Rute 2

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*2:17 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel 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 harm 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.

Ka Mahi a Rutu i roto i te Māra a Poaha

1 Nā, he whanaunga tō Naomi arā tō tāna tahu, he tangata taonga nui, nō te hapū o Erimereke; ko Poaha tōna ingoa.

2 Nā, ka mea a Rutu Moapi ki a Naomi, "Kia haere ahau ki te māra ki te hamu i ngā puku pārei i muri i te tangata e manakohia mai ai ahau."

Anō rā ko tērā, "Haere, e tāku tamāhine." 3 Nā, haere ana ia, ā, nō te taenga atu, ka hamu i te māra i muri i ngā kaikokoti; ā, tūpono noa ia ko te wāhi o te māra i a Poaha o te hapū o Erimereke.

4 Nā, ko te taenga o Poaha i Pēterehema, ka mea ki ngā kaikokoti, "Kia noho a Ihowā ki a koutou."

Anō rā ko rātou ki a ia, "Kia manaakitia koe e Ihowā."

5 Kātahi ka mea a Poaha ki tāna tangata i tohutohu nei i ngā kaikokoti, "Nā wai tēnei kōtiro?"

6 Nā, ka whakahoki te kaitohutohu i ngā kaikokoti, ka mea, "Ko te kōtiro Moapi tēnei i hoki tahi mai nei rāua ko Naomi i te whenua o Moapa. 7 I mea mai hoki ia, ‘Tukua ahau kia hamu, kia kohikohi i roto i ngā paihere, i muri i ngā kaikokoti.’ Heoi, haere ana ia, ā, i konei tonu ia o te ata iho anō ā tae mai ki nāianei; he iti nei tōna noho i te whare."

8 Nā, ka mea a Poaha ki a Rutu, "E kore rānei koe e rongo mai, e tāku tamāhine? Kaua e haere ki tētahi māra kē hamu ai; kaua anō e haere atu i konei; engari me noho tonu ki konei, ki āku kōtiro. 9 Kia matatau ōu kanohi ki te māra e kotia ana e rātou, ka whai i a rātou; kāhore ianei ahau i kī atu ki ngā taitamariki kia kaua rātou e pā ki a koe? E matewai hoki koe, haere ki ngā oko, inu ai i tā ngā taitamariki i utu mai ai."

10 Nā, ka tāpapa iho tērā, ka piko iho ki te whenua, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Nā te aha koe i manako mai ai ki ahau, i mōhio ai hoki ki ahau, he manene nei hoki ahau?"

11 Nā, ka whakahoki a Poaha ka mea ki a ia, "Kua āta kōrerotia mai ki ahau ngā mea katoa i mea ai koe ki tōu hungawai i muri i te matenga o tāu tahu, tāu whakarerenga hoki i tōu pāpā, i tōu whaea, i te whenua anō i whānau ai koe, ā, haere mai ana ki te iwi kīhai i mōhiotia e koe i mua ake nei. 12 Mā Ihowā e utu tāu mahi; kia āta rite hoki te utu e hōmai ki a koe e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, kua tae mai nei hoki koe ki raro ki ōna parirau okioki ai."

13 Anō rā ko tērā, "Kia manakohia mai ahau, e tōku ariki; ka ora nei hoki tōku ngākau i a koe, he pai hoki tāu kupu ki tāu pononga; ko ahau ia kāhore e rite ki tētahi o āu pononga wāhine."

14 I mea anō a Poaha ki a ia i te wā i kai ai, "Haere mai ki konei, ki te kai taro māu, ka tuku hoki i tāu kongakonga ki roto ki te winika."

Nā, ka noho ia ki te taha o ngā kaikokoti, i hōmai anō e rātou he wīti pāhūhū māna. Nā, kai ana ia, ā, ka mākona, ā, toe ake. 15 Ā, i tōna whakatikanga ki te hamu, ka ako a Poaha i āna taitamariki, ka mea, "Kia hamu anō ia i roto i ngā paihere; kaua anō hoki ia e meinga kia whakamā. 16 Whakangahorotia anō ētahi kapunga māna, whakarērea atu kia kohia e ia, kaua hoki e rīria."

17 Nā, ka hamu ia i te māra ā ahiahi noa, ā, patupatua ana e ia āna i hamu ai; ā, me te mea kotahi te epa pārei. 18 Nā, tangohia ana e ia, ā, haere ana ki te pā, ā, ka kite tōna hungawai i āna i hamu ai; i whakaputaina anō e ia, i hōmai ki a ia ngā toenga i a ia kua mākona.

19 Nā, ka mea tōna hungawai ki a ia, "I hamu koe ki hea ināianei? I hea hoki, koe e mahi ana? Kia manaakitia te tangata i mōhio nā ki a koe."

Nā, kōrerotia ana e ia ki tōna hungawai te tangata i mahi nei ia ki a ia, ā, ka mea, "Ko te ingoa o te tangata i mahi nei ahau ki a ia ināianei ko Poaha."

20 Anō rā ko Naomi ki tāna hunaonga, "Kia manaakitia ia e Ihowā, kīhai nei tōna aroha i mahue ki te hunga ora, ki te hunga mate." Nā, ka mea a Naomi ki a ia, "He tata taua tangata ki a tāua, nō ō tāua whanaunga tupu."

21 Nā, ka mea anō a Rutu Moapi, "I mea mai anō hoki ia ki ahau, ‘Kia tata tonu koe ki āku tāngata, kia poto rā anō āku mea katoa te kokoti.’ "

22 Nā, ka mea a Naomi ki a Rutu, ki tāna hunaonga, "He pai, e tāku tamāhine, ki te haere tahi koe me āna kōtiro, kei rīria koe i te māra kē."

23 Nā, kei te whai tonu ia i ngā kōtiro a Poaha, ka hamu ā poto noa ngā pārei te kokoti, me te wīti hoki te kokoti; i tōna hungawai ia tōna nohoanga.