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

¹Noomės giminaitis iš vyro pusės buvo Boozas, pasiturintis vyras iš Elimelecho giminės.

²Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

²Moabitė Rūta tarė Noomei: “Leisk man eiti į lauką varpų rinkti, kur man leis”. Noomė sakė: “Eik, mano dukra”.

³She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

³Nuėjusi ji rinko varpas paskui pjovėjus. Jai pasitaikė rinkti lauke, kuris priklausė Boozui iš Elimelecho giminės.

⁴Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “Yahweh bless you.”

⁴Kaip tik tuo metu Boozas atėjo iš Betliejaus ir pasveikino pjovėjus: “Viešpats su jumis”. Tie jam atsakė: “Telaimina tave Viešpats”.

⁵Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”

⁵Tada Boozas paklausė pjovėjų prižiūrėtoją: “Kas šita moteris?”

⁶The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.

⁶Prižiūrėtojas atsakė: “Ji yra moabitė, atvykusi su Noome iš Moabo krašto.

⁷She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.”

⁷Ji prašė: ‘Leisk man rinkti paskui pjovėjus nukritusias varpas’. Ji atėjo ir buvo čia nuo ryto iki dabar, tik trumpam buvo parėjusi į namus”.

⁸Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field, and don’t go from here, but stay here close to my maidens.

⁸Boozas tarė Rūtai: “Klausyk, mano dukra! Neik rinkti į kitą lauką ir nesitrauk iš čia, bet pasilik prie mano moterų.

⁹Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven’t I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn.”

⁹Sek paskui pjovėjus. Aš įsakiau jaunuoliams tavęs neliesti. Ištroškusi eik prie ąsočių ir gerk tai, ką pjovėjai geria”.

¹⁰Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”

¹⁰Ji puolė veidu į žemę ir, nusilenkusi iki žemės, klausė: “Kodėl tu man toks malonus ir atkreipei dėmesį į mane, nors esu svetimšalė?”

¹¹Boaz answered her, “It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn’t know before.

¹¹Boozas atsakė jai: “Man viską papasakojo, kaip tu, tavo vyrui mirus, elgeisi su anyta ir kaip palikusi tėvą, motiną ir gimtąją šalį, atvykai į tautą, kurios anksčiau nepažinai.

¹²May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

¹²Teatlygina tau Viešpats už tai, ką padarei, ir teduoda tau pilną užmokestį Viešpats, Izraelio Dievas, po kurio sparnais atėjai prisiglausti”.

¹³Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.”

¹³Ji atsakė: “Mano viešpatie, kad tik rasčiau malonę tavo akyse. Tu paguodei mane, draugiškai kreipdamasis į savo tarnaitę, nors neprilygstu tavo tarnaitėms”.

¹⁴At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.

¹⁴Valgant Boozas jai tarė: “Ateik čia, valgyk duonos ir padažyk savo kąsnį vyne”. Ji atsisėdo šalia pjovėjų, o jis padavė jai paskrudintų grūdų. Ji pavalgė, o kas liko, pasilaikė.

¹⁵When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her.

¹⁵Kai ji kėlėsi rinkti, Boozas įsakė savo tarnams: “Leiskite jai rinkti tarp pėdų ir nepriekaištaukite.

¹⁶Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”

¹⁶Iš pėdų tyčiomis ištraukite ir palikite jai, kad galėtų rinkti; nedrauskite jai”.

¹⁷So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel of barley.

¹⁷Ji rinko iki vakaro. Surinktas varpas iškūlė ir buvo arti efos miežių.

¹⁸She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought out and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.

¹⁸Parėjusi į miestą, ji parodė savo anytai, kiek pririnko. Be to, padavė jai likusį maistą, kurį buvo pasilaikiusi.

¹⁹Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.” She showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

¹⁹Anyta jos paklausė: “Kur tu šiandien rinkai? Tebūna palaimintas tas, kuris atkreipė dėmesį į tave!” Ji papasakojo savo anytai, pas ką dirbo, ir pasakė, kad to vyro vardas Boozas.

²⁰Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”

²⁰Noomė tarė savo marčiai: “Viešpats telaimina jį, nes jis išliko malonus gyviems ir mirusiems. Be to, tas vyras yra iš mūsų giminės, vienas iš artimiausių mūsų giminaičių”.

²¹Ruth the Moabitess said, “Yes, he said to me, ‘You shall stay close to my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.’”

²¹Rūta sakė: “Jis man patarė laikytis prie jo pjovėjų iki pjūties galo”.

²²Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you in any other field.”

²²Ir Noomė tarė savo marčiai Rūtai: “Gerai, mano dukra, kad eini su jo tarnaitėmis. Kitame lauke tave galėtų įžeisti”.

²³So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

²³Ji laikėsi prie Boozo tarnaičių rinkdama varpas, kol pasibaigė miežių ir kviečių pjūtis, ir gyveno su savo anyta.