1 و َكانَ لِنُعْمِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أقارِبِ زَوْجِها اسْمُهُ بُوعَزُ. وَقَدْ كانَ رَجُلاً غَنِيّاً مِنْ عائِلَةِ ألِيمالِكَ.

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

2 و َفِي أحَدِ الأيّامِ، قالَتْ راعُوثُ المُوآبِيَّةُ لِنُعْمِي: «أوَدُّ الذَّهابَ إلَى الحُقُولِ لِألتَقِطَ سَنابِلَ وَراءَ مَنْ يُحسِنُ إلَيَّ وَيَسْمَحُ لِيَ بِذَلِكَ.» فَقالَتْ نُعْمِي لَها: «نَعَمْ يا ابْنَتِي، افعَلِي هَذا.»

And 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.

3 ف َذَهَبَتْ وَوَصَلَتْ إلَى أحَدِ الحُقُولِ. وَابْتَدَأتْ تَلْتَقِطُ سَنابِلَ وَراءَ الحَصّادِينَ. فَإذا بِذَلِكَ الحَقلِ مِنْ حُقُولِ بُوعَزَ الَّذِي مِنْ عائِلَةِ ألِيمالِكَ.

And 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.

4 و َبَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ، أتَى بُوعَزُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحمَ إلَى الحَقلِ، وَحَيّا الحَصّادِينَ وَقالَ: « اللهُ مَعْكُمْ.» فَرَدُّوا: «يُبارِكُكَ اللهُ.»

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

5 ث ُمَّ سَألَ بُوعَزُ خادِمَهُ المَسؤُولَ عَنِ الحَصّادِينَ: «ابْنَةُ مَنْ هَذِهِ الفَتاةُ؟»

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

6 ف َأجابَ الخادِمُ المَسؤُولُ عَنِ الحَصّادِينَ: «هَذِهِ فَتاةٌ مُوآبِيَّةٌ. هِيَ الَّتِي رَجِعَتْ مَعَ نُعْمِي مِنْ حُقُولِ مُوآبَ.

And 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;

7 ق الَتْ إنَّها تُرِيدُ أنْ تَلْتَقِطَ السَّنابِلَ الَّتي تَبْقَى بَيْنَ الحُزَمِ وَراءَ الحَصّادِينَ. فَأتَتْ مُنذُ الصَّباحٍ وَمَكَثَتْ إلَى الآنَ. وَهَذا بَيتُها، لَيسَ بَعِيداً مِنْ هُنا.»

and 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.

8 ف َقالَ بُوعَزُ لِراعُوثَ: «اسْمَعِي يا ابْنَتِي، لا تَذْهَبِي إلَى حَقلٍ آخَرَ لِتَلْتَقِطِي السَّنابِلَ. ابْقَي هُنا قَرِيبَةً مِنَ العامِلاتِ لَدَيَّ.

And 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.

9 ر اقِبِيهُنَّ لِتَعْرِفي إلَى أيَّةِ حُقُولٍ يَذْهَبْنَ لِلحَصادِ، وَاتبَعِيهِنَّ إلَيها. وَها أنا أمَرْتُ العامِلِينَ لَدَيَّ بِأنْ لا يُزعِجُوكِ. وَإذا عَطِشْتِ، اشْرَبِي مِنْ أوعِيَةِ الماءِ الَّتِي يَشْرَبُ مِنْها العُمّالُ.»

Let 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.

10 ف َسَقَطَتْ راعُوثُ عَلَى الأرْضِ، وَسَجَدَتْ عَلَى وَجهِها إلَى الأرْضِ، وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «كَيفَ أحسَنْتَ إلَيَّ فَلاحَظتَ وُجُودِي، رُغمَ أنَّنِي فَتاةٌ غَرِيبَةٌ؟»

Then 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?

11 ف َأجابَها بُوعَزُ: «قَد أخبَرُونِي كَثِيراً عَنْ كُلِّ الأُمُورِ الحَسَنَةِ الَّتِي فَعَلْتِها نَحوَ حَماتِكِ بَعدَ مَوتِ زَوجِكِ، فَقَدْ تَرَكتِ أباكِ وَأُمَّكِ وَوَطَنَكِ، وَأتَيتِ إلَى شَعبٍ لَمْ تَعرِفِيهِ مِنْ قَبلُ.

And 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.

12 ل ِيُجازِكِ اللهُ عَلَى العَمَلِ الصّالِحِ الَّذِي فَعَلتِهِ. وَلتَكُنْ مُكافَأتُكِ كامِلَةً مِنَ اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، الَّذِي جِئتِ إلَيهِ لِلاحتِماءِ بِجَناحَيِهِ.»

