راعُوث 2

١ 1 وَكَانَ لِنُعْمِي قَرِيبٌ وَاسِعُ الثَّرَاءِ وَالنُّفُوذِ، مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ أَلِيمَالِكَ زَوْجِهَا، اسْمُهُ بُوعَزُ.

There was a man in Bethlehem who belonged to the clan of [Naomi’s dead husband], Elimelech. He was rich and well-known/influential. His name was Boaz.

٢ 2 فَقَالَتْ رَاعُوثُ الْمُوآبِيَّةُ لِنُعْمِي: «دَعِينِي أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ وَأَلْتَقِطُ السَّنَابِلَ الْمُتَخَلِّفَةَ عَنْ أَيِّ وَاحِدٍ أَحْظَى بِرِضَاهُ». فَأَجَابَتْهَا: «اذْهَبِي يَا ابْنَتِي»

[One day] Ruth said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the grain left behind by the workers.” Naomi replied, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

٣ 3 فَمَضَتْ إِلَى حَقْلٍ وَشَرَعَتْ تَلْتَقِطُ السَّنَابِلَ وَرَاءَ الْحَصَّادِينَ.

So Ruth went to the fields and began to pick up some of the left-over grain. And it happened that she was working in a field that belonged to Boaz, [the man] from the clan of [her dead father-in-law], Elimelech!

٤ 4 وَاتَّفَقَ أَنَّ قِطْعَةَ الْحَقْلِ الَّتِي رَاحَتْ رَاعُوثُ تَلْتَقِطُ مِنْهَا السَّنَابِلَ، كَانَتْ مِلْكاً لِبُوعَزَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ أَلِيمَالِكَ.

Just then, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He greeted the men who were harvesting the grain, saying, “I want Yahweh to bless you!” They replied, “We want Yahweh to bless you, [too]!”

٥ 5 وَجَاءَ بُوعَزُ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ وَقَالَ لِلْحَصَّادِينَ: «الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ». فَأَجَابُوهُ «يُبَارِكُكَ الرَّبُّ».

Then Boaz saw Ruth, and asked the (foreman/man in charge of the other workmen), “Whose [daughter] is that young woman?”

٦ 6 فَسَأَلَ بُوعَزُ غُلَامَهُ الْمُشْرِفَ عَلَى الْحَصَّادِينَ: «مَنْ هَذِهِ الْفَتَاةُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «هِيَ فَتَاةٌ مُوآبِيَّةٌ، رَجَعَتْ مَعْ نُعْمِي مِنْ بِلادِ مُوآبَ.

The foreman replied, “She is the woman from Moab who returned from there with [her mother-in-law] Naomi.

٧ 7 وَطَلَبَتْ قَائِلَةً: دَعُونِي أَلْتَقِطُ وَأَجْمَعُ السَّنَابِلَ الْمُتَسَاقِطَةَ بَيْنَ الْحُزَمِ وَرَاءَ الْحَصَّادِينَ، وَقَدْ ظَلَّتْ تَلْتَقِطُ مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى الآنَ، لَمْ تَسْتَرِحْ فِي الظِّلِّ إِلّا قَلِيلاً».

She said to me, ‘Please let me walk behind the men who are harvesting the grain and pick up some of the grain they leave behind.’ [I gave her permission, and] she went into the field, and she has been working from this morning until now. The only time she did not work was when she rested for a short time in the shelter.”

٨ 8 فَقَالَ بُوعَزُ لِرَاعُوثَ: «اسْتَمِعِي يَا ابْنَتِي، امْكُثِي هُنَا لِتَلْتَقِطِي السَّنَابِلَ وَلا تَذْهَبِي إِلَى حَقْلٍ آخَرَ، وَلازِمِي فَتَيَاتِي الْعَامِلاتِ فِيهِ.

So Boaz went over to Ruth and said to her, “Young lady, listen to me. Don’t go and pick up grain in another field. Do not go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls.

