Catholic Public Domain Version
"Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.” "
— Ruth 1:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.”
“And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law. ”
“She said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law."”
“So Naomi said,“Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law back home!””
“And Noemi said to her: Behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people, and to her gods, go thou with her.”
“And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.”
“And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.”
Return, my daughters, go forth. For I am now exhausted by old age, and not fit for the bond of marriage. Even if I were to conceive on this night, and bear sons,
if you were willing to wait until they were grown and had completed the years of adolescence, you would be elderly before you could marry. Do not do so, I beg you, my daughters. For your difficulties weigh upon me greatly, and the hand of the Lord has been set against me.”
In response, they lifted up their voice and began to weep again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, and then turned back. Ruth clung to her mother-in-law.
Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
She answered, “Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God.
Whichever land will receive you dying, in the same I will die, and there I will have the place of my burial. May God cause these things to happen to me, and add more also, if anything except death alone should separate you and I.”
Therefore, Naomi saw that Ruth, being firmly resolved in her soul, was determined to go with her, and that she was unwilling to be dissuaded, and that nothing further could convince her to return to her own.