< 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?
Ní ọjọ́ kan, Naomi, ìyá ọkọ Rutu wí fún un pé, “Ọmọbìnrin mi, ǹjẹ́ kò yẹ kí èmi bá ọ wá ilé ọkọ mìíràn, níbi tí wọn yóò ti le è máa tọ́jú rẹ?
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.
Wò ó, Boasi ọkùnrin nì tí ìwọ bá àwọn ìránṣẹ́bìnrin rẹ̀ ṣiṣẹ́, tí í ṣe ìbátan wa, yóò wá láti fẹ́ ọkà barle ní ilẹ̀ ìpakà rẹ̀ ní àṣálẹ́ yìí.
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.
Wẹ̀, kí o sì fi ìpara olóòórùn dídùn pa ara rẹ, kí o sì wọ aṣọ rẹ tí ó dára jùlọ, kí o sì lọ sí ilẹ̀ ìpakà tí ó gbé ń pa ọkà, ṣùgbọ́n má ṣe jẹ́ kí ó mọ̀ pé o wà níbẹ̀ títí tí yóò fi jẹ tí yóò sì mu tán.
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.
Rí í dájú pé o mọ ibi tí ó sùn sí, lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ó bá ti sùn, lọ kí o ṣí aṣọ ìbora rẹ̀ níbi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sókè kí o sì sùn sí ibi ẹsẹ̀ náà. Òun yóò sì sọ ohun tí ìwọ yóò ṣe fún ọ.”
5 And she said, I will do all you say.
Rutu sì fèsì pé, “Gbogbo ohun tí ìwọ sọ fún mi ni èmi yóò ṣe.”
6 So she went down to the grain-floor and did all her mother-in-law had said to her.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Rutu lọ sí ilẹ̀ ìpakà tí ó sì ṣe gbogbo ohun tí ìyá ọkọ rẹ̀ sọ fún un, pé kí o ṣe.
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.
Nígbà tí Boasi parí jíjẹ àti mímu tán, tí ọkàn rẹ̀ sì kún fún ayọ̀. Ó lọ, ó sì dùbúlẹ̀ ní ẹ̀yìn ọkà tí wọ́n kójọ. Rutu yọ́ kẹ́lẹ́kẹ́lẹ́ lọ sí ibẹ̀, ó ṣí aṣọ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sókè, ó sì sùn sí ibi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.
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.
Ó sì ṣe nígbà tí ọkùnrin náà tají ní àárín òru, ẹ̀rù bà á, ó sì yí ara padà, ó sì ṣàkíyèsí obìnrin kan tí ó sùn sí ibi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.
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.
Ó sì béèrè pé, “Ta ni ìwọ í ṣe?” Rutu sì fèsì wí pé, “Èmi ni Rutu, ìránṣẹ́bìnrin rẹ. Da etí aṣọ rẹ bò mí, nítorí pé ìwọ ni ìbátan tí ó le è rà mí padà.”
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.
Boasi sì wí fún un pé, “Kí Olúwa bùkún fún ọ, ọmọbìnrin mi. Ìfẹ́ tí o fihàn yí ti pọ̀ ju ti àtẹ̀yìnwá lọ, bí ó ti jẹ́ wí pé ìwọ kò lọ láti wá àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin bóyá ọlọ́rọ̀ tàbí tálákà.
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.
Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin mi, má bẹ̀rù. Èmi yóò sì ṣe ohun gbogbo tí o béèrè fún ọ. Gbogbo ènìyàn ni ó mọ̀ ọ́n ní obìnrin oníwà rere.
12 Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.
Nítòótọ́ ni mo wí pé èmi jẹ́ ìbátan tí ó súnmọ́ ọ, ṣùgbọ́n ìbátan kan wà tí ó súnmọ́ ọ ju ti tèmi lọ.
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.
Dúró síbí títí ilẹ̀ yóò fi mọ́, bí ó bá sì di òwúrọ̀ tí ọkùnrin náà sì ṣe tan láti ṣe ìràpadà, ó dára kí ó ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, bí Olúwa ti ń bẹ láààyè nígbà náà ni èmi yóò ṣe ìràpadà, sùn sí ìhín títí ilẹ̀ yóò fi mọ́.”
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.
Ó sì sùn ní ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ títí di òwúrọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ó dìde ní òwúrọ̀ kùtùkùtù kí ẹnìkínní tó le è dá ẹnìkejì mọ̀. Boasi sì sọ fún un wí pé, “Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ó di mí mọ̀ wí pé obìnrin kan wá sí ilẹ̀ ìpakà.”
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.
Ó sì tún wí fún un pé, “Mú aṣọ ìborùn rẹ tí o dà bora, kí o tẹ̀ ẹ sílẹ̀.” Rutu sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, Boasi sì wọn òsùwọ̀n ọkà barle mẹ́fà sí i, ó sì gbé e rù ú. Nígbà náà ni ó padà sí ìlú.
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.
Nígbà tí Rutu dé ilé Naomi ìyá ọkọ sì bí léèrè pé, “Báwo ni ó ti rí ọmọbìnrin mi?” Nígbà náà ni ó sì sọ gbogbo ohun tí ọkùnrin náà ṣe fún un fún ìyá ọkọ rẹ̀.
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.
Ó fi kún un wí pé, “Ó sọ fún mi wí pé, ‘Má ṣe padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ ìyá ọkọ rẹ ní ọwọ́ òfo, nítorí náà, ó fún mi ní ìwọ̀n ọkà barle mẹ́fà.’”
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.
Naomi sì wí fún un pé, “Dúró, ọmọbìnrin mi títí tí ìwọ yóò fi mọ bí ohun gbogbo yóò ti rí, nítorí pé ọkùnrin náà kò ní sinmi títí tí ọ̀rọ̀ náà yóò fi yanjú lónìí.”

< Ruth 3 >