Dual Panel1At that time, Naomi <05281>, her mother-in-law <02545>, said <0559> to her, “My daughter <01323>, I must <03808> find <01245> a home <04494> for you so <0834> you will be secure <03190>.
2Now <06258> Boaz <01162>, with <0854> whose female servants <05291> you worked, is <01961> our close relative <04130>. Look <02009>, tonight <03915> he <01931> is winnowing <02219> barley <08184> at the threshing floor <01637>.
3So bathe <07364> yourself, rub on some perfumed oil <05480>, and get <07760> dressed up <08071>. Then go down <03381> to the threshing floor <01637>. But don’t <0408> let the man <0376> know <03045> you’re there until <05704> he finishes <03615> his meal <08354> <0398>.
4When he gets ready to go <01961> to sleep <07901>, take careful notice <03045> of the place <04725> where <0834> he lies down <07901>. Then go <0935>, uncover <01540> his legs <04772>, and lie down <07901> beside him. He <01931> will tell <05046> you what <0834> you should do <06213>.”
5Ruth replied <0559> to <0413> Naomi, “I will do everything <03605> you have told <0559> me to do <06213>.”
6So she went down <03381> to the threshing floor <01637> and did <06213> everything <03605> her mother-in-law <02545> had instructed <06680> her to do.
7When Boaz <01162> had finished <0398> his meal <08354> and was feeling <03820> satisfied <03190>, he lay down to sleep <07901> at the far end <07097> of the grain heap <06194>. Then Ruth crept up <0935> quietly <03909>, uncovered <01540> his legs <04772>, and lay down <07901> beside him.
8In the middle <02677> of the night <03915> he <0376> was <01961> startled <02729> and turned over <03943>. Now <02009> he saw a woman <0802> lying <07901> beside him <04772>!
9He said <0559>, “Who <04310> are you <0859>?” She replied <0559>, “I <0595> am Ruth <07327>, your servant <0519>. Marry <05921> <03671> <06566> your servant <0519>, for <03588> you <0859> are a guardian of the family interests <01350>.”
10He said <0559>, “May you <0859> be rewarded <01288> by the Lord <03069>, my dear <01323>! This act of devotion <02617> is greater <03190> than <04480> what you did before <07223>. For you have not sought <0310> <01980> to marry one of the young men <0970>, whether <0518> rich <06223> or <0518> poor <01800>.
11Now <06258>, my dear <01323>, don’t <0408> worry <03372>! I intend to do <06213> for you everything <03605> you propose <0559>, for <03588> everyone <05971> <03605> in the village <08179> knows <03045> that <03588> you <0859> are a worthy <02428> woman <0802>.
12Now <06258> yes, it is true <0551> that <03588> I <0595> am a guardian <01350>, but there is <03426> another guardian <01350> who is a closer <07138> relative than <04480> I am.
13Remain <03885> here tonight <03915>. Then <01961> in the morning <01242>, if <0518> he agrees to marry <01350> you, fine <02896>, let him do so <01350>. But if <0518> he does not <03808> want <02654> to do so <01350>, I <0595> promise <01350>, as surely as the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, to marry <01350> you. Sleep <07901> here until <05704> morning <01242>.”
14So she slept <07901> beside <04772> him until <05704> morning <01242>. She woke up <06965> while it was still <02958> dark. Boaz thought <0559>, “No <0408> one <07453> must know <03045> that <03588> a woman <0802> visited <0935> the threshing floor <01637>.”
15Then he said <0559>, “Hold out <03051> the shawl <04304> you are wearing and grip <0270> it tightly.” As she held <0270> it tightly, he measured out <04058> about sixty <08337> pounds of barley <08184> into the shawl and put <07896> it on <05921> her shoulders. Then he went <0935> into town <05892>,
16and she returned <0935> to <0413> her mother-in-law <02545>. When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked <0559>, “How <04310> did things turn out for you <0859>, my daughter <01323>?” Ruth told <05046> her about all <03605> the man <0376> had done <06213> for her.
17She said <0559>, “He gave <05414> me these <0428> sixty <08337> pounds of barley <08184>, for <03588> he said <0559> to <0413> me, ‘Do not <0408> go <0935> to your mother-in-law <02545> empty-handed <07387>.’”
18Then Naomi said <0559>, “Stay put <03427>, my daughter <01323>, until <0834> <05704> you know <03045> how <0349> the matter <01697> turns out <05307>. For <03588> the man <0376> will not <03808> rest <08252> until <0518> <03588> he has taken care of <03615> the matter <01697> today <03117>.”