< Ruth 3 >

1 Ní ọjọ́ kan, Naomi, ìyá ọkọ Rutu wí fún un pé, “Ọmọbìnrin mi, ǹjẹ́ kò yẹ kí èmi bá ọ wá ilé ọkọ mìíràn, níbi tí wọn yóò ti le è máa tọ́jú rẹ?
And her mother-in-law Naomi says to her, “My daughter, do I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
2 Wò ó, Boasi ọkùnrin nì tí ìwọ bá àwọn ìránṣẹ́bìnrin rẹ̀ ṣiṣẹ́, tí í ṣe ìbátan wa, yóò wá láti fẹ́ ọkà barle ní ilẹ̀ ìpakà rẹ̀ ní àṣálẹ́ yìí.
And now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women you have been? Behold, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley tonight,
3 Wẹ̀, kí o sì fi ìpara olóòórùn dídùn pa ara rẹ, kí o sì wọ aṣọ rẹ tí ó dára jùlọ, kí o sì lọ sí ilẹ̀ ìpakà tí ó gbé ń pa ọkà, ṣùgbọ́n má ṣe jẹ́ kí ó mọ̀ pé o wà níbẹ̀ títí tí yóò fi jẹ tí yóò sì mu tán.
and you have bathed, and anointed yourself, and put your garments on you, and gone down to the threshing-floor; do not let yourself be known to the man until he completes to eat and to drink;
4 Rí í dájú pé o mọ ibi tí ó sùn sí, lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ó bá ti sùn, lọ kí o ṣí aṣọ ìbora rẹ̀ níbi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sókè kí o sì sùn sí ibi ẹsẹ̀ náà. Òun yóò sì sọ ohun tí ìwọ yóò ṣe fún ọ.”
and it comes to pass, when he lies down, that you have known the place where he lies down, and have gone in, and uncovered his feet, and lain down—and he declares to you that which you do.”
5 Rutu sì fèsì pé, “Gbogbo ohun tí ìwọ sọ fún mi ni èmi yóò ṣe.”
And she says to her, “All that you say—I do.”
6 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Rutu lọ sí ilẹ̀ ìpakà tí ó sì ṣe gbogbo ohun tí ìyá ọkọ rẹ̀ sọ fún un, pé kí o ṣe.
And she goes down [to] the threshing-floor, and does according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her
7 Nígbà tí Boasi parí jíjẹ àti mímu tán, tí ọkàn rẹ̀ sì kún fún ayọ̀. Ó lọ, ó sì dùbúlẹ̀ ní ẹ̀yìn ọkà tí wọ́n kójọ. Rutu yọ́ kẹ́lẹ́kẹ́lẹ́ lọ sí ibẹ̀, ó ṣí aṣọ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sókè, ó sì sùn sí ibi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.
And Boaz eats and drinks, and his heart is glad; and he goes in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she comes in gently, and uncovers his feet, and lies down.
8 Ó sì ṣe nígbà tí ọkùnrin náà tají ní àárín òru, ẹ̀rù bà á, ó sì yí ara padà, ó sì ṣàkíyèsí obìnrin kan tí ó sùn sí ibi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.
And it comes to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembles, and turns himself, and behold, a woman is lying at his feet.
9 Ó sì béèrè pé, “Ta ni ìwọ í ṣe?” Rutu sì fèsì wí pé, “Èmi ni Rutu, ìránṣẹ́bìnrin rẹ. Da etí aṣọ rẹ bò mí, nítorí pé ìwọ ni ìbátan tí ó le è rà mí padà.”
And he says, “Who [are] you?” And she says, “I [am] Ruth your handmaid, and you have spread your skirt over your handmaid, for you [are] a redeemer.”
10 Boasi sì wí fún un pé, “Kí Olúwa bùkún fún ọ, ọmọbìnrin mi. Ìfẹ́ tí o fihàn yí ti pọ̀ ju ti àtẹ̀yìnwá lọ, bí ó ti jẹ́ wí pé ìwọ kò lọ láti wá àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin bóyá ọlọ́rọ̀ tàbí tálákà.
And he says, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH, my daughter; you have dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning—not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.
11 Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin mi, má bẹ̀rù. Èmi yóò sì ṣe ohun gbogbo tí o béèrè fún ọ. Gbogbo ènìyàn ni ó mọ̀ ọ́n ní obìnrin oníwà rere.
And now, my daughter, do not fear, all that you say I do to you, for all the gate of my people knows that you [are] a virtuous woman.
12 Nítòótọ́ ni mo wí pé èmi jẹ́ ìbátan tí ó súnmọ́ ọ, ṣùgbọ́n ìbátan kan wà tí ó súnmọ́ ọ ju ti tèmi lọ.
And now, surely, true, that I [am] a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.
13 Dúró síbí títí ilẹ̀ yóò fi mọ́, bí ó bá sì di òwúrọ̀ tí ọkùnrin náà sì ṣe tan láti ṣe ìràpadà, ó dára kí ó ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, bí Olúwa ti ń bẹ láààyè nígbà náà ni èmi yóò ṣe ìràpadà, sùn sí ìhín títí ilẹ̀ yóò fi mọ́.”
Lodge tonight, and it has been in the morning, if he redeems you, well: he redeems; and if he does not delight to redeem you, then I have redeemed you—I; YHWH lives! Lie down until the morning.”
14 Ó sì sùn ní ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ títí di òwúrọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ó dìde ní òwúrọ̀ kùtùkùtù kí ẹnìkínní tó le è dá ẹnìkejì mọ̀. Boasi sì sọ fún un wí pé, “Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ó di mí mọ̀ wí pé obìnrin kan wá sí ilẹ̀ ìpakà.”
And she lies down at his feet until the morning, and rises before one discerns another; and he says, “Let it not be known that the woman has come into the floor.”
15 Ó sì tún wí fún un pé, “Mú aṣọ ìborùn rẹ tí o dà bora, kí o tẹ̀ ẹ sílẹ̀.” Rutu sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, Boasi sì wọn òsùwọ̀n ọkà barle mẹ́fà sí i, ó sì gbé e rù ú. Nígbà náà ni ó padà sí ìlú.
And he says, “Give the covering which [is] on you, and keep hold on it”; and she keeps hold on it, and he measures six [measures] of barley, and lays [it] on her; and he goes into the city.
16 Nígbà tí Rutu dé ilé Naomi ìyá ọkọ sì bí léèrè pé, “Báwo ni ó ti rí ọmọbìnrin mi?” Nígbà náà ni ó sì sọ gbogbo ohun tí ọkùnrin náà ṣe fún un fún ìyá ọkọ rẹ̀.
And she comes to her mother-in-law, and she says, “Who [are] you, my daughter?” And she declares to her all that the man has done to her.
17 Ó fi kún un wí pé, “Ó sọ fún mi wí pé, ‘Má ṣe padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ ìyá ọkọ rẹ ní ọwọ́ òfo, nítorí náà, ó fún mi ní ìwọ̀n ọkà barle mẹ́fà.’”
And she says, “These six [measures] of barley he has given to me, for he said, You do not go in empty to your mother-in-law.”
18 Naomi sì wí fún un pé, “Dúró, ọmọbìnrin mi títí tí ìwọ yóò fi mọ bí ohun gbogbo yóò ti rí, nítorí pé ọkùnrin náà kò ní sinmi títí tí ọ̀rọ̀ náà yóò fi yanjú lónìí.”
And she says, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter falls, for the man does not rest except he has completed the matter today.”

< Ruth 3 >