Ruth 3

1 Noémi, sa belle-mère lui dit: " Ma fille, je veux te chercher un lieu de repos où tu sois heureuse.

And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?

2 Et maintenant, Booz, avec les servantes duquel tu as été, n'est-il pas notre parent? Voici qu'il doit vanner cette nuit l'orge qui est dans l'aire.

And now, is there not Boaz, our relation, with whose young women you were? See, tonight he is separating the grain from the waste in his grain-floor.

3 Lave-toi et oins-toi, mets tes plus beaux vêtements, et descends vers l'aire. Ne te laisse pas apercevoir de lui, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait achevé de manger et de boire.

So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.

4 Et quand il ira se coucher, observe le lieu où il se couche; puis entre, soulève la couverture de ses pieds et couche-toi; lui-même te dira ce que tu as à faire. "

But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your place by him; and he will say what you are to do.

5 Elle lui répondit: " Je ferai tout ce que tu me dis. "

And she said, I will do all you say.

6 Elle descendit dans l'aire et fit tout ce que lui avait ordonné sa belle-mère.

So she went down to the grain-floor and did all her mother-in-law had said to her.

7 Booz mangea et but, et son cœur fut joyeux. Il alla se coucher à l'extrémité du tas de gerbes; alors Ruth s'approcha doucement, découvrit ses pieds et se coucha.

Now when Boaz had taken meat and drink, and his heart was glad, he went to take his rest at the end of the mass of grain; then she came softly and, uncovering his feet, went to rest.

8 Au milieu de la nuit, cet homme eut une frayeur; il se pencha et, voici qu'une femme était couchée à ses pieds.

Now in the middle of the night, the man awaking from his sleep in fear, and lifting himself up, saw a woman stretched at his feet.

9 Il dit: " Qui es-tu? ". Elle répondit: " Je suis Ruth, ta servante; étends sur ta servante le pan de ton manteau, car tu as droit de rachat. "

And he said, Who are you? And she answering said, I am your servant Ruth: take your servant as wife, for you are a near relation.

10 Il dit: " Bénie sois-tu de Yahweh, ma fille! Ton dernier amour surpasse le premier, car tu n'as pas recherché des jeunes gens, pauvres ou riches.

And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

11 Maintenant, ma fille, ne crains point; tout ce que tu diras, je le ferai pour toi; car tout le peuple de Bethléem sait que tu es une femme vertueuse.

And now, my daughter, have no fear; I will do for you whatever you say: for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.

12 Maintenant. c'est en vérité que j'ai un droit de rachat, mais il y en a un autre plus proche que moi.

Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.

13 Passe ici la nuit; et demain, s'il veut te racheter, c'est bien, qu'il te rachète; mais s'il ne veut pas te racheter, je te rachèterai, moi. Yahweh est vivant! Reste couchée jusqu'au matin! "

Take your rest here tonight; and in the morning, if he will do for you what it is right for a relation to do, very well, let him do so: but if he will not, then by the living Lord I myself will do so.

14 Elle resta donc couchée à ses pieds jusqu'au matin, et elle se leva avant qu'un homme pût en reconnaître un autre. Booz dit: " Qu'on ne sache pas que cette femme est entrée dans l'aire. "

And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.

15 Et il ajouta: " Donne le manteau qui est sur toi, et tiens-le. " Elle le tint: et il mesura six mesures d'orge, qu'il chargea sur elle; puis il rentra dans la ville.

And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.

16 Ruth étant revenue auprès de sa belle-mère, Noémi lui dit: " Qu'as-tu fait, ma fille? " Ruth lui raconta tout ce que cet homme avait fait pour elle:

And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.

17 " Il m'a donné, ajouta-t-elle, ces six mesures d'orge, en me disant: Tu ne retourneras pas les mains vides chez ta belle-mère. "

And she said, He gave me these six measures of grain, saying, Do not go back to your mother-in-law with nothing in your hands.

18 Et Noémi dit: " Reste ici, ma fille, jusqu'à ce que tu saches comment finira l'affaire; car cet homme ne se donnera point de repos qu'il n'ait terminé cette affaire aujourd'hui. "

Then she said, Do nothing now, my daughter, till you see what will come of this; for the man will take no rest till he has put this thing through.