1 N ow Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose 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, “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.”

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

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.

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 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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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.”

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 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.

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 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.”

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, 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?”

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 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.

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 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.”

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 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.”

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 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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.”

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 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.”

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 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.’”

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

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.”

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 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.

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.