Књига о Рути 3
1 Потом рече јој Нојемина свекрва њена: Кћери моја, не треба ли да ти потражим починак, да би ти добро било?
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 Ево, није ли нам род Воз, код кога си била са девојкама његовим? Ево, он ће ову ноћ вејати јечам на гумну.
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 Умиј се дакле, и намажи се, и обуци хаљине своје на се, па иди на гумно; али да не дозна за те човек докле не једе и не напије се.
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 Па кад легне, запамти место где легне, па онда отиди и дигни покривач с ногу његових, те лези онде; а он ће ти казати шта ћеш радити.
[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 А Рута јој рече: Шта ми год кажеш, учинићу.
Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
6 И отиде на гумно и учини све што јој заповеди свекрва.
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 А Воз једавши и пивши и провеселивши се отиде те леже код стога; а она дође полако, подиже покривач с ногу његових и леже.
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 А кад би око поноћи трже се човек и обрну се, а гле, жена лежаше код ногу његових.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
9 И он јој рече: Ко си? Одговори: Ја сам Рута слушкиња твоја; рашири крило своје на слушкињу своју, јер си ми осветник.
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 А он рече: Господ да те благослови, кћери моја; ова потоња милост коју ми показујеш већа је од прве, што ниси тражила младића, ни сиромашног ни богатог.
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 Зато сада, кћери моја, не бој се; шта год кажеш учинићу ти; јер зна цело место народа мог да си поштена жена.
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 Јесте истина, ја сам ти осветник; али има још те ближи од мене.
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 Преноћи овде; па сутра ако те хтедбуде узети, добро, нека узме; ако ли не хтедбуде узети, ја ћу те узети, тако жив био Господ! Спавај до јутра.
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 И она спава код ногу његових до јутра; потом уста док још не могаше човек човека распознати, јер Воз рече: Да се не дозна да је жена долазила на гумно.
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 И рече: Дај огртач који имаш на себи; и држи га. И она га подржа, а он јој измери шест мерица јечма, и напрти јој и она отиде у град.
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 И дође свекрви својој, која јој рече: Шта би кћери моја? А она јој каза све што јој учини онај човек.
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 И рече: Ових шест мерица јечма даде ми, јер ми рече: Немој се вратити празна к свекрви својој.
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 А она јој рече: Почекај, кћери моја, док дознаш како ће изаћи; јер онај човек неће се смирити док не сврши ствар данас.
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]”
