1:1 In
the
days
when
the
judges
ruled
there
was
a
famine
in
the
land,
and
a
man
of
Bethlehem
in
Judah
went
to
sojourn
in
the
country
of
Moab,
he
and
his
wife
and
his
two
sons.
1:2 The
name
of
the
man
was
Elimelech
and
the
name
of
his
wife
Naomi,
and
the
names
of
his
two
sons
were
Mahlon
and
Chilion.
They
were
Ephrathites
from
Bethlehem
in
Judah.
They
went
into
the
country
of
Moab
and
remained
there.
1:3 But
Elimelech,
the
husband
of
Naomi,
died,
and
she
was
left
with
her
two
sons.
1:4 These
took
Moabite
wives;
the
name
of
the
one
was
Orpah
and
the
name
of
the
other
Ruth.
They
lived
there
about
ten
years,
1:5 and
both
Mahlon
and
Chilion
died,
so
that
the
woman
was
left
without
her
two
sons
and
her
husband.
1:6 Then
she
arose
with
her
daughters-in-law
to
return
from
the
country
of
Moab,
for
she
had
heard
in
the
fields
of
Moab
that
the
LORD
had
visited
his
people
and
given
them
food.
1:7 So
she
set
out
from
the
place
where
she
was
with
her
two
daughters-in-law,
and
they
went
on
the
way
to
return
to
the
land
of
Judah.
1:8 But
Naomi
said
to
her
two
daughters-in-law,
"Go,
return
each
of
you
to
her
mother's
house.
May
the
LORD
deal
kindly
with
you,
as
you
have
dealt
with
the
dead
and
with
me.
1:9 The
LORD
grant
that
you
may
find
rest,
each
of
you
in
the
house
of
her
husband!"
Then
she
kissed
them,
and
they
lifted
up
their
voices
and
wept.
1:10 And
they
said
to
her,
"No,
we
will
return
with
you
to
your
people."
1:11 But
Naomi
said,
"Turn
back,
my
daughters;
why
will
you
go
with
me
Have
I
yet
sons
in
my
womb
that
they
may
become
your
husbands
1:12 Turn
back,
my
daughters;
go
your
way,
for
I
am
too
old
to
have
a
husband.
If
I
should
say
I
have
hope,
even
if
I
should
have
a
husband
this
night
and
should
bear
sons,
1:13 would
you
therefore
wait
till
they
were
grown
Would
you
therefore
refrain
from
marrying
No,
my
daughters,
for
it
is
exceedingly
bitter
to
me
for
your
sake
that
the
hand
of
the
LORD
has
gone
out
against
me."
1:14 Then
they
lifted
up
their
voices
and
wept
again.
And
Orpah
kissed
her
mother-in-law,
but
Ruth
clung
to
her.
1:15 And
she
said,
"See,
your
sister-in-law
has
gone
back
to
her
people
and
to
her
gods;
return
after
your
sister-in-law."
1:16 But
Ruth
said,
"Do
not
urge
me
to
leave
you
or
to
return
from
following
you.
For
where
you
go
I
will
go,
and
where
you
lodge
I
will
lodge.
Your
people
shall
be
my
people,
and
your
God
my
God.
1:17 Where
you
die
I
will
die,
and
there
will
I
be
buried.
May
the
LORD
do
so
to
me
and
more
also
if
anything
but
death
parts
me
from
you."
1:18 And
when
Naomi
saw
that
she
was
determined
to
go
with
her,
she
said
no
more.
1:19 So
the
two
of
them
went
on
until
they
came
to
Bethlehem.
And
when
they
came
to
Bethlehem,
the
whole
town
was
stirred
because
of
them.
And
the
women
said,
"Is
this
Naomi"
1:20 She
said
to
them,
"Do
not
call
me
Naomi;
call
me
Mara,
for
the
Almighty
has
dealt
very
bitterly
with
me.
1:21 I
went
away
full,
and
the
LORD
has
brought
me
back
empty.
Why
call
me
Naomi,
when
the
LORD
has
testified
against
me
and
the
Almighty
has
brought
calamity
upon
me"
1:22 So
Naomi
returned,
and
Ruth
the
Moabite
her
daughter-in-law
with
her,
who
returned
from
the
country
of
Moab.
And
they
came
to
Bethlehem
at
the
beginning
of
barley
harvest.