Ruth 3
1 And her mother-in-law Naomi says to her, “My daughter, do I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Ɛda bi Naomi ka kyerɛɛ Rut sɛ, “Me babaa, ɛberɛ aduru sɛ mehwehwɛ fie a wobɛtena mu na wobɛnya deɛ ɛhia wo biara.
2 And now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women you have been? Behold, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley tonight,
Boas yɛ yɛn busuani pɛɛ na wayɛ adɔeɛ mmorosoɔ sɛ wama wo ne nʼadwumayɛfoɔ aboaboa atokoɔ ano. Anadwo yi, ɔbɛhuhu atokoɔ so wɔ ayuporobea hɔ.
3 and you have bathed, and anointed yourself, and put your garments on you, and gone down to the threshing-floor; do not let yourself be known to the man until he completes to eat and to drink;
Enti, yɛ deɛ merekyerɛ wo yi. Dware na tutu aduhwam gu wo ho na fa wo ntadeɛ pa bi hyɛ. Afei, kɔ ayuporobea hɔ, nanso mma Boas nhunu wo kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛdidi awie.
4 and it comes to pass, when he lies down, that you have known the place where he lies down, and have gone in, and uncovered his feet, and lain down—and he declares to you that which you do.”
Hwɛ na hunu baabi a ɔda hɔ yie, afei, kɔ na kɔyi ne nan ho akatasoɔ na da hɔ. Ɔbɛka deɛ ɔpɛ sɛ woyɛ akyerɛ wo.”
5 And she says to her, “All that you say—I do.”
Rut kaa sɛ, “Biribiara a wobɛka akyerɛ me sɛ menyɛ no, mɛyɛ.”
6 And she goes down [to] the threshing-floor, and does according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her
Enti, ɔkɔɔ ayuporobea hɔ anadwo no, na ɔdii akwankyerɛ a nʼase de maa no no so.
7 And Boaz eats and drinks, and his heart is glad; and he goes in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she comes in gently, and uncovers his feet, and lies down.
Boas didi wieeɛ no a ne honhom aba ne ho no, ɔkyeaa ne ho too atokoɔ mmoano no ho, na ɔfaa mu daeɛ. Rut yɛɛ nwaa kɔyii ne nan ho akatasoɔ na ɔdaa hɔ.
8 And it comes to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembles, and turns himself, and behold, a woman is lying at his feet.
Anadwo dasuo mu no, Boas bɔɔ pitiri danee ne ho. Ɛyɛɛ no nwanwa sɛ ɔhunuu sɛ ɔbaa da ne nan ase.
9 And he says, “Who [are] you?” And she says, “I [am] Ruth your handmaid, and you have spread your skirt over your handmaid, for you [are] a redeemer.”
Ɔbisaa sɛ, “Na hwan nie?” Ɔbuaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ me wo ɔsomfoɔ Rut. Trɛ wo nkatasoɔ no mu kakra gu me so na woyɛ mʼabusua gyefoɔ.”
10 And he says, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH, my daughter; you have dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning—not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.
Na Boas kaa sɛ, “Awurade nhyira wo, me babaa! Worekyerɛ abusua dɔ a ebi mmaa da sɛ woankɔdi aberantewaa bi akyi, sɛ ɔwɔ sika anaa ɔyɛ ohiani.
11 And now, my daughter, do not fear, all that you say I do to you, for all the gate of my people knows that you [are] a virtuous woman.
Afei, me babaa, mma hwee nha wo. Mɛyɛ deɛ ɛho hia, ɛfiri sɛ, obiara a ɔwɔ kuro yi mu nim sɛ woyɛ ɔbaa a wodi wo ho ni.
12 And now, surely, true, that I [am] a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.
Nanso, akwansideɛ baako wɔ hɔ. Ɛyɛ nokorɛ turodoo sɛ meyɛ mo abusua agyefoɔ mu baako deɛ, nanso, ɔbarima foforɔ bi wɔ hɔ a ɔyɛ obusuani nimpɔn sene me.
13 Lodge tonight, and it has been in the morning, if he redeems you, well: he redeems; and if he does not delight to redeem you, then I have redeemed you—I; YHWH lives! Lie down until the morning.”
Tena ha anadwo yi na sɛ adeɛ kye a, me ne no bɛkasa. Sɛ ɛyɛ ne pɛ sɛ ɔbɛgye wo a, ɛnneɛ ma ho kwan na ɔnware wo. Na sɛ ɛnyɛ ne pɛ nso a, ɛnneɛ, ɛkwan biara so, sɛ Awurade te ase yi, mɛware wo! Enti da ha ma adeɛ nkye.”
14 And she lies down at his feet until the morning, and rises before one discerns another; and he says, “Let it not be known that the woman has come into the floor.”
Enti, Rut daa ne nan ho kɔsii adekyeeɛ nanso ɔsɔree ɛberɛ a na anim ayɛ hwanihwani no. Na Boas ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛnsɛ sɛ obi hunu sɛ ɔbaa bi bɛdaa ayuporeeɛ ha.”
15 And he says, “Give the covering which [is] on you, and keep hold on it”; and she keeps hold on it, and he measures six [measures] of barley, and lays [it] on her; and he goes into the city.
Boas toaa so kaa sɛ, “Fa wʼatadeɛ ngugusoɔ no bra na trɛ mu.” Ɔsesaa atokoɔ no susukora nsia guu mu na ɔboaa no maa ɔde hyɛɛ nʼakyi. Na Boas sane kɔɔ kuro no mu.
16 And she comes to her mother-in-law, and she says, “Who [are] you, my daughter?” And she declares to her all that the man has done to her.
Rut baa nʼase Naomi nkyɛn no, ɔbisaa no sɛ, “Me babaa, ɛkɔsii sɛn?” Rut kaa biribiara a Boas yɛ maa no kyerɛɛ Naomi,
17 And she says, “These six [measures] of barley he has given to me, for he said, You do not go in empty to your mother-in-law.”
na ɔtoaa so sɛ, “Ɔmaa me atokoɔ susukora nsia kaa sɛ, ‘Mfa nsapan nkɔ wʼase nkyɛn.’”
18 And she says, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter falls, for the man does not rest except he has completed the matter today.”
Afei, Naomi kaa sɛ, “Me ba, twɛn kɔsi sɛ wobɛhunu deɛ ɛbɛsi. Ɔbarima no renna so kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛwie dwumadie no. Ɔbɛma asi ɛnnɛ dua yi ara.”
