Ruth 3
1 Postquam autem reversa est ad socrum suam, audivit ab ea: Filia mea, quæram tibi requiem, et providebo ut bene sit tibi.
And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
2 Booz iste, cuius puellis in agro iuncta es, propinquus noster est, et hac nocte aream hordei ventilat.
And now [is] not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels you were? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.
3 Lavare igitur, et undere, et induere cultioribus vestimentis, et descende in aream. Non te videat homo, donec esum potumque finierit.
But do you wash, and anoint yourself, and put your raiment upon you, and go up to the threshing floor: do not discover yourself to the man until he has done eating and drinking.
4 Quando autem ierit ad dormiendum, nota locum in quo dormiat: veniesque et discooperies pallium, quo operitur a parte pedum, et proiicies te, et ibi iacebis: ipse autem dicet tibi quid agere debeas.
And it shall come to pass when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he lies down, and shall come and lift up the covering of his feet, and shall lie down; and he shall tell you what you shall do.
5 Quæ respondit: Quidquid præceperis, faciam.
And Ruth said to her, All that you shall say, I will do.
6 Descenditque in aream, et fecit omnia, quæ sibi imperaverat socrus.
And she went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her.
7 Cumque comedisset Booz, et bibisset, et factus esset hilarior, issetque ad dormiendum iuxta acervum manipulorum, venit abscondite, et discooperto pallio a pedibus eius, se proiecit.
And Booz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of corn; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet.
8 Et ecce, nocte iam media expavit homo, et conturbatus est: viditque mulierem iacentem ad pedes suos,
And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 et ait illi: Quæ es? Illaque respondit: Ego sum Ruth ancilla tua: expande pallium tuum super famulam tuam, quia propinquus es.
And he said, Who are you? and she said, I am your handmaid Ruth; spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid, for you are a near relation.
10 Et ille, Benedicta, inquit, es a Domino filia, et priorem misericordiam posteriore superasti: quia non est secuta iuvenes pauperes, sive divites.
And Booz said, Blessed [be] you of the Lord God, [my] daughter, for you have made your latter kindness greater than the former, in that you follow not after young men, whether [any be] poor or rich.
11 Noli ergo metuere, sed quidquid dixeris mihi, faciam tibi. Scit enim omnis populus, qui habitat intra portas urbis meæ, mulierem te esse virtutis.
And now fear not, my daughter, whatever you shall say I will do to you; for all the tribe of my people knows that you are a virtuous woman.
12 Nec abnuo me propinquum, sed est alius me propinquior.
And now I am truly akin to you; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13 Quiesce hac nocte: et facto mane, si te voluerit propinquitatis iure retinere, bene res acta est: sin autem ille noluerit, ego te absque ulla dubitatione suscipiam, vivit Dominus. Dormi usque mane.
Lodge [here] for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will do the part of a kinsman to you, well—let him do it: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, I will do the kinsman's part to you, [as] the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.
14 Dormivit itaque ad pedes eius, usque ad noctis abscessum. Surrexit itaque antequam homines se cognoscerent mutuo, et dixit Booz: Cave ne quis noverit quod huc veneris.
And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbor; and Booz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
15 Et rursum, Expande, inquit, pallium tuum, quo operiris, et tene utraque manu. Qua extendente, et tenente, mensus est sex modios hordei, et posuit super eam. Quæ portans ingressa est civitatem,
And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon you: and she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city.
16 et venit ad socrum suam. Quæ dixit ei: Quid egisti filia? Narravitque ei omnia, quæ sibi fecisset homo.
And Ruth went in to her mother-in-law, and she said to her, [My] daughter! and [Ruth] told her all that the man had done to her.
17 Et ait: Ecce sex modios hordei dedit mihi, et ait: Nolo vacuam te reverti ad socrum tuam.
And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother-in-law.
18 Dixitque Noemi: Expecta filia donec videamus quem res exitum habeat. Neque enim cessabit homo nisi compleverit quod locutus est.
And she said, Sit still, [my] daughter, until you shall know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter be accomplished this day.
