1So like, back in the day when the judges were running things, there was a major famine. A dude from Bethlehem, Judah, dipped to Moab with his wifey and their two sons.

2This guy's name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their sons were Mahlon and Chilion, straight outta Bethlehem, Judah. They pulled up in Moab and stayed there.

3Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, passed away; and she was left with just her two sons.

4The sons married Moabite girls; one was Orpah and the other was Ruth. They were living that Moab life for like ten years.

5But then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; now Naomi was left alone with her two sons and her husband gone.

6So she got up with her daughters-in-law to head back home from Moab, 'cause she heard the Lord was blessing His people with food.

7They bounced from where they were, with her two daughters-in-law, and started the trip back to Judah.

8Naomi was like to her daughters-in-law, "Yo, go back to your moms' houses. The Lord be nice to you like you were to the dead and me."

9"May the Lord help you find chill in your future husbands' houses." Then she hugged them, and they all started crying.

10They were like, "Nah, we’re totally coming with you to your people."

11Naomi said, "Chill, my daughters: why you wanna roll with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb for you to marry?"

12"Seriously, my daughters, go your own way; I'm way too old for a husband. Even if I had hope and got married tonight, and had more sons;"

13"Would you wait for them to grow up? Would you stay single just for them? Nah, my daughters; it’s a big yikes for me, 'cause the Lord's hand is against me."

14They cried again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth was like, "Nah, I’m sticking with you."

15Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law went back to her peeps and her gods; you should go after her."

16But Ruth was like, "Don’t tell me to leave you or go back; wherever you go, I’m down to roll. Your people are my people, and your God is my God."

17"Where you die, I’ll die; that’s where I’ll be buried. The Lord do serious stuff to me if anything but death separates us."

18When Naomi saw Ruth was serious about going with her, she stopped talking to her.

19So they both went until they hit Bethlehem. When they got there, the whole city was shook and was like, "Is that Naomi?"

20She was like, "Don’t call me Naomi, call me Mara; the Almighty has been savage with me."

21"I left full, and the Lord brought me back empty. Why you calling me Naomi when the Lord’s been throwing shade at me?"

22So Naomi came back, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, went with her from Moab. They hit Bethlehem right at the start of barley harvest.

1Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

3And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

4And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

6Then 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 that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

7Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

8And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

9The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

10And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

11And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

12Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

13Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

14And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

15And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

16And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

19So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

21I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.