¹Naomi pa, njena tašča, ji reče: Hči moja, ni li treba, da ti poiščem počitka, da se ti bo dobro godilo?

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

²In sedaj, ni li Boaz, s čigar deklami si bila, sorodnik naš? Glej, nocoj veja ječmen na gumnu svojem.

²and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,

³Izkoplji se torej in se pomazili in obleci svoja oblačila, pa pojdi doli na gumno; a ne daj se spoznati možu, dokler ne neha jesti in piti.

³and thou hast bathed, and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink;

⁴In ko potem pojde leč, zapomni si mesto, kam leže, pa pojdi tja ter odgrni odejo pri nogah njegovih in lezi; in on ti pove, kaj naj storiš.

⁴and it cometh to pass when he lieth down, that thou hast known the place where he lieth down, and hast gone in, and uncovered his feet, and lain down, — and he doth declare to thee that which thou dost do.`

⁵Ona ji reče: Vse, kar mi praviš, hočem storiti.

⁵And she saith unto her, `All that thou sayest — I do.`

⁶In odide doli na gumno in stori vse, kakor ji je bila velela tašča njena.

⁶And she goeth down [to] the threshing-floor, and doth according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her

⁷Ko pa se je Boaz najedel in napil in srce mu je bilo dobre volje, pride in leže za kopico snopja; in ona pride tiho in odgrne odejo pri nogah njegovih in leže.

⁷And Boaz eateth and drinketh, and his heart is glad; and he goeth in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she cometh in gently, and uncovereth his feet, and lieth down.

⁸In zgodi se opolnoči, da se mož prestraši in se obrne, kajti glej, žena mu leži pri nogah!

⁸And it cometh to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembleth, and turneth himself, and lo, a woman is lying at his feet.

⁹In vpraša: Kdo si ti? Ona pa odgovori: Jaz sem Ruta, dekla tvoja; razprostri perut svojo čez svojo deklo, zakaj odkupitelj si mi.

⁹And he saith, `Who [art] thou?` and she saith, `I [am] Ruth thy handmaid, and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou [art] a redeemer.`

¹⁰A on reče: Blagoslovljena bodi od GOSPODA, hči moja! Zdaj si se pa še milostnejša izkazala nego poprej, ker nisi hodila za mladeniči, ne za ubogimi, ne za bogatimi.

¹⁰And he saith, `Blessed [art] thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning — not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.

¹¹Sedaj pa, hči moja, nič se ne boj! Vse ti storim, kar praviš, zakaj vse mesto ljudstva mojega ve, da si krepostna žena.

¹¹And now, my daughter, fear not, all that thou sayest I do to thee, for all the gate of my people doth know that thou [art] a virtuous woman.

¹²In res je tudi, da sem odkupitelj; toda je odkupitelj bliže soroden nego jaz.

¹²And now, surely, true, that I [am] a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.

¹³Počakaj to noč! Ako ti bo jutri hotel storiti sorodniško dolžnost, dobro, naj te odkupi. Če ga pa ne bo volja storiti ti sorodniško dolžnost, hočem te odkupiti jaz, kakor res GOSPOD živi! Ostani tu do jutra!

¹³Lodge to night, and it hath been in the morning, if he doth redeem thee, well: he redeemeth; and if he delight not to redeem thee, then I have redeemed thee — I; Jehovah liveth! lie down till the morning.`

¹⁴In ležala je pri nogah njegovih do jutra. Potem vstane, preden je mogel kdo drugega spoznati. Zakaj on je dejal: Da bi tega kdo ne zvedel, da je prišla žena na gumno.

¹⁴And she lieth down at his feet till the morning, and riseth before one doth discern another; and he saith, `Let it not be known that the woman hath come into the floor.`

¹⁵In veli ji: Podaj sem plašč, ki ga imaš na sebi, in drži ga. In ga drži, in on ji nameri vanj šest meric ječmena in ji ga zadene, ter odide v mesto.

¹⁵And he saith, `Give the covering which [is] on thee, and keep hold on it;` and she keepeth hold on it, and he measureth six [measures] of barley, and layeth [it] on her; and he goeth into the city.

¹⁶In ko pride k tašči svoji, reče ta: Kako je s teboj, hči moja? In ona ji pove vse, kar ji je storil tisti mož,

¹⁶And she cometh in unto her mother-in-law, and she saith, `Who [art] thou, my daughter?` and she declareth to her all that the man hath done to her.

¹⁷in reče: Teh šest meric ječmena mi je dal, zakaj, rekel je: Prazna ne smeš iti k tašči svoji!Ona pa ji reče: Le mirna bodi, hči moja, dokler ne zveš, kako se stvar konča; zakaj ta mož si ne da pokoja, dokler ne dožene stvari še danes.

¹⁷And she saith, `These six [measures] of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.`

¹⁸Ona pa ji reče: Le mirna bodi, hči moja, dokler ne zveš, kako se stvar konča; zakaj ta mož si ne da pokoja, dokler ne dožene stvari še danes.

¹⁸And she saith, `Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.`