Ruth 2 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

Ruth 2:1-23

Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field

1Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

2And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!”

“The Lord bless you!” they answered.

5Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

6The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi. 7She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.”

8So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

10At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”

11Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

13“May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

14At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.”

When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. 15As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her. 16Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

17So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms 18She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.

19Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!”

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

20“The Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).

21Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’ ”

22Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”

23So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

New Amharic Standard Version

ሩት 2:1-23

ሩት በቦዔዝ ዕርሻ

1ኑኃሚን፣ ከአቤሜሌክ ጐሣ የሆነ ቦዔዝ የሚባል ባለ ጸጋ የባል ዘመድ ነበራት።

2ሞዓባዊቷ ሩትም ኑኃሚንን፣ “በፊቱ ሞገስ አግኝቼ ቃርሚያ የሚያስቃርመኝ ሰው ባገኝ እስቲ ወደ እህል አዝመራው ልሂድ” አለቻት።

ኑኃሚንም፣ “ልጄ ሆይ፤ ይሁን ሂጂ” አለቻት። 3ስለዚህ እርሷም ወጣች፤ ከዐጫጆች ኋላ ኋላ እየተከታተለችም ከአዝመራው ቦታ ትቃርም ጀመር፤ እንዳጋጣሚ ትቃርምበት የነበረው አዝመራ ከአቤሜሌክ ጐሣ የሆነው የቦዔዝ ነበር።

4በዚሁ ጊዜ ቦዔዝ ከቤተ ልሔም መጣ፤ ዐጫጆቹንም፣ “እግዚአብሔር ከእናንተ ጋር ይሁን!” ብሎ ሰላምታ ሰጣቸው።

እነርሱም፣ “እግዚአብሔር ይባርክህ!” ብለው መለሱለት።

5ከዚያም ቦዔዝ የዐጫጆቹን አለቃ፣ “ይህች ወጣት ሴት የማን ናት?” ሲል ጠየቀው።

6የዐጫጆቹም አለቃ እንዲህ ሲል መለሰ፤ “ከኑኃሚን ጋር ከሞዓብ ምድር ተመልሳ የመጣች ሞዓባዊት ናት። 7እርሷም፣ ‘ዐጫጆቹን እየተከተልሁ በነዶው መካከል እንድቃርም እባክህ ፍቀድልኝ’ አለችኝ። ለጥቂት ጊዜ በመጠለያው ከማረፏ በስተቀር፣ ወደ አዝመራው ቦታ ገብታ ከጧት አንሥቶ እስካሁን ያለ ማቋረጥ ስትቃርም ቈይታለች።”

8ስለዚህም ቦዔዝ ሩትን፣ “ልጄ ሆይ ስሚኝ፤ ከእንግዲህ ወደ ሌላ አዝመራ ሄደሽ አትቃርሚ፤ ከዚህም አትራቂ፤ ከሴቶች ልጆቼ ጋር እዚሁ ሁኚ። 9ወንዶቹ የሚያጭዱበትን ዕርሻ ልብ እያልሽ ልጃገረዶቹን ተከተዪ፤ ወንዶቹ እንዳያስቸግሩሽም አስጠንቅቄአቸዋለሁ፤ ውሃ ሲጠማሽ ደግሞ፣ እየሄድሽ ወንዶቹ ሞልተው ካስቀመጡት እንስራ ቀድተሽ ጠጪ።”

10በዚህ ጊዜ ወደ መሬት ዝቅ ብላ እጅ ነሣችው። እርሷም፣ “ባይተዋር የሆንሁትን እኔን ታስበኝ ዘንድ በፊትህ ሞገስ ለማግኘት የበቃሁት እንዴት ነው?” አለችው።

11ቦዔዝም መልሶ እንዲህ አላት፤ “ባልሽ ከሞተ ጀምሮ ለዐማትሽ ያደረግሽላትን ሁሉ፣ አባት እናትሽን እንዲሁም የተወለድሽበትን አገር ትተሽ ቀድሞ ከማታውቂው ሕዝብ ጋር ለመኖር እንዴት እንደ መጣሽ ነግረውኛል። 12ስላደረግሽው ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር ዋጋሽን ይክፈልሽ፤ በክንፉ ጥላ ሥር ለመጠለል የመጣሽበት የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ብድራትሽን አትረፍርፎ ይመልስልሽ።”

