Ruth 2
1 There was a man in Bethlehem who belonged to the clan of [Naomi’s dead husband], Elimelech. He was rich and well-known/influential. His name was Boaz.
Naomi avait, du côté de son mari, un parent nommé Booz. C’était un homme influent et fortuné, de la famille d’Élimélec.
2 [One day] Ruth said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the grain left behind by the workers.” Naomi replied, “Go ahead, my daughter.”
Ruth la Moabite dit à Naomi: «Laisse-moi, je te prie, aller glaner des épis dans le champ de quelqu’un auprès de qui je trouverai grâce.» Elle lui répondit: «Va, ma fille.»
3 So Ruth went to the fields and began to pick up some of the left-over grain. And it happened that she was working in a field that belonged to Boaz, [the man] from the clan of [her dead father-in-law], Elimelech!
Elle partit donc glaner dans un champ derrière les moissonneurs. Il se trouva que la parcelle où elle travaillait appartenait à Booz, de la famille d’Élimélec.
4 Just then, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He greeted the men who were harvesting the grain, saying, “I want Yahweh to bless you!” They replied, “We want Yahweh to bless you, [too]!”
Justement, Booz arriva de Bethléem et dit aux moissonneurs: «Que le SEIGNEUR soit avec vous!» Ils lui répondirent: «Que le SEIGNEUR te bénisse!»
5 Then Boaz saw Ruth, and asked the (foreman/man in charge of the other workmen), “Whose [daughter] is that young woman?”
Booz demanda alors au serviteur chargé de surveiller les moissonneurs: «Qui est cette jeune femme?»
6 The foreman replied, “She is the woman from Moab who returned from there with [her mother-in-law] Naomi.
Le serviteur chargé de surveiller les moissonneurs répondit: «C’est la jeune Moabite qui est venue du pays de Moab avec Naomi.
7 She said to me, ‘Please let me walk behind the men who are harvesting the grain and pick up some of the grain they leave behind.’ [I gave her permission, and] she went into the field, and she has been working from this morning until now. The only time she did not work was when she rested for a short time in the shelter.”
Elle a demandé: ‹Permets-moi, je te prie, de glaner et de ramasser des épis parmi les gerbes, derrière les moissonneurs.› Elle est venue ce matin et a travaillé jusqu’à présent, ne se reposant qu’un court moment dans l’abri.»
8 So Boaz went over to Ruth and said to her, “Young lady, listen to me. Don’t go and pick up grain in another field. Do not go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls.
Booz dit alors à Ruth: «Écoute-moi bien, ma fille. Ne va pas glaner dans un autre champ et ne t’éloigne pas d’ici, mais reste auprès de mes servantes.
9 Watch where the men are harvesting, and follow along behind the [servant] girls. I will tell the men [who are working] not to touch/molest you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get some water to drink from the jars that the men have filled.”
Observe le champ où elles moissonnent et suis-les. J’ai ordonné aux jeunes gens de ne pas te molester. Quand tu auras soif, va aux récipients et bois de l’eau qu’ils auront puisée.»
10 When he said that, she knelt down in front of him [in respect], with her face touching the ground. She exclaimed, “Why are you acting so kindly toward me, by paying attention to me? [I am not even a Jew; I am] a foreigner!”
Elle se prosterna, le visage contre terre, et lui demanda: «Pourquoi ai-je trouvé grâce à tes yeux, au point que tu t’intéresses à moi, alors que je suis étrangère?»
11 Boaz replied, “People have told me all about what you have done for your mother-in-law. They told me that you left your parents and your homeland, and you came here to live among people whom you did not know before.
Booz lui répondit: «On m’a raconté tout ce que tu as fait pour ta belle-mère depuis la mort de ton mari: tu as quitté ton père, ta mère et ton pays natal pour venir auprès d’un peuple que tu ne connaissais pas auparavant.
12 I hope/desire that Yahweh will repay you for what you have done. You have put yourself in the care of Yahweh, [like a little bird puts itself] under [its mother’s] wings [MET]. I desire that he will reward you very greatly.”