٩ 9 رَاقِبِي الْحَقْلَ الَّذِي يَحْصُدُهُ الْحَصَّادُونَ وَاذْهَبِي وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَوْصَيْتُ الْغِلْمَانَ أَلّا يَمَسُّوكِ بِسُوءٍ. وَإذَا شَعَرْتِ بِالْعَطَشِ فَاذْهَبِي وَاشْرَبِي مِنَ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي مَلأُوهَا».

Watch where the men are harvesting, and follow along behind the [servant] girls. I will tell the men [who are working] not to touch/molest you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get some water to drink from the jars that the men have filled.”

١٠ 10 فَانْحَنَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ لَقِيتُ حُظْوَةً لَدَيْكَ فَاهْتَمَمْتَ بِي أَنَا الْغَرِيبَةَ؟»

When he said that, she knelt down in front of him [in respect], with her face touching the ground. She exclaimed, “Why are you acting so kindly toward me, by paying attention to me? [I am not even a Jew; I am] a foreigner!”

١١ 11 فَأَجَابَهَا بُوعَزُ: «لَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي مَا أَحْسَنْتِ بِهِ إِلَى حَمَاتِكِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ زَوْجِكِ، حَتَّى إِنَّكِ تَخَلَّيْتِ عَنْ أَبِيكِ وَأُمِّكِ وَأَرْضِ مَوْلِدِكِ، وَجِئْتِ إِلَى شَعْبٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ.

Boaz replied, “People have told me all about what you have done for your mother-in-law. They told me that you left your parents and your homeland, and you came here to live among people whom you did not know before.

١٢ 12 لِيُكَافِئْكِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الَّذِي جِئْتِ لِتَحْتَمِيَ تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيْهِ، وَفْقاً لإِحْسَانِكِ. وَلْيَكُنْ أَجْرُكِ كَامِلاً مِنْ عِنْدِهِ».

I hope/desire that Yahweh will repay you for what you have done. You have put yourself in the care of Yahweh, [like a little bird puts itself] under [its mother’s] wings [MET]. I desire that he will reward you very greatly.”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَتْ: «لَيْتَنِي أَظَلُّ مُتَمَتِّعَةً بِرِضَى سَيِّدِي، فَقَدْ عَزَّيْتَنِي وَطَيَّبْتَ قَلْبَ جَارِيَتِكَ، مَعْ أَنَّنِي لَا أُسَاوِي وَاحِدَةً مِنْ جَوَارِيكَ».

She replied, “Sir, I hope you will continue to act kindly toward me. You have comforted/encouraged me, even though I am lower in status than any of your servant girls.”

١٤ 14 وَعِنْدَمَا حَلَّ مَوْعِدُ الأَكْلِ، قَالَ لَهَا بُوعَزُ: «تَقَدَّمِي وَكُلِي بَعْضَ الْخُبْزِ، وَاغْمِسِي لُقْمَتَكِ فِي الْخَمْرِ». فَجَلَسَتْ بِجَانِبِ الْحَصَّادِينَ، فَنَاوَلَهَا فَرِيكاً فَأَكَلَتْ وَشَبِعَتْ وَفَاضَ عَنْهَا.

At mealtime, Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Take some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar [and eat it].” Then when she sat down with the men who had been harvesting, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all the grain she wanted, and had some left over.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ قَامَتْ لِتَلْتَقِطَ سَنَابِلَ. فَأَمَرَ بُوعَزُ غِلْمَانَهُ قَائِلاً: «اتْرُكُوهَا تَلْتَقِطُ سَنَابِلَ بَيْنَ حُزَمِ الشَّعِيرِ أَيْضاً وَلا تَمَسُّوهَا بِأَذىً،

As she stood up to start gathering grain [again], Boaz ordered his workers, “Even if she gathers some grain near the bundles of grain that have been cut, do not scold her.

