路得記

第3章

1 路得的婆婆拿俄米對她說:「[My]女兒啊,我不當為妳找個安身之處,使妳享福嗎?

2 現在[now]難道波阿斯不是我們的親族、妳不曾與波阿斯的使女常在一處嗎[is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?]看哪[Behold],他今夜在場上簸大麥。

3 所以[therefore],妳要沐浴抹膏,換上衣服,下到場上;卻不要使那人認出妳來,直等[until]他吃喝完了。

4 到他睡的時候,妳看準他睡的地方,就進去掀開他腳上的被,躺臥在那裏;他必告訴妳所當作的事。」

5 路得對拿俄米[unto her]說:「凡妳所[sayest]的,我[All]必行[will do]。」

6 路得就下到場上,照她婆婆所吩咐她的而行。

7 波阿斯吃喝完了,心裏歡暢,就去睡在麥堆盡邊[end];路得便輕輕[softy]地來,掀開他腳上的被,[her][and]躺臥在那裏。

8 到了夜半,那人忽然驚醒,翻過身來;不料有女子躺在他的腳下。

9 他就說:「妳是誰?」[she]回答說:「我是你的婢女路得。求你用你的衣襟遮蓋你婢女[thine handmaid];因為你是我一個至近的親屬。」

10 波阿斯說:「[my]女兒啊,願妳蒙耶和華賜福;妳末後的恩比起初[beginning]更大,因為少年人無論貧富,妳都沒有跟從。

11 [my]女兒啊,現在不要懼怕;凡妳所[requirest]的,我必照著行。我本城的人都知道妳是個賢德的女子。

12 如今[now],我實在是妳一個至近的親屬;只是還有一個人比我更近。

13 妳今夜在這裏住宿,明早他若肯為妳盡親屬的本分,就由他吧。倘若不肯,我指著永生的耶和華起誓,我必為妳[do]本分。你只管躺到天亮。」

14 路得便在他腳下躺到天快亮;人彼此不能辨認的時候,[she]就起來了。波阿斯說:「不可使人知道有女子到場上來」。

15 波阿斯又[Also he]說:「拿妳所披的帕子來,將它捏住[Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it]。」她捏住[held]的時候[when],波阿斯就撮了六簸箕大麥,幫她扛在肩上;她便進城去了。

16 路得回到婆婆那裏,婆婆說:「我女兒[my daughter]啊,妳是誰[who art thou]?」路得就將那人向她所行的述說了一遍。

17 路得[she]說:「這六簸箕大麥是他給了我的[These six measures of barley gave he me]因他[for he]對我說:『不可[not]空手回去見妳的婆婆。』」

18 婆婆便[Then]說:「[my]女兒啊,妳只管安坐等候,看這事怎樣成就;因為那人必不享休息[will not be in rest]直到他今日辦成這事[until he have finished the thing this day]。」

Ruth

Chapter 3

1 THEN Naomi said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

2 And, behold, Boaz is our kinsman, with whose maidens you were; and behold, he is going to winnow barley tonight in the threshing floor.

3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put on your best garments, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not show yourself to him until he has finished eating and drinking.

4 And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall remember the place where he lies, and you shall draw near and lie down near his feet; and he will tell you what you shall do.

5 And she said to her, All that you say to me I will do.

6 So she went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law had told her.

7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went and lay at the side of the threshing floor; and while he was in deep sleep in the threshing floor, she came secretly and lifted the end of his robe and lay down near his feet.

8 And it came to pass at midnight that the man woke up and was startled when he saw a woman lying at his feet.

9 And he said to her, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth, your handmaid; cover therefore your maidservant with the end of your robe, for you are a near kinsman.

10 And Boaz said to her, Blessed be you of the LORD, my daughter; for you have shown more kindness in the latter days than at the beginning of your life in that you have not gone after young men, whether rich or poor.

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; for I will do for you all that you ask of me; for all the family of our people know that you are a virtuous woman.

12 And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however, there is another kinsman nearer than I.

13 Now, tarry this night and lodge here till dawn, and it shall be in the morning, if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, well, let him do it; but if he is unwilling to do the part of a kinsman to you, then, as the LORD lives, if he does not do the part of a next of kin to you, I will do the part of a kinsman to you; then he said to her, Lie down until the morning.

14 So she lay at his feet until dawn; and she rose up early in the morning while it was dark, before one could recognize another. And she said to him, Let it not be known that I came down to you to the threshing floor.

15 And Boaz said to her, Spread your mantle; and she spread it, and he measured six measures of barley, lifted it up, and laid it on her back; and she went into the city.

16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said to her, Who are you, my daughter? And she answered, I am Ruth, and she told her all that Boaz had done for her;

17 And how he had given her six measures of barley, and had said to her, Go not empty-handed to your mother-in-law.

18 Then her mother-in-law said to her, Sit still, my daughter, until you know the outcome; for the man will not rest until he brings the case to judgment today.

