Ruth 3
1 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.
Noémi, sa belle-mère lui dit: « Ma fille, je veux te chercher un lieu de repos où tu sois heureuse.
2 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.
Et maintenant, Booz, avec les servantes duquel tu as été, n’est-il pas notre parent? Voici qu’il doit vanner cette nuit l’orge qui est dans l’aire.
3 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.
Lave-toi et oins-toi, mets tes plus beaux vêtements, et descends vers l’aire. Ne te laisse pas apercevoir de lui, jusqu’à ce qu’il ait achevé de manger et de boire.
4 [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.”
Et quand il ira se coucher, observe le lieu où il se couche; puis entre, soulève la couverture de ses pieds et couche-toi; lui-même te dira ce que tu as à faire. »
5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
Elle lui répondit: « Je ferai tout ce que tu me dis. »
6 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].
Elle descendit dans l’aire et fit tout ce que lui avait ordonné sa belle-mère.
7 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].
Booz mangea et but, et son cœur fut joyeux. Il alla se coucher à l’extrémité du tas de gerbes; alors Ruth s’approcha doucement, découvrit ses pieds et se coucha.
8 In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
Au milieu de la nuit, cet homme eut une frayeur; il se pencha et, voici qu’une femme était couchée à ses pieds.
9 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].”
Il dit: « Qui es-tu? ». Elle répondit: « Je suis Ruth, ta servante; étends sur ta servante le pan de ton manteau, car tu as droit de rachat. »
10 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].
Il dit: « Bénie sois-tu de Yahweh, ma fille! Ton dernier amour surpasse le premier, car tu n’as pas recherché des jeunes gens, pauvres ou riches.
11 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.
Maintenant, ma fille, ne crains point; tout ce que tu diras, je le ferai pour toi; car tout le peuple de Bethléem sait que tu es une femme vertueuse.
12 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.
Maintenant. c’est en vérité que j’ai un droit de rachat, mais il y en a un autre plus proche que moi.
13 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.”
Passe ici la nuit; et demain, s’il veut te racheter, c’est bien, qu’il te rachète; mais s’il ne veut pas te racheter, je te rachèterai, moi. Yahweh est vivant! Reste couchée jusqu’au matin! »
14 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.”
Elle resta donc couchée à ses pieds jusqu’au matin, et elle se leva avant qu’un homme pût en reconnaître un autre. Booz dit: « Qu’on ne sache pas que cette femme est entrée dans l’aire. »
15 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.
Et il ajouta: « Donne le manteau qui est sur toi, et tiens-le. » Elle le tint: et il mesura six mesures d’orge, qu’il chargea sur elle; puis il rentra dans la ville.
16 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].
Ruth étant revenue auprès de sa belle-mère, Noémi lui dit: « Qu’as-tu fait, ma fille? » Ruth lui raconta tout ce que cet homme avait fait pour elle:
17 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.’”
« Il m’a donné, ajouta-t-elle, ces six mesures d’orge, en me disant: Tu ne retourneras pas les mains vides chez ta belle-mère. »
18 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]”
Et Noémi dit: « Reste ici, ma fille, jusqu’à ce que tu saches comment finira l’affaire; car cet homme ne se donnera pas de repos qu’il n’ait terminé cette affaire aujourd’hui. »
