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.
Dia hoy Naomy rafozani-vavy taminy: Tsy hitady izay tokan-trano hahitanao fiadanana va aho, anaka, mba hahasoa anao?
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.
Ary ankehitriny tsy isan’ ny havantsika va Boaza, tompon’ ny ankizivavy izay niarahanao? Indro, mikororoka vary hordea eo am-pamoloana izy anio alina.
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.
Koa mandroa sy mihosora diloilo ary miakanjoa, dia midìna any am-pamoloana; nefa aza atao fanta-dralehilahy akory ianao, raha tsy efa avy nihinana sy nisotro izy.
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.”
Ary rehefa mandry izy, dia fantaro izay andriany, ary midìra, ka songay ny lamba eo an-tongony, dia mandria eo ianao; ary holazainy aminao izay hataonao.
5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
Dia hoy izy taminy: Eny, fa hataoko izay rehetra lazainao amiko.
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].
Dia nidina tany am-pamoloana izy ka nanao araka izay rehetra nandidian’ ny rafozani-vavy azy.
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].
Ary rehefa avy nihinana sy nisotro Boaza, ka faly ny fony, dia nandeha handry teo amin’ ny faran’ ny antontam-bary izy; fa nandeha nitsaitsaika kosa Rota, dia nanonga ny lamba teo an-tongony ka nandry teo.
8 In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
Ary nony namatonalina, dia taitra ralehilahy ka niarina hitsapa, ary, indro, nisy vehivavy nandry teo an-tongony.
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].”
Dia hoy izy: Iza moa izato? Ary hoy kosa ravehivavy: Rota zatovovavinao aho; mba rakofy ny lambanao ny zatovovavinao, fa havana mahavotra ianao.
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].
Dia hoy izy: Hotahin’ i Jehovah anie ianao, anaka; efa nanao soa be lavitra tamin’ ny ato aoriana ianao noho ny tamin’ ny voalohany, noho ny tsy nanarahanao ny zatovo, na ny malahelo, na ny manan-karena.
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.
Koa ankehitriny anaka, aza matahotra; hataoko aminao izay rehetra angatahinao; fa fantatr’ izay rehetra ao an-tanànan’ ny fireneko fa vehivavy tsara ianao.
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.
Ary ankehitriny marina izany, fa havana mahavotra aho; nefa misy havana mahavotra akaiky kokoa noho izaho.
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.”
Mitoera ihany atỳ anio alina, ary rehefa maraina, raha hitondra loloha anao izy, dia tsara izany, aoka izy no hitondra loloha anao; fa raha tàhiny kosa tsy hanao izany izy, dia ho entiko loloha ihany ianao, raha velona koa Jehovah, mitoera ihany atỳ mandra-pahamarain’ ny andro.
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.”
Dia nandry teo an-tongony mandra-pahamarain’ ny andro Rota, ary nifoha, raha mbola maizimaizina, ilay mbola tsy ahitana tarehy iny. Fa hoy ralehilahy: Aza avela ho fantatr’ olona fa tatỳ am-pamoloana ravehivavy.
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.
Dia hoy koa izy: Ento etỳ ny lamba itafianao, ka hazòny izy. Ary rehefa nataony izany, dia namatra vary hordea inenin’ ny famarana Boaza, ka nampitondrainy azy izany. Dia lasa nankany an-tanàna Boaza.
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].
Ary rehefa tonga tany amin’ ny rafozani-vavy Rota, dia hoy Naomy: Nanao ahoana izay tany, anaka? Dia nambarany azy izay rehetra nataon-dralehilahy taminy.
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.’”
Ary hoy koa izy: Ireto vary hordea inenin’ ny famarana ireto dia nomeny ahy; fa hoy izy tamiko: Aza mandeha tsy mitondra zavatra ho any amin’ ny rafozanao-vavy.
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]”
Dia hoy izy: Mitoera ihany, anaka, mandra-pahafantatrao izay hiantefan’ ny raharaha; fa tsy hijanona ralehilahy, fa hovitainy anio ihany ny raharaha.
