1. In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

2. The name of the man was Elim'elech and the name of his wife Na'omi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chil'ion; they were Eph'rathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

3. But Elim'elech, the husband of Na'omi, died, and she was left with her two sons.


5. and both Mahlon and Chil'ion died, so that the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband.

6. Then she started with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food.

7. So she set out from the place where she was, with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

8. But Na'omi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

9. The LORD grant that you may find a home, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

10. And they said to her, "No, we will return with you to your people."

11. But Na'omi said, "Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?


13. would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me."





18. And when Na'omi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.


20. She said to them, "Do not call me Na'omi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

21. I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Na'omi, when the LORD has afflicted me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?"


“Na igreja se fala somente com Deus.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina