1 In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
16 Ruth said, "Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God1:16 The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "אֱלֹהִ֑ים" (Elohim). my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me."
20 She said to them, "Don’t call me Naomi.1:20 "Naomi" means "pleasant". Call me Mara,1:20 "Mara" means "bitter". for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"