Ruth 1:1-22
1 Lo taem wea olketa judge* leadim Israel bigfala hangere hem happen lo there. Wanfala man hem lusim Bethlehem, lo Judah, and hem muv go lo Moab. Hem witim waef and tufala son blo hem.
2 Nem blo datfala man hem, Elimelech,* and waef blo hem, Naomi.* Nem blo tufala son blo hem, Mahlon,* and Chilion.* Olketa hia olketa Ephrathite wea kam from Bethlehem, lo Judah. Olketa kam and stap nao lo Moab.
3 Gogo, hasband blo Naomi, Elimelech, hem dae, and Naomi witim tufala son blo hem nomoa stap.
4 Bihaen, tufala son blo hem maritim tufala woman lo Moab. Wanfala, nem blo hem Orpah and narawan, nem blo hem Ruth. Olketa stap lo there for samting olsem tenfala year.
5 Gogo, tufala son blo hem, Mahlon and Chilion, tufala dae tu, so Naomi no garem eni pikinini or hasband nao.
6 Taem hem lo Moab hem herem Jehovah blessim moa pipol blo hem and olketa garem kaikai.* So hem disaed for lusim Moab and go bak lo hom blo hem, and tufala dota-in-law blo hem tu go witim hem.
7 Hem lusim ples wea hem and tufala dota-in-law blo hem stap. Taem olketa wakabaot followim road wea go for Judah,
8 Naomi sei lo tufala dota-in-law blo hem: “Iutufala go bak and stay witim mami blo iutufala. Jehovah bae showim loyal love* lo iutufala olsem hao iutufala showim loyal love lo tufala hasband blo iutufala wea dae, and lo mi tu.
9 Jehovah bae givim hasband lo iutufala wea bae lukaftarem iutufala gud.” Then hem kissim tufala, and evriwan krae big.
10 Tufala gohed sei lo hem: “Nomoa, mitufala bae go witim iu lo olketa pipol blo iu.”
11 Bat Naomi sei: “Go bak, tufala gele blo mi. Why nao iutufala laek go witim mi? Hao, mi fit for bornem moa olketa boy for iutufala savve maritim?
12 Go bak, tufala gele blo mi. Iutufala go bak, bikos mi olo nao and mi no fit for marit moa. Nomata sapos mi marit tuday and mi bornem olketa boy,
13 hao, bae iutufala weit kasem taem olketa big? Or hao, bae iutufala laek stap olsem nomoa for weitim olketa? Nomoa, tufala gele blo mi. Jehovah hem lusim mi, and mi sorre tumas lo samting wea kasem iutufala bikos lo datwan.”
14 Then evriwan krae big moa, and Orpah kissim mami-in-law blo hem and go bak. Bat Ruth no laek for lusim Naomi.
15 So Naomi sei: “Lukim! Sista-in-law blo iu hem go bak lo pipol blo hem and olketa god blo hem. Iu go bak witim sista-in-law blo iu.”
16 Bat Ruth sei: “Plis, iu no talem mi for lusim iu, and for go bak. Ples iu go lo hem, bae mi go tu, and ples wea iu sleep lo hem, bae mi sleep lo hem tu. Pipol blo iu bae pipol blo mi, and God blo iu bae God blo mi.
17 Ples wea iu dae, bae mi dae lo hem tu, and lo there nao bae olketa berem mi. Dae nomoa bae separatem iumi tufala. Sapos mi brekem disfala promis bae Jehovah mas panisim mi.”
18 Taem Naomi luksavve Ruth laekem tumas for go followim hem, hem no stopem hem nao.
19 So tufala wakabaot gogo tufala kasem Bethlehem. Taem tufala arrive lo Bethlehem, evriwan lo datfala taon sapraes for lukim tufala, and olketa woman gohed for ask: “Naomi nao ia?”
20 Then Naomi sei lo olketa: “Distaem iufala no kolem mi Naomi,* bat iufala kolem mi, Mara* bikos Olmaeti God letem staka hard samting for kasem mi.
21 Taem mi lusim disfala ples mi garem staka samting, bat taem mi kam bak mi no garem eni samting and no garem eniwan bikos Jehovah tekem evri samting from mi nao. So hem no fitim for iufala kolem mi Naomi bikos Jehovah hem againstim mi and Olmaeti God hem mekem mi for kasem barava nogud samting.”
22 Diswan nao story blo Naomi and olketa samting wea happen lo hem taem hem lusim Moab witim dota-in-law blo hem Ruth, wea hem woman from Moab. Taem tufala kasem lo Bethlehem hem start blo season for harvestim barley.
Olketa footnote
^ Lukim “Judge” lo Dictionary.
^ Wea minim “God blo Mi Hem King.”
^ Wea minim “Samting wea Mekem Mi Hapi.”
^ Disfala nem maet hem kam from Hebrew word wea minim “kamap wik, or kasem sik.”
^ Wea minim “Man wea Wik. Man wea Gogo for Dae.”
^ Heb., “bred.”
^ Lukim “Loyal Love” lo Dictionary.
^ Wea minim “Samting wea Mekem Mi Hapi.”
^ Wea minim “Saoa.”
