< Rut 2 >
1 Hagi ana knafina Naomina nevenagapinti nera mani'neankino agi'a Boasi'e. Agra Elimeleki naga nofipinti afufeno ne' mani'nege'za, rama'a vahe'mo'za ke'za antahi'za hu'naze.
Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side whose name was Boaz. He was a rich and influential man from the family of Elimelech.
2 Mago zupa Ruti'a Moaputi a'mo, Naomi asmino, Natrege'na hozafi vu'na atresaza bali raga knarerema hunantesage'na tragama hanaza naga zamage nevu'na zogi'neno. Higeno Naomi'a mofa'nimoka, tagri tavutvakinka amne vugahane huno hunte'ne. (Diut 24: 19)
Soon after Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the fields and pick up grain that's been left behind—if I can find someone will give me permission.” “Yes, go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
3 Higeno Ruti'a vuno bali raga traga nehaza vahe zamage nevuno evuramiama'a zogi atru huno vu'ne. E'i ana eri'zama eri'neana Elimeleki nagapinti ne' Boasi hozafi eri'zana eri'neankino agra Boasi hoze huno ontahi'ne.
So she went and picked up grain the reapers had left behind. She happened to be working in a field that belonged to Boaz, a relative of Elimelech.
4 Anama nehia knafi Boasi'a Betlehem kumateti eno, hoza traga nehaza vahe'agu kezatino Ra Anumzamo'a tamagrane manigahie, hige'za zamagra nona'a, Ra Anumzamo'a asomu hugantesie, hu'za hu'naze.
Later on Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, “The Lord bless you!”
5 Boasi'a, hoza traga nehaza vahe'mokizmi kva ne' antahigeno, Amu zahufa ara aza naga nofipinti a' emani'ne?
Then Boaz asked his servant who was in charge of the harvesters, “Who is this young woman related to?”
6 Hagi bali traga nehaza vahe'te kva ne'mo anage hu'ne, Agra Moabuti zahufa are, Moabu kumateti Naomi'ene magoka ena'e.
“The young woman is a Moabite who came back with Naomi from Moab,” the servant replied.
7 Ruti'a eme nantahigeno, Knare bali tragahu vahe'mokizmi zamage nevu'na, bali raga ko'nama ananekisafinti evu ramisiama'a zogi atru hutere hugaho? Huno hige'na, knarere hunte'noe. E'neregati nantera agafa huno hamponatino tusi eri'za manigsa osu enerino, tona nompina osi'a kna manigsa hu'ne.
“She asked me, ‘Please may I have permission to pick up grain behind the reapers.’ So she came, and she's been working here from morning until now, except for a brief rest in the shelter.”
8 Higeno Boasi'a anage Rutinku hu'ne, Mofanimoka antahi ankero, mago hozafina atrenka vunka bali raga ome zogi atru osutfa huo. Kagra ama'na hozafinti'ra, atrenka ru hozafina ovugahane. Eri'za a'ne nagani'ane tragotenka eri'zana erigahane.
Boaz went and spoke to Ruth. “Listen to me, my daughter,” he told her. “Don't leave to go and pick up grain in someone else's field. Stay close to my women.
9 Ke ankerenka vene'nemo'za e'ina hozafi eri'zana eri'zanki nehunka, eri'za a'ne naga zamage huo. Vene'nemo'za kvako osiho hu'na nagra zamasmigahue. Kagri'ma tinku kavesisnigenka, vunka vene'nemo'za ome afi'za eme ante'naza kavofinti afinka no.
Pay attention to what part of the field the men are reaping and follow the women. I've told the men not to bother you. When you get thirsty, go and have a drink from the water jars the servants have filled.”
10 Ruti'a agiafi rena reno avugosa mopafi hunteno, agrikura anage hu'ne, Nahigenka nagrira knare'zana hunantenka, nagrikura kagesa antahi nenamine, nagrama ru mopareti a'ma mani'noana?
She bowed down with her face to the ground. “Why are you being so kind to me or even notice me, seeing I'm a foreigner?” she asked him.
11 Higeno, Boasi'a nona'a Rutinku anage hu'ne, Maka'zama negave'ma fri'nereti'ma negnoferoma huntenka e'nana'zane, negafane, anta'kane, mopaka'anema atretenka kora antahinka, kenka osu'nana vahe'enena emani'nana kagenke ka'a ko nagrira nasmige'na antahi'noe.
“I've heard about all you've done for your mother-in-law since your husband died,” Boaz replied. “And also how you left your father and mother, and the land of your birth, to come and live among people you didn't know.
12 Anama hu'nana nona'a, Ramo mizana kamisie. Knare kvukva zantera Israeli Ra Anumzamo nona huno ante avitegantesie, kagrama kva hunante'snie, hunkama hu'nana Anumzamo asomu hugantesie.
May the Lord fully reward you for all you've done—the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you've come for protection.
