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

¹And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was 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 said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto 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 went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was 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, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah bless thee.

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

⁵Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

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

⁶And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country 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 said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.

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

⁸Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.

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.

⁹Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

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?

¹⁰Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

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 answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto 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 unto a people that thou knewest not 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 recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art 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.

¹³Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.

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 at meal-time Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left thereof.

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

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

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

¹⁶And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

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

¹⁷So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was 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 took it up, and went 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 left after she was sufficed.

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 said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I 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 said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.

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 said, Yea, he said unto me, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

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 said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that they meet thee not in any other field.

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

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