1
Ru 1:1-5.
英語原文
Ru 1:1-5.
ELIMELECH, DRIVEN BY FAMINE INTO MOAB, DIES THERE.
1. in the days when the judges ruled--The beautiful and interesting story which this book relates belongs to the early times of the judges. The precise date cannot be ascertained.
2
無題
- 以利米勒——意為「我的神是王」。
拿俄米——意為「美麗」或「愉悅」；他們的兩個兒子瑪倫與基連，被認為與
（代上 4:22）
的約阿施與薩拉是同一人。
以法他人——伯利恆的古名是以法他（
創 35:19; 48:7）。
這名字在希伯來人佔據那地之後仍被沿用，甚至延續到先知彌迦的時代（
彌 5:2）。
猶大伯利恆——為與西布倫一支同名的城邑有所區別而如此稱呼。這個家庭因饑荒所迫不得不遷往摩押，在那國寄居了數年。父親去世之後，兩個兒子娶了摩押女子為妻。這是違反摩西律法的
（申 7:3; 23:3;
拉 9:2;
尼 13:23）；
猶太作者們說，兩個年輕人之所以早逝，正是神因他們那些不合法的結合而加諸他們身上的審判。
英語原文
2. Elimelech--signifies "My God is king."
Naomi--"fair or pleasant"; and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, are supposed to be the same as Joash and Saraph
(1Ch 4:22).
Ephrathites--The ancient name of Beth-lehem was Ephrath
(Ge 35:19; 48:7),
which was continued after the occupation of the land by the Hebrews, even down to the time of the prophet Micah
(Mic 5:2).
Beth-lehem-judah--so called to distinguish it from a town of the same name in Zebulun. The family, compelled to emigrate to Moab through pressure of a famine, settled for several years in that country. After the death of their father, the two sons married Moabite women. This was a violation of the Mosaic law
(De 7:3; 23:3; Ezr 9:2; Ne 13:23);
and Jewish writers say that the early deaths of both the young men were divine judgments inflicted on them for those unlawful connections.
6
Ru 1:6-18.
得 1:6-18。
拿俄米歸回故鄉，路得與她同行。
6, 7. 她就與兩個兒婦起身，要從摩押地歸回——這位年邁的寡婦渴望享受以色列的特權，一確知饑荒已經止息，便決定歸回故土，並與兩個兒婦作了必要的安排。
英語原文
Ru 1:6-18.
NAOMI RETURNING HOME, RUTH ACCOMPANIES HER.
6, 7. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab--The aged widow, longing to enjoy the privileges of Israel, resolved to return to her native land as soon as she was assured that the famine had ceased, and made the necessary arrangements with her daughters-in-law.
8
無題
- 拿俄米對兩個兒婦說，你們各人回娘家去罷——在東方各國，女子住在與男子分開的房舍裡，女兒多半住在母親的房舍中。
願耶和華恩待你們，像你們恩待已死的人一樣——即在我兒子、你們丈夫活著時，你們怎樣待他們，願耶和華也照樣待你們。
英語原文
8. Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house--In Eastern countries women occupy apartments separate from those of men, and daughters are most frequently in those of their mother.
the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead--that is, with my sons, your husbands, while they lived.
9
無題
- 願耶和華使你們各在新夫家中得享平安——享受一種寧靜的生活，不受寡婦處境所特別容易遭遇的憂慮、負擔與煩擾所打擾。
於是與她們親嘴——東方人朋友離別時的禮節。
英語原文
9. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest--enjoy a life of tranquillity, undisturbed by the cares, incumbrances, and vexatious troubles to which a state of widowhood is peculiarly exposed.
Then she kissed them--the Oriental manner when friends are parting.
11
無題
- 我腹中豈還有兒子可使你們作丈夫麼——這話指涉古時的習俗（
創 38:26），
後來更被摩西律法明文認可（
申 25:5），
即要求弟弟娶已故哥哥的遺孀為妻。
英語原文
11. are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?--This alludes to the ancient custom
(Ge 38:26)
afterwards expressly sanctioned by the law of Moses
(De 25:5),
which required a younger son to marry the widow of his deceased brother.
12
無題
12, 13. 我的女兒們哪，回去罷——拿俄米如此極力勸阻兩個兒婦陪她往以色列地去，似乎令人費解。但這是她所能採取的最明智、最審慎的做法：第一，因為她們可能受到無法實現之盼望的影響；第二，因為她們可能在一時的情感激動下，採取日後後悔的步驟；第三，因為她們對她所教導之真宗教的歸信，其真誠與程度都將受到徹底的試驗。
英語原文
12, 13. Turn again, my daughters, go your way--That Naomi should dissuade her daughters-in-law so strongly from accompanying her to the land of Israel may appear strange. But it was the wisest and most prudent course for her to adopt: first, because they might be influenced by hopes which could not be realized; second, because they might be led, under temporary excitement, to take a step they might afterwards regret; and, third, because the sincerity and strength of their conversion to the true religion, which she had taught them, would be thoroughly tested.
13
無題
- 耶和華出手攻擊我——即我不僅沒有能力為你們另尋丈夫，處境也困難到不能想像你們與我同受匱乏。拿俄米的話說服了俄珥巴，她回到自己的本族和她的神那裡去了。路得卻緊隨著她；即便在斯特恩（Sterne）——那位擅長寫哀情的大師——的筆下，也沒有什麼比他所引用自聖經、路得對婆婆這番單純傾吐，更能喚起讀者的情感了〔查麥士（Chalmers）語〕。
英語原文
13. the hand of the Lord is gone out against me--that is, I am not only not in a condition to provide you with other husbands, but so reduced in circumstances that I cannot think of your being subjected to privations with me. The arguments of Naomi prevailed with Orpah, who returned to her people and her gods. But Ruth clave unto her; and even in the pages of Sterne, that great master of pathos, there is nothing which so calls forth the sensibilities of the reader as the simple effusion he has borrowed from Scripture--of Ruth to her mother-in-law [CHALMERS].
19
Ru 1:19-22.
得 1:19-22。
她們來到伯利恆。
19-22. 合城的人就都驚訝——拿俄米如今是一個被棄而淒涼的寡婦，她離開時所享受的興盛與家庭幸福的光景，與她現在的處境形成如此痛苦的對比。
英語原文
Ru 1:19-22.
THEY COME TO BETH-LEHEM.
19-22. all the city was moved about them--The present condition of Naomi, a forlorn and desolate widow, presented so painful a contrast to the flourishing state of prosperity and domestic bliss in which she had been at her departure.
22
無題
- 動手割大麥的時候——相當於我們今日的三月底。
英語原文
22. in the beginning of barley harvest--corresponding to the end of our March.
得 1:1-5。
以利米勒因饑荒被迫遷往摩押，並死在那裡。