13 Anante Ruti'a anage hu'ne, Kagra knare'za nagrira hunenantane ramoka, na'ankure nagra mago kagri eri'za ara omani'noanagi, kagra nazeri so'e nehunka, knare keaga hunami'nane.
Thank you for being so good to me, sir,” she replied. “You have reassured me by speaking to me kindly. I'm not even one of your servants.”
14 Henka ne'za nenaza knare, Boasi'a Rutinku anage hu'ne, Amare enka breti eme nenenka, hagi breti ka'a vinega timpi refru hunka no! Higeno bali tragahu vahe'mokizmi zamasoparega umani'negeno tevefi kre hagege hu'naza bali raga refko humigeno Ruti'a neteno amu higeno mago'a eriri'ne.
When it was time to eat, Boaz called her over. “Come here,” he said. “Take some bread and dip it in wine vinegar.” So she sat down with the workers and Boaz passed her some roasted grain to eat. She ate until she'd had enough with some left over.
15 Anante Ruti'a otino bali raga eri atru hunaku nevigeno, Boasi'a eri'za vahe'a zamasmino, Atrenkeno ama a'mo'a bali raga ko'na'ma anakinte'naza amu'nompi vano nehuno zoneginigeta ahe onatiho.
After Ruth went back to work Boaz told his men, “Let her pick up grain even among the sheaves. Don't say anything to embarrass her.
16 Anahu kna hutma agri tfana, ko'na anakintepintira raga'a rmina avazuhu atre'nenkeno agra zogirino, hagi i'o hutma huonteho.
In fact, pull out some stalks from the bundles you're cutting and leave them for her to pick up. Don't tell her off.”
17 Ana higeno Ruti'a hozafinti bali raga zogi atru nehigeno vuno kinaga se'ne. Anante agrama zogi atru huno hareno eriri'nea bali rgamofo kna'amo'a 10ni'o, 13ni'a kilo naza fore hu'ne.
Ruth worked in the field until the evening. When she beat out the grain that she had picked up it was a large amount.
18 Hagi Ruti'a zogirino, erino rankumate vigeno, nenofero'a nama'a zogirino e'neo ke'ne. Agra mago'a kre hagegehu balima feru nenegeno amu'ma higeno eriri'nea bali raga ne'zana Naomina hefimi'ne.
She picked it up and took it back to town to show her mother-in-law how much she had collected. Ruth also gave her what she had left over from her meal.
19 Naomi'a, nenoferona amanage huno antahige'ne, Inante menina bali raga eritru hu'nane? Iza hozafi eri'zana eri'nane? Aza'o kagriku'ma agesa antahino kza hu'nesimofona asomu huntegahie. Higeno Ruti'a nenoferona aza'ene eri'zana eri'neo, nesmino anage hu'ne, Nagrama menima eri'zama erinte'noa ne'mofo agi'a, Boasi'e huno asmi'ne.
Naomi asked her, “Where did you pick up grain today? Exactly where did you work? Bless whoever cared enough about you to pay you some attention!” So she told her mother-in-law about who she had worked with. “The man I worked with today is called Boaz.”
20 Naomi'a nenoferonku anage hu'ne, Ra Anumzamo'a agrira asomu huntegahie. Na'ankure Ramo fri'naza nagakura age okanino, mani'nona nagara so'e hunerante. Anante Naomi'a, Rutina asmi'ne, Ama'na nera tagri tvate kora mani'neankino, agra tagri kegava hurantegahie.
“The Lord bless him!” Naomi exclaimed to her daughter-in-law. “He goes on showing his kindness to the living and the dead. That man is a close relative to us—a ‘family redeemer.’”
21 Ruti, Moapu a'mo ke nona'a anage hu'ne, Mago'ane nagriku anage hu'ne, Kagra eri'za vaheni'a mokizmi zamate manitere nehnanke'za nagri hozafinti ne'zana tragahu vagaregahaze huno nasmi'ne.
Ruth added, “He also told me, ‘Stay close to my workers until they have finished harvesting my entire crop.’”
22 Naomi'a, anante nenofero Rutina anage huno asmi'ne, Mofa'nimoka agri eri'za mofa'nene tragotenka eri'zante vnanana knare hugantegahie. Na'ankure ru vahe hozafi'ma eri'za omerisanana, hazenkezamo kvufare egahie.
“That's good, my daughter,” Naomi told Ruth. “Stay with his women workers. Don't go to other fields where you might be molested.”
23 Ana higeno Ruti'a, Boasi eri'za mofane zagane tragoteno bali raga zogino eritru nehigeno, bali hozama tragahu eri'zamo'a vagaregeno, witi hozama tragahu eri'zamo'enena anante vagare'ne. Ana eri'zama vagaregeno'a Ruti'a nenofero'ene mani'ne.
So Ruth stayed with Boaz' women workers picking up grain until the end of the barley harvest, and then on to the end of the wheat harvest. She lived with her mother-in-law the whole time.