Ruth 2
1 And Naomi had a relation of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
Tenía Noemí un pariente por parte de su marido, de la familia de Elimelec, un hombre poderoso y rico, que se llamaba Booz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
Y dijo Rut, la moabita, a Noemí: “Si me permites, iré al campo, y recogeré espigas en pos de aquel en cuyos ojos hallare gracia.” Dijo ella: “Anda, hija mía.”
3 And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Fue, pues, y se puso a espigar en el campo detrás de los segadores. Por fortuna dio con la parcela del campo que pertenecía a Booz, de la familia de Elimelec.
4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!
Y he aquí que Booz vino de Betlehem, y dijo a los segadores: “Yahvé sea con vosotros.” Ellos le contestaron: “Yahvé te bendiga.”
5 And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?
Preguntó Booz al criado suyo que era sobrestante de los segadores: “¿De quién es esa joven?”
6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;
El criado, sobrestante de los segadores, contestó diciendo: “Es una joven moabita que ha vuelto con Noemí de los campos de Moab.
7 and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. And she came, and has continued from the morning until now: her sitting in the house has been little as yet.
Ella me dijo: “Déjame espigar e ir detrás de los segadores para recoger entre las gavillas.” Así vino y se ha quedado desde la mañana, hasta ahora; este descanso que (ahora) se toma en la cabaña es muy corto.”
8 And Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but keep here with my maidens.
Dijo luego Booz a Rut: “Oye, hija mía, no vayas a espigar a otro campo, ni te apartes de aquí, sino sigue de cerca a mis criadas.
9 Let thine eyes be on the field which is being reaped, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men not to touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men draw.
Fija tus ojos en el campo donde se siega y anda detrás de ellas: Pues he dado orden a los criados que no te toquen. Y si tienes sed, irás donde están las vasijas y beberás del agua que han sacado los criados.”
10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?
Entonces ella cayó sobre su rostro, y postrada en tierra le dijo: “¿De dónde me viene el haber hallado gracia a tus ojos para que me mires, siendo como soy extranjera?”
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shewn me, all that thou hast done to 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 to a people that thou hast not known heretofore.
Respondió Booz y le dijo: “Me han contado todo lo que has hecho para con tu suegra, después de la muerte de tu marido; y cómo has dejado a tu padre y a tu madre y al país de tu nacimiento, y has venido a un pueblo que no conocías antes.
12 Jehovah recompense thy work, and let thy reward be full from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.
Recompense Yahvé lo que has hecho, y recibas pleno galardón de parte de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, bajo cuyas alas te has amparado.”
13 And she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like one of thy handmaidens.
Respondió ella: “¡Halle yo gracia a tus ojos, señor mío! Pues tú me has consolado y has hablado al corazón de tu sierva, aunque no soy ni como una de tus criadas.”
14 And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come hither and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers; and he reached her parched corn, and she ate and was sufficed, and reserved [some].
Llegada la hora de comer le dijo Booz: “Ven aquí y come del pan, y moja tu bocado en el vinagre.” Ella se sentó al lado de los segadores; y él le dio del grano tostado, del cual ella comió hasta saciarse, y guardó el resto.
15 And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and ye shall not reproach her.
Y cuando se levantó para seguir espigando, mandó Booz a sus criados, diciendo: “Hasta entre las gavillas podrá ella recoger espigas, no la increpéis;
16 And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her [some ears] out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.
antes bien, dejad caer para ella algo de las gavillas, abandonándolo atrás para que ella lo recoja; y no la reprendáis.”
17 And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.
Estuvo Rut espigando en el campo hasta la tarde, y cuando batió lo que había recogido, había como una efa de cebada.
18 And she took [it] up, and came 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 reserved after she was sufficed.
Cargó con ello y se volvió a la ciudad; y vio su suegra lo que había espigado. Tras esto Rut sacó lo que había guardado después de haberse saciado, y se lo dio.
19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? Blessed be he that did regard 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.
Le preguntó su suegra: “¿Dónde has espigado hoy, y en qué parte has trabajado? Bendito quien te ha mirado.” Dijo entonces a su suegra con quién había trabajado, y agregó: “El hombre con quien hoy he trabajado se llama Booz.”
20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead! And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of those who have the right of our redemption.
Entonces dijo Noemí a su nuera: “¡Bendito sea él de Yahvé! porque no ha dejado de mostrar su bondad, tanto con los vivos como con los muertos.” Y añadió Noemí: “Pariente cercano nuestro es ese hombre; es uno de nuestros parientes, uno de los que tienen la obligación del levirato.”
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, Thou shalt keep with my young men until they have ended all my harvest.
Y dijo Rut, la moabita: “Él me mandó también: Sigue de cerca a mis criados hasta que hayan acabado de segar toda mi cosecha.”
22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
Dijo entonces Noemí a Rut, su nuera: “Mejor es, hija mía, que salgas con sus criados, para que no te maltraten en otro campo.”
23 So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
Se acogió para espigar, a las criadas de Booz, hasta terminar la siega de las cebadas y la siega de los trigos. Y habitaba con su suegra.
