8 On the way she said to them: »Go back home and stay with your mothers. Jehovah should be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died.
9 »May Jehovah make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home.« Then Naomi kissed them good-bye and they cried.
10 They said to her: »No! We will go with you to your people.«
11 »You must go back, my daughters,« Naomi replied. »Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry?
12 »Return home, my daughters. I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought there was still hope, and got married and had sons,
13 »would you wait for them to grow up? Would this keep you from marrying someone else? No, my daughters, you know that is not possible. Jehovah has turned against me. I feel sorry for you.«
14 They started crying again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home. Ruth held on to her.