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Ruth 2
English Standard Version
Ruth 2
English Standard Version
Ruth Meets Boaz
2 Now Naomi had (A)a relative of her husband's, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was (B)Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and (C)glean among the ears of grain after him (D)in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech. 4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, (E)“The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.” 5 Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” 6 And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman, (F)who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.”[a]
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.” 10 Then (G)she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should (H)take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” 11 But Boaz answered her, (I)“All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. 12 (J)The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!” 13 Then she said, (K)“I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.”
14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until (L)she was satisfied, and she had some left over. 15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. 16 And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to 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 ephah[b] of barley. 18 And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over (M)after being satisfied. 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man (N)who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, (O)“May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken (P)the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of (Q)our redeemers.” 21 And Ruth the Moabite said, “Besides, he said to me, ‘You shall keep 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, lest in another field you be assaulted.” 23 So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
路得记 2
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
路得记 2
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
路得在田间遇见波阿斯
2 拿娥米有一个亲戚，是她丈夫以利米勒本族的人，名叫波阿斯，是个大财主。 2 摩押女子路得对拿娥米说：“让我到田里去拾取麦穗，我在谁的眼中蒙恩，就跟在谁的身后。”拿娥米说：“女儿啊，你去吧。” 3 路得就去了。她来到田间，在收割的人身后拾取麦穗。她恰巧来到以利米勒本族的人波阿斯那块田里。 4 看哪，波阿斯正从伯利恒来，对收割的人说：“愿耶和华与你们同在！”他们对他说：“愿耶和华赐福给你！” 5 波阿斯对监督收割的仆人说：“那是谁家的女子？” 6 监督收割的仆人回答说：“她是摩押女子，跟随拿娥米从摩押地回来的。 7 她说：‘请你容许我拾取麦穗，在收割的人身后捡禾捆中掉落的麦穗。’她就来了，从早晨直到如今，除了在屋子里坐一会儿，她都留在这里。”
8 波阿斯对路得说：“女儿啊，听我说，不要到别人田里去拾取麦穗，也不要离开这里，要紧跟着我的女仆们。 9 你要看好我的仆人正在哪块田收割，就跟着女仆们去。我已经吩咐仆人不可侵犯你。你渴了，可以到水缸那里喝仆人打来的水。” 10 路得就脸伏于地叩拜，对他说：“我既是外邦女子，怎么会在你眼中蒙恩，使你这样照顾我呢？” 11 波阿斯回答她说：“自从你丈夫死后，凡你向婆婆所行的，以及你离开父母和你的出生地，到素不相识的百姓中，这些事人都告诉我了。 12 愿耶和华照你所行的报偿你。你来投靠在耶和华—以色列 神的翅膀下，愿你满得他的报偿。” 13 路得说：“我主啊，愿我在你眼前蒙恩。我虽然不及你的一个婢女，你还安慰我，对你的婢女说关心的话。”
14 吃饭的时候，波阿斯对路得说：“你到这里来吃些饼，把你的一块蘸在醋里。”路得就在收割的人旁边坐下。波阿斯把烘了的穗子递给她。她吃饱了，还有剩余的。 15 她又起来拾取麦穗，波阿斯吩咐仆人说：“她即使在禾捆中拾取麦穗，也不可羞辱她。 16 你们还要从捆里抽一些出来，留给她拾取，不可责备她。”
17 这样，路得在田间拾取麦穗，直到晚上。她把所拾取的麦穗打了约有一伊法的大麦。 18 路得把所拾取的带进城去给婆婆看，又把她吃饱所剩的拿出来，给了婆婆。 19 婆婆问她说：“你今日在哪里拾取麦穗？在哪里做工呢？愿那照顾你的得福。”路得告诉婆婆，她在谁那里做工，说：“我今日在一个名叫波阿斯的人那里做工。” 20 拿娥米对媳妇说：“愿那人蒙耶和华赐福，因为他不断地恩待活人死人。”拿娥米又对她说：“那人是我们本族的人，是一个可以赎我们产业的至亲。” 21 摩押女子路得说：“他还对我说：‘你要紧跟着我的仆人拾取麦穗，直到他们把我所有的庄稼收割完毕。’” 22 拿娥米对媳妇路得说：“女儿啊，你要跟着他的女仆出去，免得你在别人的田间受人骚扰。” 23 于是路得紧跟着波阿斯的女仆拾取麦穗，直到大麦和小麦收割完毕。路得仍与婆婆同住。
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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