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

¹Huan, Naomiin a pasal tanau, Elimelek suan, mi neizou tak tanau a neia; a min Boazi ahi.

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

²Huan, Moab mi Ruthiin Naomi kiangah, lou lamah ka hoh dia, mi louah honhehpihmi peuh buhsang ka va zong ding aw, a chi a. Huan, a kiangah Hoh ve, ka tanu, achia.

³And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

³Huchiin a hohta, buh lamite lakmaih a va zonga; huchiin Elimelek suan Boazi lou takah a vahoh kha geih a.

⁴And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!

⁴Huchiin, ngaiin, Bethlehem a kipanin Boazi ava hoha, buh lamite kiangah, Na kiang uah Toupa om hen, a chi a, Huan, amau, TOUPAN hon vualjawl heh, chiin a dawng uh.

⁵And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?

⁵Huchiin Boaziin a sikha, buh lamite tunga houtu kiangah; Hiai koilam nungak ahia oi? a chi a.

⁶And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;

⁶Huan, a buh lamite tunga houtu a sikhain, Moab nungak, Moab gam akipan Naomi toh hongpai ahi.

⁷and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. And she came, and has continued from the morning until now: her sitting in the house has been little as yet.

⁷Huan, aman, honhehpih inla, na buhsang uh ka zong ding a, buh lamiten a buhphal uh a lakkhawm khit chiang in ka zong zel ding aw, achia; huchiin a hong a, in a tomchik a om chih louh jingsang a kipan a om nilouh ahi, chiin a dawng hi.

⁸And Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but keep here with my maidens.

⁸Huchiin Boaziin Ruthi kiangah, Ka tanu, ngai dih ve; buhsang zong in lou dangah hoh kenla, hiai akipan pai ken, ka sikha nungakte kiangah om gige in.

⁹Let thine eyes be on the field which is being reaped, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men not to touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men draw.

⁹A buh lak uh en gige inla, a nung uh sui jelin; tangvalte nang bangmah hon chih lou dingin thu ka pe vekta hi; huan, na dang a tak peuh chiangin tuibel a tangvalte tui tawisa va dawn jelin, a chi a.

¹⁰Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?

¹⁰Huchiin a kun a, lei siin a khupboha, a kiangah, Nam dang lah ka hi ngala, nang hichi banga non theih nopa non na hehpih bangchidan ahia? a chi a.

¹¹And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shewn me, all that thou hast done to thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come to a people that thou hast not known heretofore.

¹¹Huan, Boaziin a dawnga, a kiangah, Na pasal sih nusiah na pi tunga na thilhihdan tengteng min a hinhilh vek ua; huan, na nu leh na pa leh na pianna gam paisan a tumalama na mi theih ngeilouhte kianga na hong pai dante leng.

¹²Jehovah recompense thy work, and let thy reward be full from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.

¹²TOUPAN na thilhih honthuk henla, TOUPA, Israelte Pathian, ki humbitna dinga a kha nuai na hondelh in na hoihman tampiin honpia hen, a chi a.

¹³And she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like one of thy handmaidens.

¹³Huan, aman, Pu, honhehpihin; nang non lungmuana, na sikha nungakte laka mi hikei mahleng, na sikhanu hoihtakin non houpihta ngala, a chi a.

¹⁴And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come 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 ate and was sufficed, and reserved [some].

¹⁴Huan, annek hunin Boaziin a kiangah, Hongpai dih ve, tanghoute hongne sam inla, tanghou themte uain thukah diah samin, a chi a. huchiin buh lamite kiangah a tua; huan, buh kan a pia a; a ne a, a kham nungin leng a ne val laia.

¹⁵And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and ye shall not reproach her.

¹⁵Huan, buhsang zong dinga a ding nawnin, Boaziin a tangvalte kiangah, Buhphal lakate leng tawm jel henla, tai kei un.

¹⁶And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her [some ears] out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.

¹⁶Huan, a lom-ate leng, dohkhiak sak unla, nutsiat jel unla, tom henla, tai kei un, chiin thu a pia a.

¹⁷And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.

¹⁷Huchiin loua buhsang nitaklam tanin a zonga; huan, a zonsa akhena, barli-buh epha khat hiamtak ahi.

¹⁸And she took [it] up, and came into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had reserved after she was sufficed.

¹⁸Huan, a pua a, khuaah a paita, huan, a piin a buhsang zon a namu a; huan aman a khamnunga a nekbang a suah a, a pia hi.

¹⁹And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? Blessed be he that did regard thee! And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.

¹⁹Huan, a piin a kiangah, Tunia koi lama buhsang ahia na zon? Koi ah ahia na na vasep? A hon nathei nuampa vualjawl in om hen, a chi a. Huan, aman kua kiangah ahia a vasep chih a pi a hilh hi. Tunia ka va nasepna min Boazi ahi, a chi a.

²⁰And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead! And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of those who have the right of our redemption.

²⁰Huan, Naomiin a mounu kiangah, Toupa, mihing leh misi tunga a hehpihna tawp tuan ngeilou in amah vualjawl hen, achia. Huan, Naomiin a kiangah, huai mi, I kinaihpih, I tanau bul eive, a chi a.

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

²¹Haun, Moab mi Ruthiin, A hi mahve, ka kiangah leng, Ka buh a lakkhit vek mateng uh ka tangvalte kiangah tel gige in, leng honchi eive, a chi a.

²²And Naomi said to 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.

²²Huan, Naomiin a mounu Ruthi kiangah, Ka tanu, lou danga a honmuh het louhna ding un a sikha nungakte lakah ngen pai lechin a hoih ding, a chi a.Huchiin, barli buh leh buhpi lak khit matengin Boazi sikha nungakte lakah ngen buhsang zingin a hoha, huan, a pi kiangah a om hi.

²³So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

²³Huchiin, barli buh leh buhpi lak khit matengin Boazi sikha nungakte lakah ngen buhsang zingin a hoha, huan, a pi kiangah a om hi.