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.
Og No’omi, vermor hennar, sagde til henne: «Dotter mi, eg vil sjå til å hjelpa deg, so du kann finna ein kvilestad, der du kann få det godt.
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.
Høyr no: Boaz, som du hev vore saman med tenestgjentorne åt, han er frenden vår. No i natt kastar han bygg på treskjestaden sin.
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.
Vaska deg no og salva deg; klæd so på deg og gakk ned på plassen. Men lat honom ikkje sjå deg fyrr han hev ete og drukke.
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.”
Når han legg seg, sjå so etter kvar han legg seg. Gakk dit og lyft upp klædet nedmed føterne hans, og legg deg der! då vil han segja deg sjølv kva du skal gjera!»
5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
Ho svara henne: «Alt det du segjer, vil eg gjera.»
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].
Og ho gjekk ho ned på treskjarplassen og gjorde alt so som vermor hennar hadde sagt ho skulle gjera.
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].
Då Boaz hadde ete og drukke, var han i godlag og lagde seg attmed kornhaugen; då gjekk ho stilt dit og lyfte upp klædet nedmed føterne hans, og lagde seg der.
8 In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
Ved midnattsleite vart mannen uppskræmd og bøygde seg framyver, og so fekk han sjå at det låg ei kvinna nedmed føterne hans.
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].”
«Kven er du?» sagde han. Ho svara: «Eg er Rut, trælkvinna di; breid ut vengjerne dine yver trælkvinna di, for du er løysingsmannen min.»
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].
Då sagde han: «Herren velsigne deg, dotter mi! Du hev no synt større kjærleik enn fyrr, for du hev ikkje rent etter unge menner, korkje fatige eller rike.
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.
Ver no ikkje rædd, dotter mi! Alt det du segjer, vil eg gjera; for alt folket i byen veit at du er ei dygdefull kvinna.
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.
Det er no sant og visst at eg er løysingsmannen din; men det er ein annan løysingsmann som er næmare enn eg.
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.”
Ver no her i natt; vil han då i morgon løysa deg, so lat honom gjera det; men hev han ikkje hug til å løysa deg, so skal eg gjera det, so sant Herren liver! Ligg no her til morgons!»
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.”
So låg ho då nedmed føterne hans til morgons; men ho stod upp fyrr den eine kunde skilja den andre greidt; for han tenkte: «Det må ikkje nokon vita at kvinna hev kome hit til treskjarplassen.
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.
Og han sagde: Kom med kåpa du hev på deg, og haldt henne fram!» Og ho hene fram. Då mælte han i seks mål bygg og gav henne; dermed gjekk ho inn i byen.
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].
Og då ho kom til vermor si, sagde ho: «Korleis hev det gjenge, dotter mi?» Då fortalde ho henne alt det mannen hadde gjort mot henne.
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.’”
Og ho sagde: «Desse seks måli med bygg gav han meg og sagde: «Du skal ikkje koma tomhendt heim til vermor di.»»
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]”
Då svara ho: «Haldt deg no roleg, dotter mi, til du fær sjå korleis det gjeng! for den mannen gjev seg ikkje fyrr han fær avgjort saki i dag.»
