1 Now Naomi had an acquaintance, a kinsman of her husband, a mighty man of wealth of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Please let me go to the fields, and glean heads of grain after him in whose eyes I may find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
3 And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the fields belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they answered him, Jehovah bless you!
5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was appointed over the reapers, Whose young woman is this?
6 And the servant who was appointed over the reapers answered and said, It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab.
7 And she said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she sat a little in the house.
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.
9 Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.
10 And she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you have not known before.
12 May Jehovah reward your work, and full wages be given you by Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.
13 And she said, Let me find favor in your eyes, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken to the heart of your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.
14 And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers, and he held out parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied, and had some left over.
15 And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.
16 Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.
17 So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 And she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out and gave to her what had been left over after she had been satisfied.
19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where have you worked? Blessed is the one taking notice of you. So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of Jehovah, who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead! And Naomi said to her, This man is next of kin to us, a kinsman redeemer.
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He also said to me, You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and that you not be fallen upon in another field.
23 So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
1 Noemi tinha um parente por parte do marido. Era um homem rico e influente, pertencia ao clã de Elimeleque e chamava-se Boaz.
2 Rute, a moabita, disse a Noemi: "Vou recolher espigas no campo daquele que me permitir". "Vá, minha filha", respondeu-lhe Noemi.
3 Então ela foi e começou a recolher espigas atrás dos ceifeiros. Por acaso entrou justamente na parte da plantação que pertencia a Boaz, que era do clã de Elimeleque.
4 Naquele exato momento, Boaz chegou de Belém e saudou os ceifeiros: "O Senhor esteja com vocês! " Eles responderam: "O Senhor te abençoe! "
5 Boaz perguntou ao capataz dos ceifeiros: "A quem pertence aquela moça? "
6 O capataz respondeu: "É uma moabita que voltou de Moabe com Noemi.
7 Ela me pediu que a deixasse recolher e juntar espigas entre os feixes, após os ceifeiros. Ela chegou cedo e está de pé até agora. Só sentou-se um pouco no abrigo".
8 Disse então Boaz a Rute: "Ouça bem, minha filha, não vá colher noutra lavoura, nem se afaste daqui. Fique com minhas servas.
9 Preste atenção onde os homens estão ceifando, e vá atrás das moças que vão colher. Darei ordem aos rapazes para que não toquem em você. Quando tiver sede, beba da água dos potes que os rapazes encheram".
10 Ela se inclinou e, prostrada rosto em terra, exclamou: "Por que achei favor a seus olhos, a ponto de o senhor se importar comigo, uma estrangeira? "
11 Boaz respondeu: "Contaram-me tudo o que você tem feito por sua sogra, depois que você perdeu o marido: como deixou seu pai, sua mãe e sua terra natal para viver com um povo que pouco conhecia.
12 O Senhor lhe retribua o que você tem feito! Que você seja ricamente recompensada pelo Senhor, o Deus de Israel, sob cujas asas você veio buscar refúgio! "
13 E disse ela: "Continue eu a ser bem acolhida, meu senhor! O senhor me deu ânimo e encorajou sua serva — e eu sequer sou como uma de suas servas! "
14 Na hora da refeição, Boaz lhe disse: "Venha cá! Pegue um pedaço de pão e molhe-o no vinagre". Quando ela se sentou junto aos ceifeiros, Boaz lhe ofereceu grãos tostados. Ela comeu até ficar satisfeita e ainda sobrou.
15 Quando ela se levantou para recolher, Boaz deu estas ordens a seus servos: "Mesmo que ela recolha entre os feixes, não a repreendam!
16 Pelo contrário, quando estiverem colhendo, tirem para ela algumas espigas dos feixes e deixem-nas cair para que ela as recolha, e não a impeçam".
17 E assim Rute colheu na lavoura até o entardecer. Depois debulhou o que tinha ajuntado: quase uma arroba de cevada.
18 Carregou-o para o povoado, e sua sogra viu o quanto ela havia recolhido quando Rute trouxe e lhe ofereceu o que havia sobrado da refeição.
19 "Onde você colheu hoje? ", a sogra lhe perguntou: "Onde trabalhou? Bendito seja aquele que se importou com você! " Então Rute contou à sogra com quem tinha trabalhado: "O nome do homem com quem trabalhei hoje é Boaz".
20 E Noemi exclamou: "Seja ele abençoado pelo Senhor, que não deixa de ser leal e bondoso com os vivos e com os mortos! " E acrescentou: "Aquele homem é nosso parente; é um de nossos resgatadores! "
21 Continuou Rute, a moabita: "Pois ele mesmo me disse também: ‘Fique com os meus ceifeiros até que terminem toda a minha colheita’ ".
22 E Noemi aconselhou à sua nora Rute: "É melhor mesmo você ir com as servas dele, minha filha. Noutra lavoura poderiam molestá-la".
23 Assim Rute ficou com as servas de Boaz para recolher espigas, até acabarem as colheitas de cevada e de trigo. Entretanto, ela ficou morando com a sua sogra.