Rut 2
1 Og Noomi havde en Kynding af hendes Mands, en Mand af Vælde og Formue, af Elimeleks Slægt, og hans Navn var Boas.
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.
2 Og Ruth den moabitiske sagde til Noomi: Kære, jeg vil gaa ud paa Marken, og jeg vil sanke op af Aksene efter den, for hvis Øjne jeg finder Naade; og hun sagde til hende: Gak, min Datter!
[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.”
3 Og hun gik og kom og sankede op paa Marken efter Høstfolkene; og det hændte sig ved en Hændelse for hende, at en Del af Marken hørte Boas til, som var af Elimeleks Slægt.
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!
4 Og se, Boas kom fra Bethlehem og sagde til Høstfolkene: Herren være med eder! og de sagde til ham: Herren velsigne dig!
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]!”
5 Og Boas sagde til sin unge Karl, som var sat over Høstfolkene: Hvem hører den unge Kvinde til?
Then Boaz saw Ruth, and asked the (foreman/man in charge of the other workmen), “Whose [daughter] is that young woman?”
6 Og den unge Karl, som var sat over Høstfolkene, svarede og sagde: Det er den moabitiske unge Kvinde, som er kommen tilbage med Noomi af Moabiternes Land.
The foreman replied, “She is the woman from Moab who returned from there with [her mother-in-law] Naomi.
7 Og hun har sagt: Kære, jeg vil sanke op og samle iblandt Negene efter Høstfolkene; og hun er kommen og har staaet siden i Morges og indtil nu; nu sad hun lidet hjemme.
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.”
8 Da sagde Boas til Ruth: Hører du ikke min Datter? du skal ikke gaa at sanke op paa en anden Ager, og gak heller ikke bort herfra, men hold dig her nær til mine unge Piger!
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.
9 Hold dine Øjne til den Ager, hvor de skære paa, og gaa efter dem; har jeg ikke befalet de unge Karle, at ingen skal røre dig? og tørster du, da gaa til Karrene og drik af det, som de unge Karle øse af.
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.”
10 Da faldt hun paa sit Ansigt og bøjede sig til Jorden, og hun sagde til ham: Hvorfor har jeg fundet Naade for dine Øjne, at du kender mig, og jeg er dog fremmed?
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!”
11 Og Boas svarede og sagde til hende: Det er mig nok tilkendegivet, alt hvad du har gjort for din Mands Moder, efter din Mands Død, at du har forladt din Fader og din Moder og dit Fædreneland og er gaaet til et Folk, som du ikke kendte tilforn.
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.
12 Herren gengælde din Gerning, og din Løn være fuldkommen for Herren Israels Gud, til hvem du er kommen for at søge Ly under hans Vinger!
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.”
13 Og hun sagde: Lad mig finde Naade for dine Øjne, min Herre, fordi du har trøstet mig, og fordi du har talet kærligen til din Tjenestekvinde; og jeg er ikke som en af dine Tjenestepiger.
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.”
14 Og Boas sagde til hende: Naar det er Tid til at æde, da kom herhid og æd af Brødet og dyp din Bid i Eddiken; og hun satte sig ved Høstfolkenes Side, og han rakte ristede Aks til hende, og hun aad og blev mæt og levnede.
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.
15 Og hun stod op at sanke; og Boas befalede sine unge Karle og sagde: Lader hende ogsaa opsanke imellem Negene og beskæmmer hende ikke!
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.
16 Plukker ogsaa noget af Negene til hende, og lader det tilbage, at hun kan opsanke det, og I skulle ikke skælde paa hende.
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.”
17 Saa sankede hun op paa Ageren indtil Aftenen; og hun slog det af, som hun havde sanket op, og det var ved en Efa Byg.
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.
18 Og hun løftede det op og kom i Staden, og hendes Mands Moder saa det, som hun havde opsanket; og hun tog frem og gav hende det, hun havde levnet, da hun var mæt.
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].
19 Da sagde hendes Mands Moder til hende: Hvor opsankede du i Dag, og hvor havde du at gøre? velsignet være den, som dig kendte; da gav hun sin Mands Moder til Kende, hos hvem hun havde haft at gøre, og sagde: Den Mands Navn, som jeg har haft at gøre hos i Dag, er Boas.
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.”
20 Og Noomi sagde til sin Sønnekone: Velsignet være han for Herren, som ikke har forladt sin Miskundhed mod de levende eller mod de døde; og Noomi sagde til hende: Den Mand hører os nær til, han er een af vore Løsere.
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.”
21 Og Ruth den moabitiske sagde: Tilmed har han sagt til mig: Du skal holde dig fast til mine Folk, indtil de have endt al den Høst, som jeg har.
Then Ruth said, “He also said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they have finished harvesting all my grain.’”
22 Og Noomi sagde til Ruth, sin Sønnekone: Det er godt, min Datter, at du gaar ud med hans unge Piger, at de ikke skulle gøre dig Fortræd paa en anden Ager.
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.”
23 Saa holdt hun sig fast til Boas' unge Piger for at opsanke, indtil Byghøsten og Hvedehøsten var endt; og hun blev hos sin Mands Moder.
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.
