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

¹Potom jej povedala Naoma, jej svokra: Moja dcéro, či nemám hľadať pre teba odpočinku, aby ti bolo dobre?

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

²A tak teraz či nie je Boaz naším známym príbuzným, s ktorého dievkami si bola? Hľa, veje jačmeň na humne tejto noci.

³Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor; make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

³Nuž umyješ sa a pomažeš a vezmeš na seba svoje rúcho a sídeš na humno, ale sa nedaj vo znanie mužovi, dokiaľ neprestane jesť a piť.

⁴And it shall be, when he lies down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall have lain down, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thyself down; and he will shew thee what thou shalt do.

⁴Až keď si už ľahne, a budeš vedieť o mieste, na ktorom bude ležať, prijdeš a odkryješ miesto pri jeho nohách a ľahneš si, a on ti povie, čo máš robiť.

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

⁵A ona jej povedala: Urobím všetko, čo si mi riekla.

⁶And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law had bidden her.

⁶A tak sišla na humno a urobila všetko tak, ako jej rozkázala jej svokra.

⁷And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then she went softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.

⁷Keď sa tedy najedol Boaz a napil, a keď sa rozveselilo jeho srdce, prišiel, aby si ľahol pri konci stohu. A prišla aj ona potichu a odkryjúc miesto pri jeho nohách ľahla si.

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

⁸A stalo sa o polnoci, že sa preľakol muž a prihnul sa, aby videl, a hľa, nejaká žena ležala pri jeho nohách.

⁹And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth, thy handmaid: spread thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou hast the right of redemption.

⁹A riekol: Kto si ty? A ona povedala: Som Ruť, tvoja dievka. Rozprestri krýdlo svojho plášťa na svoju dievku, lebo si výkupník.

¹⁰And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter! Thou hast shewn more kindness at the end than at the first, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

¹⁰Na to riekol: Požehnaná si ty Hospodinovi, moja dcéro! Teraz naposledy si dokázala ešte väčšiu zbožnosť ako tam prv, že si neišla za mládencami, ani za chudobnými ani za bohatými.

¹¹And now, my daughter, fear not: all that thou sayest will I do to thee; for all the gate of my people knows that thou art a woman of worth.

¹¹Preto teraz, moja dcéro, neboj sa, všetko, čokoľvek povieš, urobím ti, lebo všetky brány môjho ľudu vedia o tom, že si ty chrabrá žena šľachetná.

¹²And now, truly I am one that has the right of redemption, yet there is one that has the right of redemption who is nearer than I.

¹²A teraz je skutočná pravda, že som ja výkupník, ale je aj výkupník bližší odo mňa.

¹³Stay over to-night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will redeem thee, well -- let him redeem; but if he like not to redeem thee, then will I redeem thee, [as] Jehovah liveth. Lie down until the morning.

¹³Zostaň tu tejto noci, a bude ráno, ak ťa vykúpi, dobre, nech vykúpi; ak nebude chcieť vykúpiť ťa, vykúpim ťa ja, ako že žije Hospodin. Lež tu až do rána.

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 threshing-floor.

¹⁴A tak ležala na mieste pri jeho nohách až do rána. A potom vstala, prv ako rozoznal človek človeka, lebo riekol: Nech sa to nezvie, že tá žena prišla na humno.

¹⁵And he said, Bring the cloak that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And she held it, and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her; and he went into the city.

¹⁵Potom riekol: Daj sem šatu, ktorá je na tebe, a drž ju. A zadržala ju. A nameral jej šesť mier jačmeňa a vyložil na ňu. Potom vošiel do mesta.

¹⁶And she came to her mother-in-law; and she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

¹⁶A tak prišla ku svojej svokre, ktorá jej riekla: Čo je s tebou, moja dcéro? A porozprávala jej všetko, čo jej učinil ten muž.

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

¹⁷A povedala: Týchto šesť mier jačmeňa mi dal, lebo mi povedal: Neprijdi s prázdnym ku svojej svokre.

¹⁸Then she said, Be still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest until he have completed the matter this day.

¹⁸A Naoma riekla: Teraz už seď, moja dcéro, dokiaľ nezvieš, ako dopadne vec, lebo človek nebude mať pokoja, ale ešte dnes dovedie vec ku koncu.