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Rut 2
Dios Habla Hoy
Rut 2
Dios Habla Hoy
Rut en el campo de Booz
2 Noemí tenía un pariente por parte de su esposo Elimélec, que se llamaba Booz y era muy rico e influyente.
2 Un día Rut le dijo a Noemí:
—Déjame que vaya al campo, a ver si algún segador me permite ir detrás de él recogiendo espigas.
—Ve, hija mía —le respondió su suegra.
3 Rut, pues, fue al campo y se puso a recoger las espigas que dejaban los segadores. Y tuvo la suerte de que aquel campo fuera de Booz, el pariente de Elimélec. 4 En eso, Booz llegó de Belén y saludó a los segadores:
—¡Que el Señor esté con ustedes!
—¡Que el Señor le bendiga a usted! —le respondieron ellos.
5 Luego Booz le preguntó al capataz de los segadores:
—¿De qué familia es esa muchacha?
6 El capataz le contestó:
—Es una moabita, que vino de Moab con Noemí. 7 Me pidió permiso para ir detrás de los segadores recogiendo espigas, y se ha pasado trabajando toda la mañana, hasta ahora mismo que ha venido a descansar un poco.
8 Entonces Booz le dijo a Rut:
—Escucha, hija mía, no vayas a recoger espigas a ningún otro campo. Quédate aquí, con mis criadas, 9 y luego síguelas a donde veas que los segadores están trabajando. Ya he dado órdenes a mis criados para que nadie te moleste. Cuando tengas sed, ve a donde están las vasijas del agua y toma de la que ellos sacan.
10 Rut se inclinó hasta el suelo en señal de respeto, y le preguntó a Booz:
—¿Por qué se ha fijado usted en mí y es tan amable conmigo, siendo yo una extranjera?
11 Booz respondió:
—Sé muy bien todo lo que has hecho por tu suegra desde que murió tu marido, y también sé que dejaste a tus padres y a tu patria por venir a vivir con nosotros, que éramos gente desconocida para ti. 12 ¡Que Dios te lo pague! ¡Que el Señor y Dios de Israel, en quien has buscado amparo, te premie por todo lo que has hecho!
13 Ella le contestó:
—Usted es muy amable conmigo, y sus palabras me llenan de aliento. Me ha hablado usted con cariño, aunque yo ni siquiera soy como una de sus criadas.
14 A la hora de comer, Booz llamó a Rut y le dijo:
—Ven acá, toma un pedazo de pan y mójalo en esta salsa de vinagre.
Rut se sentó junto a los segadores, y Booz le dio grano tostado. Ella comió hasta quedar satisfecha, y todavía le sobró. 15 Luego, cuando fue otra vez a recoger espigas, Booz ordenó a sus criados:
—Dejen que también recoja espigas entre los manojos de cebada. No se lo impidan. 16 Y aun dejen caer algunas espigas de sus propios manojos, para que ella las recoja. ¡Que nadie la moleste!
17 Rut recogió espigas en el campo de Booz hasta que llegó la noche. Y lo recogido por ella dio, al desgranarlo, más de veinte kilos de cebada. 18 Regresó entonces a la ciudad cargada con el grano, y fue a mostrárselo a su suegra. Después sacó lo que le había sobrado de la comida y se lo dio a Noemí.
19 —¿Dónde trabajaste hoy? —le preguntó Noemí—. ¿Dónde recogiste tantas espigas? ¡Bendito sea el que te ha ayudado de esa manera!
Rut le contó a su suegra con quién había estado trabajando.
—El hombre con quien he trabajado se llama Booz —le dijo.
20 Y Noemí le contestó:
—¡Que el Señor lo bendiga! Él ha sido bondadoso con nosotras ahora, como antes lo fue con los que ya han muerto. Ese hombre es pariente cercano de nosotras, y por eso es uno de los que tienen el deber de protegernos.
21 Rut añadió:
—También me dijo que siga yo trabajando con sus criadas hasta que se termine la cosecha.
22 Entonces Noemí respondió a su nuera:
—Hija mía, me parece bien que te quedes con sus criadas y que no vayas a ningún otro campo, para que nadie te moleste.
23 Rut siguió, pues, recogiendo espigas con las criadas de Booz hasta que se terminó la cosecha de la cebada y el trigo. Mientras tanto, vivía en compañía de su suegra.
Ruth 2
New International Reader's Version
Ruth 2
New International Reader's Version
Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field
2 Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side of the family. The relative’s name was Boaz. He was a very important man from the family of Elimelek.
2 Ruth, who was from Moab, spoke to Naomi. Ruth said, “Let me go out to the fields. I’ll pick up the grain that has been left. I’ll do it behind anyone who is pleased with me.”
Naomi said to her, “My daughter, go ahead.” 3 So Ruth went out to a field and began to pick up grain. She worked behind those cutting and gathering the grain. As it turned out, she was working in a field that belonged to Boaz. He was from the family of Elimelek.
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He greeted those cutting and gathering the grain. He said, “May the Lord be with you!”
“And may the Lord bless you!” they replied.
5 Boaz spoke to the man in charge of his workers. He asked, “Who does that young woman belong to?”
6 The man replied, “She’s from Moab. She came back from there with Naomi. 7 The young woman said, ‘Please let me walk behind the workers. Let me pick up the grain that is left.’ She came into the field. She has kept on working here from morning until now. She took only one short rest in the shade.”
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “Dear woman, listen to me. Don’t pick up grain in any other field. Don’t go anywhere else. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9 Keep your eye on the field where the men are cutting grain. Walk behind the women who are gathering it. Pick up the grain that is left. I’ve told the men not to bother you. When you are thirsty, go and get a drink. Take water from the jars the men have filled.”
10 When Ruth heard that, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why are you being so kind to me? In fact, why are you even noticing me? I’m from another country.”
11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about you. I’ve heard about everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband died. I know that you left your father and mother. I know that you left your country. You came to live with people you didn’t know before. 12 May the Lord reward you for what you have done. May the Lord, the God of Israel, bless you richly. You have come to him to find safety under his care.”
13 “Sir, I hope you will continue to be kind to me,” Ruth said. “You have made me feel safe. You have spoken kindly to me. And I’m not even as important as one of your servants!”
14 When it was time to eat, Boaz spoke to Ruth again. “Come over here,” he said. “Have some bread. Dip it in the wine vinegar.”
She sat down with the workers. Then Boaz offered her some grain that had been cooked. She ate all she wanted. She even had some left over. 15 Ruth got up to pick up more grain. Then Boaz gave orders to his men. He said, “Let her take some stalks from what the women have tied up. Don’t tell her she can’t. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her. Leave them for her to pick up. Don’t tell her she shouldn’t do it.”
17 So Ruth picked up grain in the field until evening. Then she separated the barley from the straw. The barley weighed 30 pounds. 18 She carried it back to town. Her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out the food left over from the lunch Boaz had given her. She gave it to Naomi.
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you pick up grain today? Where did you work? May the man who noticed you be blessed!”
Then Ruth told her about the man whose field she had worked in. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
20 “May the Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “The Lord is still being kind to those who are living and those who are dead.” She continued, “That man is a close relative of ours. He’s one of our family protectors.”
21 Then Ruth, who was from Moab, said, “He told me more. He even said, ‘Stay with my workers until they have finished bringing in all my grain.’ ”
22 Naomi replied to her daughter-in-law Ruth. She said, “That will be good for you, my daughter. Go with the women who work for him. You might be harmed if you go to someone else’s field.”
23 So Ruth stayed close to the women who worked for Boaz as she picked up grain. She worked until the time when all the barley and wheat had been harvested. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
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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