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Rut 3
Dios Habla Hoy
Rut 3
Dios Habla Hoy
La bondad de Booz
3 Un día Noemí le dijo a Rut:
—Hija mía, yo debo buscarte un esposo que te haga feliz. 2 Mira, nuestro pariente Booz, con cuyas criadas estuviste trabajando, va a ir esta noche al campo a separar el grano de la paja. 3 Haz, pues, lo siguiente: Báñate, perfúmate y ponte tu mejor vestido, y vete allá. Pero no dejes que Booz te reconozca antes que termine de comer y beber. 4 Fíjate bien en dónde se acuesta a dormir. Entonces ve y destápale los pies, y acuéstate allí. Luego, él mismo te dirá lo que debes hacer.
5 Rut contestó:
—Haré todo lo que me has dicho.
6 Rut se fue al campo e hizo todo lo que su suegra le había mandado. 7 Booz comió, bebió y se mostró muy contento. Luego se acostó a dormir junto al montón de grano. Más tarde Rut llegó sin hacer ruido, le destapó los pies y se acostó allí. 8 A medianoche, Booz se despertó de pronto, y al darse una vuelta se sorprendió de que una mujer estuviera acostada a sus pies.
9 —¿Quién eres tú? —preguntó Booz.
—Soy Rut, su servidora —contestó ella—. Usted es mi pariente más cercano y tiene el deber de ampararme. Quiero que se case usted conmigo.
10 —¡Que el Señor te bendiga! —dijo Booz—. Ahora más que nunca has mostrado que eres fiel a tu difunto esposo. Bien podrías haber buscado a otro más joven que yo, pobre o rico, pero no lo has hecho. 11 No tengas miedo, hija mía, que todos en mi pueblo saben ya que eres una mujer ejemplar. Por eso, yo haré lo que me pidas. 12 Sin embargo, aunque es verdad que soy pariente cercano tuyo, tú tienes otro pariente aún más cercano que yo. 13 Quédate aquí esta noche. Si mañana él quiere cumplir con sus deberes de pariente, que lo haga; pero si no lo hace, te prometo delante del Señor que yo lo haré. Ahora duérmete hasta que amanezca.
14 Rut durmió aquella noche a los pies de Booz. Al día siguiente se levantó antes del amanecer, cuando todavía estaba muy oscuro, porque Booz había dicho: «Nadie debe saber que esta mujer ha venido al campo.»
15 Entonces Booz le dijo:
—Quítate la capa y sujétala bien.
Mientras Rut sostenía su capa, Booz echó en ella más de cuarenta kilos de cebada. Luego la ayudó a echarse la carga sobre el hombro, y ella se fue a la ciudad.
16 Cuando Rut llegó a donde estaba su suegra, ésta le preguntó:
—¿Qué tal te fue, hija mía?
Rut le contó todo lo que Booz había hecho por ella, 17 y añadió:
—Me dio toda esta cebada, y me dijo: «No debes volver a tu suegra con las manos vacías.»
18 Entonces Noemí dijo:
—Ahora, hija mía, espera a ver qué pasa. Este hombre no descansará hoy hasta dejar resuelto el asunto.
Ruth 3
New International Version
Ruth 3
New International Version
Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor
3 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi(A) said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home[a](B) for you, where you will be well provided for. 2 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative(C) of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.(D) 3 Wash,(E) put on perfume,(F) and get dressed in your best clothes.(G) Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.(H) 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do whatever you say,”(I) Ruth answered. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor(J) and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,(K) he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.(L) Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. 8 In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!
9 “Who are you?” he asked.
“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment(M) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[b](N) of our family.”
10 “The Lord bless you,(O) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:(P) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.(Q) 12 Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,(R) there is another who is more closely related than(S) I. 13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,(T) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives(U) I will do it.(V) Lie here until morning.”
14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.(W)”(X)
15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl(Y) you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[c] went back to town.
16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her 17 and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”(Z)
Footnotes
- Ruth 3:1 Hebrew find rest (see 1:9)
- Ruth 3:9 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 12 and 13.
- Ruth 3:15 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac she
Ruth 3
New Living Translation
Ruth 3
New Living Translation
Ruth at the Threshing Floor
3 One day Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, it’s time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for. 2 Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. 3 Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking. 4 Be sure to notice where he lies down; then go and uncover his feet and lie down there. He will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do everything you say,” Ruth replied. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor that night and followed the instructions of her mother-in-law.
7 After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he lay down at the far end of the pile of grain and went to sleep. Then Ruth came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. 8 Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up and turned over. He was surprised to find a woman lying at his feet! 9 “Who are you?” he asked.
“I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your covering over me, for you are my family redeemer.”
10 “The Lord bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor. 11 Now don’t worry about a thing, my daughter. I will do what is necessary, for everyone in town knows you are a virtuous woman. 12 But while it’s true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is another man who is more closely related to you than I am. 13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning I will talk to him. If he is willing to redeem you, very well. Let him marry you. But if he is not willing, then as surely as the Lord lives, I will redeem you myself! Now lie down here until morning.”
14 So Ruth lay at Boaz’s feet until the morning, but she got up before it was light enough for people to recognize each other. For Boaz had said, “No one must know that a woman was here at the threshing floor.” 15 Then Boaz said to her, “Bring your cloak and spread it out.” He measured six scoops[a] of barley into the cloak and placed it on her back. Then he[b] returned to the town.
16 When Ruth went back to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “What happened, my daughter?”
Ruth told Naomi everything Boaz had done for her, 17 and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Then Naomi said to her, “Just be patient, my daughter, until we hear what happens. The man won’t rest until he has settled things today.”
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