Lùdéjì 1:14

14 Liǎng gè ér fù yòu fàng shēng ér kū , é Ěr bā yǔ pópo qīnzuǐér bié , zhǐshì Lùdé shĕ bùdé ná é mǐ .

Lùdéjì 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 1:14

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again
Not being able to bear the thought of parting, or that they must be obliged to it:

and Orpah kissed her mother in law;
gave her the parting kiss, as the Jews ^F5 call it; and which was used by other people ^F6; but not without affection to her, and took her leave of her, as her kiss testified, since it must be so; and being moved by her reasons, and having a greater inclination to her own country than Ruth had; of the kiss at parting, see ( Genesis 31:28 ) ( 1 Kings 19:20 )

but Ruth clave unto her;
hung about her, would not part from her, but cleaved unto her in body and mind; forsaking her own people, and her father's house; neither the thought of them, nor of her native country, nor of not having an husband, or any likelihood of it, nor of poverty and distress, had any manner of influence upon her, but determined she was to go and abide with her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 70. fol. 62. 4. Shemot, sect. 5. fol. 94. 4.
F6 "----discedens oscula nulla dedi". Ovid. ep. 3. ver. 14.

Lùdéjì 1:14 In-Context

12 Wǒ nǚér men nǎ , huí qù ba , wǒ niánjì lǎomaì , bùnéng zaì yǒu zhàngfu . jíhuò shuō , wǒ hái yǒu zhǐwang , jīnyè yǒu zhàngfu kĕyǐ shēng zǐ .

13 Nǐmen qǐnéng dĕng zhe tāmen zhǎngdà ne , nǐmen qǐnéng dĕng zhe tāmen bú jià biérén ne . wǒ nǚér men nǎ , búyào zhèyàng , wǒ wèi nǐmen de yuángù , shén shì chóukǔ , yīnwei Yēhéhuá shēnshǒu gōngjī wǒ .

14 Liǎng gè ér fù yòu fàng shēng ér kū , é Ěr bā yǔ pópo qīnzuǐér bié , zhǐshì Lùdé shĕ bùdé ná é mǐ .

15 Ná é mǐ shuō , kàn nǎ , nǐ sǎo zǐ yǐjing huí tā bĕn guó , hé tā suǒ baì de shén nàli qù le , nǐ yĕ gēn zhe nǐ sǎo zǐ huí qù ba .

16 Lùdé shuō , búyào cuī wǒ huí qù bú gēnsuí nǐ , nǐ wǎng nǎli qù , wǒ yĕ wǎng nàli qù . nǐ zaì nǎli zhù sù , wǒ yĕ zaì nàli zhù sù . nǐde guó jiù shì wǒde guó , nǐde shén jiù shì wǒde shén .