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路得記 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
路得記 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
路得遇見波阿斯
2 拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒有個親戚，名叫波阿斯，是個有名望的財主。 2 摩押女子路得對拿俄米說：「讓我到田裡去，跟在那些願意恩待我的人後面，撿些麥穗回來。」拿俄米說：「去吧，我的女兒！」 3 於是，路得便去了。她恰巧來到以利米勒的親戚波阿斯的田裡，跟在收割的人後面撿麥穗。 4 當時，波阿斯剛好從伯利恆來到田間，向那些收割的工人問安說：「願耶和華與你們同在。」他們回答說：「願耶和華賜福與你。」 5 波阿斯問負責收割的工頭說：「那是誰家的女子？」 6 工頭回答說：「她是摩押女子，跟拿俄米剛從摩押回來。 7 她求我讓她跟在收割的人後面，撿工人紮捆時遺落的麥穗。她一大早就來到這裡，一直撿到現在，除了在涼棚裡稍微坐了一會兒之外，幾乎沒有休息。」
8 波阿斯對路得說：「姑娘[a]，聽我說，你不用到別人的田裡去拾麥穗了，也不必離開這裡，只管留下來跟我的女工在一起。 9 你看我的工人在哪一塊田裡收割，就跟著我的女工去，我已經吩咐工人不可欺負你。要是你渴了，就去水罐那裡喝工人打回來的水。」 10 路得就俯伏在地叩謝他，說：「我不過是個外族人，你為什麼這樣恩待我、體恤我？」 11 波阿斯說：「自從你丈夫過世之後，你怎樣善待婆婆，怎樣離開父母和家鄉來到素不相識的人當中，我都聽說了。 12 願耶和華照你所行的獎賞你！你來投靠在以色列的上帝耶和華的翅膀下，願祂厚厚地賞賜你。」 13 路得說：「我主啊！我真是在你面前蒙恩，雖然我連你的婢女都不如，你還好言安慰我。」
14 吃飯的時候，波阿斯對路得說：「來，吃一點餅吧，可以蘸著醋吃。」路得便坐在那些收割工人旁邊。波阿斯遞給她一些烤好的麥穗。她吃飽了，還有剩餘的。 15 當她起來又要去撿麥穗的時候，波阿斯就吩咐他的工人說：「你們要任由她撿，就算她在割下的麥子中撿麥穗，你們也不要為難她。 16 甚至要從麥捆中抽一些出來讓她撿，不要責罵她。」
17 於是，路得便在田間繼續撿麥穗，到了黃昏，她把撿到的麥穗打了，大約有十三公斤大麥。 18 她把撿來的麥子帶回城裡給婆婆拿俄米看，又把剩下來的食物給婆婆。 19 婆婆問她：「你今天在哪裡拾麥穗？在哪裡做工？願那善待你的人蒙福！」她就告訴婆婆說：「今天我在一個名叫波阿斯的人那裡工作。」 20 拿俄米說：「願耶和華賜福給他，他對活著的和過世的都是那麼有情有義。」拿俄米又對路得說：「這人是我們本族的人，是我們的一個近親。」 21 摩押女子路得說：「他還對我說，『你可以跟在我的工人後面撿麥穗，直到他們把我的莊稼都收完為止。』」 22 拿俄米對兒媳路得說：「我的女兒啊，你就跟他的女工一起到田裡去，免得去別人的田裡被欺負。」 23 因此，路得便常跟波阿斯的女工在一起撿麥穗，直到大麥小麥都收割完畢。路得就這樣陪伴婆婆過日子。
Footnotes
- 2·8 「姑娘」希伯來文是「女兒」。
Ruth 2
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Ruth 2
Legacy Standard Bible
Ruth Gleans in Boaz’ Field
2 Now Naomi had [a]a kinsman of her husband, a [b]mighty man of excellence, of the family of (A)Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and (B)glean among the ears of grain after one whom I may find favor in his eyes.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she went. And she came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And [c]it so happened that she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4 Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “(C)May Yahweh be with you.” And they said to him, “May Yahweh bless you.” 5 Then Boaz said to his young man who was [d]in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” 6 The young man [e]in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the fields of Moab. 7 And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but [f]stay here with my young women. 9 Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the young men not to touch you. And if you are thirsty, go to the [g]water jars and drink from what the young men draw.” 10 Then she (D)fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, though I am a foreigner?” 11 Boaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you forsook your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know. 12 (E)May Yahweh fully repay your work, and may your wages be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, (F)under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.” 13 Then she said, “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken to the heart of your servant-woman, though I am not like one of your servant-women.”
14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “[h]Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he [i]served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied (G)and had some left. 15 Then she rose to glean, and Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not dishonor her. 16 Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and [j]leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”
17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an [k]ephah of barley. 18 She took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and (H)gave [l]Naomi what she had left after [m]she was satisfied. 19 Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you [n]work? May he who (I)took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had [o]worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “(J)May he be blessed of Yahweh who has not forsaken his lovingkindness to the living and to the dead.” Then Naomi said to her, “The man is [p]our relative; he is one of our kinsman redeemers.” 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “[q]Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should [r]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 young women, so that others do not oppress you in another field.” 23 So she [s]stayed close by the young women of Boaz in order to glean until (K)the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Footnotes
- Ruth 2:1 Or an acquaintance
- Ruth 2:1 Or mighty man of valor, cf. Judg 6:12; 11:1
- Ruth 2:3 Lit her chance chanced upon
- Ruth 2:5 Lit appointed over
- Ruth 2:6 Lit who was appointed over
- Ruth 2:8 Lit cling, cf. 1:14
- Ruth 2:9 Lit vessels
- Ruth 2:14 Lit Draw near
- Ruth 2:14 Lit held out to
- Ruth 2:16 Or forsake, cf. 1:16; 2:11, 20
- Ruth 2:17 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
- Ruth 2:18 Lit her
- Ruth 2:18 Lit her satiety
- Ruth 2:19 Lit do, cf. 1:8, 17; 2:11
- Ruth 2:19 Lit done, cf. 1:8, 17; 2:11
- Ruth 2:20 Lit near to us
- Ruth 2:21 Lit Also that
- Ruth 2:21 Lit cling, cf. 1:14; 2:8
- Ruth 2:23 Lit clung, cf. 1:14; 2:8, 21
Ruth 2
New International Version
Ruth 2
New International Version
Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field
2 Now Naomi had a relative(A) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(B) from the clan of Elimelek,(C) whose name was Boaz.(D)
2 And Ruth the Moabite(E) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(F) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(G)”
Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(H) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(I)
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(J)”
“The Lord bless you!(K)” they answered.
5 Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”
6 The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(L) who came back from Moab with Naomi. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves(M) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest(N) in the shelter.”
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”
10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(O) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(P)—a foreigner?(Q)”
11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law(R) since the death of your husband(S)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know(T) before.(U) 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(V) the God of Israel,(W) under whose wings(X) you have come to take refuge.(Y)”
13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(Z) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”
14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(AA) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”
When she sat down with the harvesters,(AB) he offered her some roasted grain.(AC) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(AD) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(AE) and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke(AF) her.”
17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed(AG) the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[a](AH) 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over(AI) after she had eaten enough.
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(AJ)”
Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
20 “The Lord bless him!(AK)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(AL) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(AM) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(AN) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[b](AO)”
21 Then Ruth the Moabite(AP) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”
22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”
23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley(AQ) and wheat harvests(AR) were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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