< Rut 3 >

1 Otu ụbọchị, Naomi, nne di Rut, gwara ya okwu sị, “Nwa m nwanyị, ọ bụ na o rubeghị mgbe m ga-achọtara gị ụlọ nke aka gị, ebe a ga-anọ lekọtazie gị anya nke ọma?
And she said to her Naomi mother-in-law her O daughter my ¿ not will I seek for you a resting place that it will go well for you.
2 Ọ bụ na Boaz, onye gị na ụmụ agbọghọ ya so rụọ ọrụ ịchịkọta ọka abụghị onye agbụrụ anyị? Lee, nʼabalị taa ka ọ ga-afụcha ọka balị nʼebe ịzọcha ọka.
And therefore ¿ not [is] Boaz relative our whom you were with female servants his there! he [will be] winnowing [the] threshing floor of the barley this night.
3 Ugbu a, gaa saa ahụ gị, teekwa mmanụ isi ụtọ, yirikwa uwe mara mma. I mesịa, gaa nʼebe ịzọcha ọka, ma ekwekwala ka ọ hụ gị, tutu ruo mgbe o risiri nri ṅụọkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ.
And you will wash - and you will anoint yourself and you will put (garments your *Q(K)*) on yourself (and you will go down *Q(K)*) the threshing floor may not you make yourself known to the man until finishes he to eat and to drink.
4 Leziekwa anya chọpụta ebe ọ ga-edina rahụ ụra. Mgbe ị maara na ọ rahụla ụra nke ọma, gaa kpughepụ akwa o ji kpuchie ụkwụ ya, dinaakwa ala nʼebe ahụ. Ọ ga-agwa gị ihe ị ga-eme.”
And let it be when lies down he and you will take note of the place where he will lie down there and you will go and you will uncover feet his (and you will lie down *Q(k)*) and he he will tell to you [that] which (you will do! *L(abh)*)
5 Rut zara sị, “Aga m eme ihe ọbụla ị sị m mee.”
And she said to her all that (you are saying to me *Q(K)*) I will do.
6 Ya mere, Rut pụrụ nʼabalị ahụ gaa nʼebe ịzọcha ọka ahụ, meekwa dịka nne di ya gwara ya.
And she went down the threshing floor and she did according to all that she had commanded her mother-in-law her.
7 Mgbe Boaz risiri nri ma ṅụọkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ, mmụọ ya dịkwa mma, ọ gara ka ọ dinaa ala na nsọtụ ebe atụkọtara akpa ọka. Rut jiri nwayọọ gaa nʼebe ahụ, kpughepụ akwa o ji kpuchie ụkwụ ya abụọ, dina nʼakụkụ ụkwụ ya.
And he ate Boaz and he drank and it was good heart his and he went to lie down at [the] end of the heap and she came in secrecy and she uncovered feet his and she lay down.
8 Nʼetiti abalị Boaz kụjara teta na mberede, tụgharịa, ma lee o nwere nwanyị dina nʼala ala ụkwụ ya.
And it was in [the] middle of the night and he trembled the man and he twisted and there! a woman [was] lying down feet his.
9 Ọ jụrụ ya sị, “Ị bụ onye?” Rut zara ya sị, “Abụ m Rut, ohu gị nwanyị, onyenwe m. Were ọnụ ọnụ akwa gị kpukwasị m, nʼihi na ị bụ onye agbụrụ mgbapụta m dị nso.”
And he said who? [are] you and she said I [am] Ruth maidservant your and you will spread out skirt your over maidservant your for [are] a kinsman-redeemer you.
10 Boaz zara sị ya, “Onyenwe anyị gọzie gị, nwa m nwanyị. Ịhụnanya i gosiri ugbu a akarịala nke i gosiri na mbụ, nʼihi na i gbasoghị ụmụ okorobịa, ma ha bụ ọgaranya maọbụ ogbenye.
And he said [be] blessed you by Yahweh O daughter my you have made good loyalty your latter more than former to not to go after the young men whether poor and or rich.
11 Ma ugbu a, nwa m nwanyị, atụla ụjọ. Aga m emezuru gị dịka i si rịọọ, nʼihi na mmadụ niile maara na ị bụ onye nwere ezi agwa.
And therefore O daughter my may not you fear all that you are saying I will do for you for [is] knowing all [the] gate of people my that [are] a woman of ability you.
12 Ọ bụ ezie na m bụ onye mgbapụta dị nso nke ezinaụlọ anyị, ma o nwere onye ọzọ dị ezi nso karịa m.
And therefore for truly that (*Q(K)*) [am] a kinsman-redeemer I and also there [is] a kinsman-redeemer near more than I.
13 Nọdụ nʼebe a nʼabalị a. Nʼụtụtụ, ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ ekwere imezu ọrụ ya dịka onye mgbapụta, ya rụzuo ya. Ọ bụrụ na o kwere, ọ dị mma, ọ bụrụkwanụ na o kweghị, dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, aga m emezu ya. Ugbu a, dinara ala ruo ụtụtụ.”
Stay - this night and it will be in the morning if he will redeem you good let him redeem and if not he will be willing to redeem you and I will redeem you I [by] [the] life of Yahweh lie down until the morning.
14 Ya mere, Rut dinara nʼụkwụ ya ruo ụtụtụ. Ma chi abọzibeghị nke ọma mgbe o si nʼebe ahụ bilie nʼihi na Boaz sịrị ya, “Ekwela ka onye ọbụla mata na nwanyị bịara nʼebe ịzọcha ọka.”
And she lay down (feet his *Q(K)*) until the morning and she arose (before *Q(K)*) he recognized anyone neighbor his and he said may not it be known that she came the woman the threshing floor.
15 O gwakwara Rut okwu sị ya, “Chịta akwa mgbokwasị gị, gbasaa ya.” Ya mere Rut gbasara akwa ya, Boaz manyere ya ọtụtụ ọka balị isii, bokwasị ya Rut, onye buuru ya banye nʼime obodo.
And he said give the shawl which [is] on you and take hold on it and she took hold on it and he measured out six barley and he put [it] on her and he came the city.
16 Mgbe Rut bịakwutere nne di ya, Naomi jụrụ ya sị, “Nwa m nwanyị, olee otu ihe si gaa?” Rut gwara ya ihe niile Boaz meere ya, sị,
And she came to mother-in-law her and she said who? [are] you O daughter my and she told to her all that he had done for her the man.
17 “Ọ manyeere m ọtụtụ ọka balị isii ndị a si m, ‘O kwesighị ka ị gbara aka lakwuru nne di gị.’”
And she said [the] six the barley these he gave to me for (he said to me *Q(K)*) may not you go empty to mother-in-law your.
18 Naomi zara si ya, “Chere, nwa m nwanyị, ruo mgbe ị ga-ahụ otu okwu a ga-esi bie. Nwoke a agaghị ezu ike tutu ruo mgbe o kwubiri okwu a taa.”
And she said sit down O daughter my until that you will know! how? will it fall out a matter for not he will be at peace the man that except he has finished the matter this day.

< Rut 3 >