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, Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, I think that I should [RHQ] try to arrange for you to have a husband [MTY] who will (take care of/provide for) 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

Boaz, the man with whose [servant] girls you have been [gathering grain], is a close relative [of our dead husbands]. Listen [carefully]. Tonight he will be at the ground where [the barley has] been threshed. He will be separating the barley grain from the chaff.

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

Bathe yourself and put on some perfume. Put on your [best] clothes. Then go down to the ground where they have threshed [the grain]. But do not let Boaz know that you are there while he is eating [supper] 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 has finished eating], notice where he lies down to sleep. Then [when he is asleep], take the blanket off his feet and lie [close to his feet]. [When he wakes up], he will tell you what to do.”

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

Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”

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 ground where they had threshed [the barley grain]. There she did everything that her mother-in-law had told 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

When Boaz finished eating [supper] and drinking [wine], he felt happy. Then he went over to the far end of the pile of grain. He lay down [and went to sleep]. Then Ruth approached him quietly. She took the blanket off his feet and lay down [there].

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

In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.

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.)

He asked her, “Who are you?” She replied, “I am your servant, Ruth. Since you are the one who has a responsibility to take care of [someone like me whose dead husband was] your close relative, spread the corner of your cloak over my [feet to show that you will marry me].”

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

Boaz replied, “Young lady, I hope that Yahweh will (bless/be kind to) you! You have acted kindly [toward your mother-in-law], and now you are acting even more kindly [toward me by wanting to marry me, instead of wanting to marry a young man]. You have not looked for either a rich young man or a poor young man, [to marry him].

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.)

Now, young lady, I will do everything you ask. Don’t worry [that people in this town might think I am doing wrong by marrying you because you are a woman from Moab]. All the people in this town know that you are an honorable woman.

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

But [there is one problem]. Although it is true that I am a close relative [of your mother-in-law’s dead husband], there is another man who is a closer relative [than I am], and therefore he should be the one to [marry you and] take care of you.

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

You stay here for the rest of this night. Tomorrow morning [I will tell this man about you]. If he says that he will [marry you and] take care of you, fine, [we will] let him do that. But if he is not willing [to do that], I solemnly promise that as surely as Yahweh lives, I will [marry you and] take care of you. So lie/sleep here until it is 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 at his feet until morning. But she got up and left before it was light enough that people would be able to recognize her, because Boaz said, “I do not want anyone to know that a woman was here.”

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

He also said to her, “Bring to me your cloak and spread it out.” When she did that, he poured into it six measures/24 liters/50 pounds of barley, and put in on her back. Then he (OR, she) went back to the town.

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 arrived home, her mother-in-law asked her, “My daughter, how did (things go/Boaz act toward you)?” Then Ruth told her everything that Boaz had done for her [and said to 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

She also said [to Naomi], “He gave me all this barley, saying ‘I do not want you to return 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

Then Naomi said, “My daughter, just wait until we see what happens. [I am sure that] Boaz will take care of [LIT] the matter [of your marriage]. [LIT]”