Ruth 3
1 Naomi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: « Ma fille, ne chercherai-je pas pour toi le repos, afin que tu sois heureuse?
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.
2 N'est-ce pas Boaz, notre parent, avec les jeunes filles duquel tu étais? Voici qu'il va vanner l'orge cette nuit sur l'aire de battage.
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.
3 C'est pourquoi tu te laveras, tu t'oindras, tu t'habilleras et tu descendras à l'aire; mais ne te fais pas connaître à cet homme avant qu'il ait fini de manger et de boire.
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.
4 Lorsqu'il se couchera, tu remarqueras le lieu où il est couché. Puis tu entreras, tu découvriras ses pieds et tu te coucheras. Il te dira alors ce que tu dois faire. »
[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.”
5 Elle lui répondit: « Tout ce que tu dis, je le ferai. »
Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
6 Elle descendit à l'aire de battage et fit tout ce que sa belle-mère lui avait dit.
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].
7 Lorsque Boaz eut mangé et bu, et que son cœur fut joyeux, il alla se coucher à l'extrémité du tas de blé. Elle vint doucement, lui découvrit les pieds et se coucha.
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].
8 A minuit, l'homme fut surpris et se retourna; et voici qu'une femme était couchée à ses pieds.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
9 Il dit: « Qui es-tu? » Elle répondit: « Je suis Ruth, ta servante. Étends donc le coin de ton vêtement sur ta servante, car tu es un proche parent. »
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].”
10 Il dit: « Tu es bénie par Yahvé, ma fille. Tu as montré plus de bonté à la fin qu'au début, parce que tu n'as pas suivi les jeunes gens, qu'ils soient pauvres ou riches.
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].
11 Maintenant, ma fille, n'aie pas peur. Je te ferai tout ce que tu me diras, car toute la ville de mon peuple sait que tu es une femme de valeur.
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.
12 Il est vrai que je suis un proche parent. Mais il y a un parent plus proche que moi.
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.
13 Reste cette nuit, et demain matin, s'il veut jouer pour toi le rôle d'un parent, tant mieux. Qu'il fasse son devoir de parent. Mais s'il ne veut pas faire pour toi le devoir d'un parent, je ferai pour toi le devoir d'un parent, comme Yahvé est vivant. Couche-toi jusqu'au matin. »
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.”
14 Elle resta couchée à ses pieds jusqu'au matin, puis elle se leva avant que l'on puisse en discerner une autre. Car il avait dit: « Que l'on ne sache pas que la femme est venue à l'aire de battage. »
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.”
15 Il dit: « Apporte le manteau qui est sur toi, et tiens-le. » Elle le tint; il mesura six mesures d'orge et les posa sur elle; puis il entra dans la ville.
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.
16 Lorsqu'elle arriva chez sa belle-mère, elle dit: « Comment cela s'est-il passé, ma fille? » Elle lui raconta tout ce que l'homme avait fait pour elle.
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].
17 Elle dit: « Il m'a donné ces six mesures d'orge, car il a dit: « Ne va pas à vide chez ta belle-mère ».
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.’”
18 Alors elle dit: « Attends, ma fille, jusqu'à ce que tu saches ce qui va se passer; car l'homme ne se reposera pas avant d'avoir réglé cette affaire aujourd'hui. »
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]”