13እርሷም መልሳ፣ “ጌታዬ ሆይ፤ ምንም እንኳ፣ ከሴት ሠራተኞችህ እንደ አንዲቱ መቈጠር የማይገባኝ ብሆንም፣ እንድጽናና አድርገኸኛል፤ እንዲሁም እኔን አገልጋይህን በመልካም ንግግር ደስ አሰኝተኸኛል፤ ስለዚህ ሞገስህ እንዳይለየኝ እለምንሃለሁ” አለችው።

14በምሳ ሰዓት ቦዔዝ፣ “ወደዚህ ቀረብ በዪ፤ እንጀራም ወስደሽ በወይን ሆምጣጤው አጥቅሽ” አላት።

እርሷም ከዐጫጆች አጠገብ እንደ ተቀመጠች፣ ቦዔዝ የተጠበሰ እሸት ሰጣት፤ የቻለችውንም ያህል በልታ ጥቂት ተረፋት። 15ለመቃረም ስትነሣም፣ ቦዔዝ ጐበዛዝቱን እንዲህ ብሎ አዘዛቸው፤ “በነዶው መካከል እንኳ ብትቃርም ክፉ አትናገሯት፤ 16ይልቁንም ከየታሰረው ነዶ ላይ ጥቂት ጥቂቱን ዘለላ እየመዘዛችሁ በመጣል እንድታነሣው ተዉላት፤ አታስቀይሟት።”

17ስለዚህ ሩት እስኪመሽ ድረስ ከአዝመራው ላይ ቃረመች፤ ከዚያም የሰበሰበችውን ገብስ ወቃች፤ አንድ የኢፍ መስፈሪያም2፥17 22 ሊትር ያህል ነው። ያህል ሆነ። 18ያንንም ይዛ ወደ ከተማ ሄደች፤ ዐማቷም የሰበሰበችው ምን ያህል እንደ ሆነም አየች፤ እንዲሁም ሩት የሚበቃትን ያህል ከበላች በኋላ አስተርፋ የነበረውን አውጥታ ለእርሷ ሰጠቻት።

19ዐማቷም፣ “ዛሬ የቃረምሽው ከየት ነው? የትስ ቦታ ስትሠሪ ዋልሽ? መልካም ነገር ያደረገልሽ ሰው የተባረከ ይሁን” አለቻት። ከዚያም ሩት ስትሠራ ስለ ዋለችበት ስፍራ ባለቤት ለዐማቷ ነገረቻት፤ እርሷም፣ “ዛሬ ስቃርም የዋልሁበት አዝመራ ባለቤት፣ ስሙ ቦዔዝ ይባላል” አለቻት።

20ኑኃሚንም ምራቷን፣ “በጎነቱን ለሕያዋንም ሆነ ለሙታን ማድረጉን ያልተወ እግዚአብሔር ይባርከው” አለቻት፤ ቀጥላም፣ “ሰውየው እኮ የሥጋ ዘመዳችን ነው፤ የመቤዠት ግዴታ ካለባቸው ዘመዶቻችን አንዱ እርሱ ነው” አለቻት።

21ከዚያም ሞዓባዊቷ ሩት፣ “ደግሞም፣ ‘እህሌን ሁሉ ዐጭደው እስኪጨርሱ ድረስ ከሠራተኞቼ አትለዪ!’ ብሎኛል” አለቻት።

22ኑኃሚንም ምራቷን ሩትን፣ “የእኔ ልጅ፤ እንዲህ ካልሽማ ከሴት ሠራተኞቹ ጋር አብሮ መሄድ ይሻልሻል፤ ወደ ሌላ ሰው አዝመራ ብትሄጂ ጕዳት ሊያገኝሽ ይችላልና” አለቻት።

23ስለዚህ የገብሱና የስንዴው አዝመራ ተሰብስቦ እስኪያበቃ ድረስ፣ ሩት የቦዔዝን ሴቶች ሠራተኞች ተጠግታ ቃረመች፤ ከዐማቷም ጋር ኖረች።