1 Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. 2 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 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 Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, "May Yahweh be with you."
They answered him, "May Yahweh bless you."
5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, "Whose young lady is this?"
6 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her."
17 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
1 拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒有个同族的亲戚， 名叫波阿斯， 是个大财主。
2 摩押女子路得对拿俄米说： "让我到田里去， 我在谁的眼前蒙恩， 我就跟在谁的背后捡麦穗。"拿俄米说： "女儿啊， 你尽管去。"
3 路得就去了， 来到田里， 在收割的人背后捡麦穗。她恰巧来到以利米勒同族的人波阿斯那块田。
4 波阿斯刚好从伯利恒来， 对收割的人说： "愿耶和华与你们同在。"他们回答： "愿耶和华赐福与你。"
5 波阿斯问那监督收割的仆人： "那是谁家的姑娘呢？"
6 监督收割的仆人回答： "她是跟拿俄米从摩押地回来的摩押女子。
7 她说： ‘请让我捡一点麦穗吧。让我跟在收割的人背后， 在禾捆堆中捡些零碎的穗子。’于是她来了。除了在房子里休息了一会儿之外， 从早晨到现在一直都留在这里。"
8 波阿斯对路得说： "女儿啊， 听我说， 不要到别人田里去捡麦穗， 也不要离开这里， 要常常与我的女佣人在一起。
9 你看他们在哪块田里收割， 就跟着女佣人去。我不是已经吩咐仆人不可欺负你吗？假如你渴了， 就到水缸那里去， 喝仆人打来的水。"
10 路得就俯伏在地叩拜， 对他说： "我是个外族人， 为什么会在你眼前蒙恩， 蒙你关照呢？"
11 波阿斯回答她说： "自从你丈夫去世以后， 你对婆婆所行的， 和你怎样离开父母与出生之地， 来到素来不认识的人中间， 这一切我都知道得很清楚了。
12 愿耶和华照你所作的报答你； 你来投靠在耶和华以色列 神的翅膀下， 愿他充充足足酬报你。"
13 路得说： "主人啊， 但愿我在你眼前蒙恩， 虽然我连你的婢女都不是， 你还是安慰我， 对我这么好。"
14 到了吃饭的时候， 波阿斯对路得说： "你过来， 吃一点饼吧， 拿饼块蘸在醋里。"路得就在收割的人旁边坐下来。波阿斯把一些烘好的麦穗递给她， 她吃饱了， 还有剩下的。
15 她再起来去捡麦穗的时候， 波阿斯吩咐仆人说： "就算她在禾捆堆中捡麦穗， 也不可以辱骂她。
16 甚至要故意为她从禾捆中抽些出来， 留给她去捡， 千万不可责备她。"
17 路得就这样在田里捡麦穗， 直到傍晚。她把捡来的麦穗打了， 约有二十二公升大麦，
18 然后带回城里去。路得把捡来的麦子拿给婆婆看， 把吃剩的给了婆婆。
19 婆婆问她： "你今天在哪里捡麦穗？在哪里工作呢？愿那关照你的人蒙福。"路得就告诉婆婆她在谁那里工作， 说： "我今天在一个名叫波阿斯的人那里工作。"
20 拿俄米对媳妇说： "愿不断施慈爱给活人和死人的耶和华赐福给他。"拿俄米又对她说： "这个人是我们的亲人， 有买赎权的一位近亲。"
21 摩押女子路得说： "他还告诉我： ‘紧跟着我的仆人捡麦穗， 直到全部收割完毕。’"
22 拿俄米对媳妇路得说： "我女儿啊， 这样才好， 要与他的女佣人一起去， 免得在别人的田里遭受敌视。"
23 她就紧跟着波阿斯的女佣人捡麦穗， 直到大麦和小麦都收割好了。路得一直与婆婆住在一起。