< Ruth 2 >

1 Now, Naomi, had an acquaintance of her husband’s, a man of great integrity, of the family of Elimelech, —whose name, was Boaz.
拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒的亲族中,有一个人名叫波阿斯,是个大财主。
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi—Let me go, I pray thee, to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose eyes I may find favour. And she said to her—Go, my daughter.
摩押女子路得对拿俄米说:“容我往田间去,我蒙谁的恩,就在谁的身后拾取麦穗。”拿俄米说:“女儿啊,你只管去。”
3 So she went her way, and came, and gleaned in the field, after the reapers, —and it happened to her, to light upon the portion of field-land belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
路得就去了,来到田间,在收割的人身后拾取麦穗。她恰巧到了以利米勒本族的人波阿斯那块田里。
4 And lo! Boaz coming from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, Yahweh, be with you! and they said to him, Yahweh bless thee!
波阿斯正从伯利恒来,对收割的人说:“愿耶和华与你们同在!”他们回答说:“愿耶和华赐福与你!”
5 Then said Boaz to his young man, that was set over the reapers, —Whose is this maiden?
波阿斯问监管收割的仆人说:“那是谁家的女子?”
6 And the young man that was set over the reapers answered and said, —The Moabitish maiden, is she who came back with Naomi, out of the country of Moab;
监管收割的仆人回答说:“是那摩押女子,跟随拿俄米从摩押地回来的。
7 and she said—Let me glean, I pray thee, and gather among the sheaves, after the reapers; so she came in, and hath continued from that time, all the morning until just now, and hath not rested in the house, for a little.
她说:‘请你容我跟着收割的人拾取打捆剩下的麦穗。’她从早晨直到如今,除了在屋子里坐一会儿,常在这里。”
8 And Boaz said unto Ruth—Hearest thou not, my daughter? Do not go to glean in any other field, neither indeed shalt thou pass on, from hence, —but, here, shalt thou keep fast by my maidens:
波阿斯对路得说:“女儿啊,听我说,不要往别人田里拾取麦穗,也不要离开这里,要常与我使女们在一处。
9 thine eyes, be on the field which they shall reap, and go thou after them, Have I not commanded the young men, that they touch thee not? And, when thou art athirst, then go unto the vessels, and drink of what the young men shall draw.
我的仆人在那块田收割,你就跟着他们去。我已经吩咐仆人不可欺负你;你若渴了,就可以到器皿那里喝仆人打来的水。”
10 Then she fell upon her face, and bowed herself to the ground, —and said unto him—Wherefore have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, seeing that, I, am, a stranger?
路得就俯伏在地叩拜,对他说:“我既是外邦人,怎么蒙你的恩,这样顾恤我呢?”
11 And Boaz answered, and said to her, It hath been, told, me—all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law, since the death of thy husband, —and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and come unto a people whom thou knewest not, aforetime.
波阿斯回答说:“自从你丈夫死后,凡你向婆婆所行的,并你离开父母和本地,到素不认识的民中,这些事人全都告诉我了。
12 Yahweh recompense thy deed, —and let thy reward be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, unto whom thou hast come to take refuge under his wings.
愿耶和华照你所行的赏赐你。你来投靠耶和华—以色列 神的翅膀下,愿你满得他的赏赐。”
13 And she said—Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy handmaid, —though, I, be not as, one of thine own handmaidens.
路得说:“我主啊,愿在你眼前蒙恩。我虽然不及你的一个使女,你还用慈爱的话安慰我的心。”
14 And Boaz said to her at mealtime—Draw nigh hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers, and there was reached to her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left thereof remaining.
到了吃饭的时候,波阿斯对路得说:“你到这里来吃饼,将饼蘸在醋里。”路得就在收割的人旁边坐下;他们把烘了的穗子递给她。她吃饱了,还有余剩的。
15 And, when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying—Even between the sheaves, let her glean, and reproach her not;
她起来又拾取麦穗,波阿斯吩咐仆人说:“她就是在捆中拾取麦穗,也可以容她,不可羞辱她;
16 yea moreover, draw out, for her, from the bundles, —and leave behind that she may glean it, and rebuke her not.
并要从捆里抽出些来,留在地下任她拾取,不可叱吓她。”
17 So she gleaned in the field, until the evening, —and beat out that which she had gleaned, and there was about an ephah of barley.
这样,路得在田间拾取麦穗,直到晚上,将所拾取的打了,约有一伊法大麦。
18 And she took it up, and came into the city, and, when her mother-in-law had seen what she had gleaned, she brought forth and gave her what had been left remaining, after that she was satisfied.
她就把所拾取的带进城去给婆婆看,又把她吃饱了所剩的给了婆婆。
19 And her mother-in-law said to her—In what place hast thou gleaned, today? and where hast thou wrought? May he that took notice of thee, be blessed! So she told her mother-in-law, with whom she had wrought, and said—The name of the man with whom I wrought today, is Boaz.
婆婆问她说:“你今日在哪里拾取麦穗,在哪里做工呢?愿那顾恤你的得福。”路得就告诉婆婆说:“我今日在一个名叫波阿斯的人那里做工。”
20 Then said Naomi, to her daughter-in-law—Blessed, be he of Yahweh, who hath not left off his lovingkindness to the living, and to the dead. And Naomi said to her—Near to us, is the man, of our own kinsmen, is he!
拿俄米对儿妇说:“愿那人蒙耶和华赐福,因为他不断地恩待活人死人。”拿俄米又说:“那是我们本族的人,是一个至近的亲属。”
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, —Yea for he said unto me—By my young men, shalt thou keep fast, until they have ended all my harvest.
摩押女子路得说:“他对我说:‘你要紧随我的仆人拾取麦穗,直等他们收完了我的庄稼。’”
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, —Good, is it, my daughter, that thou go forth with his maidens, and that they meet thee not, in any other field.
拿俄米对儿妇路得说:“女儿啊,你跟着他的使女出去,不叫人遇见你在别人田间,这才为好。”
23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean, until the end of the barley harvest, and the wheat harvest, —and dwelt with her mother-in-law.
于是路得与波阿斯的使女常在一处拾取麦穗,直到收完了大麦和小麦。路得仍与婆婆同住。

< Ruth 2 >