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.
Cependant Noémi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: "Ma fille, je désire te procurer un foyer qui fasse ton bonheur.
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.
Or Booz, avec les servantes duquel tu t’es trouvée, n’est-il pas notre parent? Eh bien! Cette nuit même il doit vanner les orges dans son 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.
Tu auras soin de te laver, de te parfumer et de revêtir tes plus beaux habits; puis tu descendras à l’aire, mais tu ne te feras pas remarquer de cet homme, avant qu’il ait fini 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.”
Puis, quand il se sera couché, tu observeras l’endroit où il repose; tu iras découvrir le bas de sa couche et t’y étendras: lui-même, il t’indiquera alors ce que tu devras faire."
5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
Elle lui répondit: "Tout ce que tu me recommandes, je l’exécuterai."
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 à l’aire et fit ce que sa belle-mère lui avait recommandé.
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 fut d’humeur joyeuse; puis il alla se coucher au pied du monceau de blé. Et Ruth se glissa furtivement, découvrit le bas de sa couche et s’y étendit.
8 In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
Il arriva qu’au milieu de la nuit cet homme eut un mouvement de frayeur et se réveilla en sursaut, et voilà 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].”
"Qui es-tu?" s’écria-t-il. Elle répondit: "Je suis Ruth, ta servante; daigne étendre le pan de ton manteau sur ta servante, car tu es un proche parent."
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 répliqua: "Que l’Eternel te bénisse, ma fille! Ce trait de générosité est encore plus méritoire de ta part que le précédent, puisque tu n’as pas voulu courir après les jeunes gens, riches ou pauvres.
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, sois sans crainte; tout ce que tu me demanderas, je le ferai pour toi, car tous les habitants de notre ville savent que tu es une vaillante femme.
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.
Toutefois, s’il est vrai que je suis ton parent, il existe un parent plus direct 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 donc la nuit ici; demain matin, s’il consent à t’épouser, c’est bien, qu’il le fasse! Mais s’il s’y refuse, c’est moi qui t’épouserai, par le Dieu 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 demeura étendue au bas de sa couche jusqu’au lendemain matin; puis elle se releva avant l’heure où on peut se reconnaître les uns les autres "Car, disait-il, il ne faut pas qu’on sache que cette femme a pénétré 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.
Booz dit encore: "Déploie le châle qui te couvre et tiens-le bien."; elle le lui tendit, et il y mit six mesures d’orge, l’en chargea et rentra en 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].
Quant à Ruth, elle alla retrouver sa belle-mère, qui lui demanda: "Est-ce toi, ma fille?" Ruth lui raconta tout ce que l’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.’”
"Voici, ajouta-t-elle, six mesures d’orge qu’il m’a données en me disant: Tu ne dois pas revenir les mains vides auprès de 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]”
Noémi répondit: "Demeure tranquille, ma fille, jusqu’à ce que tu saches quel sera le dénouement de l’affaire; assurément, cet homme ne se tiendra pour satisfait qu’il ne l’ait menée à bonne fin aujourd’hui même."
