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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
Ru-tơ 3
New Vietnamese Bible
Ru-tơ 3
New Vietnamese Bible
Ru-tơ Và Bô-ô Ở Sân Đạp Lúa
3 Na-ô-mi, mẹ chồng nàng, nói với nàng: “Hỡi con gái của mẹ, mẹ cần phải lo cho con một chỗ an thân, để con sẽ được hạnh phúc. 2 Này, con đã theo các tớ gái của Bô-ô, bà con của chúng ta để làm việc. Tối nay, người ấy sẽ đập lúa mạch ở sân đập lúa. 3 Bây giờ con hãy tắm rửa, xức dầu thơm, mặc bộ đồ đẹp nhất, rồi xuống sân đập lúa; nhưng đừng để ai biết, đợi cho đến khi người ấy ăn uống xong. 4 Khi người ấy nằm xuống, hãy để ý xem người nằm chỗ nào; bấy giờ con hãy đến, giở mền dưới chân người và nằm xuống, rồi người sẽ bảo con điều phải làm.”
5 Nàng đáp cùng bà: “Mọi điều mẹ bảo, con sẽ làm theo.”
6 Vậy nàng đến sân đập lúa và làm y theo điều mẹ chồng nàng đã dạy bảo. 7 Khi Bô-ô đã ăn uống xong, lòng đầy sảng khoái, người đến nằm ngủ nơi chân đống lúa mạch. Nàng bèn sẽ lén đến giở mền dưới chân người và nằm xuống. 8 Đến nửa đêm, Bô-ô giật mình, trở giấc, và thấy, kìa nằm dưới chân mình là một phụ nữ. 9 Người hỏi: “Người là ai?”
Nàng đáp: “Con là Ru-tơ, đứa tớ gái của ông, xin ông hãy giăng mền ra đắp trên tớ gái ông; vì ông là người có quyền chuộc lại sản nghiệp cho con.”
10 Người đáp: “Hỡi con gái ta, nguyện CHÚA ban phước cho con. Việc trung thành con làm lần cuối này còn trọng hơn việc con đã làm trước kia. Con chẳng theo những thanh niên trẻ, bất kể nghèo hay giàu. 11 Vậy bây giờ, hỡi con gái ta, đừng sợ, ta sẽ làm cho con mọi điều con yêu cầu, vì tất cả mọi người trong dân ta đều biết rằng con là một thiếu phụ hiền đức. 12 Nhưng bây giờ, dầu ta đúng là người bà con gần, vẫn còn có một người bà con khác gần hơn ta. 13 Con hãy cứ ở đây đêm nay; đến sáng mai, nếu người ấy muốn chuộc lại sản nghiệp con thì tốt; nhưng nếu người ấy không muốn chuộc sản nghiệp con lại, thì ta chỉ CHÚA Hằng Sống mà thề rằng: Ta sẽ chuộc sản nghiệp của con lại cho con. Hãy nằm xuống và ngủ cho đến sáng.”
14 Vậy nàng nằm ngủ nơi chân người cho đến sáng, nhưng nàng dậy sớm trước khi mọi người có thể nhận ra nhau, vì Bô-ô có nói rằng: “Không nên để cho người ta biết là đã có một phụ nữ đến sân đạp lúa.” 15 Bấy giờ Bô-ô nói: “Hãy giơ vạt áo con đang mặc ra và giữ chặt.” Vậy nàng giơ vạt áo ra, người bèn trút vào đó sáu đấu lúa mạch, và bảo nàng đem về; rồi người trở vào thành.
16 Nàng về nhà gặp mẹ chồng mình, bà hỏi: “Sự việc ra sao con?”[a] Nàng kể lại cho bà mọi điều Bô-ô đã làm cho nàng 17 và tiếp rằng: “Người ấy có cho con sáu đấu lúa mạch này, vì nói rằng: ‘Đừng đi tay không về gặp mẹ chồng.’ ”
18 Bà nói: “Hỡi con gái ta, hãy chờ xem, để mọi sự diễn tiến ra sao. Vì hôm nay, nếu chưa giải quyết xong việc này, người ấy sẽ không nghỉ đâu.”
Footnotes
- 3:16 Nt: “Ai đó?” hay “Người là ai?”
Ruth 3
King James Version
Ruth 3
King James Version
3 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?
2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
7 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.
8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 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.
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