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 Noomi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: Ma fille, ne dois-je pas chercher pour toi un établissement qui te rende 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.

Eh bien! Boaz dont tu as accompagné les filles, n'est-il pas notre parent?

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.

Voici, il vanne cette nuit l'orge sur l'aire; baigne-toi donc, oins-toi, et te couvre de ta mante, et descends à l'aire. Reste ignorée de lui jusqu'à ce qu'il ait fini 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 lorsqu'il se couchera, remarque le lieu où il se couche; puis va, relève la couverture de ses pieds, et couche-toi: or lui-même il t'indiquera ce que tu as à faire.

5 Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me [to do].”

Et elle lui répondit: Tout ce que tu m'as dit, je le ferai.

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 s'y prit en tous points comme sa belle-mère l'avait prescrit.

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 lorsque Boaz eut mangé et bu et qu'il eut le cœur gai, il vint se coucher au bout du monceau des gerbes. Alors elle arriva doucement, et elle releva la couverture de ses pieds, puis elle 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 à minuit il eut une frayeur, et il se pencha en avant, et voilà qu'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].”

Et il dit: Qui es-tu? Et elle dit: Je suis Ruth, ta servante; et étends ton aile sur ta servante, car tu as le droit et le devoir lignager.

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: Sois bénie par l'Éternel, ma fille! car tu montres mieux ton amour en dernier lieu que tu ne l'as déjà fait en premier lieu, car tu ne vises pas aux jeunes hommes, soit pauvres, soit 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.

Dès lors, ma fille, sois sans crainte! tout ce que tu as dit, je le ferai pour toi, car toute la Porte de mon peuple sait que tu es une femme de bien.

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, quoiqu'il soit vrai que je suis lié par le devoir lignager, tu as cependant un parent lignager 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.”

Laisse passer la nuit; et dès le matin, s'il veut user de son droit, bien, qu'il en use; mais s'il ne se soucie pas de te réclamer, je te réclamerai, moi, Vive l'Éternel! 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. Puis elle se leva avant que deux personnes pussent se reconnaître l'une l'autre.

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.

Et il dit: Il ne faut pas qu'on sache que la femme est venue sur l'aire. Et il dit: Donne le manteau que tu as sur toi et tiens-le. Et elle le tint et il mesura six boisseaux d'orge, et il l'en chargea puis il revint à 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].

Et lorsqu'elle arriva chez sa belle-mère, celle-ci dit: Qui es-tu, ma fille? Et Ruth lui raconta tout ce que l'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 boisseaux d'orge; car il disait: Tu ne dois pas te présenter sans rien chez 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 celle-ci dit: Attends, ma fille, de voir l'issue qu'aura la chose. Car cet homme n'aura pas de repos qu'il n'ait terminé l'affaire aujourd'hui.