路得記 3
1 盧德的婆婆納敖米向她說：「我女，難道我不應為你找個安身之處，使你幸福嗎﹖
And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2 如今你同他的使女常在一起的波阿次，不是我們的親人嗎﹖看，他今夜要在禾場上簸大麥，
And now, is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he is winnowing barley in the threshing-floor to-night.
3 你去沐浴，抹油，披上你的外衣下，到禾場上去，但不要使那人認出你來，直等他吃喝完了，
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor; make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 到他睡覺的時候，你要看清他睡覺的地方；然後就去掀開他腳上的外衣，，我必依照遵行。」
And it shall be, when he lies down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall have lain down, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thyself down; and he will shew thee what thou shalt do.
5 盧德回答她說：「你所囑咐我的，我必依照遵行。」
And she said to her, All that thou sayest will I do.
6 她便下到禾場上，作了她婆婆所吩咐她的事。盧德夜訪波阿次
And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law had bidden her.
7 波阿次吃了喝了，心中暢快，就走到麥堆旁躺下了。盧德暗暗地去掀開了他腳上的外衣，躺臥自那裏。
And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then she went softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.
8 到了半夜，那人驚起，往前屈身一看，見一個女人睡在他的腳旁，
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 便問說：「你是誰」她答說：「我是你的婢女盧德，請你伸開你的衣襟，覆在你婢女身上罷! 因為你是我的至親。」
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth, thy handmaid: spread thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou hast the right of redemption.
10 波阿次說：「我女，願你蒙上主的祝福! 你行的仁愛，後者實勝於前者，以致貧富的少年，你都沒有跟隨
And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter! Thou hast shewn more kindness at the end than at the first, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
11 我女，如今你不必害怕，凡你同我所說的，我都願為你做到，因為我本城的人，都知道你是一位賢德的婦女
And now, my daughter, fear not: all that thou sayest will I do to thee; for all the gate of my people knows that thou art a woman of worth.
12 的確，我是你的至親，不過還有一位至親，比我更近。
And now, truly I am one that has the right of redemption, yet there is one that has the right of redemption who is nearer than I.
13 今夜你在這裏過夜，明早若他願意對你盡至親的義務，就由他盡好了! 如果他不願意，──上主永在! 我必對你盡至親的義務。你儘管睡到天明。盧德回報婆母
Stay over to-night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will redeem thee, well — let him redeem; but if he like not to redeem thee, then will I redeem thee, [as] Jehovah liveth. Lie down until the morning.
14 她就在他的腳旁睡到天明。在人能彼此辨別以前，她就起來了；波阿次心想：「不要叫人知道有婦女來過場上。」
And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the threshing-floor.
15 於是他說：「伸開你所披的外衣，雙手拿住! 」她就拿著，波阿次量了六斗大麥穗給她，放在她肩上；她就背著回城去了。
And he said, Bring the cloak that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And she held it, and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her; and he went into the city.
16 到了婆婆那裏，婆婆就問她說：「我女，事情怎樣﹖」盧德就向她述說了那人對她所作的一切；
And she came to her mother-in-law; and she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
17 並說：「他還給了我這六斗大麥，因為他向我說：你不要空手回去見你的婆婆。」
And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.
18 納敖米就說：「我女，你等著罷! 看這事有什麼結果；因為這人除非今日把這事辦成，必不安心。」
Then she said, Be still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest until he have completed the matter this day.
