Ruth 3
1 Et Naomi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: Ma fille, ne te chercherai-je pas du repos, afin que tu sois heureuse?
A little later Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, don't you think I should find you a husband and a good home?
2 Et maintenant, Boaz, avec les jeunes filles duquel tu as été, n’est-il pas de nos amis? Voici, il vanne cette nuit les orges dans l’aire.
Don't ignore the fact that Boaz, whose women you worked with, is closely related to us. Now tonight he will be busy winnowing grain on the threshing floor.
3 Lave-toi donc, et oins-toi, et mets sur toi tes habits, et descends dans l’aire; ne te fais pas connaître à l’homme, jusqu’à ce qu’il ait achevé de manger et de boire.
Have a bath, put on some perfume, wear your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor—but don't let him recognize you. Once he's finished eating and drinking,
4 Et lorsqu’il se couchera, alors tu remarqueras le lieu où il se couche, et tu entreras, et tu découvriras ses pieds, et tu te coucheras; et lui, te fera connaître ce que tu auras à faire.
watch where he goes to lie down. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. Then he will tell you what to do.”
5 Et elle lui dit: Tout ce que tu as dit, je le ferai.
“I'll do everything you told me,” said Ruth.
6 Et elle descendit à l’aire, et fit selon tout ce que sa belle-mère lui avait commandé.
She went down to the threshing floor and did what her mother-in-law had told her to do.
7 Et Boaz mangea et but, et son cœur devint gai, et il alla se coucher au bout du tas des gerbes. Et elle vint tout doucement, et découvrit ses pieds, et se coucha.
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking, and was feeling contented, he went and lay down beside the grain pile. Ruth quietly approached him, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
8 Et il arriva au milieu de la nuit, que l’homme eut peur et se tourna; et voici, une femme était couchée à ses pieds.
Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up. Bending forward he was surprised to see a woman lying at his feet.
9 Et il dit: Qui es-tu? Et elle dit: Je suis Ruth, ta servante; et étends ton aile sur ta servante, car tu as le droit de rachat.
“Who are you?” he asked. “I'm Ruth, your servant,” she replied. “Please spread the corner of your cloak over me, for you are my family redeemer.”
10 Et il dit: Bénie sois-tu de l’Éternel, ma fille! Tu as montré plus de bonté à la fin qu’au commencement, en ce que tu n’es pas allée après les jeunes hommes, pauvres ou riches.
“May the Lord bless you, my daughter,” he said. “You are showing even more loyalty and love to the family than before. You haven't gone looking for a younger man, of whatever social status.
11 Et maintenant, ma fille, ne crains pas; tout ce que tu [me] dis, je le ferai pour toi; car toute la porte de mon peuple sait que tu es une femme vertueuse.
So don't worry, my daughter. I will do everything you ask—everyone in town knows you are a woman of good character.
12 Et maintenant, il est bien vrai que j’ai le droit de rachat, toutefois il y en a un qui a le droit de rachat, [et qui est] plus proche que moi.
However, even though I'm one of your family redeemers, there's one who is more closely related than I am.
13 Passe [ici] la nuit; et s’il arrive que, le matin, il veuille te racheter, c’est bien! qu’il le fasse; et s’il ne lui plaît pas de te racheter, l’Éternel est vivant que je le ferai, moi! Reste couchée jusqu’au matin.
Stay here tonight, and in the morning if he wants to redeem you, then fine, let him do it. But if he doesn't, then I promise you in the name of the living Lord, I will redeem you. Lie down here until morning.”
14 Et elle resta couchée là à ses pieds jusqu’au matin; et elle se leva avant qu’on puisse se reconnaître l’un l’autre. Et il dit: Qu’on ne sache pas qu’une femme est venue dans l’aire.
So Ruth lay at his feet until morning. Then she got up before it was light enough to recognize anyone because Boaz had told her, “No one must know that a woman came here to the threshing floor.”
15 Et il [lui] dit: Donne le manteau qui est sur toi, et tiens-le. Et elle le tint, et il mesura six [mesures] d’orge, et les mit sur elle; et il entra dans la ville.
He also told her, “Bring me the cloak you're wearing and hold it out.” So she held it out and he poured out six measures of barley into it. He helped her put it on her back and she went back to town.
16 Et elle vint vers sa belle-mère; et celle-ci dit: Qui es-tu, ma fille? Et elle lui raconta tout ce que l’homme avait fait pour elle;
Ruth went to her mother-in-law, who asked her, “How did it go for you, my daughter?” So Ruth told her everything that Boaz had done for her.
17 et elle dit: Il m’a donné ces six [mesures] d’orge; car il m’a dit: Tu n’iras pas à vide vers ta belle-mère.
“And he also gave me these six measures of barley,” she added. “He told me, ‘You mustn't go home to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Et [Naomi] dit: Demeure, ma fille, jusqu’à ce que tu saches comment l’affaire tournera; car l’homme n’aura pas de repos qu’ il n’ait terminé l’affaire aujourd’hui.
Naomi said to Ruth, “Wait patiently, my daughter, until you find out how it all works out. Boaz won't rest until he has it settled today.”
