< Ruth 2 >

1 And Naomi has an acquaintance of her husband’s, a man mighty in wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name [is] Boaz.
وَكَانَ لِنُعْمِي قَرِيبٌ وَاسِعُ الثَّرَاءِ وَالنُّفُوذِ، مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ أَلِيمَالِكَ زَوْجِهَا، اسْمُهُ بُوعَزُ.١
2 And Ruth the Moabitess says to Naomi, “Please let me go into the field, and I gather among the ears of grain after him in whose eyes I find grace”; and she says to her, “Go, my daughter.”
فَقَالَتْ رَاعُوثُ الْمُوآبِيَّةُ لِنُعْمِي: «دَعِينِي أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ وَأَلْتَقِطُ السَّنَابِلَ الْمُتَخَلِّفَةَ عَنْ أَيِّ وَاحِدٍ أَحْظَى بِرِضَاهُ». فَأَجَابَتْهَا: «اذْهَبِي يَا ابْنَتِي»٢
3 And she goes and comes and gathers in a field after the reapers, and her chance happens—the portion of the field is Boaz’s who [is] of the family of Elimelech.
فَمَضَتْ إِلَى حَقْلٍ وَشَرَعَتْ تَلْتَقِطُ السَّنَابِلَ وَرَاءَ الْحَصَّادِينَ.٣
4 And behold, Boaz has come from Beth-Lehem, and says to the reapers, “YHWH [is] with you”; and they say to him, “YHWH blesses you.”
وَاتَّفَقَ أَنَّ قِطْعَةَ الْحَقْلِ الَّتِي رَاحَتْ رَاعُوثُ تَلْتَقِطُ مِنْهَا السَّنَابِلَ، كَانَتْ مِلْكاً لِبُوعَزَ مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ أَلِيمَالِكَ.٤
5 And Boaz says to his young man who is set over the reapers, “Whose [is] this young person?”
وَجَاءَ بُوعَزُ مِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ وَقَالَ لِلْحَصَّادِينَ: «الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ». فَأَجَابُوهُ «يُبَارِكُكَ الرَّبُّ».٥
6 And the young man who is set over the reapers answers and says, “A young woman—Moabitess—she [is], who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab,
فَسَأَلَ بُوعَزُ غُلَامَهُ الْمُشْرِفَ عَلَى الْحَصَّادِينَ: «مَنْ هَذِهِ الْفَتَاةُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «هِيَ فَتَاةٌ مُوآبِيَّةٌ، رَجَعَتْ مَعْ نُعْمِي مِنْ بِلادِ مُوآبَ.٦
7 and she says, Please let me glean and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she comes and remains since the morning and until now; she sat in the house a little [while].”
وَطَلَبَتْ قَائِلَةً: دَعُونِي أَلْتَقِطُ وَأَجْمَعُ السَّنَابِلَ الْمُتَسَاقِطَةَ بَيْنَ الْحُزَمِ وَرَاءَ الْحَصَّادِينَ، وَقَدْ ظَلَّتْ تَلْتَقِطُ مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى الآنَ، لَمْ تَسْتَرِحْ فِي الظِّلِّ إِلّا قَلِيلاً».٧
8 And Boaz says to Ruth, “Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, and also, do not pass over from here, and thus you cleave to my young women:
فَقَالَ بُوعَزُ لِرَاعُوثَ: «اسْتَمِعِي يَا ابْنَتِي، امْكُثِي هُنَا لِتَلْتَقِطِي السَّنَابِلَ وَلا تَذْهَبِي إِلَى حَقْلٍ آخَرَ، وَلازِمِي فَتَيَاتِي الْعَامِلاتِ فِيهِ.٨
9 your eyes [are] on the field which they reap, and you have gone after them; have I not charged the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty then you have gone to the vessels, and have drunk from that which the young men draw.”
رَاقِبِي الْحَقْلَ الَّذِي يَحْصُدُهُ الْحَصَّادُونَ وَاذْهَبِي وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَوْصَيْتُ الْغِلْمَانَ أَلّا يَمَسُّوكِ بِسُوءٍ. وَإذَا شَعَرْتِ بِالْعَطَشِ فَاذْهَبِي وَاشْرَبِي مِنَ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي مَلأُوهَا».٩
10 And she falls on her face, and bows herself to the earth, and says to him, “Why have I found grace in your eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?”
فَانْحَنَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ لَقِيتُ حُظْوَةً لَدَيْكَ فَاهْتَمَمْتَ بِي أَنَا الْغَرِيبَةَ؟»١٠
11 And Boaz answers and says to her, “It has been thoroughly declared to me all that you have done with your mother-in-law, after the death of your husband, and you leave your father, and your mother, and the land of your birth, and come to a people which you have not known before.
فَأَجَابَهَا بُوعَزُ: «لَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي مَا أَحْسَنْتِ بِهِ إِلَى حَمَاتِكِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ زَوْجِكِ، حَتَّى إِنَّكِ تَخَلَّيْتِ عَنْ أَبِيكِ وَأُمِّكِ وَأَرْضِ مَوْلِدِكِ، وَجِئْتِ إِلَى شَعْبٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ.١١
12 YHWH repays your work, and your reward is complete from YHWH, God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
لِيُكَافِئْكِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الَّذِي جِئْتِ لِتَحْتَمِيَ تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيْهِ، وَفْقاً لإِحْسَانِكِ. وَلْيَكُنْ أَجْرُكِ كَامِلاً مِنْ عِنْدِهِ».١٢
13 And she says, “Let me find grace in your eyes, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken to the heart of your maidservant, and I am not as one of your maidservants.”