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

13 ف َقالَتْ راعُوثُ: «لَيتَنِي أكُونُ عِندَ حُسنِ ظَنِّكَ يا سَيِّدِي، لِأنَّكَ كُنتَ لَطِيفاً مَعِي وَمُحسِناً إلَيَّ. وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمْتَ بِكَلِماتٍ لَطِيفَةٍ إلَيَّ أنا خادِمَتَكَ، مَعَ أنَّنِي لا أسْتَحِقُّ أنْ أكُونَ واحِدَةً مِنْ جَوارِيكَ.»

And 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.

14 و َفِي وَقتِ الغَداءِ، قالَ بُوعَزُ لَها: «تَعالَي وَتَناوَلِي الطَّعامَ مَعَنا، وَاغمِسِي خُبزَكِ فِي هَذا الطَّعامِ.» فَجَلَسَت راعُوثُ إلَى جانِبِ الحَصّادِينَ. ثُمَّ أعْطاها بُوعَزُ بَعضَ الفَرِيكَةِ المَشوِيَّةِ، فَأكَلَت حَتَّى شَبِعَت، وَفَضُلَ مِنْ طَعامِها.

And 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.

15 ث ُمَّ قامَتْ لِتَعُودَ إلَى جَمعِ السَّنابِلِ. فَأوصَى بُوعَزُ العامِلِينَ لَدَيهِ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «دَعُوها تَجْمَعْ حَتَّى بَينَ أكْداسِ الحُبُوبِ، وَلا تُحْرِجُوها أوْ تُزعِجُوها.

And 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.

16 ت َعَمَّدُوا أنْ تُسْقِطُوا بَعْضَ السَّنابِلِ السَّمِينَةِ أيضاً، وَاترُكُوها وَراءَكُمْ كَي تَلتَقِطَها. تَذَكَّرُوا أنْ لا تُزعِجُوها.» نُعمِي تَعلَمُ بِأمرِ بُوعَز

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

17 و َهَكَذا بَقِيَت فِي الحَقلِ لِجَمعِ السَّنابِلِ حَتَّى المَساءِ. ثُمَّ دَرَسَتْ ما جَمَعَتهُ، فَكانَ مِقدارَ قُفَّةٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ.

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

18 ف َحَمَلَتْ ما دَرَسَتْهُ وَعادَتْ إلَى البَلدَةِ. وَأرَت راعُوثُ حَماتَها ما جَمَعَتْهُ. ثُمَّ أخرَجَتِ الطَّعامَ الَّذِي زادَ عَنْ حاجَتِها مِنَ وَجْبَةِ الغَداءِ، وَأعْطَتْهُ لَها.

And 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.

19 ف َقالَتْ لَها حَماتُها: «أينَ التَقَطْتِ السَّنابِلَ اليَومَ؟ أينَ عَمِلْتِ؟ مُبارَكٌ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي انْتَبَهَ إلَيكِ.» فَأخبَرَتْ راعُوثُ حَماتَها بِكُلِّ ما حَدَثَ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ، وَقالَتْ: «اسمُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي عَمِلتُ عِندَهُ اليَومَ بُوعَزُ.»

And 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.

20 ف َقالَتْ نُعمِي لِكِنَّتِها: «لِيُبارِكْهُ اللهُ ، الَّذِي هُوَ مُحسِنٌ وَأمِينٌ نَحوَ الأمواتِ وَالأحياءِ.» ثُمَّ قالَتْ نُعمِي لِراعُوثَ: «بُوعَزُ مِنْ أقرِبائِنا، وَهُوَ مِنْ حُماتِنا.»

And 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.

21 ف َقالَتْ راعُوثُ المُوآبِيَّةُ: «وَقَدْ قالَ لِي أيضاً: ‹التَصِقِي بِالعامِلاتِ وَالعامِلِينَ لَدَيَّ إلَى أنْ يُكمِلُوا الحَصادَ كُلَّهُ.›»

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

22 ف َقالَتْ نُعمِي لِكِنَّتِها راعُوثُ: «يا ابنَتِي، جَيِّدٌ أنْ تُلازِمِي جَوارِيِهِ حَتَّى لا يَعتَدِيَ عَلَيكِ أحَدٌ فِي أيِّ حَقلٍ آخَرَ.»

And 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.

23 ف َالتَصَقَتْ راعُوثُ بِجَوارِي بُوعَزَ لِتَلتَقِطَ السَّنابِلَ حَتَّى نِهايَةِ حَصادِ الشَّعِيرِ، بَلْ وَحَتَّى نِهايَةِ حَصادِ القَمْحِ. وَكانَتْ تَسكُنُ مَعَ حَماتِها.

So 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.