Go back to your mother's house May God have mercy on you as He has mercy on me and the dead May God bless you both as you remarry and live happily ever after May none of you remarry May you not divorce me

No mother we will be with you We will be among your people We do not want to be with you Your people are deadly Being with you will not do you any good

What is the benefit to you of coming with me? Am I going to have more sons for you to marry? So go back I am too old The period of cohabitation is over

Because she lost her sons Because her daughter-in-law lost her husband Because she was old Because she could not live with her daughter-in-law Because she had a lot of property

She wept again Kissed her mother-in-law Orpah then went back She went back to her race She went back to her gods

Ruth cried again She refused to leave her mother-in-law She cooked for her mother-in-law He bought a donkey to carry his mother-in-law He carried his mother-in-law on a donkey

Do not force me to leave you Where you go we will come? Your home is my home Your race is my race Your God is my God

Where you die, there I will die There will be my grave Even in death I will not part from you May the Lord punish me if I leave you Ruth decided to leave her mother-in-law

Naomi said nothing else They continued their journey They reached the town of Bethlehem They went the other way, believing that Jesus would not be born in Bethlehem The people there stopped them and told them to stay there

There was a commotion in the town The townspeople came to attack them They spoke to them saying that she was Naomi Nakakomi came dressed in a different dress The donkey they came to was hungry

Don't call me Naomi I went away full I came empty handed The Lord has afflicted me The Lord has laid sorrow upon me

There the wheat harvest had started The people had not planted the crop The crops were soaked in the rain The people were withering as the flood had destroyed the crops The people were not harvesting the wheat with enthusiasm

Naomi's cousin was Boaz He was rich He was influential He is a relative in the way of Elimelek He is an enemy of Naomi

I am picking up wheat Give me permission Ruth refused permission Naomi went to the field Ruth said I will not go to the field

She followed the harvesters She received the sheaves they shed The field belonged to Elimelek's clan, Boaz Moses was there Aaron was also there in the field