Dual Panel1Now Naomi <05281> had a relative <03045> on her husband’s <0376> side of the family named <08034> Boaz <01162>. He was a wealthy <01368>, prominent <02428> man <0376> from the clan <04940> of Elimelech <0458>.
2One day Ruth <07327> the Moabite <04125> said <0559> to <0413> Naomi <05281>, “Let me go <01980> to the fields <07704> so I can gather <03950> grain <07641> behind <0310> whoever <0834> permits <05869> <02580> <04672> me to do so.” Naomi replied <0559>, “You may go <01980>, my daughter <01323>.”
3So Ruth went <01980> and gathered <03950> grain in the fields <07704> behind <0310> the harvesters <07114>. Now she just happened <04745> to end up <07136> in the portion <02513> of the field <07704> belonging to Boaz <01162>, who <0834> was from the clan <04940> of Elimelech <0458>.
4Now at that very moment <02009>, Boaz <01162> arrived <0935> from Bethlehem <01035> and greeted <0559> the harvesters <07114>, “May the Lord <03068> be with <05973> you!” They replied <0559>, “May the Lord <03068> bless <01288> you!”
5Boaz <01162> asked <0559> his servant <05288> in charge <05324> of <05921> the harvesters <07114>, “To whom <04310> does this <02063> young woman <05291> belong?”
6The servant <05288> in charge <05324> of <05921> the harvesters <07114> replied <06030>, “She’s <01931> the young <05291> Moabite <04125> woman <05291> who came back <07725> with <05973> Naomi <05281> from the region <07704> of Moab <04124>.
7She asked <0559>, ‘May <04994> I follow <03950> the harvesters <07114> and gather <0622> grain among the bundles <06016>?’ Since she arrived <0935> she has been working hard <05975> from this <02088> morning <01242> until <05704> now <06258>– except for sitting <03427> in the resting hut <01004> a short time <04592>.”
8So Boaz <01162> said <0559> to <0413> Ruth <07327>, “Listen <08085> carefully, my dear <01323>! Do not <0408> leave <01980> to gather <03950> grain in another <0312> field <07704>. You need not <03808> go <05674> beyond the limits of this <02088> field. You may go <01692> along <03541> beside <05973> my female workers <05291>.
9Take note <05869> of the field <07704> where <0834> the men are harvesting <07114> and follow <01980> behind <0310> with the female workers. I will tell <06680> the men <05288> to leave <05060> <01115> you alone <05060> <01115>. When you are thirsty <06770>, you may go <01980> to <0413> the water jars <03627> and drink <08354> some of <0834> the water the servants <05288> draw <07579>.”
10Ruth knelt <05307> before <06440> him with her forehead to the ground <0776> and said <0559> to <0413> him, “Why <04069> are you so kind <05869> <02580> <04672> and so attentive <05234> to me, even though I <0595> am a foreigner <05237>?”
11Boaz <01162> replied <06030> to her, “I have been given <05046> <05046> a full report <05046> <05046> of all <03605> that <0834> you have done <06213> for your mother-in-law <02545> following <0310> the death <04194> of your husband <0376>– how you left <05800> your father <01> and your mother <0517>, as well as your homeland <04138> <0776>, and came <01980> to <0413> live among people <05971> you did not <03808> know <03045> previously <08032> <08543>.
12May the Lord <03068> reward <07999> your efforts <06467>! May your acts of kindness be repaid <04909> fully <08003> by <05973> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, from whom <0834> you have sought <0935> protection <02620>!”
13She said <0559>, “You really are being kind <05869> <02580> <04672> to me, sir <0113>, for <03588> you have reassured <05162> and encouraged <03820> <05921> <01696> me, your servant <08198>, even though I <0595> am <01961> not <03808> one <0259> of your servants <08198>!”
14Later during the mealtime <0400> <06256> Boaz <01162> said <0559> to her, “Come <05066> here <01988> and have some food <0398>! Dip <02881> your bread <06595> <03899> in the vinegar <02558>!” So she sat down <03427> beside <06654> the harvesters <07114>. Then he handed her some <06642> roasted grain <07039>. She ate <0398> until she was full <07646> and saved the rest <03498>.
15When she got up <06965> to gather <03950> grain, Boaz <01162> told <06680> his male servants <05288>, “Let her gather <03950> grain even <01571> among <0996> the bundles <06016>! Don’t <03808> chase <03637> her off <03637>!
16Make sure <07997> <07997> you pull out <07997> <07997> ears of <04480> grain <06653> for her and drop <05800> them so she can gather <03950> them up <03950>. Don’t tell <01605> her not <03808> to!”
17So she gathered <03950> grain in the field <07704> until <05704> evening <06153>. When she threshed <02251> what <0834> she had gathered <03950>, it came <01961> to about thirty pounds <0374> of barley <08184>!
18She carried <05375> it back <0935> to town <05892>, and her mother-in-law <02545> saw <07200> how much grain she had <0834> gathered <03950>. Then Ruth gave <05414> her the roasted grain she had saved <03498> from mealtime <07648>.
19Her mother-in-law <02545> asked <0559> her, “Where <0375> did you gather <03950> grain today <03117>? Where <0575> did you work <06213>? May the one who took notice <05234> of you be <01961> rewarded <01288>!” So Ruth told <05046> her mother-in-law <02545> with <05973> whom <0834> she had worked <06213>. She said <0559>, “The name <08034> of the man <0376> with <05973> whom <0834> I worked <06213> today <03117> is Boaz <01162>.”
20Naomi <05281> said <0559> to her daughter-in-law <03618>, “May he <01931> be rewarded <01288> by the Lord <03068> because <0834> he has shown <05800> loyalty <02617> to <0854> the living <02416> on behalf of <0854> the dead <04191>!” Then Naomi <05281> said <0559> to her, “This man <0376> is a close <07138> relative of ours; he <01931> is our guardian <01350>.”
21Ruth <07327> the Moabite <04125> replied <0559>, “He even <01571> told <0559> me, ‘You may go along <01692> beside <05973> my servants <05288> until <05704> they have finished gathering <03615> all <03605> my harvest <07105>!’”
22Naomi <05281> then said <0559> to <0413> her daughter-in-law <03618> Ruth <07327>, “It is good <02896>, my daughter <01323>, that <03588> you should go out <03318> to work with <05973> his female servants <05291>. That way you will not <03808> be harmed <06293>, which could happen in another <0312> field <07704>.”
23So Ruth worked beside <01692> Boaz’s <01162> female servants <05291>, gathering <03950> grain until <05704> the end <03615> of the barley <08184> harvest <07105> as well as the wheat <02406> harvest <07105>. After that she stayed <03427> home with <0854> her mother-in-law <02545>.