¹A Naoma, mala známeho svojho muža, mocného muža bohatého, z čeľade Elimelechovej, ktorému bolo meno Boaz.

¹And Naomi hath an acquaintance of her husband`s, a man mighty in wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name [is] Boaz.

²A Ruť Moábska riekla Naome: Dovoľ, prosím, žeby som išla na pole a sbierala klasy za tým, v ktorého očiach najdem milosť. A ona jej riekla: Iď moja dcéra.

²And Ruth the Moabitess saith unto Naomi, `Let me go, I pray thee, into the field, and I gather among the ears of corn after him in whose eyes I find grace;` and she saith to her, `Go, my daughter.`

³Tak išla a prišla a sbierala na poli za žencami. A prihodilo sa jej, že prišla na čiastku poľa, ktoré patrilo Boazovi, ktorý bol z čeľade Elimelechovej.

³And she goeth and cometh and gathereth in a field after the reapers, and her chance happeneth — the portion of the field is Boaz`s who [is] of the family of Elimelech.

⁴A hľa, Boaz prišiel z Betlehema a riekol žencom: Hospodin s vami! A oni mu povedali: Nech ťa požehná Hospodin!

⁴And lo, Boaz hath come from Beth-Lehem, and saith to the reapers, `Jehovah [is] with you;` and they say to him, `Jehovah doth bless thee.`

⁵Potom riekol Boaz svojmu sluhovi, ktorý bol postavený nad žencami. Čia je táto dievčina?

⁵And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, `Whose [is] this young person?`

⁶A sluha, postavený nad žencami, odpovedal a riekol: Je to moábska dievčina, ktorá prišla zpät s Naomou z moábskeho kraja.

⁶And the young man who is set over the reapers answereth and saith, `A young woman — Moabitess — she [is], who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab,

⁷Povedala: Dovoľ, prosím, žeby som sbierala a brala medzi snopami za žencami. A tedy prišla a stojí na nohách od samého rána až doteraz, krome že toto čosi máličko bola pobudla doma.

⁷and she saith, Let me glean, I pray thee — and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she cometh and remaineth since the morning and till now; she sat in the house a little.

⁸A Boaz riekol Ruti: Či nepočuješ, moja dcéro? Nechoď sbierať na iné pole ani neodchádzaj odtiaľto, ale tu sa drž s mojimi dievkami.

⁸And Boaz saith unto Ruth, `Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field, and also, pass not over from this, and thus thou dost cleave to my young women:

⁹Nech sú tvoje oči na poli, na ktorom budú žať, a pojdeš za nimi. Lebo som prikázal sluhom, aby sa ťa nedotkli. A keď budeš smädná, pojdeš k nádobám a napiješ sa vody, ktorej navážia sluhovia.

⁹thine eyes [are] on the field which they reap, and thou hast gone after them; have not I charged the young men not to touch thee? when thou art athirst then thou hast gone unto the vessels, and hast drunk from that which the young men draw.`

¹⁰A ona padnúc na svoju tvár poklonila sa k zemi a riekla mu: Prečo to, že som našla milosť v tvojich očiach, aby si sa znal ku mne, keď som ja cudzozemka?

¹⁰And she falleth on her face, and boweth herself to the earth, and saith unto him, `Wherefore have I found grace in thine eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?`

¹¹A Boaz odpovedal a riekol jej: Áno, oznámené mi je všetko, čo si konala svojej svokre po smrti svojho muža a že si opustila svojho otca a svoju mať i zem, v ktorej si sa narodila, a odišla si k ľudu, ktorého si predtým neznala.

¹¹And Boaz answereth and saith to her, `It hath thoroughly been declared to me all that thou hast done with thy mother-in-law, after the death of thy husband, and thou dost leave thy father, and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and dost come in unto a people which thou hast not known heretofore.

¹²Hospodin nech ti odplatí tvoj skutok, a tvoja mzda nech je celá od Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho, že si prišla, aby si sa utiekla pod jeho krýdla.

¹²Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.`

¹³Na to riekla ona: Nech najdem milosť v tvojich očiach, môj pane, lebo si ma potešil a hovoril si k srdcu svojej dievky, hoci ja nie som ako niektorá z tvojich dievok.

¹³And she saith, `Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I — I am not as one of thy maid-servants.`

¹⁴A Boaz jej riekol: Keď bude čas jesť, prijdi sem a budeš jesť z môjho chleba a budeš máčať svoju skyvu v octe. A tak si sadla vedľa k žencom, a podal jej pražmy. A jedla a nasýtila sa, aj ešte nechala.

¹⁴And Boaz saith to her, `At meal-time come nigh hither, and thou hast eaten of the bread, and dipped thy morsel in the vinegar.` And she sitteth at the side of the reapers, and he reacheth to her roasted corn, and she eateth, and is satisfied, and leaveth.

¹⁵A keď vstala, aby sbierala, prikázal Boaz svojim sluhom a riekol: Keby sbierala i medzi snopami, neblížte jej.

¹⁵And she riseth to glean, and Boaz chargeth his young men, saying, `Even between the sheaves she doth glean, and ye do not cause her to blush;

¹⁶Ba ešte i naschvál jej púšťajte z hrstí a zanechávajte, aby sbierala, a nedohovárajte jej.

¹⁶and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls — and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.`

¹⁷A tak sbierala na poli až do večera. A keď vymlátila to, čo nasbierala, bolo toho tak asi efa jačmeňa.

¹⁷And she gleaneth in the field till the evening, and beateth out that which she hath gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley;

¹⁸Potom to vzala a prišla do mesta, a jej svokra videla, čo nasbierala. A vyňala a dala jej to, čo zvýšila keď sa nasýtila.

¹⁸and she taketh [it] up, and goeth into the city, and her mother-in-law seeth that which she hath gleaned, and she bringeth out and giveth to her that which she left from her satiety.

¹⁹A jej svokra jej povedala: Kde si sbierala dnes a kde si robila? Nech je požehnaný ten, ktorý sa k tebe znal! A oznámila svojej svokre, u koho robila, a riekla: Meno muža, u ktorého som dnes robila, je Boaz.

¹⁹And her mother-in-law saith to her, `Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? may he who is discerning thee be blessed.` And she declareth to her mother-in-law with whom she hath wrought, and saith, `The name of the man with whom I have wrought to-day [is] Boaz.`

²⁰A Naoma riekla svojej neveste: Nech je požehnaný Hospodinovi, ktorý neupustil od svojho milosrdenstva ani pri živých ani pri mŕtvych! A potom jej riekla Naoma: Ten muž nám je blízky, a je z našich výkupníkov s švagrovským právom.

²⁰And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, `Blessed [is] he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;` and Naomi saith to her, `The man is a relation of ours; he [is] of our redeemers.`

²¹Na to riekla Ruť Moábska: Ba ešte mi aj to povedal, drž sa vraj mojich sluhov, dokiaľ nedožnú všetkého môjho žniva.

²¹And Ruth the Moabitess saith, `Also he surely said unto me, Near the young people whom I have thou dost cleave till they have completed the whole of the harvest which I have.`

²²A Naoma riekla Ruti, svojej neveste: Dobre, moja dcéro, keď budeš chodiť ta von s jeho dievkami, aby sa neoborili na teba na inom poli.

²²And Naomi saith unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, `Good, my daughter, that thou goest out with his young women, and they come not against thee in another field.`

²³A tak sa pridŕžala dievok Boazových sbierajúc klasy, kým len nepožali jačmeňa a kým nepožali i pšenice. A bývala so svojou svokrou.

²³And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.