¹And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

¹Imela je pa Naomi sorodnika po možu svojem, vrlega in bogatega moža, iz rodovine Elimelekove, in ime mu je bilo Boaz.

²And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

²In Ruta Moabka reče Naomi: Dovoli, naj grem na polje in pobiram klasje za njim, v čigar očeh najdem milost. Ona ji veli: Pojdi, moja hči!

³And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

³Nato gre in pride in pobira za ženjci na polju. In prigodi se ji, da zaide na njivo Boazovo, ki je bil iz Elimelekove rodovine.

⁴And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

⁴In glej, Boaz pride iz Betlehema in reče ženjcem: GOSPOD bodi z vami! In oni mu odzdravijo: Blagoslovi te GOSPOD!

⁵Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

⁵Nato vpraša Boaz hlapca svojega, ki je bil postavljen čez ženjce: Čigava je ta mladenka?

⁶And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

⁶Hlapec, ki je bil postavljen nad ženjci, odgovori: Mladenka je Moabka, ki je prišla z Naomo nazaj z Moabske poljane.

⁷And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

⁷In mi je dejala: Naj pobiram, prosim, in spravljam med snopjem, za ženjci; in je prišla in vztrajala od jutra do sedaj, samo da je prav malo doma posedela.

⁸Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

⁸Tedaj reče Boaz Ruti: Slišiš li, hči moja? Ne pojdi na drugo njivo pobirat, tudi ne hodi odtod, ampak pridruži se deklam mojim.

⁹Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

⁹Glej, na kateri njivi žanjejo, in pojdi tja za njimi! Ali nisem zapovedal mladeničem, naj se te nihče ne dotakne? In kadar boš žejna, pojdi k posodam in pij, kar moji hlapci zajemajo!

¹⁰Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

¹⁰Tedaj pade ona na obličje svoje in se prikloni do tal in mu reče: S čim sem našla milost pred očmi tvojimi, da se prijazno oziraš po meni, ki sem tujka?

¹¹And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

¹¹Boaz odgovori in ji reče: Natanko mi je bilo povedano vse, kar si storila tašči svoji, odkar ti je umrl mož, in kako si zapustila svojega očeta in mater svojo in zemljo, ki si v njej rojena, in si šla k ljudstvu, ki ga poprej nisi nič poznala.

¹²The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

¹²GOSPOD ti poplačaj delo tvoje, in popolno povračilo ti pridi od GOSPODA, Izraelovega Boga, ki si prišla k njemu, da imaš pribežališče pod perutmi njegovimi!

¹³Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

¹³In ona reče: Gospod moj, naj najdem milost v očeh tvojih; zakaj ti si me potolažil in na srce govoril dekli svoji, čeprav nisem kakor ena dekel tvojih.

¹⁴And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

¹⁴In ko je bil čas jedi, ji veli Boaz: Pridi sem in jej kruh in omakaj grižljaj svoj v kisu. In ona sede poleg ženjcev. In poda ji opraženega zrnja, in jedla je in se nasitila in ostanke shranila.

¹⁵And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

¹⁵In ko vstane, da zopet pobira, ukaže Boaz hlapcem svojim, rekoč: Dajte, da pobira tudi med snopjem, in je nikar ne sramotite!

¹⁶And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

¹⁶Tudi nalašč potegujte zanjo klasje iz snopkov in pustite na tleh, da pobira, in nihče je zato ne svari.

¹⁷So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

¹⁷Tako je pobirala na polju do večera; in iztolkla je, kar je nabrala, in bilo je okoli efe ječmena.

¹⁸And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

¹⁸In vzame to in gre v mesto; in njena tašča je videla, koliko je nabrala; in izname in ji poda, kar ji je preostalo, ko se je bila nasitila.

¹⁹And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

¹⁹Nato ji reče tašča njena: Kod si danes pobirala in kje si delala? Blagoslovljen bodi, ki se je prijazno ozrl nate! In pove tašči svoji, pri kom je delala, in reče: Ime možu, pri katerem sem danes delala, je Boaz.

²⁰And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

²⁰In Naomi reče snahi svoji: Blagoslovljen bodi od GOSPODA, čigar milost ne zapusti ne živih, ne mrtvih! Še ji pove Naomi: Ta mož je bližji sorodnik najin, eden teh, ki jim gre pravica odkupiti naju.

²¹And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

²¹In Ruta Moabka reče: Tudi to mi je velel: Vztrajaj pri hlapcih mojih, dokler ne požanjejo vsega, kar je moje.

²²And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

²²Naomi pa reče snahi svoji Ruti: Dobro je, hči moja, da hodiš ven z deklami njegovimi, da te ne žalijo na kateri drugi njivi.Tako se je družila, pobirajoč klasje, Boazovim deklam, dokler ni minila ječmenova in pšenična žetev, in je prebivala s taščo svojo.

²³So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

²³Tako se je družila, pobirajoč klasje, Boazovim deklam, dokler ni minila ječmenova in pšenična žetev, in je prebivala s taščo svojo.