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 وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ قَالَتْ نُعْمِي لِكَنَّتِهَا رَاعُوثَ: «هَلْ أُحَاوِلُ أَنْ أَجِدَ لَكِ زَوْجاً يَرْعَاكِ فَتَنْعَمِي بِالْخَيْرِ؟

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 أَلَيْسَ بُوعَزُ الَّذِي عَمِلْتِ مَعْ فَتَيَاتِهِ قَرِيباً لَنَا؟ هَا هُوَ يُذَرِّي بَيْدَرَ الشَّعِيرِ اللَّيْلَةَ،

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 فَاغْتَسِلِي وَتَطَيَّبِي وَارْتَدِي أَجْمَلَ ثِيَابِكِ وَاذْهَبِي إِلَى الْبَيْدَرِ، وَلا تَدَعِي الرَّجُلَ يَكْتَشِفُ وُجُودَكِ حَتَّى يَفْرَغَ مِنَ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ.

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 وَعِنْدَمَا يَضْطَجِعُ عَايِنِي مَوْضِعَ اضْطِجَاعِهِ، ثُمَّ ادْخُلِي إِلَيْهِ وَارْفَعِي الْغِطَاءَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَارْقُدِي هُنَاكَ، وَهُوَ يُطْلِعُكِ عَمَّا تَفْعَلِينَ».

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

5 فَأَجَابَتْهَا: «سَأَفْعَلُ كُلَّ مَا تَقُولِينَ».

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

6 وَتَوَجَّهَتْ رَاعُوثُ إِلَى الْبَيْدَرِ وَنَفَّذَتْ مَا أَشَارَتْ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا حَمَاتُهَا.

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 فَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَكَلَ بُوعَزُ وَشَرِبَ وَطَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ وَمَضَى لِيَرْقُدَ عِنْدَ الطَّرَفِ الْقَصِيِّ مِنْ كُومَةِ الشَّعِيرِ، تَسَلَّلَتْ رَاعُوثُ وَرَفَعَتِ الْغِطَاءَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَنَامَتْ.

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

8 وَعِنْدَ مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ تَقَلَّبَ الرَّجُلُ فِي نَوْمِهِ مُضْطَرِباً، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ وَالْتَفَتَ حَوْلَهُ وَإذَا بِهِ يَجِدُ امْرَأَةً رَاقِدَةً عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ،

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 فَتَسَاءَلَ: «مَنْ أَنْتِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «أَنَا رَاعُوثُ أَمَتُكَ، فَابْسُطْ هُدْبَ ثَوْبِكَ عَلَى أَمَتِكَ لأَنَّكَ قَرِيبٌ وَوَلِيٌّ».

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 فَقَالَ: «لِيُبَارِكْكِ الرَّبُّ يَا ابْنَتِي لأَنَّ مَا أَظْهَرْتِهِ مِنْ إِحْسَانٍ الآنَ هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِمَّا أَظْهَرْتِهِ سَابِقاً، فَأَنْتِ لَمْ تَتَهَافَتِي عَلَى الشُّبَّانِ، فُقَرَاءَ كَانُوا أَوْ أَغْنِيَاءَ.

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 وَالآنَ لَا تَخَافِي يَا ابْنَتِي، سَأَفْعَلُ كُلَّ مَا تَطْلُبِينَ، فَأَهْلُ مَدِينَتِي كُلُّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّكِ امْرَأَةٌ فَاضِلَةٌ.

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

12 صَحِيحٌ أَنَّنِي قَرِيبٌ وَلِيٌّ، وَلَكِنْ هُنَاكَ مَنْ هُوَ وَلِيٌّ أَقْرَبُ مِنِّي.

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 نَامِي اللَّيْلَةَ، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ إِنْ قَامَ ذَلِكَ الْقَرِيبُ الأَوْلَى بِحَقِّ الْوَلِيِّ وَتَزَوَّجَكِ، فَحَسَناً يَفْعَلُ. وَإِنْ أَبَى قَضَاءَ وَاجِبِ الْوَلِيِّ، فَأُقْسِمُ بِالرَّبِّ الْحَيِّ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَكِ، فَارْقُدِي الآنَ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ».

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 فَنَامَتْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ، ثُمَّ نَهَضَتْ مُبَكِّرَةً جِدّاً فِي وَقْتٍ لَا يَتَمَكَّنُ الْمَرْءُ فِيهِ مِنْ تَمْيِيزِ صَاحِبِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهَا: «لا تُخْبِرِي أَحَداً أَنَّكِ جِئْتِ إِلَى الْبَيْدَرِ».

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 ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا أَيْضاً: «هَاتِ الرِّدَاءَ الَّذِي عَلَيْكِ وَأَمْسِكِيهِ» فَفَعَلَتْ، فَكَالَ لَهَا سِتَّةَ أَكْيَالٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ لِتْراً) وَحَمَّلَهَا إِيَّاهَا، ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

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 فَأَقْبَلَتْ عَلَى حَمَاتِهَا، فَسَأَلَتْهَا: «مَاذَا حَدَثَ يَا ابْنَتِي؟» فَقَصَّتْ عَلَيْهَا كُلَّ مَا صَنَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ لَهَا.

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 وَقَالَتْ: «وَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي سِتَّةَ أَكْيَالٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ قَائِلاً:’لا تَرْجِعِي فَارِغَةَ الْيَدَيْنِ إِلَى حَمَاتِكِ‘».

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 فَقَالَتْ لَهَا نُعْمِي: «انْتَظِرِي يَا بِنْتِي رَيْثَمَا نَتَبَيَّنَ نَتِيجَةَ الأَمْرِ، لأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَنْ يَقِرَّ لَهُ قَرَارٌ حَتَّى يُنْهِيَ الأَمْرَ كُلَّهُ الْيَوْمَ».