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

There was a relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. 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.»

So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” 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.

Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to 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.»

Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered him, “The Lord bless you!”

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

Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

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

So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country 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, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.”

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

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.

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 your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

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

So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since 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 been fully reported to me, all that you have done for 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 whom you did not know before.

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

The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for 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.»

Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.”

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.

Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied, and kept some back.

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 do not reproach her.

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

Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

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

So she gleaned in the field until evening, 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.

Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she brought out and gave to her what she had kept back after she had been satisfied.

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 have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today 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.»

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of the Lord, who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!” And Naomi said to her, “This man is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives.”

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

Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also said to me, ‘You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished 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 you go out with his young women, and that people do not meet you 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 stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.