Ruth 3
1 A little later Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, don't you think I should find you a husband and a good home?
Y díjole su suegra Noemí: Hija mía, ¿no te tengo de buscar descanso, que te sea bueno?
2 Don't ignore the fact that Boaz, whose women you worked with, is closely related to us. Now tonight he will be busy winnowing grain on the threshing 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 Have a bath, put on some perfume, wear your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor—but don't let him recognize you. Once he's finished eating and drinking,
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 watch where he goes to lie down. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. Then he will tell you what 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 “I'll do everything you told me,” said Ruth.
Y ella le respondió: Todo lo que tú me mandares, haré.
6 She went down to the threshing floor and did what her mother-in-law had told her to do.
Y descendiendo a la era, hizo todo lo que su suegra le había mandado.
7 After Boaz had finished eating and drinking, and was feeling contented, he went and lay down beside the grain pile. Ruth quietly approached him, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
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 Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up. Bending forward he was surprised to see a woman lying 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 “Who are you?” he asked. “I'm Ruth, your servant,” she replied. “Please spread the corner of your cloak over me, for you are my family redeemer.”
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 “May the Lord bless you, my daughter,” he said. “You are showing even more loyalty and love to the family than before. You haven't gone looking for a younger man, of whatever social status.
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 So don't worry, my daughter. I will do everything you ask—everyone in town knows you are a woman of good character.
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 However, even though I'm one of your family redeemers, there's one who is more closely related than I am.
Y ahora aunque es cierto que yo soy el redentor; con todo eso hay otro redentor más cercano que yo.
13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning if he wants to redeem you, then fine, let him do it. But if he doesn't, then I promise you in the name of the living Lord, I will redeem you. Lie down here until morning.”
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 So Ruth lay at his feet until morning. Then she got up before it was light enough to recognize anyone because Boaz had told her, “No one must know that a woman came here to the threshing 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 He also told her, “Bring me the cloak you're wearing and hold it out.” So she held it out and he poured out six measures of barley into it. He helped her put it on her back and she went back to 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 Ruth went to her mother-in-law, who asked her, “How did it go for you, my daughter?” So Ruth told her everything that Boaz had done for 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 he also gave me these six measures of barley,” she added. “He told me, ‘You mustn't go home to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
Y dijo: Estas seis medidas de cebada me dió, diciéndome: Porque no vayas vacía a tu suegra.
18 Naomi said to Ruth, “Wait patiently, my daughter, until you find out how it all works out. Boaz won't rest until he has it settled today.”
Entonces ella dijo: Reposa, hija mía, hasta que sepas como cae la cosa; porque aquel hombre no reposará hasta que hoy concluya el negocio.
