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

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

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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

⁴A hľa, Boaz prišiel z Betlehema a riekol žencom: Hospodin s vami! A oni mu povedali: Nech ťa požehná Hospodin!

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

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

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.

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

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.”

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

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?”

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?

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

¹⁸Potom to vzala a prišla do mesta, a jej svokra videla, čo nasbierala. A vyňala a dala jej to, čo zvýšila keď sa nasýtila.

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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

²¹Na to riekla Ruť Moábska: Ba ešte mi aj to povedal, drž sa vraj mojich sluhov, dokiaľ nedožnú všetkého môjho žniva.

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.”

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.

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.

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