< Rute 2 >

1 E tinha Noemi um parente de seu marido, homem poderoso e rico, da família de Elimeleque, o qual se chamava Boaz.
And Na'omi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty, valiant man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Bo'az.
2 E Rute a moabita disse a Noemi: Rogo-te que me deixes ir ao campo, e colherei espigas atrás daquele a cujos olhos achar favor. E ela lhe respondeu: Vai, filha minha.
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Na'omi, Let me go, I pray thee, into the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose eyes I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
3 Foi, pois, e chegando, tirou espigas no campo atrás dos ceifeiros: e aconteceu porventura, que o terreno era de Boaz, o qual era da parentela de Elimeleque.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and the accident happened to her, that it was a part of the field belonging unto Bo'az, who was of the family of Elimelech.
4 E eis que Boaz veio de Belém, e disse aos ceifeiros: O SENHOR seja convosco. E eles responderam: O SENHOR te abençoe.
And, behold, Bo'az came from Beth-lechem, and he said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they said unto him, May the Lord bless thee.
5 E Boaz disse a seu criado o supervisor dos ceifeiros: De quem é esta moça?
Then said Bo'az unto his young man that was appointed over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?
6 E o criado, supervisor dos ceifeiros, respondeu e disse: É a moça de Moabe, que voltou com Noemi dos campos de Moabe;
And the young man that was appointed over the reapers answered and said, It is a Moabitish maiden that is returned with Na'omi out of the fields of Moab;
7 E disse: Rogo-te que me deixes colher e juntar atrás dos ceifeiros entre os feixes; entrou, pois, e está desde pela manhã até agora, menos um pouco que se deteve em casa.
And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: so she came, and hath remained ever from the morning even until now; it is but a little while that she hath sat down in the house.
8 Então Boaz disse á Rute: Ouve, filha minha, não vás a tirar espigas em outro campo, nem passes daqui: e aqui estarás com minhas moças.
Then said Bo'az unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go away from this; but keep close company with my own maidens.
9 Olha bem o campo que colherem, e segue-as: porque eu mandei aos moços que não te toquem. E se tiveres sede, vai aos vasos, e bebe da água que os moços tirarem.
Let thy eyes be on the field which they may reap, and go thou after them; behold, I have charged the young men that they shall not touch thee: and when thou art thirsty, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men may draw.
10 Ela então baixando seu rosto inclinou-se à terra, e disse-lhe: Por que achei favor em teus olhos para que tu me reconheças, sendo eu estrangeira?
Thereupon she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy eyes, that thou shouldst take cognizance of me, seeing I am but a stranger?
11 E respondendo Boaz, disse-lhe: Por certo se me declarou tudo o que fizeste com tua sogra depois da morte de teu marido, e que deixando teu pai e tua mãe e a terra de onde nasceste, vieste a um povo que não conheceste antes.
But Bo'az answered and said unto her, It hath fully been told me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how thou hast forsaken thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not yesterday or the day before.
12 O SENHOR recompense tua obra, e tua remuneração seja cheia pelo SENHOR Deus de Israel, que vieste para cobrir-te debaixo de suas asas.
May the Lord recompense thy work, and may thy reward be complete from the Lord the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to seek shelter.
13 E ela disse: Senhor meu, ache eu favor diante de teus olhos; porque me consolaste, e porque falaste ao coração de tua serva, não sendo eu como uma de tuas criadas.
Then said she, Let me find grace in thy eyes, my lord; for thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken [kindly] unto the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not like one of thy handmaids.
14 E Boaz lhe disse à hora de comer: Achega-te aqui, e come do pão, e molha teu bocado no vinagre. E sentou-se ela junto aos ceifeiros, e ele lhe deu grãos tostados, e comeu até que se fartou e lhe sobrou.
And Bo'az said unto her, At mealtime come near hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she seated herself beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she ate, and was satisfied, and had some left.
15 Levantou-se logo para tirar espigas. E Boaz mandou a seus criados, dizendo: Colha também espigas entre os feixes, e não a envergonheis;
Then did she arise to glean: and Bo'az commanded his young men, saying, Even between the sheaves let her glean, and do not cause her to feel any shame;
16 Antes lançareis de propósito dos feixes, e a deixareis que colha, e não a repreendais.
And ye shall also draw out some for her from the bundles on purpose, and leave it, that she may glean it, and ye shall not rebuke her.
17 E tirou espigas no campo até à tarde, e debulhou o que havia colhido, e foi como um efa de cevada.
So she gleaned in the field until the evening; and when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
18 E tomou-o, e veio à cidade; e sua sogra viu o que havia colhido. Tirou também logo o que lhe havia sobrado depois de farta, e deu-lhe.
And she took it up, and she went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her what she had left over after she was satisfied.
19 E disse-lhe sua sogra: Onde tiraste espigas hoje? e onde trabalhaste? Bendito seja o que te reconheceu. E ela declarou à sua sogra o que lhe havia acontecido com aquele, e disse: O nome do homem com quem hoje trabalhei é Boaz.
And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today? and where hast thou wrought? may he that took cognizance of thee be blessed. And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought today is Bo'az.
20 E disse Noemi à sua nora: Seja ele bendito do SENHOR, pois que não recusou aos vivos a benevolência que teve para com os finados. Disse-lhe depois Noemi: Nosso parente é aquele homem, e de nossos remidores é.
Then said Na'omi unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he unto the Lord, who hath not withheld his kindness from the living and from the dead. And Na'omi said unto her, The man is nearly related unto us, he is one of our next kinsmen.
21 E Rute moabita disse: a mais disto me disse: Junta-te com meus criados, até que tenham acabado toda minha colheita.
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He hath also said unto me, Thou shalt keep close company with my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
22 E Noemi respondeu a Rute sua nora: Melhor é, filha minha, que saias com suas criadas, que não que te encontrem em outro campo.
Then said Na'omi unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that men may not meet with thee in any other field.
23 Esteve, pois, junto com as moças de Boaz tirando espigas, até que a colheita das cevadas e a dos trigos foi acabada; mas com sua sogra habitou.
So she kept close company with the maidens of Bo'az in gleaning until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

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