< 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.
१एक दिन उसकी सास नाओमी ने उससे कहा, “हे मेरी बेटी, क्या मैं तेरे लिये आश्रय न ढूँढ़ूँ कि तेरा भला हो?
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.
२अब जिसकी दासियों के पास तू थी, क्या वह बोअज हमारा कुटुम्बी नहीं है? वह तो आज रात को खलिहान में जौ फटकेगा।
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.
३तू स्नान कर तेल लगा, वस्त्र पहनकर खलिहान को जा; परन्तु जब तक वह पुरुष खा पी न चुके तब तक अपने को उस पर प्रगट न करना।
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.”
४और जब वह लेट जाए, तब तू उसके लेटने के स्थान को देख लेना; फिर भीतर जा उसके पाँव उघाड़ के लेट जाना; तब वही तुझे बताएगा कि तुझे क्या करना चाहिये।”
5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
५रूत ने उससे कहा, “जो कुछ तू कहती है वह सब मैं करूँगी।”
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].
६तब वह खलिहान को गई और अपनी सास के कहे अनुसार ही किया।
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].
७जब बोअज खा पी चुका, और उसका मन आनन्दित हुआ, तब जाकर अनाज के ढेर के एक सिरे पर लेट गया। तब वह चुपचाप गई, और उसके पाँव उघाड़ के लेट गई।
8 In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
८आधी रात को वह पुरुष चौंक पड़ा, और आगे की ओर झुककर क्या पाया, कि मेरे पाँवों के पास कोई स्त्री लेटी है।
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].”
९उसने पूछा, “तू कौन है?” तब वह बोली, “मैं तो तेरी दासी रूत हूँ; तू अपनी दासी को अपनी चद्दर ओढ़ा दे, क्योंकि तू हमारी भूमि छुड़ानेवाला कुटुम्बी है।”
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].
१०उसने कहा, “हे बेटी, यहोवा की ओर से तुझ पर आशीष हो; क्योंकि तूने अपनी पिछली प्रीति पहली से अधिक दिखाई, क्योंकि तू, क्या धनी, क्या कंगाल, किसी जवान के पीछे नहीं लगी।
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.
११इसलिए अब, हे मेरी बेटी, मत डर, जो कुछ तू कहेगी मैं तुझ से करूँगा; क्योंकि मेरे नगर के सब लोग जानते हैं कि तू भली स्त्री है।
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.
१२और सच तो है कि मैं छुड़ानेवाला कुटुम्बी हूँ, तो भी एक और है जिसे मुझसे पहले ही छुड़ाने का अधिकार है।
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.”
१३अतः रात भर ठहरी रह, और सवेरे यदि वह तेरे लिये छुड़ानेवाले का काम करना चाहे; तो अच्छा, वही ऐसा करे; परन्तु यदि वह तेरे लिये छुड़ानेवाले का काम करने को प्रसन्न न हो, तो यहोवा के जीवन की शपथ मैं ही वह काम करूँगा। भोर तक लेटी रह।”
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.”
१४तब वह उसके पाँवों के पास भोर तक लेटी रही, और उससे पहले कि कोई दूसरे को पहचान सके वह उठी; और बोअज ने कहा, “कोई जानने न पाए कि खलिहान में कोई स्त्री आई थी।”
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.
१५तब बोअज ने कहा, “जो चद्दर तू ओढ़े है उसे फैलाकर पकड़ ले।” और जब उसने उसे पकड़ा तब उसने छः नपुए जौ नापकर उसको उठा दिया; फिर वह नगर में चली गई।
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].
१६जब रूत अपनी सास के पास आई तब उसने पूछा, “हे बेटी, क्या हुआ?” तब जो कुछ उस पुरुष ने उससे किया था वह सब उसने उसे कह सुनाया।
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.’”
१७फिर उसने कहा, “यह छः नपुए जौ उसने यह कहकर मुझे दिया, कि अपनी सास के पास खाली हाथ मत जा।”
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]”
१८फिर नाओमी ने कहा, “हे मेरी बेटी, जब तक तू न जाने कि इस बात का कैसा फल निकलेगा, तब तक चुपचाप बैठी रह, क्योंकि आज उस पुरुष को यह काम बिना निपटाए चैन न पड़ेगा।”