Rut 2
1 No'omi havde en Slægtning paa sin Mands Side, en formuende Mand af Elimeleks Slægt ved Navn Boaz.
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of valour, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
2 En Dag sagde Moabiterinden Rut til No'omi: »Jeg vil gaa ud i Marken og sanke Aks efter den, for hvis Øjne jeg finder Naade.« Hun svarede hende: »Ja, gør det, min Datter!«
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi: 'Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find favour.' And she said unto her: 'Go, my daughter.'
3 Saa gik hun hen og sankede Aks paa Marken efter Høstfolkene; og det traf sig, at Marken tilhørte Boaz, som var af Elimeleks Slægt.
And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
4 Boaz kom just gaaende fra Betlehem; han sagde da til Høstfolkene: »HERREN være med eder!« Og de svarede: »HERREN velsigne dig!«
And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers: 'The LORD be with you.' And they answered him: 'The LORD bless thee.'
5 Derpaa sagde Boaz til den Karl, som havde Opsyn med Høstfolkene: »Hvor hører denne unge Kvinde hjemme?«
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers: 'Whose damsel is this?'
6 Karlen, som havde Opsyn med Høstfolkene, svarede: »Det er en moabitisk Pige; det er hende, som fulgte med No'omi tilbage fra Moab;
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said: 'It is a Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the field of Moab;
7 hun sagde: Lad mig faa Lov at sanke og samle Aks blandt Negene efter Høstfolkene! Saa kom hun og har holdt ud lige fra i Morges tidlig til nu uden at unde sig et Øjebliks Hvile.«
and she said: Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves; so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.'
8 Da sagde Boaz til Rut: »Hør, min Datter! Du skal ikke gaa hen og sanke Aks paa nogen anden Mark! Nej, gaa ikke herfra, men hold dig til mine Piger her;
Then said Boaz unto Ruth: 'Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.
9 hold Øje med, hvor de høster paa Marken, og gaa bag efter. Jeg har paalagt Karlene, at de ikke maa fortrædige dig; og bliver du tørstig, kan du gaa hen til Karrene og drikke af det, Karlene øser op!«
Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.'
10 Da faldt hun paa sit Ansigt, bøjede sig til Jorden og sagde til ham: »Hvorledes har jeg fundet Naade for dine Øjne, saa du viser mig Velvilje, skønt jeg er fremmed?«
Then she fell on her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said unto him: 'Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of me, seeing I am a foreigner?'
11 Boaz svarede hende: »Man har fortalt mig alt, hvad du har været for din Svigermoder efter din Mands Død, hvorledes du forlod din Fader og din Moder og dit Fædreland for at drage til et Folk, du ikke tidligere kendte;
And Boaz answered and said unto her: 'It hath fully been told me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore.
12 HERREN gengælde dig, hvad du har gjort, og din Løn blive rigelig fra HERREN, Israels Gud, under hvis Vinger du kom og søgte Ly!«
The LORD recompense thy work, and be thy reward complete from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.'
13 Hun sagde: »Saa har jeg da fundet Naade for dine Øjne, Herre, siden du har trøstet mig og talt venligt til din Trælkvinde, skønt jeg ikke er saa meget som en af dine Trælkvinder!«
Then she said: 'Let me find favour in thy sight, my LORD; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.'
14 Ved Spisetid sagde Boaz til hende: »Kom herhen og spis med og dyp din Bid i Eddiken!« Saa satte hun sig hos Høstfolkene, og han rakte hende saa meget ristet Korn, at hun kunde spise sig mæt og endda levne.
And Boaz said unto her at meal-time: 'Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sat beside the reapers; and they reached her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left thereof.
15 Da hun rejste sig for at sanke Aks, bød Boaz sine Karle: »Lad hende ogsaa sanke mellem Negene og fornærm hende ikke;
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying: 'Let her glean even among the sheaves, and put her not to shame.
16 I kan ogsaa trække nogle Aks ud af Knipperne til hende og lade dem ligge, saa hun kan sanke dem op, og I maa ikke skænde paa hende!«
And also pull out some for her of purpose from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.'
17 Saa sankede hun Aks paa Marken lige til Aften; og da hun tærskede, hvad hun havde sanket, var det omtrent en Efa Byg.
So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 Derpaa tog hun det og gik til Byen, og hendes Svigermoder saa, hvad hun havde sanket; og Rut tog og gav hende, hvad hun havde levnet efter at have spist sig mæt.
And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was satisfied.
19 Da sagde hendes Svigermoder til hende: »Hvor har du sanket Aks i Dag, hvor har du været? Velsignet være han, der viste dig Velvilje!« Saa fortalte hun sin Svigermoder, hvem hun havde været hos, og sagde: »Den Mand, jeg var hos i Dag, hedder Boaz!«
And her mother-in-law said unto her: 'Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee.' And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said: 'The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.'
20 Da sagde No'omi til sin Sønnekone: »HERREN, som ikke har unddraget de levende og døde sin Miskundhed, velsigne ham!« Og No'omi sagde fremdeles til hende: »Den Mand er en nær Slægtning af os; han er en af vore Løsere.«
And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law: 'Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off His kindness to the living and to the dead.' And Naomi said unto her: 'The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.'
21 Moabiterinden Rut sagde: »Han sagde ogsaa til mig: Hold dig kun til mine Folk, indtil de er helt færdige med min Høst!«
And Ruth the Moabitess said: 'Yea, he said unto me: Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.'
22 Da sagde No'omi til sin Sønnekone: »Du gør ret, min Datter, i at følge med hans Piger, at man ikke skal volde dig Men paa en anden Mark!«
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law: 'It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that thou be not met in any other field.'
23 Saa holdt hun sig til Boaz's Piger og sankede Aks der, indtil Byghøsten og Hvedehøsten var til Ende; og hun blev boende hos sin Svigermoder.
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
