Ruth 3

1 and to say to/for her Naomi mother-in-law her daughter my not to seek to/for you resting which be good to/for you

One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

2 and now not Boaz kinsman our which to be with maiden his behold he/she/it to scatter [obj] threshing floor [the] barley [the] night

Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

3 and to wash: wash and to anoint and to set: put (mantle your *Q(K)*) upon you (and to go down *Q(K)*) [the] threshing floor not to know to/for man till to end: finish he to/for to eat and to/for to drink

Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

4 and to be in/on/with to lie down: lay down he and to know [obj] [the] place which to lie down: lay down there and to come (in): come and to reveal: uncover feet his (and to lie down: lay down *Q(k)*) and he/she/it to tell to/for you [obj] which (to make: do [emph?] *L(abh)*)

When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”

5 and to say to(wards) her all which (to say to(wards) me *Q(K)*) to make: do

“I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.

6 and to go down [the] threshing floor and to make: do like/as all which to command her mother-in-law her

So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.

7 and to eat Boaz and to drink and be good heart his and to come (in): come to/for to lie down: lay down in/on/with end [the] heap and to come (in): come in/on/with secrecy and to reveal: uncover feet his and to lie down: lay down

After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

8 and to be in/on/with half [the] night and to tremble [the] man and to twist and behold woman to lie down: lay down feet his

At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

9 and to say who? you(f. s.) and to say I Ruth maidservant your and to spread wing your upon maidservant your for to redeem: redeem you(m. s.)

“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

10 and to say to bless you(f. s.) to/for LORD daughter my be good kindness your [the] last from [the] first to/for lest to go: follow after [the] youth if poor and if rich

Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

11 and now daughter my not to fear all which to say to make: do to/for you for to know all gate: town people my for woman strength: worthy you(f. s.)

And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.

12 and now for truly for (if: except *Q(K)*) to redeem: redeem I and also there to redeem: redeem near from me

Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.

13 to lodge [the] night and to be in/on/with morning if to redeem: redeem you pleasant to redeem: redeem and if not to delight in to/for to redeem: redeem you and to redeem: redeem you I alive LORD to lie down: lay down till [the] morning

Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”

14 and to lie down: lay down (feet his *Q(K)*) till [the] morning and to arise: rise (in/on/with before *Q(K)*) to recognize man: anyone [obj] neighbor his and to say not to know for to come (in): come [the] woman [the] threshing floor

So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

15 and to say to give [the] cloak which upon you and to grasp in/on/with her and to grasp in/on/with her and to measure six barley and to set: put upon her and to come (in): come [the] city

And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

16 and to come (in): come to(wards) mother-in-law her and to say who? you(f. s.) daughter my and to tell to/for her [obj] all which to make: do to/for her [the] man

When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.

17 and to say six [the] barley [the] these to give: give to/for me for (to say to(wards) me *Q(K)*) not to come (in): come emptily to(wards) mother-in-law your

And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

18 and to say to dwell daughter my till which to know [emph?] how? to fall: fall word: thing for not to quiet [the] man for if: except to end: finish [the] word: thing [the] day

“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”