路得記

第3章

Ruth

Chapter 3

1 路得的婆婆拿俄米對她說:「[My]女兒啊,我不當為妳找個安身之處,使妳享福嗎?

1 THEN Naomi said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

2 現在[now]難道波阿斯不是我們的親族、妳不曾與波阿斯的使女常在一處嗎[is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?]看哪[Behold],他今夜在場上簸大麥。

2 And, behold, Boaz is our kinsman, with whose maidens you were; and behold, he is going to winnow barley tonight in the threshing floor.

3 所以[therefore],妳要沐浴抹膏,換上衣服,下到場上;卻不要使那人認出妳來,直等[until]他吃喝完了。

3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put on your best garments, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not show yourself to him until he has finished eating and drinking.

4 到他睡的時候,妳看準他睡的地方,就進去掀開他腳上的被,躺臥在那裏;他必告訴妳所當作的事。」

4 And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall remember the place where he lies, and you shall draw near and lie down near his feet; and he will tell you what you shall do.

5 路得對拿俄米[unto her]說:「凡妳所[sayest]的,我[All]必行[will do]。」

5 And she said to her, All that you say to me I will do.

6 路得就下到場上,照她婆婆所吩咐她的而行。

6 So she went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law had told her.

7 波阿斯吃喝完了,心裏歡暢,就去睡在麥堆盡邊[end];路得便輕輕[softy]地來,掀開他腳上的被,[her][and]躺臥在那裏。

7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went and lay at the side of the threshing floor; and while he was in deep sleep in the threshing floor, she came secretly and lifted the end of his robe and lay down near his feet.

8 到了夜半,那人忽然驚醒,翻過身來;不料有女子躺在他的腳下。

8 And it came to pass at midnight that the man woke up and was startled when he saw a woman lying at his feet.

9 他就說:「妳是誰?」[she]回答說:「我是你的婢女路得。求你用你的衣襟遮蓋你婢女[thine handmaid];因為你是我一個至近的親屬。」

9 And he said to her, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth, your handmaid; cover therefore your maidservant with the end of your robe, for you are a near kinsman.

10 波阿斯說:「[my]女兒啊,願妳蒙耶和華賜福;妳末後的恩比起初[beginning]更大,因為少年人無論貧富,妳都沒有跟從。

10 And Boaz said to her, Blessed be you of the LORD, my daughter; for you have shown more kindness in the latter days than at the beginning of your life in that you have not gone after young men, whether rich or poor.

11 [my]女兒啊,現在不要懼怕;凡妳所[requirest]的,我必照著行。我本城的人都知道妳是個賢德的女子。

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; for I will do for you all that you ask of me; for all the family of our people know that you are a virtuous woman.

12 如今[now],我實在是妳一個至近的親屬;只是還有一個人比我更近。

12 And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however, there is another kinsman nearer than I.

13 妳今夜在這裏住宿,明早他若肯為妳盡親屬的本分,就由他吧。倘若不肯,我指著永生的耶和華起誓,我必為妳[do]本分。你只管躺到天亮。」

13 Now, tarry this night and lodge here till dawn, and it shall be in the morning, if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, well, let him do it; but if he is unwilling to do the part of a kinsman to you, then, as the LORD lives, if he does not do the part of a next of kin to you, I will do the part of a kinsman to you; then he said to her, Lie down until the morning.

14 路得便在他腳下躺到天快亮;人彼此不能辨認的時候,[she]就起來了。波阿斯說:「不可使人知道有女子到場上來」。

14 So she lay at his feet until dawn; and she rose up early in the morning while it was dark, before one could recognize another. And she said to him, Let it not be known that I came down to you to the threshing floor.

15 波阿斯又[Also he]說:「拿妳所披的帕子來,將它捏住[Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it]。」她捏住[held]的時候[when],波阿斯就撮了六簸箕大麥,幫她扛在肩上;她便進城去了。

15 And Boaz said to her, Spread your mantle; and she spread it, and he measured six measures of barley, lifted it up, and laid it on her back; and she went into the city.

16 路得回到婆婆那裏,婆婆說:「我女兒[my daughter]啊,妳是誰[who art thou]?」路得就將那人向她所行的述說了一遍。

16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said to her, Who are you, my daughter? And she answered, I am Ruth, and she told her all that Boaz had done for her;

17 路得[she]說:「這六簸箕大麥是他給了我的[These six measures of barley gave he me]因他[for he]對我說:『不可[not]空手回去見妳的婆婆。』」

17 And how he had given her six measures of barley, and had said to her, Go not empty-handed to your mother-in-law.

18 婆婆便[Then]說:「[my]女兒啊,妳只管安坐等候,看這事怎樣成就;因為那人必不享休息[will not be in rest]直到他今日辦成這事[until he have finished the thing this day]。」

18 Then her mother-in-law said to her, Sit still, my daughter, until you know the outcome; for the man will not rest until he brings the case to judgment today.