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At si Noemi ay may kamaganak ng kaniyang asawa, isang mayamang makapangyarihan, sa angkan ni Elimelech; at ang pangalan niya'y Booz.

At sinabi ni Ruth na Moabita kay Noemi, Paparoonin mo ako ngayon sa bukid, at mamulot ng mga uhay sa likuran niyaong aking kasumpungan ng biyaya sa paningin. At sinabi niya sa kaniya, Yumaon ka, anak ko.

At siya'y yumaon at naparoon, at namulot sa bukid sa likuran ng mga mangaani: at nagkataong dumating sa bahagi ng lupa na nauukol kay Booz, na sa angkan ni Elimelech.

At, narito, si Booz ay nanggaling sa Bethlehem, at nagsabi sa mga mangaani, Ang Panginoo'y sumainyo nawa. At sila'y sumagot sa kaniya, Pagpalain ka nawa ng Panginoon.

Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Booz sa kaniyang lingkod na kaniyang katiwala sa mga mangaani, Sinong babae ito?

At ang lingkod na katiwala sa mga mangaani ay sumagot at nagsabi, Siya'y babaing Moabita na bumalik na kasama ni Noemi na mula sa lupain ng Moab:

At kaniyang sinabi, Isinasamo ko sa iyong pamulutin mo ako, at papagtipunin sa likuran ng mga mangaani sa gitna ng mga bigkis. Sa gayo'y naparoon siya at nagpatuloy, sa makatuwid baga'y mula sa umaga hanggang ngayon, liban sa siya'y nagpahingang sangdali sa bahay.

Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Booz kay Ruth, Di mo ba naririnig, anak ko? Huwag kang mamulot sa ibang bukid, o lumagpas man dito, kundi manahan ka ritong malapit sa piling ng aking mga alilang babae.

Itanaw mo ang iyong mga mata sa bukid na kanilang inaanihan, at sumunod ka sa kanila; di ba ibinilin ko sa mga bataan na huwag ka nilang gagalawin? At pagka ikaw ay nauuhaw, pumaroon ka sa mga banga, at uminom ka sa inigib ng mga bataan.

10 Nang magkagayo'y nagpatirapa siya at yumukod sa lupa, at nagsabi sa kaniya, Bakit ako nakasumpong ng biyaya sa iyong paningin na nilingap mo ako, dangang ako'y taga ibang lupa?

11 At si Booz ay sumagot at nagsabi sa kaniya, Ipinatalastas sa akin ang buong iyong ginawa sa iyong biyanan mula sa pagkamatay ng iyong asawa: at kung paanong iyong iniwan ang iyong ama at iyong ina, at ang lupang pinanganakan sa iyo, at ikaw ay naparito sa bayan na hindi mo nakilala nang una.

12 Gantihin nawa ng Panginoon ang iyong gawa, at bigyan ka nawa ng lubos na ganting pala ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, sa ilalim ng mga pakpak niyaong iyong kakanlungan.

13 Nang magkagayo'y kaniyang sinabi, Makasumpong nawa ako ng biyaya sa iyong paningin, panginoon ko; sapagka't ako'y iyong inaliw, at sapagka't may kagandahang loob na pinagsalitaan mo ang iyong lingkod, bagaman ako'y hindi gaya ng isa sa iyong mga alila.

14 At sa pagkain ay sinabi ni Booz sa kaniya, Parito ka, at kumain ka ng tinapay, at basain mo ang iyong subo sa suka. At siya'y umupo sa siping ng mga mangaani: at iniabot niya sa kaniya, ang sinangag na trigo, at siya'y kumain, at nabusog, at lumabis.

15 At nang siya'y tumindig upang mamulot, ay iniutos ni Booz sa kaniyang mga bataan, na sinasabi, Pamulutin ninyo siya hanggang sa gitna ng mga bigkis, at huwag ninyo siyang hiyain.

16 At ihugot din ninyo siya ng ilan sa mga bigkis, at iwan ninyo at pamulutin niya, at huwag ninyong hiyain siya.

17 Sa gayo'y namulot siya sa bukid hanggang sa paglubog ng araw; at kaniyang hinampas yaong kaniyang napamulot, at may isang epa ng sebada.

18 At kaniyang dinala at pumasok sa bayan: at nakita ng kaniyang biyanan ang kaniyang napamulot: at kaniyang inilabas at ibinigay sa kaniya ang lumabis sa kaniya pagkatapos na siya'y nabusog.

19 At sinabi ng kaniyang biyanan sa kaniya, Saan ka namulot ngayon? at saan ka gumawa? Pagpalain nawa yaong lumingap sa iyo, At itinuro niya sa kaniyang biyanan kung kanino siya gumawa, at sinabi, Ang pangalan ng lalake na aking ginawan ngayon ay Booz.

20 At sinabi ni Noemi sa kaniyang manugang: Pagpalain nawa siya ng Panginoon, na hindi ikinait ang kaniyang kagandahang loob sa mga buhay at sa mga patay. At sinabi ni Noemi sa kaniya, Ang lalaking yaon ay isa sa mga kamaganak na malapit natin, isang pinakamalapit na kamaganak natin.

21 At sinabi ni Ruth na Moabita, Oo, sinabi niya sa akin, Ikaw ay sumunod na malapit sa aking mga bataan hanggang sa kanilang matapos ang aking ani.

22 At sinabi ni Noemi kay Ruth na kaniyang manugang, Mabuti, anak ko, na ikaw ay lumabas na kasama ng kaniyang mga alila, at huwag kang masumpungan sa ibang bukid.

23 Sa gayo'y nakipisang maliksi na kasiping ng mga alila ni Booz, upang mamulot hanggang sa katapusan ng pagaani ng sebada at pagaani ng trigo; at siya'y tumahang kasama ng kaniyang biyanan.

Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field

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)

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.” 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)

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(J)

“The Lord bless you!(K)” they answered.

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(L) who came back from Moab with Naomi. 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.”

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. 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.

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms
  2. Ruth 2:20 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).

Ruth Meets Boaz

There was a (A)relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of (B)Elimelech. His name was (C)Boaz. So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the (D)field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.”

And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

Then she left, 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 family of Elimelech.

Now behold, Boaz came from (E)Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, (F)“The Lord be with you!”

And they answered him, “The Lord bless you!”

Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman (G)who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.”

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women. Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

10 So she (H)fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found (I)favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”

11 And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, (J)all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. 12 (K)The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, (L)under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

13 Then she said, (M)“Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken [a]kindly to your maidservant, (N)though I am not like one of your maidservants.”

14 Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she ate and (O)was satisfied, and kept some back. 15 And when she rose up to [b]glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not [c]reproach her. 16 Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

17 So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of (P)barley. 18 Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she brought out and gave to her (Q)what she had kept back after she had been satisfied.

19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who (R)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 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, (S)“Blessed be he of the Lord, who (T)has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!” And Naomi said to her, “This man is a relation of ours, (U)one of [d]our close relatives.”

21 Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also said to me, ‘You shall stay 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, and that people do not [e]meet you in any other field.” 23 So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:13 Lit. to the heart of
  2. Ruth 2:15 Gather after the reapers
  3. Ruth 2:15 rebuke
  4. Ruth 2:20 our redeemers, Heb. goalenu
  5. Ruth 2:22 encounter