Rut 3

1 Men hendes Svigermoder No'omi sagde til hende: »Min Datter, skal jeg ikke søge at skaffe dig et Hjem, hvor du kan faa det godt?

And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?

2 Nu vel! Boaz, hvis Piger du var sammen med, er vor Slægtning; se, han kaster i Nat Byg paa Tærskepladsen;

And now, is there not Boaz, our relation, with whose young women you were? See, tonight he is separating the grain from the waste in his grain-floor.

3 tvæt dig nu og salv dig, tag dine Klæder paa og gaa ned paa Tærskepladsen; men lad ikke Manden mærke noget til dig, før han er færdig med at spise og drikke;

So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.

4 naar han da lægger sig, mærk dig saa Stedet, hvor han lægger sig, og gaa hen og løft Kappen op ved hans Fødder og læg dig der, saa skal han nok sige dig, hvad du skal gøre!«

But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your place by him; and he will say what you are to do.

5 Hun svarede: »Jeg vil gøre alt, hvad du siger!«

And she said, I will do all you say.

6 Saa gik hun ned paa Tærskepladsen og gjorde alt, hvad hendes Svigermoder havde paalagt hende.

So she went down to the grain-floor and did all her mother-in-law had said to her.

7 Da Boaz havde spist og drukket og var vel tilpas, gik han hen og lagde sig ved Korndyngen; saa gik hun sagte hen og løftede Kappen op ved hans Fødder og lagde sig der.

Now when Boaz had taken meat and drink, and his heart was glad, he went to take his rest at the end of the mass of grain; then she came softly and, uncovering his feet, went to rest.

8 Ved Midnatstide blev Manden opskræmt og bøjede sig frem, og se, da laa der en Kvinde ved hans Fødder.

Now in the middle of the night, the man awaking from his sleep in fear, and lifting himself up, saw a woman stretched at his feet.

9 Da sagde han: »Hvem er du?« Og hun svarede: »Jeg er Rut, din Trælkvinde! Bred Fligen af din Kappe ud over din Trælkvinde; thi du er Løser!«

And he said, Who are you? And she answering said, I am your servant Ruth: take your servant as wife, for you are a near relation.

10 Da sagde han: »HERREN velsigne dig, min Datter! Den Godhed, du nu sidst har udvist, overgaar den, du før udviste, at du nu ikke er gaaet efter de unge Mænd, hverken fattige eller rige!

And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

11 Saa frygt nu ikke, min Datter! Alt, hvad du siger, vil jeg gøre imod dig; thi enhver i mit Folks Port ved, at du er en dygtig Kvinde.

And now, my daughter, have no fear; I will do for you whatever you say: for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.

12 Det er rigtigt, at jeg er din Løser, men der er en anden, som er nærmere end jeg.

Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.

13 Bliv nu her i Nat; og hvis han i Morgen vil løse dig, godt, saa lad ham gøre det; men er han uvillig til at løse dig, gør jeg det, saa sandt HERREN lever. Bliv kun liggende, til det bliver Morgen!«

Take your rest here tonight; and in the morning, if he will do for you what it is right for a relation to do, very well, let him do so: but if he will not, then by the living Lord I myself will do so.

14 Saa blev hun liggende ved hans Fødder til Morgen; men hun stod op, før det ene Menneske endnu kunde kende det andet, thi han tænkte: »Det maa ikke rygtes, at en Kvinde er kommet ud paa Tærskepladsen!«

And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.

15 Derpaa sagde han: »Tag og hold det Klæde frem, du har over dig!« Og da hun holdt det frem, afmaalte han seks Maal Byg og lagde det paa hende. Saa gik hun ind i Byen.

And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.

16 Da hun kom til sin Svigermoder, sagde denne: »Hvorledes gik det, min Datter?« Saa fortalte hun hende alt, hvad Manden havde gjort imod hende,

And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.

17 og sagde: »Disse seks Maal Byg gav han mig med de Ord: Du skal ikke komme tomhændet til din Svigermoder!«

And she said, He gave me these six measures of grain, saying, Do not go back to your mother-in-law with nothing in your hands.

18 Da sagde hun: »Hold dig nu rolig, min Datter, indtil du faar at vide, hvilket Udfald Sagen faar; thi den Mand under sig ikke Ro, før han faar Sagen afgjort endnu i Dag!«

Then she said, Do nothing now, my daughter, till you see what will come of this; for the man will take no rest till he has put this thing through.