< Ruth 2 >

1 and to/for Naomi (kinsman *QK) to/for man: husband her man mighty man strength from family Elimelech and name his Boaz
Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side whose name was Boaz. He was a rich and influential man from the family of Elimelech.
2 and to say Ruth [the] Moabite to(wards) Naomi to go: went please [the] land: country and to gather in/on/with ear after which to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing his and to say to/for her to go: went daughter my
Soon after Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the fields and pick up grain that's been left behind—if I can find someone will give me permission.” “Yes, go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
3 and to go: went and to come (in): come and to gather in/on/with land: country after [the] to reap and to meet accident her portion [the] land: country to/for Boaz which from family Elimelech
So she went and picked up grain the reapers had left behind. She happened to be working in a field that belonged to Boaz, a relative of Elimelech.
4 and behold Boaz to come (in): come from Bethlehem Bethlehem and to say to/for to reap LORD with you and to say to/for him to bless you LORD
Later on Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, “The Lord bless you!”
5 and to say Boaz to/for youth his [the] to stand upon [the] to reap to/for who? [the] maiden [the] this
Then Boaz asked his servant who was in charge of the harvesters, “Who is this young woman related to?”
6 and to answer [the] youth [the] to stand upon [the] to reap and to say maiden Moabite he/she/it [the] to return: return with Naomi from land: country Moab
“The young woman is a Moabite who came back with Naomi from Moab,” the servant replied.
7 and to say to gather please and to gather in/on/with sheaf after [the] to reap and to come (in): come and to stand: stand from the past [the] morning and till now this to dwell she [the] house: home little
“She asked me, ‘Please may I have permission to pick up grain behind the reapers.’ So she came, and she's been working here from morning until now, except for a brief rest in the shelter.”
8 and to say Boaz to(wards) Ruth not to hear: hear daughter my not to go: went to/for to gather in/on/with land: country another and also not to pass from this and thus to cleave [emph?] with maiden my
Boaz went and spoke to Ruth. “Listen to me, my daughter,” he told her. “Don't leave to go and pick up grain in someone else's field. Stay close to my women.
9 eye your in/on/with land: country which to reap [emph?] and to go: follow after them not to command [obj] [the] youth to/for lest to touch you and to thirst and to go: went to(wards) [the] article/utensil and to drink from whence to draw [emph?] [the] youth
Pay attention to what part of the field the men are reaping and follow the women. I've told the men not to bother you. When you get thirsty, go and have a drink from the water jars the servants have filled.”
10 and to fall: fall upon face her and to bow land: soil [to] and to say to(wards) him why? to find favor in/on/with eye your to/for to recognize me and I foreign
She bowed down with her face to the ground. “Why are you being so kind to me or even notice me, seeing I'm a foreigner?” she asked him.
11 and to answer Boaz and to say to/for her to tell to tell to/for me all which to make: do with mother-in-law your after death man: husband your and to leave: forsake father your and mother your and land: country/planet relatives your and to go: come to(wards) people which not to know yesterday three days ago
“I've heard about all you've done for your mother-in-law since your husband died,” Boaz replied. “And also how you left your father and mother, and the land of your birth, to come and live among people you didn't know.
12 to complete LORD work your and to be wage your complete from from with LORD God Israel which to come (in): come to/for to seek refuge underneath: under wing his
May the Lord fully reward you for all you've done—the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you've come for protection.
13 and to say to find favor in/on/with eye your lord my for to be sorry: comfort me and for to speak: speak upon heart maidservant your and I not to be like/as one maidservant your
Thank you for being so good to me, sir,” she replied. “You have reassured me by speaking to me kindly. I'm not even one of your servants.”
14 and to say to/for her Boaz to/for time [the] food to approach: approach here and to eat from [the] food: bread and to dip morsel your in/on/with vinegar and to dwell from side [the] to reap and to serve to/for her roasted and to eat and to satisfy and to remain
When it was time to eat, Boaz called her over. “Come here,” he said. “Take some bread and dip it in wine vinegar.” So she sat down with the workers and Boaz passed her some roasted grain to eat. She ate until she'd had enough with some left over.
15 and to arise: rise to/for to gather and to command Boaz [obj] youth his to/for to say also between [the] sheaf to gather and not be humiliated her
After Ruth went back to work Boaz told his men, “Let her pick up grain even among the sheaves. Don't say anything to embarrass her.
16 and also to take to take to/for her from [the] bundle and to leave: forsake and to gather and not to rebuke in/on/with her
In fact, pull out some stalks from the bundles you're cutting and leave them for her to pick up. Don't tell her off.”
17 and to gather in/on/with land: country till [the] evening and to beat [obj] which to gather and to be like/as ephah barley
Ruth worked in the field until the evening. When she beat out the grain that she had picked up it was a large amount.
18 and to lift: bear and to come (in): come [the] city and to see: see mother-in-law her [obj] which to gather and to come out: send and to give: give to/for her [obj] which to remain from satiety her
She picked it up and took it back to town to show her mother-in-law how much she had collected. Ruth also gave her what she had left over from her meal.
19 and to say to/for her mother-in-law her where? to gather [the] day and where? to make: do to be to recognize you to bless and to tell to/for mother-in-law her [obj] which to make: do with him and to say name [the] man which to make: do with him [the] day Boaz
Naomi asked her, “Where did you pick up grain today? Exactly where did you work? Bless whoever cared enough about you to pay you some attention!” So she told her mother-in-law about who she had worked with. “The man I worked with today is called Boaz.”
20 and to say Naomi to/for daughter-in-law her to bless he/she/it to/for LORD which not to leave: forsake kindness his with [the] alive and with [the] to die and to say to/for her Naomi near to/for us [the] man from to redeem: redeem our he/she/it
“The Lord bless him!” Naomi exclaimed to her daughter-in-law. “He goes on showing his kindness to the living and the dead. That man is a close relative to us—a ‘family redeemer.’”
21 and to say Ruth [the] Moabite also for to say to(wards) me with [the] youth which to/for me to cleave [emph?] till if: until to end: finish [obj] all [the] harvest which to/for me
Ruth added, “He also told me, ‘Stay close to my workers until they have finished harvesting my entire crop.’”
22 and to say Naomi to(wards) Ruth daughter-in-law her pleasant daughter my for to come out: come with maiden his and not to fall on in/on/with you in/on/with land: country another
“That's good, my daughter,” Naomi told Ruth. “Stay with his women workers. Don't go to other fields where you might be molested.”
23 and to cleave in/on/with maiden Boaz to/for to gather till to end: finish harvest [the] barley and harvest [the] wheat and to dwell with mother-in-law her
So Ruth stayed with Boaz' women workers picking up grain until the end of the barley harvest, and then on to the end of the wheat harvest. She lived with her mother-in-law the whole time.

< Ruth 2 >