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

¹Huan, Naomiin a pasal tanau, Elimelek suan, mi neizou tak tanau a neia; a min Boazi ahi.

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.”

²Huan, Moab mi Ruthiin Naomi kiangah, lou lamah ka hoh dia, mi louah honhehpihmi peuh buhsang ka va zong ding aw, a chi a. Huan, a kiangah Hoh ve, ka tanu, achia.

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.

³Huchiin a hohta, buh lamite lakmaih a va zonga; huchiin Elimelek suan Boazi lou takah a vahoh kha geih a.

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

⁴Huchiin, ngaiin, Bethlehem a kipanin Boazi ava hoha, buh lamite kiangah, Na kiang uah Toupa om hen, a chi a, Huan, amau, TOUPAN hon vualjawl heh, chiin a dawng uh.

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

⁵Huchiin Boaziin a sikha, buh lamite tunga houtu kiangah; Hiai koilam nungak ahia oi? a chi a.

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.

⁶Huan, a buh lamite tunga houtu a sikhain, Moab nungak, Moab gam akipan Naomi toh hongpai ahi.

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.”

⁷Huan, aman, honhehpih inla, na buhsang uh ka zong ding a, buh lamiten a buhphal uh a lakkhawm khit chiang in ka zong zel ding aw, achia; huchiin a hong a, in a tomchik a om chih louh jingsang a kipan a om nilouh ahi, chiin a dawng hi.

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.

⁸Huchiin Boaziin Ruthi kiangah, Ka tanu, ngai dih ve; buhsang zong in lou dangah hoh kenla, hiai akipan pai ken, ka sikha nungakte kiangah om gige in.

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.”

⁹A buh lak uh en gige inla, a nung uh sui jelin; tangvalte nang bangmah hon chih lou dingin thu ka pe vekta hi; huan, na dang a tak peuh chiangin tuibel a tangvalte tui tawisa va dawn jelin, a chi a.

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?”

¹⁰Huchiin a kun a, lei siin a khupboha, a kiangah, Nam dang lah ka hi ngala, nang hichi banga non theih nopa non na hehpih bangchidan ahia? a chi a.

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.

¹¹Huan, Boaziin a dawnga, a kiangah, Na pasal sih nusiah na pi tunga na thilhihdan tengteng min a hinhilh vek ua; huan, na nu leh na pa leh na pianna gam paisan a tumalama na mi theih ngeilouhte kianga na hong pai dante leng.

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.”

¹²TOUPAN na thilhih honthuk henla, TOUPA, Israelte Pathian, ki humbitna dinga a kha nuai na hondelh in na hoihman tampiin honpia hen, a chi a.

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.”

¹³Huan, aman, Pu, honhehpihin; nang non lungmuana, na sikha nungakte laka mi hikei mahleng, na sikhanu hoihtakin non houpihta ngala, a chi a.

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.

¹⁴Huan, annek hunin Boaziin a kiangah, Hongpai dih ve, tanghoute hongne sam inla, tanghou themte uain thukah diah samin, a chi a. huchiin buh lamite kiangah a tua; huan, buh kan a pia a; a ne a, a kham nungin leng a ne val laia.

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.

¹⁵Huan, buhsang zong dinga a ding nawnin, Boaziin a tangvalte kiangah, Buhphal lakate leng tawm jel henla, tai kei un.

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

¹⁶Huan, a lom-ate leng, dohkhiak sak unla, nutsiat jel unla, tom henla, tai kei un, chiin thu a pia a.

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.

¹⁷Huchiin loua buhsang nitaklam tanin a zonga; huan, a zonsa akhena, barli-buh epha khat hiamtak ahi.

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.

¹⁸Huan, a pua a, khuaah a paita, huan, a piin a buhsang zon a namu a; huan aman a khamnunga a nekbang a suah a, a pia hi.

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.”

¹⁹Huan, a piin a kiangah, Tunia koi lama buhsang ahia na zon? Koi ah ahia na na vasep? A hon nathei nuampa vualjawl in om hen, a chi a. Huan, aman kua kiangah ahia a vasep chih a pi a hilh hi. Tunia ka va nasepna min Boazi ahi, a chi a.

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.”

²⁰Huan, Naomiin a mounu kiangah, Toupa, mihing leh misi tunga a hehpihna tawp tuan ngeilou in amah vualjawl hen, achia. Huan, Naomiin a kiangah, huai mi, I kinaihpih, I tanau bul eive, a chi a.

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

²¹Haun, Moab mi Ruthiin, A hi mahve, ka kiangah leng, Ka buh a lakkhit vek mateng uh ka tangvalte kiangah tel gige in, leng honchi eive, a chi a.

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.”

²²Huan, Naomiin a mounu Ruthi kiangah, Ka tanu, lou danga a honmuh het louhna ding un a sikha nungakte lakah ngen pai lechin a hoih ding, a chi a.Huchiin, barli buh leh buhpi lak khit matengin Boazi sikha nungakte lakah ngen buhsang zingin a hoha, huan, a pi kiangah a om hi.

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.

²³Huchiin, barli buh leh buhpi lak khit matengin Boazi sikha nungakte lakah ngen buhsang zingin a hoha, huan, a pi kiangah a om hi.