9. May the Lord repay each of you so that you may find security in a home with a husband.”When she kissed them goodbye, they began to cry loudly.
10. They said to her, “We are going back with you to your people.”
11. But Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb who could be your husbands?
12. Go back, my daughters. Go, because I am too old to get married again. If I said that I still have hope. . . . And if I had a husband tonight. . . . And even if I gave birth to sons,
13. would you wait until they grew up and stay single just for them? No, my daughters. My bitterness is much worse than yours because the Lord has sent me so much trouble.”
14. They began to cry loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth held on to her tightly.
15. Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Go back with your sister-in-law.”