Ruth 3

1 Or, comme elle était assise auprès de sa belle-mère, Noémi sa belle-mère lui dit: Fille, ne chercherai-je point pour toi la repos afin que 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 Maintenant, Booz, dont tu as fréquenté les filles, ne nous est-il pas connu? Écoute: Il doit vanner cette nuit de l'orge dans son 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 donc et te parfume, revêts-toi de ton bel habillement et monte à son aire. Ne te montre pas à l'homme qu'il n'ait fini 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 Lorsqu'il sera couché, et que tu sauras le lieu où il sera couché, tu iras, tu lèveras ce qui couvre ses pieds, tu te coucheras, et lui-même t'apprendra ce que tu auras 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 Et Ruth répondit: Je ferai tout ce que tu viens de dire.

And she said, I will do all you say.

6 Et elle se rendit à l'aire, et elle fit tout ce que sa belle-mère lui avait recommandé.

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

7 Et Booz mangea et il but; son cœur fut réjoui et il alla se coucher au coin d'un tas de blé; elle le suivit en silence et elle leva ce qui couvrait ses pieds.

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 Or, à minuit l'homme s'éveilla, et il fut saisi d'étonnement et de trouble en voyant une femme 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 Et il dit? Qui es-tu? Elle répondit: Je suis Ruth la servante, et tu étendras, ton aile sur ta servante, parce que tu es rédempteur.

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 Et Booz reprit: Bénie sois-tu au nom du Seigneur, ma fille, parce que tu as été bonne et miséricordieuse à la fin plus encore qu'au commencement, et que tu n'as recherché les 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, n'aie point de crainte: tout ce que tu demanderas, je te l'accorderai; car toute la tribu de mon peuple sait que tu es une femme forte.

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 Il est vrai que je suis ton parent, mais il en est un plus proche que moi.

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

13 Demeure ici la nuit et demain: sil veut t'épouser, qu'il t'épouse; mais s'il ne veut t'épouser, je t'épouserai moi, vive le Seigneur. Couche-toi donc, jusqu'à l'aurore.

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 couchée à ses pieds jusqu'au lendemain; puis elle se leva avant que l'on pût se reconnaître de près, et Booz lui dit: Que personne ne sache qu'une femme est venue à mon 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 Il ajouta: Soulève le manteau que tu portes; elle le soutint, et il y versa six mesures d'orge; il l'en chargea, et elle 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 Et Ruth alla retrouver sa belle-mère, et celle-ci lui dit: Ma fille! et l'autre, lui raconta tout ce que l'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 Elle ajouta: Il m'a donné ces dix mesures d'orge, et il m'a dit: Tu ne rentreras 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 Or, celle-ci dit: Ne bouge pas, fille, jusqu'à ce que tu apprennes que la chose a réussi, car l'homme n'aura pas de repos qu'il ne l'ait terminée aujourd'hui même.

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.