١٦ 16 بَلِ انْتَزِعُوا بَعْضَ السَّنَابِلِ مِنَ الْحُزَمِ وَاتْرُكُوهَا لَهَا لِتَلْتَقِطَهَا، وَلا تُضَايِقُوهَا».

Instead, pull out some stalks of grain from the bundles, and leave them on the ground for her to pick up, and do not rebuke her.”

١٧ 17 وَظَلَّتْ رَاعُوثُ تَلْتَقِطُ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ. ثُمَّ خَبَطَتِ السَّنَابِلَ الَّتِي الْتَقَطَتْهَا فَوَجَدَتْ أَنَّهَا نَحْوَ إِيْفَةِ شَعِيرٍ (أَيْ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لِتْرَ شَعِيرٍ)،

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. Then she (threshed/beat with a stick) the barley that she had gathered, [to separate the kernels from the stalks], and the barley filled a large basket.

١٨ 18 فَحَمَلَتْهَا وَقَدُمَتْ بِها إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. فَرَأَتْ حَمَاتُهَا مَا الْتَقَطَتْهُ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَتْ مَا فَاضَ عَنْهَا مِنْ طَعَامٍ بَعْدَ شَبْعِهَا وَأَعْطَتْهُ لِحَمَاتِهَا

She carried it back to town, and showed to her mother-in-law how much she had gathered. Ruth also showed to her the grain [that was left over after] she had eaten enough from [what Boaz had given her at lunchtime].

١٩ 19 الَّتِي سَأَلَتْهَا: «أَيْنَ الْتَقَطْتِ الْيَوْمَ، وَفِي أَيِّ حَقْلٍ عَمِلْتِ؟ لِيُبَارِكِ الرَّبُّ مَنْ كَانَ عَطُوفاً عَلَيْكِ». فَأَخْبَرَتْ رَاعُوثُ حَمَاتَهَا عَمَّنِ اشْتَغَلَتْ فِي حَقْلِهِ وَقَالَتْ: «اسْمُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي عَمِلْتُ فِي حَقْلِهِ الْيَوْمَ هُوَ بُوعَزُ».

Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you gather grain today? In whose [field] did you work? [God will] surely bless the man who was kind to you.” Then Ruth told her about the man in whose field she had been working. She said, “The name of the man [who owns the field] where I worked today is Boaz.”

٢٠ 20 فَقَالَتْ نُعْمِي لِكَنَّتِهَا: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مُبَارَكاً لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَخَلَّ عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ إِلَى الأَحْيَاءِ وَالأَمْوَاتِ». ثُمَّ اسْتَطْرَدَتْ: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَرِيبٌ لَنَا، وَهُوَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِنَا».

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless him! He has not stopped acting kindly toward [us, who are still] living, and to [our husbands] who have died.” Then she added, “That man is a close relative [of Elimelech]; he is one of those who has a responsibility to help those who are his relatives.”

٢١ 21 فَقَالَتْ رَاعُوثُ الْمُوآبِيَّةُ: «لَقَدْ طَلَبَ مِنِّي أَنْ أُلازِمَ عُمَّالَهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفُوا حَصَادَهُ».

Then Ruth said, “He also said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they have finished harvesting all my grain.’”

٢٢ 22 فَقَالَتْ نُعْمِي لِرَاعُوثَ كَنَّتِهَا: «خَيْرٌ لَكِ أَنْ تُلازِمِي فَتَيَاتِهِ لِئَلّا يَقَعَ بِكِ أَذىً لَوْ عَمِلْتِ فِي حَقْلِ آخَرَ».

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.”

٢٣ 23 فَلازَمَتْ رَاعُوثُ فَتَيَاتِ بُوعَزَ اللّاقِطَاتِ السَّنَابِلَ، حَتَّى تَمَّ حَصَادُ الشَّعِيرِ وَالْقَمْحِ أَيْضاً وَأَقَامَتْ مَعْ حَمَاتِهَا.

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.

Ruth and Boaz