1 N ow Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

Noemí tenía un pariente de su marido, un hombre de mucha riqueza, de la familia de Elimelec, el cual se llamaba Booz.

2 A nd Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

Y Rut la Moabita dijo a Noemí: “Te ruego que me dejes ir al campo a recoger espigas en pos de aquél a cuyos ojos halle gracia.” Ella le respondió: “Ve, hija mía.”

3 S o she departed and went 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.

Partió, pues, y espigó en el campo en pos de los segadores; y fue a la parte del campo que pertenecía a Booz, que era de la familia de Elimelec.

4 N ow behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “ May the Lord be with you.” And they said to him, “May the Lord bless you.”

En ese momento vino Booz de Belén (Casa del Pan), y dijo a los segadores: “El Señor sea con ustedes.” “Que el Señor te bendiga,” le respondieron ellos.

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

Entonces Booz dijo a su siervo que estaba a cargo de los segadores: “¿De quién es esta joven?”

6 T he servant in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

Y el siervo a cargo de los segadores respondió: “Es la joven Moabita que volvió con Noemí de la tierra de Moab.

7 A nd she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”

Y ella me dijo: ‘Te ruego que me dejes espigar y recoger tras los segadores entre las gavillas.’ Y vino y ha permanecido desde la mañana hasta ahora; sólo se ha sentado en la casa por un momento.” Rut y Booz

8 T hen Boaz said to Ruth, “ Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids.

Entonces Booz dijo a Rut: “Oye, hija mía. No vayas a espigar a otro campo; tampoco pases de aquí, sino quédate con mis criadas.

9 L et your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the water jars and drink from what the servants draw.”

Fíjate en el campo donde ellas siegan y síguelas, pues he ordenado a los siervos que no te molesten. Cuando tengas sed, ve a las vasijas y bebe del agua que sacan los siervos.”

10 T hen she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”

Ella bajó su rostro, se postró en tierra y le dijo: “¿Por qué he hallado gracia ante sus ojos para que se fije en mí, siendo yo extranjera?”

11 B oaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know.

Booz le respondió: “Todo lo que has hecho por tu suegra después de la muerte de tu esposo me ha sido informado en detalle, y cómo dejaste a tu padre, a tu madre y tu tierra natal, y viniste a un pueblo que antes no conocías.

12 M ay the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”

Que el Señor recompense tu obra y que tu pago sea completo de parte del Señor, Dios de Israel, bajo cuyas alas has venido a refugiarte.”

13 T hen she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.”

Entonces ella dijo: “Señor mío, he hallado gracia ante sus ojos, porque me ha consolado y en verdad ha hablado con bondad a su sierva, aunque yo no soy ni como una de sus criadas.”

14 A t mealtime Boaz said to her, “ Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left.

A la hora de comer Booz le dijo a Rut: “Ven acá para que comas del pan y mojes tu pedazo de pan en el vinagre.” Así pues ella se sentó junto a los segadores. Booz le sirvió grano tostado, y ella comió hasta saciarse y aún le sobró.

15 W hen she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her.

Cuando ella se levantó para espigar, Booz ordenó a sus siervos y les dijo: “Déjenla espigar aun entre las gavillas y no la avergüencen.

16 A lso you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

También sacarán a propósito para ella un poco de grano de los manojos y lo dejarán para que ella lo recoja. No la reprendan.”

17 S o she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

Rut espigó en el campo hasta el anochecer, y desgranó lo que había espigado, y fue como 22 litros de cebada.

18 S he took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and gave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied.

Ella lo tomó y fue a la ciudad, y su suegra vio lo que había recogido. Rut sacó también lo que le había sobrado después de haberse saciado y se lo dio a Noemí.

19 H er mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

Entonces su suegra le dijo: “¿Dónde espigaste y dónde trabajaste hoy? Bendito sea aquél que se fijó en ti.” Y ella informó a su suegra con quién había trabajado, y dijo: “El hombre con quien trabajé hoy se llama Booz.”

20 N aomi said to her daughter-in-law, “ May he be blessed of the Lord who has not withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Again Naomi said to her, “The man is our relative, he is one of our closest relatives.”

Noemí dijo a su nuera: “Sea él bendito del Señor, porque no ha rehusado su bondad ni a los vivos ni a los muertos.” Le dijo también Noemí: “El hombre es nuestro pariente; es uno de nuestros parientes más cercanos.”

21 T hen Ruth the Moabitess said, “ Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.’”

Entonces Rut la Moabita dijo: “Además, él me dijo: ‘Debes estar cerca de mis siervos hasta que hayan terminado toda mi cosecha.’”

22 N aomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maids, so that others do not fall upon you in another field.”

Noemí dijo a Rut su nuera: “Es bueno, hija mía, que salgas con sus criadas, no sea que en otro campo te maltraten.”

23 S o she stayed close by the maids of Boaz in order to glean until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Y Rut se quedó cerca de las criadas de Booz espigando hasta que se acabó la cosecha de cebada y de trigo. Y ella vivía con su suegra.