路得記 2
1 納敖米的丈夫厄里默肋客家族中有個親人，是有錢有勢的人，名叫波阿次。
But there was a man related to Elimelech, a powerful man, and very wealthy, named Boaz.
2 摩阿布女子盧德對納敖米說：「讓我到田裏去，我在誰眼中蒙恩，就在誰後面拾麥穗。」納敖米答應她說：「我女，你去罷! 」
And Ruth, the Moabite, said to her mother-in-law, “If you order, I will go into the field and gather the ears of grain which escape the reaping hand, wherever I will find favor with the father of a family, who will be compassionate to me.” She answered her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 她就去了，來到田間，在收割人的後面拾麥穗。可巧，她正來到了厄里默肋客家族人波阿次的田地裏。
And so she went and gathered the ears of grain after the completion of the reaping. But it happened that this field was owned by Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
4 當時波阿次也正從白冷來到，向收割的人說：「願上主與你們同在! 」他們回答他說：「願上主祝福你! 」
And behold, he came out of Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you.” They answered him, “May the Lord bless you.”
5 波阿次問監督收割的僕人說：「這是誰家的女子﹖」
And Boaz said to the young man who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”
6 監督收割的僕人答說：「是那由摩阿布鄉間與納敖米歸來的摩阿布女子。
He answered him, “This is the Moabite woman, who came with Naomi, from the land of the Moabites,
7 她事先請求過：請讓我在收割的人後面拾取麥穗。她來到這裏，從早晨到現在，從未休息片刻。」波阿次厚待盧德
and she asked to gather the remnants of the ears of grain, following the steps of the reapers, and from morning until now she has remained in the field, and, indeed, not for one moment has she returned home.”
8 波阿次對盧德說：「我女，你聽我的話，你不要到別人的田裏去拾取，也不要離開這裏，要常同我的使女在一起。
And Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen to me, daughter. Do not go to gather in any other field, nor depart from this place, but join with my young women,
9 你看僕人們在那塊田裏收割，你就跟著去，我已吩咐了僕人們不要難為你。你渴了，可到水罐那裏去喝僕人打來的水。」
and follow where they reap. For I have given orders to my young men, so that no one is to harass you. And so, whenever you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from the waters that the young men also drink.”
10 盧德遂俯首至地，向他下拜說：「我怎樣竟蒙你如此垂青，眷顧我這外方的女子﹖」
She, falling on her face and paying homage on the ground, said to him: “How did this happen to me, that I should find favor before your eyes, and that you would condescend to accept me, a foreign woman?”
11 波阿次答覆她說：「自你丈夫死後，你怎樣待了你的婆婆，以及你怎樣離開了你的父母和故鄉，來到這素不相識的民族中；這一切事，人家都一一告訴了我。
He answered her, “Everything has been reported to me, what things you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you left your parents, and the land in which you were born, and came to a people you did not know before.
12 願上主報答你的功德，願你投奔於他翼下的上主，以色列的天主，賜與你的報答是豐富的! 」
May the Lord repay you for your work, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you have come, and under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
13 盧德答說：「我主，我連你的一個婢女都不如，竟在你眼裏蒙恩，你竟安慰我，對你的婢女說出這樣動心的話! 」
She said, “I have found favor before your eyes, my lord, who has consoled me, and you have spoken to the heart of your handmaid, who is unlike one of your young women.”
14 到了吃飯的時候，波阿次對她說：「你上前來吃餅，將你的餅浸在酸酒裏。」她就坐在收割的人旁，波阿次遞給了她烘焙的麥遂；她吃了，也吃飽了，還有剩下的。
And Boaz said to her, “When mealtime begins, come here, and eat bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” And so she sat beside the reapers, and she piled up parched grain for herself, and she ate and was satisfied, and carried off the leftovers.
15 當她起來再拾取麥穗的時候，波阿次吩咐他的僕人說：「就連她在麥捆中拾取，你們有不要為難她；
And then she arose from there, so as to gather the ears of grain, according to the custom. But Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “If she is even willing to reap with you, do not prevent her,
16 並且要從麥梱中，為她抽出些來，留下讓她拾取，不要叱責她。」
and purposely let fall some from your bundles, and allow them to remain, so that she may gather without blushing, and let no one rebuke her gathering.”
17 她在田間拾取麥穗，直到晚上，將所拾的打了約有「一厄法」大麥。盧德回家
And so she gathered in the field until evening. And striking and threshing with a staff what she had gathered, she found about the measure of an ephah of barley, that is, three measures.
18 她就背著回城去，教她婆婆看看她的收獲；又將吃飽後剩下的東西，拿出來給了她。
Carrying this, she returned into the city and showed it to her mother-in-law. Moreover, she offered it to her and even gave her the leftovers of her food, with which she had been satisfied.
19 她的婆婆問她說：「你今天在那裏拾麥穗，在那裏工作﹖願那眷顧你的人家蒙受祝福! 」她就告訴她婆婆，她在誰那裏工作，並且說：「我今天在他那裏工作的人，名叫波阿次。」
And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gathered today, and where have you found work? Blessed is he who took pity on you!” And she informed her with whom she had been working, and she said the man’s name, that he was called Boaz.
20 納敖米對她的兒媳說：「願那位從未忘卻對生者死者施慈愛的上主祝福這人! 」納敖米又向她說：「這人是我們的親人，且是有至親義務的人。」
Naomi answered her, “May he be blessed by the Lord, because the same kindness which he provided for the living, he also kept for the dead.” And again she said: “This man is our near relative.”
21 摩阿布女子盧德接著說：「並且他還對我說過：你要常同我的僕人在一起，直到收完我的莊稼。」
And Ruth said, “He charged me with this also, that from now on I should join with his reapers until all the crop has been reaped.”
22 納敖米向自己的兒媳盧德說：「我女，你更好跟著他的使女去罷! 免得在別人的田裏受難為。」
And her mother-in-law said to her, “It is better, my daughter, to go out reaping with his young women, lest in a stranger’s field someone may confront you.”
23 盧德就緊隨著波阿次的使女拾麥穗，直到收完了大麥和小麥。盧德時常與自己的婆婆住在一起。
And so, she joined with the young women of Boaz, and from then on reaped with them, until the barley and the wheat were stored in the barns.
