּ׃ ‘ō·wḏ wat·tiḇ·ke·nāh wat·tiś·śe·nāh qō·w·lān ‘ā·rə·pāh wat·tiš·šaq la·ḥă·mō·w·ṯāh wə·rūṯ dā·ḇə·qāh bāh — WLC · 14
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“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow [her] back home…”
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤁𐤌𐤕𐤊 𐤔𐤁𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤁𐤌𐤕𐤊
הִנֵּה֙ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ שָׁ֣בָה אֶל־ עַמָּ֖הּ וְאֶל־ אֱלֹהֶ֑יהָ שׁ֖וּבִי אַחֲרֵ֥י יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃ hin·nêh wat·tō·mer yə·ḇim·têḵ šā·ḇāh ’el- ‘am·māh wə·’el- ’ĕ·lō·he·hā šū·ḇî ’a·ḥă·rê yə·ḇim·têḵ — WLC · 15
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But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you [or] to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤐𐤂𐤏𐤉 𐤁𐤉 𐤋𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤊 𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤌𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤋𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤍 𐤏𐤌𐤊 𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉
רוּת֙ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אַל־ תִּפְגְּעִי־ בִ֔י לְעָזְבֵ֖ךְ לָשׁ֣וּב מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ כִּ֠י אֶל־ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֵּלְכִ֜י אֵלֵ֗ךְ וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּלִ֙ינִי֙ אָלִ֔ין עַמֵּ֣ךְ עַמִּ֔י וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ אֱלֹהָֽי׃ rūṯ wat·tō·mer ’al- tip̄·gə·‘î- ḇî lə·‘ā·zə·ḇêḵ lā·šūḇ mê·’a·ḥă·rā·yiḵ kî ’el- ’ă·šer tê·lə·ḵî ’ê·lêḵ ū·ḇa·’ă·šer tā·lî·nî ’ā·lîn ‘am·mêḵ ‘am·mî wê·lō·ha·yiḵ ’ĕ·lō·hāy — WLC · 16
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Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD vvv punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
𐤁𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤌 𐤀𐤒𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤎𐤉𐤐 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤃 𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤊
בַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּמ֙וּתִי֙ אָמ֔וּת וְשָׁ֖ם אֶקָּבֵ֑ר יְהוָ֥ה כֹּה֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה לִי֙ וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֔יף כִּ֣י הַמָּ֔וֶת יַפְרִ֖יד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֵֽךְ׃ ba·’ă·šer tā·mū·ṯî ’ā·mūṯ wə·šām ’eq·qā·ḇêr Yah·weh kōh ya·‘ă·śeh lî wə·ḵōh yō·sîp̄ kî ham·mā·weṯ yap̄·rîḏ bê·nî ū·ḇê·nêḵ — WLC · 17
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When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her…
𐤅𐤕𐤓𐤀 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤌𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤑𐤕 𐤋𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤋 𐤋𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄
וַתֵּ֕רֶא כִּֽי־ הִ֖יא מִתְאַמֶּ֥צֶת לָלֶ֣כֶת אִתָּ֑הּ וַתֶּחְדַּ֖ל לְדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ wat·tê·re kî- hî miṯ·’am·me·ṣeṯ lā·le·ḵeṯ ’it·tāh wat·teḥ·dal lə·ḏab·bêr ’ê·le·hā — WLC · 18
The Return to Bethlehem
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So [Naomi and Ruth] traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered vvv Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women [of the town] exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤁𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤍 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉
שְׁתֵּיהֶ֔ם וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה עַד־ בֹּאָ֖נָה בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם וַיְהִ֗י כְּבֹאָ֙נָה֙ בֵּ֣ית לֶ֔חֶם כָּל־ הָעִיר֙ וַתֵּהֹ֤ם עֲלֵיהֶ֔ן וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה הֲזֹ֥את נָעֳמִֽי׃ šə·tê·hem wat·tê·laḵ·nāh ‘aḏ- bō·’ā·nāh bêṯ lā·ḥem way·hî kə·ḇō·’ā·nāh bêṯ le·ḥem kāl- hā·‘îr wat·tê·hōm ‘ă·lê·hen wat·tō·mar·nāh hă·zōṯ nā·‘o·mî — WLC · 19
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“Do not call me Naomi, she replied… “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly… with me.
𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤍 𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤍 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤓𐤀 𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤃𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤓 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤋𐤉
אַל־ תִּקְרֶ֥אנָה לִ֖י נָעֳמִ֑י וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ן קְרֶ֤אןָ לִי֙ מָרָ֔א כִּי־ שַׁדַּ֛י הֵמַ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃ לִ֖י ’al- tiq·re·nāh lî nā·‘o·mî wat·tō·mer ’ă·lê·hen qə·re·nā lî mā·rā kî- šad·day hê·mar mə·’ōḏ lî — WLC · 20
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I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤕𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤔𐤃𐤉 𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤋𐤉
אֲנִי֙ הָלַ֔כְתִּי מְלֵאָ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה הֱשִׁיבַ֣נִי וְרֵיקָ֖ם לָ֣מָּה תִקְרֶ֤אנָה לִי֙ נָעֳמִ֔י וַֽיהוָה֙ עָ֣נָה בִ֔י וְשַׁדַּ֖י הֵ֥רַֽע לִֽי׃ ’ă·nî hā·laḵ·tî mə·lê·’āh Yah·weh hĕ·šî·ḇa·nî wə·rê·qām lām·māh ṯiq·re·nāh lî nā·‘o·mî Yah·weh ‘ā·nāh ḇî wə·šad·day hê·ra‘ lî — WLC · 21
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So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with… her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived vvv in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤁 𐤌𐤔𐤃𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤏𐤌𐤄 𐤄𐤔𐤁𐤄 𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤁𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤕 𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤒𐤑𐤉𐤓
נָעֳמִ֗י וַתָּ֣שָׁב מִשְּׂדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֑ב עִמָּ֔הּ הַשָּׁ֖בָה כַלָּתָהּ֙ וְר֨וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה וְהֵ֗מָּה בָּ֚אוּ בֵּ֣ית לֶ֔חֶם בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת שְׂעֹרִֽים׃ קְצִ֥יר nā·‘o·mî wat·tā·šāḇ miś·śə·ḏê mō·w·’āḇ ‘im·māh haš·šā·ḇāh ḵal·lā·ṯāh wə·rūṯ ham·mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yāh wə·hêm·māh bā·’ū bêṯ le·ḥem biṯ·ḥil·laṯ śə·‘ō·rîm qə·ṣîr — WLC · 22