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

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

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

²Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.

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.

³Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

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.

⁴It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay down; then he will tell you what you shall do.”

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

⁵She said to her, “All that you say I will do.”

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

⁶She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her.

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.

⁷When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. She came softly, uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

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

⁸It happened at midnight, that the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

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

⁹He said, “Who are you?” She answered, “I am Ruth your handmaid. Therefore spread your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.”

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.

¹⁰He said, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

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.

¹¹Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.

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

¹²Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.

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.

¹³Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part. But if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you, then will I do the part of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives. Lie down until the morning.”

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.

¹⁴She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

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.

¹⁵He said, “Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.” She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

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

¹⁶When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all that the man had done to her.

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

¹⁷She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”

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.

¹⁸Then she said, “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day.”