Ruth 3

1 Then Naomi her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

路得的婆婆拿俄米對她說：「女兒啊，我不當為你找個安身之處，使你享福嗎？

2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

你與波阿斯的使女常在一處，波阿斯不是我們的親族嗎？他今夜在場上簸大麥；

3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor: but make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have finished eating and drinking.

你要沐浴抹膏，換上衣服，下到場上，卻不要使那人認出你來。你等他吃喝完了，

4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

到他睡的時候，你看準他睡的地方，就進去掀開他腳上的被，躺臥在那裏，他必告訴你所當做的事。」

5 And she said to her, All that thou sayest to me I will do.

路得說：「凡你所吩咐的，我必遵行。」

6 And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

路得就下到場上，照她婆婆所吩咐她的而行。

7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.

波阿斯吃喝完了，心裏歡暢，就去睡在麥堆旁邊。路得便悄悄地來掀開他腳上的被，躺臥在那裏。

8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

到了夜半，那人忽然驚醒，翻過身來，不料有女子躺在他的腳下。

9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

他就說：「你是誰？」回答說：「我是你的婢女路得。求你用你的衣襟遮蓋我，因為你是我一個至近的親屬。」

10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou didst not follow young men, whether poor or rich.

波阿斯說：「女兒啊，願你蒙耶和華賜福。你末後的恩比先前更大；因為少年人無論貧富，你都沒有跟從。

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

女兒啊，現在不要懼怕，凡你所說的，我必照着行；我本城的人都知道你是個賢德的女子。

12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: yet there is a kinsman nearer than I.

我實在是你一個至近的親屬，只是還有一個人比我更近。

13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.

你今夜在這裏住宿，明早他若肯為你盡親屬的本分，就由他吧！倘若不肯，我指着永生的耶和華起誓，我必為你盡了本分，你只管躺到天亮。」

14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came to the floor.

路得便在他腳下躺到天快亮，人彼此不能辨認的時候就起來了。波阿斯說：「不可使人知道有女子到場上來」；

15 Also he said, Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

又對路得說：「打開你所披的外衣。」她打開了，波阿斯就撮了六簸箕大麥，幫她扛在肩上，她便進城去了。

16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

路得回到婆婆那裏，婆婆說：「女兒啊，怎麼樣了？」路得就將那人向她所行的述說了一遍，

17 And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother in law.

又說：「那人給了我六簸箕大麥，對我說：『你不可空手回去見你的婆婆。』」

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou knowest how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he hath finished the thing this day.

婆婆說：「女兒啊，你只管安坐等候，看這事怎樣成就，因為那人今日不辦成這事必不休息。」