- In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
- The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
- Now Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.
- They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
- both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
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- 当士师秉政的时候,国中遭遇饥荒,在犹大伯利恒,有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子,往摩押地去寄居。
- 这人名叫以利米勒,他的妻名叫拿俄米。他两个儿子,一个名叫玛伦,一个名叫基连,都是犹大伯利恒的以法他人。他们到了摩押地,就住在那里。
- 后来拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒死了,剩下妇人和她两个儿子。
- 这两个儿子娶了摩押女子为妻,一个名叫俄珥巴,一个名叫路得,在那里住了约有十年。
- 玛伦和基连二人也死了,剩下拿俄米,没有丈夫,也没有儿子。
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