فَقَالَتْ: «لَيْتَنِي أَظَلُّ مُتَمَتِّعَةً بِرِضَى سَيِّدِي، فَقَدْ عَزَّيْتَنِي وَطَيَّبْتَ قَلْبَ جَارِيَتِكَ، مَعْ أَنَّنِي لَا أُسَاوِي وَاحِدَةً مِنْ جَوَارِيكَ».١٣
14 And Boaz says to her, “At meal-time come near here, and you have eaten of the bread, and dipped your morsel in the vinegar.” And she sits at the side of the reapers, and he reaches to her roasted grain, and she eats, and is satisfied, and leaves.
وَعِنْدَمَا حَلَّ مَوْعِدُ الأَكْلِ، قَالَ لَهَا بُوعَزُ: «تَقَدَّمِي وَكُلِي بَعْضَ الْخُبْزِ، وَاغْمِسِي لُقْمَتَكِ فِي الْخَمْرِ». فَجَلَسَتْ بِجَانِبِ الْحَصَّادِينَ، فَنَاوَلَهَا فَرِيكاً فَأَكَلَتْ وَشَبِعَتْ وَفَاضَ عَنْهَا.١٤
15 And she rises to glean, and Boaz charges his young men, saying, “Even between the sheaves she gleans, and you do not cause her to blush;
ثُمَّ قَامَتْ لِتَلْتَقِطَ سَنَابِلَ. فَأَمَرَ بُوعَزُ غِلْمَانَهُ قَائِلاً: «اتْرُكُوهَا تَلْتَقِطُ سَنَابِلَ بَيْنَ حُزَمِ الشَّعِيرِ أَيْضاً وَلا تَمَسُّوهَا بِأَذىً،١٥
16 and also you surely cast to her of the handfuls—and have left, and she has gleaned, and you do not push against her.”
بَلِ انْتَزِعُوا بَعْضَ السَّنَابِلِ مِنَ الْحُزَمِ وَاتْرُكُوهَا لَهَا لِتَلْتَقِطَهَا، وَلا تُضَايِقُوهَا».١٦
17 And she gleans in the field until the evening, and beats out that which she has gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley;
وَظَلَّتْ رَاعُوثُ تَلْتَقِطُ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ. ثُمَّ خَبَطَتِ السَّنَابِلَ الَّتِي الْتَقَطَتْهَا فَوَجَدَتْ أَنَّهَا نَحْوَ إِيْفَةِ شَعِيرٍ (أَيْ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لِتْرَ شَعِيرٍ)،١٧
18 and she takes [it] up, and goes into the city, and her mother-in-law sees that which she has gleaned, and she brings out and gives to her that which she left from her satiety.
فَحَمَلَتْهَا وَقَدُمَتْ بِها إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. فَرَأَتْ حَمَاتُهَا مَا الْتَقَطَتْهُ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَتْ مَا فَاضَ عَنْهَا مِنْ طَعَامٍ بَعْدَ شَبْعِهَا وَأَعْطَتْهُ لِحَمَاتِهَا١٨
19 And her mother-in-law says to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where have you worked? May he who is discerning you be blessed.” And she declares to her mother-in-law with whom she has worked, and says, “The name of the man with whom I have worked today [is] Boaz.”
الَّتِي سَأَلَتْهَا: «أَيْنَ الْتَقَطْتِ الْيَوْمَ، وَفِي أَيِّ حَقْلٍ عَمِلْتِ؟ لِيُبَارِكِ الرَّبُّ مَنْ كَانَ عَطُوفاً عَلَيْكِ». فَأَخْبَرَتْ رَاعُوثُ حَمَاتَهَا عَمَّنِ اشْتَغَلَتْ فِي حَقْلِهِ وَقَالَتْ: «اسْمُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي عَمِلْتُ فِي حَقْلِهِ الْيَوْمَ هُوَ بُوعَزُ».١٩
20 And Naomi says to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed [is] he of YHWH who has not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead”; and Naomi says to her, “The man is a relation of ours; he [is] of our redeemers.”
فَقَالَتْ نُعْمِي لِكَنَّتِهَا: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مُبَارَكاً لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَخَلَّ عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ إِلَى الأَحْيَاءِ وَالأَمْوَاتِ». ثُمَّ اسْتَطْرَدَتْ: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَرِيبٌ لَنَا، وَهُوَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِنَا».٢٠
21 And Ruth the Moabitess says, “Also he surely said to me, Near the young people whom I have you cleave until they have completed the whole of the harvest which I have.”
فَقَالَتْ رَاعُوثُ الْمُوآبِيَّةُ: «لَقَدْ طَلَبَ مِنِّي أَنْ أُلازِمَ عُمَّالَهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفُوا حَصَادَهُ».٢١
22 And Naomi says to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “Good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and they do not come against you in another field.”
فَقَالَتْ نُعْمِي لِرَاعُوثَ كَنَّتِهَا: «خَيْرٌ لَكِ أَنْ تُلازِمِي فَتَيَاتِهِ لِئَلّا يَقَعَ بِكِ أَذىً لَوْ عَمِلْتِ فِي حَقْلِ آخَرَ».٢٢
23 And she cleaves to the young women of Boaz to glean, until the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwells with her mother-in-law.
فَلازَمَتْ رَاعُوثُ فَتَيَاتِ بُوعَزَ اللّاقِطَاتِ السَّنَابِلَ، حَتَّى تَمَّ حَصَادُ الشَّعِيرِ وَالْقَمْحِ أَيْضاً وَأَقَامَتْ مَعْ حَمَاتِهَا.٢٣

< Ruth 2 >