¹拿俄米劝路得改嫁

¹And Naomi her mother-in-law saith to her, `My daughter, do not I seek for thee rest, that it may be well with thee?

²你常常和他的女佣人在一起的波阿斯不是我们的亲戚吗？他今天晚上要在禾场上簸大麦。

²and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,

³你洗个澡，抹上香膏，穿上斗篷，就下到禾场去。不过，那个人还没有吃喝完毕，别让他认出你来。

³and thou hast bathed, and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink;

⁴等到他躺下来，你要弄清楚他所躺的地方，进去掀露他的脚，然后躺下去。他就会告诉你该作什么。”

⁴and it cometh to pass when he lieth down, that thou hast known the place where he lieth down, and hast gone in, and uncovered his feet, and lain down, — and he doth declare to thee that which thou dost do.`

⁵路得对她说：“你吩咐的，我就去作。”

⁵And she saith unto her, `All that thou sayest — I do.`

⁶路得独往禾场夜访波阿斯于是，她下到禾场去，照着婆婆吩咐的一切去作。

⁶And she goeth down [to] the threshing-floor, and doth according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her

⁷波阿斯吃喝完了，心里舒畅，就去躺在麦堆的旁边。路得悄悄地来，掀露他的脚，躺卧下去。

⁷And Boaz eateth and drinketh, and his heart is glad; and he goeth in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she cometh in gently, and uncovereth his feet, and lieth down.

⁸到了夜半，波阿斯惊醒过来，一翻身就看到一个女子躺在他的脚边，

⁸And it cometh to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembleth, and turneth himself, and lo, a woman is lying at his feet.

⁹就说：“你是谁？”她回答：“我是你的婢女路得，请用你的衣襟遮盖你的婢女，因为你是我的有买赎权的近亲。”

⁹And he saith, `Who [art] thou?` and she saith, `I [am] Ruth thy handmaid, and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou [art] a redeemer.`

¹⁰波阿斯说：“我女儿，愿你蒙耶和华赐福。你末后表现的爱心比起初更大，因为年轻人无论贫富，你都没有跟从。

¹⁰And he saith, `Blessed [art] thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning — not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.

¹¹我女儿，现在你不要怕，你所说的，我一定去作。本城的人都知道你是个贤慧的女人。

¹¹And now, my daughter, fear not, all that thou sayest I do to thee, for all the gate of my people doth know that thou [art] a virtuous woman.

¹²不错，我是你那有买赎权的近亲，可惜还有一个有买赎权的近亲比我更亲。

¹²And now, surely, true, that I [am] a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.

¹³今晚你就在这里过夜，明早如果他肯尽买赎你的本分，好，就由他来履行；假如他不愿意这样作，我指着永活的耶和华起誓，我一定尽买赎你的本分。你只管躺到天亮吧。”

¹³Lodge to night, and it hath been in the morning, if he doth redeem thee, well: he redeemeth; and if he delight not to redeem thee, then I have redeemed thee — I; Jehovah liveth! lie down till the morning.`

¹⁴路得躺在波阿斯脚边直到早晨。因为波阿斯说过不可以让人知道有女人来过禾场，路得就趁天色未明，人们彼此无法辨认的时候就起来。

¹⁴And she lieth down at his feet till the morning, and riseth before one doth discern another; and he saith, `Let it not be known that the woman hath come into the floor.`

¹⁵他又说：“拿你所披的外衣来，把它打开。”她打开了，他就量了六簸箕大麦，放在她的肩上。路得就进城去。

¹⁵And he saith, `Give the covering which [is] on thee, and keep hold on it;` and she keepeth hold on it, and he measureth six [measures] of barley, and layeth [it] on her; and he goeth into the city.

¹⁶路得将一切事情告诉拿俄米到她婆婆那里，婆婆就问：“我女儿，怎样了？”路得就把那人对她所作的一切都告诉了婆婆，

¹⁶And she cometh in unto her mother-in-law, and she saith, `Who [art] thou, my daughter?` and she declareth to her all that the man hath done to her.

¹⁷又说：“他给我这六簸箕大麦，对我说：‘不要空手去见你婆婆。’”

¹⁷And she saith, `These six [measures] of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.`

¹⁸拿俄米说：“我女儿，你尽管安静等候，直到你知道事情怎样了结，因为那人今天不把事情办妥，绝不歇息。”

¹⁸And she saith, `Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.`