Rut 2
1 Tenía Noemí un pariente por parte de su marido, de la familia de Elimelec, un hombre poderoso y rico, que se llamaba Booz.
Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
2 Y dijo Rut, la moabita, a Noemí: “Si me permites, iré al campo, y recogeré espigas en pos de aquel en cuyos ojos hallare gracia.” Dijo ella: “Anda, hija mía.”
Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 Fue, pues, y se puso a espigar en el campo detrás de los segadores. Por fortuna dio con la parcela del campo que pertenecía a Booz, de la familia de Elimelec.
She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
4 Y he aquí que Booz vino de Betlehem, y dijo a los segadores: “Yahvé sea con vosotros.” Ellos le contestaron: “Yahvé te bendiga.”
Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “May Yahweh bless you.”
5 Preguntó Booz al criado suyo que era sobrestante de los segadores: “¿De quién es esa joven?”
Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”
6 El criado, sobrestante de los segadores, contestó diciendo: “Es una joven moabita que ha vuelto con Noemí de los campos de Moab.
The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
7 Ella me dijo: “Déjame espigar e ir detrás de los segadores para recoger entre las gavillas.” Así vino y se ha quedado desde la mañana, hasta ahora; este descanso que (ahora) se toma en la cabaña es muy corto.”
She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”
8 Dijo luego Booz a Rut: “Oye, hija mía, no vayas a espigar a otro campo, ni te apartes de aquí, sino sigue de cerca a mis criadas.
Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field, and don’t go from here, but stay here close to my maidens.
9 Fija tus ojos en el campo donde se siega y anda detrás de ellas: Pues he dado orden a los criados que no te toquen. Y si tienes sed, irás donde están las vasijas y beberás del agua que han sacado los criados.”
Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven’t I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn.”
10 Entonces ella cayó sobre su rostro, y postrada en tierra le dijo: “¿De dónde me viene el haber hallado gracia a tus ojos para que me mires, siendo como soy extranjera?”
Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”
11 Respondió Booz y le dijo: “Me han contado todo lo que has hecho para con tu suegra, después de la muerte de tu marido; y cómo has dejado a tu padre y a tu madre y al país de tu nacimiento, y has venido a un pueblo que no conocías antes.
Boaz answered her, “I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn’t know before.
12 Recompense Yahvé lo que has hecho, y recibas pleno galardón de parte de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, bajo cuyas alas te has amparado.”
May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
13 Respondió ella: “¡Halle yo gracia a tus ojos, señor mío! Pues tú me has consolado y has hablado al corazón de tu sierva, aunque no soy ni como una de tus criadas.”
Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.”
14 Llegada la hora de comer le dijo Booz: “Ven aquí y come del pan, y moja tu bocado en el vinagre.” Ella se sentó al lado de los segadores; y él le dio del grano tostado, del cual ella comió hasta saciarse, y guardó el resto.
At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.
15 Y cuando se levantó para seguir espigando, mandó Booz a sus criados, diciendo: “Hasta entre las gavillas podrá ella recoger espigas, no la increpéis;
When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her.
16 antes bien, dejad caer para ella algo de las gavillas, abandonándolo atrás para que ella lo recoja; y no la reprendáis.”
Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”
17 Estuvo Rut espigando en el campo hasta la tarde, y cuando batió lo que había recogido, había como una efa de cebada.
So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 Cargó con ello y se volvió a la ciudad; y vio su suegra lo que había espigado. Tras esto Rut sacó lo que había guardado después de haberse saciado, y se lo dio.
She took it up, and went into the city. Then her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought out and gave to her that which she had left after she had enough.
19 Le preguntó su suegra: “¿Dónde has espigado hoy, y en qué parte has trabajado? Bendito quien te ha mirado.” Dijo entonces a su suegra con quién había trabajado, y agregó: “El hombre con quien hoy he trabajado se llama Booz.”
Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.” She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
20 Entonces dijo Noemí a su nuera: “¡Bendito sea él de Yahvé! porque no ha dejado de mostrar su bondad, tanto con los vivos como con los muertos.” Y añadió Noemí: “Pariente cercano nuestro es ese hombre; es uno de nuestros parientes, uno de los que tienen la obligación del levirato.”
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”
21 Y dijo Rut, la moabita: “Él me mandó también: Sigue de cerca a mis criados hasta que hayan acabado de segar toda mi cosecha.”
Ruth the Moabitess said, “Yes, he said to me, ‘You shall stay close to my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’”
22 Dijo entonces Noemí a Rut, su nuera: “Mejor es, hija mía, que salgas con sus criados, para que no te maltraten en otro campo.”
Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you in any other field.”
23 Se acogió para espigar, a las criadas de Booz, hasta terminar la siega de las cebadas y la siega de los trigos. Y habitaba con su suegra.
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
