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.
Pada suatu hari Naomi berkata kepada Rut, “Anakku, sudah tiba saatnya saya mencari seorang suami bagimu, supaya ada yang mengurusimu.
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.
Boas adalah kerabat dekat kita, dan selama ini dia sangat berbaik hati terhadapmu dengan memperbolehkanmu bekerja bersama para pekerjanya perempuan. Malam ini dia akan mengawasi para pekerja yang menampi jelai di tempat pengirikan.
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.
Sekarang, mandilah, pakai baju luar yang terbaik, dan pakailah minyak wangi. Kemudian pergilah ke tempat pengirikan. Namun jangan biarkan Boas melihatmu selagi dia masih makan dan minum dengan orang lain.
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.”
Perhatikanlah di mana dia berbaring untuk tidur. Lalu dekatilah dan angkatlah selimut dari kakinya, dan berbaringlah di situ. Nanti dia akan beritahukan apa yang harus kamu lakukan.”
5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
Rut menjawab, “Akan saya lakukan semua yang sudah Ibu katakan.”
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].
Lalu Rut pergi ke tempat pengirikan dan melakukan semua yang dikatakan ibu mertuanya.
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].
Sesudah Boas kenyang dengan makanan dan minuman serta merasa gembira, dia berbaring di ujung timbunan jelai. Sesudah itu Rut diam-diam mendatangi Boas, mengangkat selimut dari kakinya, dan membaringkan diri.
8 In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
Pada waktu tengah malam, Boas terbangun dan terkejut mendapatkan seorang perempuan sedang berbaring di dekat kakinya!
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].”
Boas bertanya, “Siapakah engkau?” Jawab Rut “Saya Rut, pelayanmu yang sederhana! Peliharalah saya, karena Tuan adalah penanggung jawab keluarga suami saya.”
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].
Jawab Boas, “Kiranya Tuhan senantiasa memberkatimu, anakku! Dengan datang kepadaku seperti ini, kamu benar-benar menunjukkan kesetiaan terhadap keluarga suamimu, lebih daripada apa yang sebelumnya kamu tunjukkan kepada mertuamu, Naomi. Kamu sebenarnya sudah bisa mencari seorang pemuda sebagai calon suami— baik yang kaya atau yang miskin. Tetapi kamu memilih aku.
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.
Sekarang jangan kamu kuatir, anakku. Aku akan melakukan apa yang harus dilakukan, karena semua orang di desa ini tahu bahwa kamu adalah perempuan yang menjaga kehormatan keluarga.
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.
Memang benar, aku salah satu dari penanggung jawab keluarga suamimu, tetapi selain aku, masih ada seorang yang memiliki hubungan yang lebih dekat dengan suamimu.
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.”
Tunggulah di sini sampai subuh. Lalu besok pagi jika orang itu bersedia bertanggung jawab atas hidupmu, biarlah dia mengambil tanggung jawab itu. Jika tidak, aku berjanji di hadapan TUHAN yang hidup, aku akan bertanggung jawab! Tunggulah di sini sampai pagi.”
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.”
Maka berbaringlah Rut di sana sampai subuh. Tetapi dia bangun ketika masih gelap agar orang lain tidak melihatnya. Boas berkata kepadanya, “Jangan sampai diketahui orang lain bahwa ada perempuan yang datang ke tempat pengirikan.”
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.
Kemudian Boas berkata lagi kepadanya, “Bentangkanlah baju luarmu itu dan peganglah supaya dapat diisi dengan jelai.” Lalu Boas mengambil enam takaran jelai dan menuangkannya pada baju luar Rut. Kemudian dia mengangkat dan menaruhnya di bahu Rut. Lalu Rut pulang ke rumah.
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].
Ketika Rut pulang, mertuanya Naomi bertanya, “Apa yang terjadi, anakku?” Rut menceritakan semua yang dilakukan Boas baginya,
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.’”
dan Rut berkata lagi, “Boas memberikan kepadaku enam takaran jelai dengan berkata, ‘Kamu tidak boleh pulang dengan tangan kosong ke mertuamu!’”
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]”
Lalu Naomi berkata, “Sabarlah anakku, sampai kita mengetahui apa yang terjadi. Boas akan segera menyelesaikan hal itu hari ini.”
