Ruth 3

1 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

1 一天，路得的婆婆拿俄米对她说：“我的女儿啊，我实在应该为你找个好归宿，使你生活幸福。

2 Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

2 波阿斯不是我们的亲戚吗？而且你又常与他的女工在一起。今晚他会在麦场簸大麦。

3 Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

3 你要梳洗打扮、抹上香膏、换件衣服，然后去麦场，但不要让他认出你是谁。等他吃饱喝足，

4 When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”

4 躺下睡觉的时候，你看准他躺卧的地方，去掀开盖在他脚上的被，躺在那里，到时他必定会告诉你该怎样做。”

5 “I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.

5 路得说：“好，我一定照你的吩咐去做。”

6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.

6 于是，路得就到麦场去，照她婆婆吩咐的去做。

7 After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

7 波阿斯吃过晚饭，心里舒畅，便躺在麦堆旁边睡着了。路得悄悄过去掀起盖在他脚上的被，躺在他脚旁。

8 At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

8 到了半夜，波阿斯忽然惊醒，翻过身来，发现一个女子躺在他的脚旁，

9 “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

9 便问道：“你是谁？”她答道：“我是你的婢女路得，请用你的衣襟遮盖我，因为你是我的近亲。”

10 Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

10 波阿斯说：“姑娘，愿耶和华赐福给你，因为你一直对婆家情深义重，现在更是如此。你本来可以找一个富有或贫穷的年轻丈夫，然而你却没有这样做。

11 And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.

11 姑娘，不要害怕，你所说的一切，我都会去为你安排，城里所有的人都知道你是个贤德的女子。

12 Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.

12 不错，我是你的近亲，可是有一个人比我更近。

13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”

13 你今晚就留在这里，明天早上，如果他答应尽亲属的义务，就由他照顾你；如果他不肯，我凭永活的耶和华起誓，我会尽我的本分。现在你只管安心睡到天亮。”

14 So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

14 路得就躺在波阿斯的脚旁。天未亮，还看不清人的时候，路得就起来了。因为波阿斯曾对她说：“不可让别人知道有女人来过麦场。”

15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.

15 离开的时候，波阿斯对她说：“把你的外衣拿来铺开。”路得就照做了。他用路得的外衣包了六簸箕大麦，帮她扛在肩上，她便回城了。

16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.

16 回到家中，婆婆问她：“女儿啊，怎么样了？”路得便将事情的经过都告诉了婆婆。

17 And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

17 她又说：“那个人给了我六簸箕大麦，对我说，‘不要空手回去见你婆婆。’”

18 “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”

18 拿俄米说：“女儿啊！你只管安静等候，看这事怎样发展，因为那人今天不把事情办妥，是绝不会休息的。”