Ruth 3

1 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

A little later Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, don't you think I should find you a husband and a good home?

2 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

Don't ignore the fact that Boaz, whose women you worked with, is closely related to us. Now tonight he will be busy winnowing grain on the threshing floor.

3 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

Have a bath, put on some perfume, wear your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor—but don't let him recognize you. Once he's finished eating and drinking,

4 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?]

watch where he goes to lie down. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. Then he will tell you what to do.”

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

“I'll do everything you told me,” said Ruth.

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

She went down to the threshing floor and did what her mother-in-law had told her to do.

7 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

After Boaz had finished eating and drinking, and was feeling contented, he went and lay down beside the grain pile. Ruth quietly approached him, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

8 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

Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up. Bending forward he was surprised to see a woman lying at his feet.

9 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.)

“Who are you?” he asked. “I'm Ruth, your servant,” she replied. “Please spread the corner of your cloak over me, for you are my family redeemer.”

10 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

“May the Lord bless you, my daughter,” he said. “You are showing even more loyalty and love to the family than before. You haven't gone looking for a younger man, of whatever social status.

11 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.)

So don't worry, my daughter. I will do everything you ask—everyone in town knows you are a woman of good character.

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

However, even though I'm one of your family redeemers, there's one who is more closely related than I am.

13 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

Stay here tonight, and in the morning if he wants to redeem you, then fine, let him do it. But if he doesn't, then I promise you in the name of the living Lord, I will redeem you. Lie down here until morning.”

14 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

So Ruth lay at his feet until morning. Then she got up before it was light enough to recognize anyone because Boaz had told her, “No one must know that a woman came here to the threshing floor.”

15 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

He also told her, “Bring me the cloak you're wearing and hold it out.” So she held it out and he poured out six measures of barley into it. He helped her put it on her back and she went back to town.

16 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

Ruth went to her mother-in-law, who asked her, “How did it go for you, my daughter?” So Ruth told her everything that Boaz had done for her.

17 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

“And he also gave me these six measures of barley,” she added. “He told me, ‘You mustn't go home to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

18 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

Naomi said to Ruth, “Wait patiently, my daughter, until you find out how it all works out. Boaz won't rest until he has it settled today.”