Rut 3
1 Noemí, su suegra, le dijo: “Hija mía, ¿no he de buscar tu descanso para que te vaya bien?
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 ¿No es Booz nuestro pariente, con cuyas doncellas estabas? He aquí que esta noche estará aventando cebada en la era.
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 Por tanto, lávate, úntate, vístete y baja a la era; pero no te des a conocer al hombre hasta que haya terminado de comer y beber.
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 Cuando se acueste, te fijarás en el lugar donde está acostado. Entonces entrarás, descubrirás sus pies y te acostarás. Entonces él te dirá lo que debes hacer”.
[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 Ella le dijo: “Todo lo que digas, lo haré”.
Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
6 Bajó a la era e hizo todo lo que su suegra le dijo.
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 Cuando Booz hubo comido y bebido, y su corazón estaba alegre, fue a acostarse al final del montón de grano. Ella se acercó suavemente, le descubrió los pies y se acostó.
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 A medianoche, el hombre se asustó y se volvió; y he aquí que una mujer yacía a sus pies.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
9 Le dijo: “¿Quién eres?”. Ella respondió: “Yo soy Rut, tu sierva. Extiende, pues, la esquina de tu manto sobre tu sierva, porque eres pariente cercano”.
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 Él dijo: “Has sido bendecida por Yahvé, hija mía. Has mostrado más bondad al final que al principio, porque no seguiste a los jóvenes, sean pobres o ricos.
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 Ahora, hija mía, no tengas miedo. Haré contigo todo lo que digas; porque toda la ciudad de mi pueblo sabe que eres una mujer digna.
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 Es cierto que soy un pariente cercano. Sin embargo, hay un pariente más cercano que yo.
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 Quédate esta noche, y por la mañana, si él hace por ti la parte de un pariente, bien. Que cumpla con el deber de pariente. Pero si no cumple con el deber de un pariente para ti, entonces yo haré el deber de un pariente para ti, vive Yahvé. Acuéstate hasta la mañana”.
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 La mujer se echó a sus pies hasta la mañana, y luego se levantó antes de que se pudiera discernir otra cosa. Porque dijo: “Que no se sepa que la mujer vino a la era”.
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 Le dijo: “Trae el manto que llevas puesto y sostenlo”. Ella lo sostuvo; y él midió seis medidas de cebada, y se las puso encima; luego se fue a la ciudad.
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 Cuando llegó a su suegra, le dijo: “¿Cómo te fue, hija mía?”. Ella le contó todo lo que el hombre había hecho por ella.
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 Ella dijo: “Me dio estas seis medidas de cebada, porque me dijo: “No vayas con las manos vacías a casa de tu suegra””.
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 Entonces ella dijo: “Espera, hija mía, hasta que sepas lo que va a pasar; porque el hombre no descansará hasta que haya resuelto esto hoy.”
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]”
