¹Ja Noomil oli ta mehe sugulane, jõukas mees Elimeleki suguvõsast, Boas nimi.

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

²Ja moabi naine Rutt ütles Noomile: 'Lase ma lähen põllule ja nopin viljapäid selle järelt, kelle silmis ma armu leian!' Ja ta vastas temale: 'Mine, mu tütar!'

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.

³Ja ta läks ning tuli ja noppis põllul lõikajate järelt; temale juhtus juhuslikult põlluosa, mis kuulus Boasele, kes oli Elimeleki suguvõsast.

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.

⁴Ja vaata, Boas tuli Petlemmast ja ütles lõikajaile: 'Issand olgu teiega!' Ja nad vastasid temale: 'Issand õnnistagu sind!'

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

⁵Siis Boas küsis oma sulaselt, kes oli pandud lõikajate ülevaatajaks: 'Kelle noorik see on?'

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

⁶Ja sulane, kes oli pandud lõikajate ülevaatajaks, vastas ning ütles: 'See noorik on moabi naine, kes koos Noomiga tuli Moabi väljadelt;

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;

⁷ta palus: Luba ma nopin ja kogun parmaste juurest, lõikajate järelt! Nii ta tuli ja on püsinud hommikust kuni siiani, ta on ainult pisut aega kodus olnud.'

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.

⁸Siis Boas ütles Rutile: 'Kas kuuled, mu tütar, ära mine teisele põllule noppima ja ära mine ka ära, vaid seltsi siin minu tüdrukutega!

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.

⁹Hoia oma silmad põllul, mida nad lõikavad, ja käi nende järel! Ma olen poisse keelanud sinusse puutumast. Ja kui sul on janu, siis mine lähkrite juurde ja joo, mis poisid toovad!'

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.

¹⁰Siis Rutt heitis silmili ja kummardas maani ning ütles temale: 'Miks olen ma su silmis armu leidnud, et sa minust hoolid, kuigi olen võõras?'

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?

¹¹Ja Boas vastas ning ütles temale: 'Küllap on mulle teada antud kõik, mida sa oma ämmale oled teinud pärast oma mehe surma, ja kuidas sa jätsid maha oma isa ja ema ja oma sünnimaa ja tulid rahva juurde, keda sa enne ei tundnud.

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.

¹²Issand tasugu su tegu ja täielik palk tulgu sulle Issandalt, Iisraeli Jumalalt, kelle tiibade alla sa oled tulnud varjule!'

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.

¹³Ja Rutt ütles: 'Ma olen sinu silmis armu leidnud, mu isand, sest sa oled mind trööstinud ja oled rääkinud oma teenijale meelepäraselt, kuigi ma pole ühegi su teenija vääriline.'

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.

¹⁴Söögiajal ütles Boas temale: 'Tule siia ja söö seda leiba ja kasta oma paluke äädikasse!' Ja Rutt istus lõikajate kõrvale ja Boas ulatas talle kõrvetatud teri; ja ta sõi, ta kõht sai täis ja teri jäi ülegi.

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].

¹⁵Kui ta tõusis noppima, siis käskis Boas oma poisse, öeldes: 'Noppigu ta ka parmaste vahelt ja te ei tohi teda häbistada!

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.

¹⁶Jah, koguni tõmmake temale vihkudest välja ja jätke maha, et ta neid nopiks, ja ärge sõidelge teda!'

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.

¹⁷Nii noppis Rutt põllul kuni õhtuni ja rabas, mis ta oli noppinud, ja sai ligi pool vakka otri.

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

¹⁸Ja ta võttis need ja tuli linna ning ta ämm nägi, mis ta oli noppinud; siis ta tõi esile ja andis temale selle, mis jäi üle, kui ta kõht oli täis saanud.

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.

¹⁹Ja ta ämm ütles temale: 'Kus sa täna noppisid ja kus sa töötasid? Olgu õnnistatud see, kes sinust hoolis!' Siis ta jutustas oma ämmale, kelle juures ta oli töötanud, ja ütles: 'Selle mehe nimi, kelle juures ma täna töötasin, on Boas.'

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.

²⁰Ja Noomi ütles oma miniale: 'Õnnistagu teda Issand, kes pole loobunud oma heldusest elavate ja surnute vastu!' Ja Noomi ütles temale: 'See mees on meie lähem sugulane, ta on üks meie suguvõsa lunastajaid.'

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.

²¹Siis ütles moabi naine Rutt: 'Ta ütles mulle veel: Jää mu sulaste seltsi, kes mul on, seni kui nad on lõpetanud kogu mu lõikuse!'

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

²²Ja Noomi ütles Rutile, oma miniale: 'See on hea, mu tütar, et sa koos tema tüdrukutega välja lähed, siis ei tülitata sind teisel põllul.'

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.

²³Nii jäi Rutt Boase tüdrukute seltsi noppima, kuni lõppes odra- ja nisulõikus; ja ta elas oma ämma juures.

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.