Ruth 3
1 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?
Y díjole su suegra Noemí: Hija mía, ¿no te tengo de buscar descanso, que te sea bueno?
2 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.
¿No es nuestro pariente Booz, con cuyas mozas tú has estado? He aquí que él avienta esta noche la parva de las cebadas.
3 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.
Tú pues lavarte has, y ungirte has, y vestirte has tus vestidos, y vendrás a la era, y no te darás a conocer al varón hasta que él acabe de comer y de beber.
4 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.
Y cuando él se acostare, sabe tú el lugar donde él se acostará, y vendrás, y descubrirás los pies, y acostarte has: y él te dirá lo que hayas de hacer.
5 And she said, I will do all you say.
Y ella le respondió: Todo lo que tú me mandares, haré.
6 So she went down to the grain-floor and did all her mother-in-law had said to her.
Y descendiendo a la era, hizo todo lo que su suegra le había mandado.
7 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.
Y como Booz hubo comido y bebido, y su corazón estuvo bueno, entróse a dormir a un canto del montón. Entonces ella vino escondidamente, y descubrió los pies, y acostóse.
8 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.
Y aconteció, que a la media noche el varón se estremeció, y atentó, y, he aquí la mujer que estaba acostada a sus pies.
9 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.
Entonces él dijo: ¿Quién eres? Y ella respondió: Yo soy Rut tu sierva: extiende el canto de tu capa sobre tu sierva, que redentor eres.
10 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.
Y él dijo: Bendita seas tú de Jehová, hija mía, que has hecho mejor tu postrera gracia que la primera: no yendo tras los mancebos, sean pobres, o sean ricos.
11 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.
No hayas temor pues ahora, hija mía: yo haré contigo todo lo que tú dijeres, pues que toda la puerta de mi pueblo sabe que eres mujer virtuosa.
12 Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.
Y ahora aunque es cierto que yo soy el redentor; con todo eso hay otro redentor más cercano que yo.
13 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.
Reposa esta noche, y cuando sea de día, si aquel te redimiere, bien, redímate: mas si él no te quisiere redimir, yo te redimiré, vive Jehová. Reposa pues hasta la mañana.
14 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.
Y reposó a sus pies hasta la mañana, y levantóse antes que nadie pudiese conocer a otro, y él dijo. No se sepa que la mujer haya venido a la era:
15 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.
Y dijo a ella: Llega el lienzo que traes sobre ti, y ten de él. Y teniendo de él, él midió seis medidas de cebada, y púsoselas acuestas, y vínose a la ciudad.
16 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.
Y vino a su suegra, la cual le dijo: ¿Qué pues, hija mía? Y ella le declaró todo lo que con aquel varón le había acontecido.
17 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.
Y dijo: Estas seis medidas de cebada me dió, diciéndome: Porque no vayas vacía a tu suegra.
18 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.
Entonces ella dijo: Reposa, hija mía, hasta que sepas como cae la cosa; porque aquel hombre no reposará hasta que hoy concluya el negocio.
