Ruth 2
1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
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。
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
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! 」
3 So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
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。
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
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! 」
5 And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
波阿次問監督收割的僕人說：「這是誰家的女子﹖」
6 The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
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。
7 She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
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
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
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。
9 Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
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。」
10 At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
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﹖」
11 Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
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。
12 May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
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! 」
13 “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
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! 」
14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
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。
15 When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
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；
16 Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
並且要從麥梱中，為她抽出些來，留下讓她拾取，不要叱責她。」
17 So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
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
18 She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
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。
19 Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
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。」
20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
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。」
21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
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。」
22 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
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。」
23 So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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。
