< Ruth 2 >
1 And Naomi hath an acquaintance of her husband's, a man mighty in wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name [is] Boaz.
拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒的親族中,有一個人名叫波阿斯,是個大財主。
2 And Ruth the Moabitess saith unto Naomi, 'Let me go, I pray thee, into the field, and I gather among the ears of corn after him in whose eyes I find grace;' and she saith to her, 'Go, my daughter.'
摩押女子路得對拿俄米說:「容我往田間去,我蒙誰的恩,就在誰的身後拾取麥穗。」拿俄米說:「女兒啊,你只管去。」
3 And she goeth and cometh and gathereth in a field after the reapers, and her chance happeneth — the portion of the field is Boaz's who [is] of the family of Elimelech.
路得就去了,來到田間,在收割的人身後拾取麥穗。她恰巧到了以利米勒本族的人波阿斯那塊田裏。
4 And lo, Boaz hath come from Beth-Lehem, and saith to the reapers, 'Jehovah [is] with you;' and they say to him, 'Jehovah doth bless thee.'
波阿斯正從伯利恆來,對收割的人說:「願耶和華與你們同在!」他們回答說:「願耶和華賜福與你!」
5 And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, 'Whose [is] this young person?'
波阿斯問監管收割的僕人說:「那是誰家的女子?」
6 And the young man who is set over the reapers answereth and saith, 'A young woman — Moabitess — she [is], who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab,
監管收割的僕人回答說:「是那摩押女子,跟隨拿俄米從摩押地回來的。
7 and she saith, Let me glean, I pray thee — and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she cometh and remaineth since the morning and till now; she sat in the house a little.
她說:『請你容我跟着收割的人拾取打捆剩下的麥穗。』她從早晨直到如今,除了在屋子裏坐一會兒,常在這裏。」
8 And Boaz saith unto Ruth, 'Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field, and also, pass not over from this, and thus thou dost cleave to my young women:
波阿斯對路得說:「女兒啊,聽我說,不要往別人田裏拾取麥穗,也不要離開這裏,要常與我使女們在一處。
9 thine eyes [are] on the field which they reap, and thou hast gone after them; have not I charged the young men not to touch thee? when thou art athirst then thou hast gone unto the vessels, and hast drunk from that which the young men draw.'
我的僕人在那塊田收割,你就跟着他們去。我已經吩咐僕人不可欺負你;你若渴了,就可以到器皿那裏喝僕人打來的水。」
10 And she falleth on her face, and boweth herself to the earth, and saith unto him, 'Wherefore have I found grace in thine eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?'
路得就俯伏在地叩拜,對他說:「我既是外邦人,怎麼蒙你的恩,這樣顧恤我呢?」
11 And Boaz answereth and saith to her, 'It hath thoroughly been declared to me all that thou hast done with thy mother-in-law, after the death of thy husband, and thou dost leave thy father, and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and dost come in unto a people which thou hast not known heretofore.
波阿斯回答說:「自從你丈夫死後,凡你向婆婆所行的,並你離開父母和本地,到素不認識的民中,這些事人全都告訴我了。
12 Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'
願耶和華照你所行的賞賜你。你來投靠耶和華-以色列上帝的翅膀下,願你滿得他的賞賜。」
13 And she saith, 'Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I — I am not as one of thy maid-servants.'
路得說:「我主啊,願在你眼前蒙恩。我雖然不及你的一個使女,你還用慈愛的話安慰我的心。」
14 And Boaz saith to her, 'At meal-time come nigh hither, and thou hast eaten of the bread, and dipped thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sitteth at the side of the reapers, and he reacheth to her roasted corn, and she eateth, and is satisfied, and leaveth.
到了吃飯的時候,波阿斯對路得說:「你到這裏來吃餅,將餅蘸在醋裏。」路得就在收割的人旁邊坐下;他們把烘了的穗子遞給她。她吃飽了,還有餘剩的。
15 And she riseth to glean, and Boaz chargeth his young men, saying, 'Even between the sheaves she doth glean, and ye do not cause her to blush;
她起來又拾取麥穗,波阿斯吩咐僕人說:「她就是在捆中拾取麥穗,也可以容她,不可羞辱她;
16 and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls — and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'
並要從捆裏抽出些來,留在地下任她拾取,不可叱嚇她。」
17 And she gleaneth in the field till the evening, and beateth out that which she hath gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley;
這樣,路得在田間拾取麥穗,直到晚上,將所拾取的打了,約有一伊法大麥。
18 and she taketh [it] up, and goeth into the city, and her mother-in-law seeth that which she hath gleaned, and she bringeth out and giveth to her that which she left from her satiety.
她就把所拾取的帶進城去給婆婆看,又把她吃飽了所剩的給了婆婆。
19 And her mother-in-law saith to her, 'Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? may he who is discerning thee be blessed.' And she declareth to her mother-in-law with whom she hath wrought, and saith, 'The name of the man with whom I have wrought to-day [is] Boaz.'
婆婆問她說:「你今日在哪裏拾取麥穗,在哪裏做工呢?願那顧恤你的得福。」路得就告訴婆婆說:「我今日在一個名叫波阿斯的人那裏做工。」
20 And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, 'Blessed [is] he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;' and Naomi saith to her, 'The man is a relation of ours; he [is] of our redeemers.'
拿俄米對兒婦說:「願那人蒙耶和華賜福,因為他不斷地恩待活人死人。」拿俄米又說:「那是我們本族的人,是一個至近的親屬。」
21 And Ruth the Moabitess saith, 'Also he surely said unto me, Near the young people whom I have thou dost cleave till they have completed the whole of the harvest which I have.'
摩押女子路得說:「他對我說:『你要緊隨我的僕人拾取麥穗,直等他們收完了我的莊稼。』」
22 And Naomi saith unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, 'Good, my daughter, that thou goest out with his young women, and they come not against thee in another field.'
拿俄米對兒婦路得說:「女兒啊,你跟着他的使女出去,不叫人遇見你在別人田間,這才為好。」
23 And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.
於是路得與波阿斯的使女常在一處拾取麥穗,直到收完了大麥和小麥。路得仍與婆婆同住。