Ruth 3
1 Et Naomi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: Ma fille, ne te chercherai-je pas du 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
[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 Et elle lui dit: Tout ce que tu as dit, je le ferai.
Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
6 Et elle descendit à l’aire, et fit selon tout ce que sa belle-mère lui avait commandé.
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 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.
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 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.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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;
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 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.
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 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.
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]”
