¹Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

¹Naomi pa, njena tašča, ji reče: Hči moja, ni li treba, da ti poiščem počitka, da se ti bo dobro godilo?

²And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

²In sedaj, ni li Boaz, s čigar deklami si bila, sorodnik naš? Glej, nocoj veja ječmen na gumnu svojem.

³Wash 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.

³Izkoplji se torej in se pomazili in obleci svoja oblačila, pa pojdi doli na gumno; a ne daj se spoznati možu, dokler ne neha jesti in piti.

⁴And 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.

⁴In ko potem pojde leč, zapomni si mesto, kam leže, pa pojdi tja ter odgrni odejo pri nogah njegovih in lezi; in on ti pove, kaj naj storiš.

⁵And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

⁵Ona ji reče: Vse, kar mi praviš, hočem storiti.

⁶And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

⁶In odide doli na gumno in stori vse, kakor ji je bila velela tašča njena.

⁷And 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.

⁷Ko pa se je Boaz najedel in napil in srce mu je bilo dobre volje, pride in leže za kopico snopja; in ona pride tiho in odgrne odejo pri nogah njegovih in leže.

⁸And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

⁸In zgodi se opolnoči, da se mož prestraši in se obrne, kajti glej, žena mu leži pri nogah!

⁹And 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.

⁹In vpraša: Kdo si ti? Ona pa odgovori: Jaz sem Ruta, dekla tvoja; razprostri perut svojo čez svojo deklo, zakaj odkupitelj si mi.

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

¹⁰A on reče: Blagoslovljena bodi od GOSPODA, hči moja! Zdaj si se pa še milostnejša izkazala nego poprej, ker nisi hodila za mladeniči, ne za ubogimi, ne za bogatimi.

¹¹And 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.

¹¹Sedaj pa, hči moja, nič se ne boj! Vse ti storim, kar praviš, zakaj vse mesto ljudstva mojega ve, da si krepostna žena.

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

¹²In res je tudi, da sem odkupitelj; toda je odkupitelj bliže soroden nego jaz.

¹³Tarry 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.

¹³Počakaj to noč! Ako ti bo jutri hotel storiti sorodniško dolžnost, dobro, naj te odkupi. Če ga pa ne bo volja storiti ti sorodniško dolžnost, hočem te odkupiti jaz, kakor res GOSPOD živi! Ostani tu do jutra!

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁴In ležala je pri nogah njegovih do jutra. Potem vstane, preden je mogel kdo drugega spoznati. Zakaj on je dejal: Da bi tega kdo ne zvedel, da je prišla žena na gumno.

¹⁵Also 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.

¹⁵In veli ji: Podaj sem plašč, ki ga imaš na sebi, in drži ga. In ga drži, in on ji nameri vanj šest meric ječmena in ji ga zadene, ter odide v mesto.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁶In ko pride k tašči svoji, reče ta: Kako je s teboj, hči moja? In ona ji pove vse, kar ji je storil tisti mož,

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

¹⁷in reče: Teh šest meric ječmena mi je dal, zakaj, rekel je: Prazna ne smeš iti k tašči svoji!Ona pa ji reče: Le mirna bodi, hči moja, dokler ne zveš, kako se stvar konča; zakaj ta mož si ne da pokoja, dokler ne dožene stvari še danes.

¹⁸Then 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.

¹⁸Ona pa ji reče: Le mirna bodi, hči moja, dokler ne zveš, kako se stvar konča; zakaj ta mož si ne da pokoja, dokler ne dožene stvari še danes.