Ruth 3

1 One day, Naomi said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, should I not seek to secure a home for you where you will be happy and prosperous?

and to say to/for her Naomi mother-in-law her daughter my not to seek to/for you resting which be good to/for you

2 Is not Boaz, with whose girls you have been, a relative of ours?

and now not Boaz kinsman our which to be with maiden his behold he/she/it to scatter [obj] threshing floor [the] barley [the] night

3 Tonight he is going to winnow barley on the threshing-floor. So bathe and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing-floor. But do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

and to wash: wash and to anoint and to set: put (mantle your *QK) upon you (and to go down *QK) [the] threshing floor not to know to/for man till to end: finish he to/for to eat and to/for to drink

4 Then when he lies down, mark the place where he lies. Go in, uncover his feet, lie down, and then he will tell you what to do.’

and to be in/on/with to lie down: lay down he and to know [obj] [the] place which to lie down: lay down there and to come (in): come and to reveal: uncover feet his (and to lie down: lay down *Qk) and he/she/it to tell to/for you [obj] which to make: do [emph?]

5 ‘I will do as you say.’ Ruth said to her.

and to say to(wards) her all which (to say to(wards) me *QK) to make: do

6 So she went down to the threshing-floor and did just as her mother-in-law told her.

and to go down [the] threshing floor and to make: do like/as all which to command her mother-in-law her

7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in a happy mood, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth came quietly and uncovered his feet and lay down.

and to eat Boaz and to drink and be good heart his and to come (in): come to/for to lie down: lay down in/on/with end [the] heap and to come (in): come in/on/with secrecy and to reveal: uncover feet his and to lie down: lay down

8 At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and there was a woman lying at his feet!

and to be in/on/with half [the] night and to tremble [the] man and to twist and behold woman to lie down: lay down feet his

9 ‘Who are you?’ he said. ‘I am Ruth your servant,’ she answered, ‘Spread your cloak over your servant, for you are a near relative.’

and to say who? you(f. s.) and to say I Ruth maidservant your and to spread wing your upon maidservant your for to redeem: redeem you(m. s.)

10 He said, ‘May you be blest by the Lord, my daughter. You have shown me greater favour now than at first, for you have not followed young men, whether poor or rich.

and to say to bless you(f. s.) to/for LORD daughter my be good kindness your [the] last from [the] first to/for lest to go: follow after [the] youth if poor and if rich

11 My daughter, have no fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for the whole town knows that you are a virtuous woman.

and now daughter my not to fear all which to say to make: do to/for you for to know all gate: town people my for woman strength: worthy you(f. s.)

12 Now it is true that I am a near relative, but there is another man nearer than I.

and now for truly for (if: except *QK) to redeem: redeem I and also there to redeem: redeem near from me

13 Stay here tonight, and then in the morning, if he will perform for you the duty of a kinsman, well, let him do it. But if he will not perform for you the duty of a kinsman, then as surely as the Lord lives, I will do it for you. Lie down until morning.’

to lodge [the] night and to be in/on/with morning if to redeem: redeem you pleasant to redeem: redeem and if not to delight in to/for to redeem: redeem you and to redeem: redeem you I alive LORD to lie down: lay down till [the] morning

14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but rose before anyone could recognise her, for Boaz said, ‘No one must know that a woman came to the threshing-floor.’

and to lie down: lay down (feet his *QK) till [the] morning and to arise: rise (in/on/with before *QK) to recognize man: anyone [obj] neighbor his and to say not to know for to come (in): come [the] woman [the] threshing floor

15 He also said, ‘Bring the cloak which you have on and hold it.’ So she held it while he poured into it six measures of barley and laid it on her shoulders. Then he went into the city.

and to say to give [the] cloak which upon you and to grasp in/on/with her and to grasp in/on/with her and to measure six barley and to set: put upon her and to come (in): come [the] city

16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, ‘Is it you, my daughter?’ Then Ruth told Naomi all that the man had done for her.

and to come (in): come to(wards) mother-in-law her and to say who? you(f. s.) daughter my and to tell to/for her [obj] all which to make: do to/for her [the] man

17 ‘He gave me these six measures of barley,’ she said, ‘for he said I should not go to my mother-in-law empty-handed.’

and to say six [the] barley [the] these to give: give to/for me for (to say to(wards) me *QK) not to come (in): come emptily to(wards) mother-in-law your

18 ‘Wait quietly, my daughter.’ Naomi said, ‘Until you know how the affair will turn out, for the man will not rest unless he settles it all today.’

and to say to dwell daughter my till which to know [emph?] how? to fall: fall word: thing for not to quiet [the] man for if: except to end: finish [the] word: thing [the] day