Ruth 3
1 One day, Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, I think that I should [RHQ] try to arrange for you to have a husband [MTY] who will (take care of/provide for) you.
Et Naomi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: Ma fille, ne te chercherai-je pas un asile, afin que tu sois heureuse?
2 Boaz, the man with whose [servant] girls you have been [gathering grain], is a close relative [of our dead husbands]. Listen [carefully]. Tonight he will be at the ground where [the barley has] been threshed. He will be separating the barley grain from the chaff.
Et maintenant, Booz, avec les servantes de qui tu as été, n'est-il pas notre parent? Voici, il vannera cette nuit les orges qui sont dans son aire.
3 Bathe yourself and put on some perfume. Put on your [best] clothes. Then go down to the ground where they have threshed [the grain]. But do not let Boaz know that you are there while he is eating [supper] and drinking.
Lave-toi, et oins-toi, et mets sur toi ton manteau, et descends dans l'aire; mais ne te fais point connaître à cet homme, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait achevé de manger et de boire.
4 [When he has finished eating], notice where he lies down to sleep. Then [when he is asleep], take the blanket off his feet and lie [close to his feet]. [When he wakes up], he will tell you what to do.”
Et quand il se couchera, sache le lieu où il couche, puis entre, et découvre ses pieds, et te couche; alors il te dira ce que tu auras à faire.
5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”
Et elle lui répondit: Je ferai tout ce que tu me dis.
6 So she went down to the ground where they had threshed [the barley grain]. There she did everything that her mother-in-law had told her [to do].
Elle descendit donc à l'aire, et fit tout ce que sa belle-mère lui avait commandé.
7 When Boaz finished eating [supper] and drinking [wine], he felt happy. Then he went over to the far end of the pile of grain. He lay down [and went to sleep]. Then Ruth approached him quietly. She took the blanket off his feet and lay down [there].
Et Booz mangea et but, et son cœur fut heureux, et il vint se coucher au bout d'un tas de gerbes. Alors elle vint tout doucement, et découvrit ses pieds, et se coucha.
8 In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
Et au milieu de la nuit, cet homme-là eut peur; il se pencha, et voici, une femme était couchée à ses pieds.
9 He asked her, “Who are you?” She replied, “I am your servant, Ruth. Since you are the one who has a responsibility to take care of [someone like me whose dead husband was] your close relative, spread the corner of your cloak over my [feet to show that you will marry me].”
Alors il lui dit: Qui es-tu? Et elle répondit: Je suis Ruth, ta servante. Étends le pan de ta robe sur ta servante; car tu as droit de rachat.
10 Boaz replied, “Young lady, I hope that Yahweh will (bless/be kind to) you! You have acted kindly [toward your mother-in-law], and now you are acting even more kindly [toward me by wanting to marry me, instead of wanting to marry a young man]. You have not looked for either a rich young man or a poor young man, [to marry him].
Et il dit: Ma fille, que l'Éternel te bénisse! Cette dernière bonté que tu me témoignes est plus grande que la première, de n'être point allée après les jeunes gens, pauvres ou riches.
11 Now, young lady, I will do everything you ask. Don’t worry [that people in this town might think I am doing wrong by marrying you because you are a woman from Moab]. All the people in this town know that you are an honorable woman.
Maintenant donc, ma fille, ne crains point, je ferai pour toi tout ce que tu me diras; car toute la porte de mon peuple sait que tu es une femme vertueuse.
12 But [there is one problem]. Although it is true that I am a close relative [of your mother-in-law’s dead husband], there is another man who is a closer relative [than I am], and therefore he should be the one to [marry you and] take care of you.
Et maintenant, il est très vrai que j'ai droit de rachat; mais il y en a un autre, qui est plus proche que moi.
13 You stay here for the rest of this night. Tomorrow morning [I will tell this man about you]. If he says that he will [marry you and] take care of you, fine, [we will] let him do that. But if he is not willing [to do that], I solemnly promise that as surely as Yahweh lives, I will [marry you and] take care of you. So lie/sleep here until it is morning.”
Passe ici cette nuit; et, au matin, si cet homme veut user du droit de rachat envers toi, à la bonne heure, qu'il en use; mais s'il ne lui plaît pas de te racheter, moi je te rachèterai; l'Éternel est vivant! Reste couchée jusqu'au matin.
14 So she lay at his feet until morning. But she got up and left before it was light enough that people would be able to recognize her, because Boaz said, “I do not want anyone to know that a woman was here.”
Elle demeura donc couchée à ses pieds, jusqu'au matin; et elle se leva avant qu'on pût se reconnaître l'un l'autre. Et Booz dit: Qu'on ne sache pas qu'une femme est entrée dans l'aire.
15 He also said to her, “Bring to me your cloak and spread it out.” When she did that, he poured into it six measures/24 liters/50 pounds of barley, and put in on her back. Then he (OR, she) went back to the town.
Il lui dit encore: Donne-moi le manteau qui est sur toi, et tiens-le. Et elle le tint, et il mesura six mesures d'orge, qu'il chargea sur elle; puis il rentra dans la ville.
16 When Ruth arrived home, her mother-in-law asked her, “My daughter, how did (things go/Boaz act toward you)?” Then Ruth told her everything that Boaz had done for her [and said to her].
Puis Ruth revint chez sa belle-mère, qui lui dit: Qui es-tu, ma fille? Et elle lui déclara tout ce que cet homme avait fait pour elle.
17 She also said [to Naomi], “He gave me all this barley, saying ‘I do not want you to return to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
Et elle dit: Il m'a donné ces six mesures d'orge; car il m'a dit: Tu ne retourneras point à vide auprès de ta belle-mère.
18 Then Naomi said, “My daughter, just wait until we see what happens. [I am sure that] Boaz will take care of [LIT] the matter [of your marriage]. [LIT]”
Et Naomi dit: Ma fille, reste ici jusqu'à ce que tu saches comment la chose tournera; car cet homme ne se donnera point de repos qu'il n'ait aujourd'hui achevé cette affaire.
