complete verse (Ruth 4:11 - 4:12)

Following are a number of back-translations of Ruth 4:11-12:

  • Noongar: “Then all the elders and all the people sitting at the gate, they said, ‘We are witnesses, May God bless this woman who is going into your home, so she will become like Rachel and Leah who together raised the people of Israel. God will give you fame in Ephratha and give you a big name in Bethlehem. God will give you many children with this young woman, the Lord will bless you and this young woman so your family will become like the family of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.’” (Source: Bardip Ruth-Ang 2020)
  • Eastern Bru: “Then all the leaders and the other people in that place said: ‘Surely we have heard all these things. And we ask that God make this woman, who will become your wife, to have many offspring like Rachel and Leah. Rachel and Leah are the female ancestors of all of Israel. And we pray that you will have wealth in Ephrathah and become a great leader in the city of Behlehem also. And we ask that God will allow you and this woman to have many offspring like Perez. Perez was our ancestor long ago. The father of Perez was Juda, and his mother was Tamar.’” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The rulers of the town and all the people there at the gate replied, ‘Yes, we(excl) are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman-whom- you(sg) -will-marry (be) like Raquel and Lea who bore children, who became the people of Israel. May you(sg) become-rich in Efrata and become famous in Betlehem. May the children that the LORD will-give you(sg) through this woman cause- your(sg) family -to-be-famous like the family of Perez, the child of Juda by Tamar.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All the elders and the others who were sitting at the town gate agreed, and one of them said, ‘Yes, we are witnesses. We hope/desire that Yahweh will enable this woman, who will be coming into your home, to give birth to many children, as Rachel and Leah did. They are the women from whom all us people of Israel are descended. We hope that you will become rich in the clan of Ephratah, and become famous here in Bethlehem. We hope/desire that Yahweh will enable you and this young woman to have many descendants. And we hope/desire that your family will be as important as the family of your ancestor Perez, the son of Judah and Tamar.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ruth 1:15 - 1:17)

Following are a number of back-translations of Ruth 1:15-1:17:

  • Noongar: “Naomi said to Ruth, ‘Look! Your sister-in-law is returning to her family and her gods. Return with her.’ But Ruth said, ‘Don’t tell me to leave you or go away from you. Where you go, I will go; where you stay, I will stay; your people will be my people and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die –- there they will bury me. May God strike me if I leave you before I die.'” (Source: Bardip Ruth-Ang 2020)
  • Eastern Bru: “So Naomi said to Ruth: ‘Here! Your sister has returned to the home of her mother and father, and she has returned to worship the gods of her country. Now you do like that also. You follow your sister.’But Ruth answered: ‘Please don’t drive me away. I want to go with you. Whatever place you go, I will go to that place also. Whatever place you live, I will live in that place also. Your family will be like my family also. Your God will be as my God also. Whatever place you die, I want to die in that place also. Whatever place they bury you, I want them to bury me in that place also. If we are still living but I leave you, I ask that God will give me heavy punishment and kill me.’” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Noemi said, ‘Look, your(sg) sister-in-law is now there-(distant), she has- now -returned to her fellow-countrymen and to her god, so you(pl) go with her.’ But Ruth replied, ‘Do- not -force me to leave you(sg), for wherever you(sg) go I will-go there too, and wherever you(sg) live I will-live there too. Your(sg) countrymen will-become my fellow-countrymen too, and your(sg) God will-become my God too. Where you(sg) will-die, there I will-die too and there also be-buried. May the LORD punish me very severely if I will-separate from you(sg), unless I will- now -die.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Naomi said to her, ‘Look! Your sister-in-law is going back to her relatives and to her gods! Go back with her!’ But Ruth replied, ‘No! Don’t urge me to leave you! I want to go with you. Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your relatives will be my relatives, and the God you worship will be the God I worship. Where you die, I will die. Where you are buried, I will be buried. May Yahweh punish me severely if I separate from you. I will be separated from you only when one of us dies.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ruth 2:21 - 2:23)

Following are a number of back-translations of Ruth 2:21-23:

  • Noongar: “Then Ruth of Moab said, ‘He also told me, ‘Stay close to my workers until they stop harvesting all my wheat’.’ Naomi told Ruth, her son’s wife, ‘This is better, my daughter. You must work near his young women because people might hurt you in another wheat field.’ So Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s young women until they finished gathering wheat. She lived in the home of her mother-in-law.” (Source: Bardip Ruth-Ang 2020)
  • Eastern Bru: “And Ruth, the Moabite said: ‘Boaz told me: ‘You stay near the people who work for me until the day they finish harvesting for me.’‘ Then Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law: ‘Very good, child! You go always with the people who work for Boaz. Don’t go to any other field. If you go to another field maybe they will do badly to you.’ Then Ruth went always with the people who worked for Boas until they finished harvesting the grain. And she continued to live with her mother-in-law.” And Naomi said: ‘Surely this person is from our clan also very near to us.’” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Ruth said to Noemi, “Boaz even said to me that I should- only -go-with his men to glean until all his harvest will-be-finished.” Noemi said to Ruth, “Child, it-would-be-good if you(sg) go with his female servant, because something might happen to you(sg)/[lit. because might/possibly if what-(ever) else the will-happen to you(sg)] in another field.” So Ruth went-with the female servant of Boaz. She gleaned the heads-of-grain until the season/time-of-harvest of barley and wheat was finished. And she continued to live with her mother-in-law.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Ruth said, ‘He also said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they have finished harvesting all my grain.’’ Naomi replied, ‘My daughter, it will be good for you to go to his field with his servant girls, because if you go to someone else’s field, someone might harm/molest you.’ So Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s servant girls while she was working. She gathered stalks of grain until the barley harvest and the wheat harvest were finished. During that time she lived with Naomi.” (Source: Translation for Translators)