1 A nd Naomi had a relation of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Noemi tinha um parente por parte do marido. Era um homem rico e influente, pertencia ao clã de Elimeleque e chamava-se Boaz.

2 A nd Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

Rute, a moabita, disse a Noemi: “Vou recolher espigas no campo daquele que me permitir”. “Vá, minha filha”, respondeu-lhe Noemi.

3 A nd she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Então ela foi e começou a recolher espigas atrás dos ceifeiros. Casualmente entrou justo na parte da plantação que pertencia a Boaz, que era do clã de Elimeleque.

4 A nd behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!

Naquele exato momento, Boaz chegou de Belém e saudou os ceifeiros: “O Senhor esteja com vocês!” Eles responderam: “O Senhor te abençoe!”

5 A nd Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?

Boaz perguntou ao capataz dos ceifeiros: “A quem pertence aquela moça?”

6 A nd the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;

O capataz respondeu: “É uma moabita que voltou de Moabe com Noemi.

7 a nd she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. And she came, and has continued from the morning until now: her sitting in the house has been little as yet.

Ela me pediu que a deixasse recolher e juntar espigas entre os feixes, após os ceifeiros. Ela chegou cedo e está em pé até agora. Só sentou-se um pouco no abrigo”.

8 A nd Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but keep here with my maidens.

Disse então Boaz a Rute: “Ouça bem, minha filha, não vá colher noutra lavoura, nem se afaste daqui. Fique com minhas servas.

9 L et thine eyes be on the field which is being reaped, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men not to touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men draw.

Preste atenção onde os homens estão ceifando, e vá atrás das moças que vão colher. Darei ordem aos rapazes para que não toquem em você. Quando tiver sede, beba da água dos potes que os rapazes encheram”.

10 T hen she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?

Ela inclinou-se e, prostrada, rosto em terra, exclamou: “Por que achei favor a seus olhos, ao ponto de o senhor se importar comigo, uma estrangeira?”

11 A nd Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shewn me, all that thou hast done to thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come to a people that thou hast not known heretofore.

Boaz respondeu: “Contaram-me tudo o que você tem feito por sua sogra, depois que você perdeu o seu marido: como deixou seu pai, sua mãe e sua terra natal para viver com um povo que você não conhecia bem.

12 J ehovah recompense thy work, and let thy reward be full from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.

O Senhor lhe retribua o que você tem feito! Que seja ricamente recompensada pelo Senhor, o Deus de Israel, sob cujas asas você veio buscar refúgio!”

13 A nd she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like one of thy handmaidens.

E disse ela: “Continue eu a ser bem acolhida, meu senhor! O senhor me deu ânimo e encorajou sua serva — e eu sequer sou uma de suas servas!”

14 A nd Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come hither and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers; and he reached her parched corn, and she ate and was sufficed, and reserved.

Na hora da refeição, Boaz lhe disse: “Venha cá! Pegue um pedaço de pão e molhe-o no vinagre”. Quando ela se sentou junto aos ceifeiros, Boaz lhe ofereceu grãos tostados. Ela comeu até ficar satisfeita e ainda sobrou.

15 A nd when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and ye shall not reproach her.

Quando ela se levantou para recolher espigas, Boaz deu estas ordens a seus servos: “Mesmo que ela recolha entre os feixes, não a repreendam!

16 A nd ye shall also sometimes draw out for her out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.

Ao contrário, quando estiverem colhendo, tirem para ela algumas espigas dos feixes e deixem-nas cair para que ela as recolha, e não a impeçam”.

17 A nd she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.

E assim Rute colheu na lavoura até o entardecer. Depois debulhou o que tinha ajuntado: quase uma arroba de cevada.

18 A nd she took up, and came into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had reserved after she was sufficed.

Carregou-a para o povoado, e sua sogra viu quanto Rute havia recolhido quando ela lhe ofereceu o que havia sobrado da refeição.

19 A nd her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? Blessed be he that did regard thee! And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.

A sogra lhe perguntou: “Onde você colheu hoje? Onde trabalhou? Bendito seja aquele que se importou com você!” Então Rute contou à sogra com quem tinha trabalhado: “O nome do homem com quem trabalhei hoje é Boaz”.

20 A nd Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead! And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of those who have the right of our redemption.

E Noemi exclamou: “Seja ele abençoado pelo Senhor, que não deixa de ser leal e bondoso com os vivos e com os mortos!” E acrescentou: “Aquele homem é nosso parente; é um de nossos resgatadores!”

21 A nd Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, Thou shalt keep with my young men until they have ended all my harvest.

E Rute, a moabita, continuou: “Pois ele mesmo me disse também: ‘Fique com os meus ceifeiros até que terminem toda a minha colheita’”.

22 A nd Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

Então Noemi aconselhou à sua nora Rute: “É melhor mesmo você ir com as servas dele, minha filha. Noutra lavoura poderiam molestá-la”.

23 S o she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Assim Rute ficou com as servas de Boaz para recolher espigas, até acabarem as colheitas de cevada e de trigo. E continuou morando com a sua sogra.