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Rut en el campo de trillar

Un día Noemí le dijo a Rut:

—Hija mía, es tiempo de que yo te encuentre un hogar permanente para que tengas un porvenir asegurado. Booz es nuestro pariente cercano, y él ha sido muy amable al dejarte recoger grano con las jóvenes. Esta noche estará aventando cebada en el campo de trillar. Mira, haz lo que te digo. Báñate, perfúmate y vístete con tu ropa más linda. Después baja al campo de trillar, pero no dejes que Booz te vea hasta que termine de comer y de beber. Fíjate bien dónde se acuesta; después acércate a él, destapa sus pies y acuéstate allí. Entonces él te dirá lo que debes hacer.

—Haré todo lo que me dices—respondió Rut.

Así que esa noche bajó al campo donde se trilla el grano y siguió las instrucciones de su suegra.

Después de que Booz terminó de comer y de beber y estuvo de buen ánimo, se acostó al otro extremo del montón de grano y se durmió. Entonces Rut se acercó sin hacer ruido, le destapó los pies y se acostó. Alrededor de la medianoche, Booz se despertó de pronto y se dio vuelta. Entonces se sorprendió, ¡al encontrar a una mujer acostada a sus pies!

—¿Quién eres?—preguntó.

—Soy Rut, su sierva—contestó ella—. Extienda sobre mí el borde de su manto ya que usted es el redentor de mi familia.

10 —¡El Señor te bendiga, hija mía!—exclamó Booz—. Muestras aún más lealtad familiar ahora que antes, pues no has ido tras algún hombre más joven, sea rico o pobre. 11 Ahora, hija mía, no te preocupes por nada. Yo haré lo que sea necesario, porque todo el pueblo sabe que eres una mujer virtuosa. 12 Pero aunque es cierto que yo soy uno de los redentores de tu familia, hay un pariente más cercano que yo. 13 Quédate aquí esta noche, y por la mañana hablaré con él. Si está dispuesto a redimirte, muy bien; que se case contigo. Pero si no está dispuesto a hacerlo, entonces, ¡tan cierto como que el Señor vive, yo mismo te redimiré! Ahora acuéstate aquí hasta la mañana.

14 Entonces Rut se acostó a los pies de Booz hasta la mañana, pero ella se levantó muy temprano, antes de que hubiera suficiente luz para que una persona pudiera reconocer a otra; pues Booz había dicho:

—Nadie debe saber que estuvo una mujer aquí en el campo de trillar.

15 Luego Booz le dijo:

—Trae tu manto y extiéndelo.

Entonces él midió seis medidas[a] de cebada sobre el manto y lo colocó sobre las espaldas de ella. Después él[b] regresó al pueblo.

16 Cuando Rut volvió a donde estaba su suegra, Noemí le preguntó:

—¿Qué sucedió, hija mía?

Rut le contó a Noemí todo lo que Booz había hecho por ella 17 y agregó:

—Me dio estas seis medidas de cebada y dijo: “No vuelvas a tu suegra con las manos vacías”.

18 Entonces Noemí le dijo:

—Ten paciencia, hija mía, hasta que sepamos lo que pasa. El hombre no descansará hasta dejar resuelto el asunto hoy mismo.

Footnotes

  1. 3:15a Una cantidad desconocida.
  2. 3:15b La mayoría de los manuscritos hebreos dicen él; muchos manuscritos hebreos, la versión siríaca y la Vulgata Latina dicen ella.

Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor

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. 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) 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) 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.”

“I will do whatever you say,”(I) Ruth answered. So she went down to the threshing floor(J) and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

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. In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!

“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

  1. Ruth 3:1 Hebrew find rest (see 1:9)
  2. 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.
  3. Ruth 3:15 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac she

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.

14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.