Que le SEIGNEUR te rende le bien que tu as fait et qu’il t’accorde une pleine récompense, lui, le Dieu d’Israël, sous les ailes duquel tu es venue chercher refuge!»
13 She replied, “Sir, I hope you will continue to act kindly toward me. You have comforted/encouraged me, even though I am lower in status than any of your servant girls.”
Elle répondit: «Que je trouve grâce à tes yeux, mon seigneur! Tu m’as consolée et tu as parlé avec bonté à ta servante, bien que je ne sois même pas au rang de l’une de tes servantes.»
14 At mealtime, Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Take some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar [and eat it].” Then when she sat down with the men who had been harvesting, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all the grain she wanted, and had some left over.
À l’heure du repas, Booz lui dit: «Approche, mange du pain et trempe ton morceau dans le vinaigre.» Elle s’assit à côté des moissonneurs. On lui servit du grain rôti; elle mangea, fut rassasiée et en garda un reste.
15 As she stood up to start gathering grain [again], Boaz ordered his workers, “Even if she gathers some grain near the bundles of grain that have been cut, do not scold her.
Lorsqu’elle se releva pour glaner, Booz donna cet ordre à ses jeunes gens: «Laissez-la glaner même parmi les gerbes, sans lui faire de reproche.
16 Instead, pull out some stalks of grain from the bundles, and leave them on the ground for her to pick up, and do not rebuke her.”
Retirez même exprès quelques épis des gerbes pour elle et laissez-les afin qu’elle les glane. Ne la réprimandez pas.»
17 So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. Then she (threshed/beat with a stick) the barley that she had gathered, [to separate the kernels from the stalks], and the barley filled a large basket.
Elle glana ainsi dans le champ jusqu’au soir. Lorsqu’elle eut battu ce qu’elle avait ramassé, elle obtint environ un épha d’orge.
18 She carried it back to town, and showed to her mother-in-law how much she had gathered. Ruth also showed to her the grain [that was left over after] she had eaten enough from [what Boaz had given her at lunchtime].
Elle emporta l’orge et rentra dans la ville. Sa belle-mère vit ce qu’elle avait glané. Ruth sortit également les restes de son repas et les lui donna.
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you gather grain today? In whose [field] did you work? [God will] surely bless the man who was kind to you.” Then Ruth told her about the man in whose field she had been working. She said, “The name of the man [who owns the field] where I worked today is Boaz.”
Sa belle-mère lui demanda: «Où as-tu glané aujourd’hui? Où as-tu travaillé? Béni soit celui qui s’est intéressé à toi!» Elle raconta à sa belle-mère chez qui elle avait travaillé: «L’homme chez qui j’ai travaillé aujourd’hui s’appelle Booz.»
20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless him! He has not stopped acting kindly toward [us, who are still] living, and to [our husbands] who have died.” Then she added, “That man is a close relative [of Elimelech]; he is one of those who has a responsibility to help those who are his relatives.”
Naomi dit à sa belle-fille: «Qu’il soit béni par le SEIGNEUR, qui n’a pas cessé de manifester sa bonté envers les vivants et envers les morts!» Puis elle ajouta: «Cet homme est l’un de nos proches parents, l’un de ceux qui ont sur nous un droit de rachat.»
21 Then Ruth said, “He also said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they have finished harvesting all my grain.’”
Ruth la Moabite ajouta: «Il m’a aussi dit: ‹Reste auprès de mes jeunes gens jusqu’à ce qu’ils aient achevé toute ma moisson.›»
22 Naomi replied, “My daughter, it will be good for you to go [to his field] with his [servant] girls, because if you go to someone else’s field, someone might harm/molest you.”
Naomi dit à Ruth, sa belle-fille: «Il vaut mieux, ma fille, que tu sortes avec ses servantes, afin qu’on ne te moleste pas dans un autre champ.»
23 So Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s [servant] girls [while she was working]. She gathered stalks of grain until the barley harvest and the wheat harvest were finished. During that time she lived with Naomi.
Ruth resta donc auprès des servantes de Booz et continua à glaner jusqu’à la fin de la moisson de l’orge et de celle du blé. Elle habitait toujours avec sa belle-mère.
