룻기 2

1나오미의 남편 엘리멜렉의 친족 중 유력한 자가 있으니 이름은 보아스더라 2모압 여인 룻이 나오미에게 이르되 나로 밭에 가게 하소서 내가 뉘게 은혜를 입으면 그를 따라서 이삭을 줍겠나이다 나오미가 그에게 이르되 내 딸아 갈지어다 하매 3룻이 가서 베는 자를 따라 밭에서 이삭을 줍는데 우연히 엘리멜렉의 친족 보아스에게 속한 밭에 이르렀더라 4마침 보아스가 베들레헴에서부터 와서 베는 자들에게 이르되 여호와께서 너희가 함께 하시기를 원하노라 그들이 대답하되 여호와께서 당신에게 복 주시기를 원하나이다 5보아스가 베는 자들을 거느린 사환에게 이르되 이는 뉘 소녀냐 6베는 자를 거느린 사환이 대답하여 가로되 이는 나오미와 함께 모압 지방에서 돌아온 모압 소녀인데 7그의 말이 나로 베는 자를 따라 단 사이에서 이삭을 줍게 하소서 하였고 아침부터 와서는 잠시 집에서 쉰 외에 지금까지 계속하는 중이니이다 8보아스가 룻에게 이르되 내 딸아 들으라 이삭을 주우러 다른 밭으로 가지 말며 여기서 떠나지 말고 나의 소녀들과 함께 있으라 9그들의 베는 밭을 보고 그들을 따르라 내가 그 소년들에게 명하여 너를 건드리지 말라 하였느니라 목이 마르거든 그릇에 가서 소년들의 길어 온 것을 마실지니라 10룻이 땅에 엎드려 절하며 그에게 이르되 나는 이방 여인이어늘 당신이 어찌하여 내게 은혜를 베푸시며 나를 돌아보시나이까 11보아스가 그에게 대답하여 가로되 네 남편이 죽은 후로 네가 시모에게 행한 모든 것과 네 부모와 고국을 떠나 전에 알지 못하던 백성에게로 온 일이 내게 분명히 들렸느니라 12여호와께서 네 행한 일을 보응하시기를 원하며 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와께서 그 날개 아래 보호를 받으러 온 네게 온전한 상 주시기를 원하노라 13룻이 가로되 내 주여 내가 당신께 은혜 입기를 원하나이다 나는 당신의 시녀의 하나와 같지 못하오나 당신이 이 시녀를 위로하시고 마음을 기쁘게 하는 말씀을 하셨나이다 14식사할 때에 보아스가 룻에게 이르되 이리로 와서 떡을 먹으며 네 떡 조각을 초에 찍으라 룻이 곡식 베는 자 곁에 앉으니 그가 볶은 곡식을 주매 룻이 배불리 먹고 남았더라 15롯이 이삭을 주우러 일어날 때에 보아스가 자기 소년들에게 명하여 가로되 그로 곡식 단 사이에서 줍게 하고 책망하지 말며 16또 그를 위하여 줌에서 조금씩 뽑아 버려서 그로 줍게 하고 꾸짖지 말라 하니라 17룻이 밭에서 저녁까지 줍고 그 주운 것을 떠니 보리가 한 에바쯤 되는지라 18그것을 가지고 성읍에 들어가서 시모에게 그 주운 것을 보이고 그 배불리 먹고 남긴 것을 내어 시모에게 드리매 19시모가 그에게 이르되 오늘 어디서 주웠느냐 어디서 일을 하였느냐 너를 돌아본 자에게 복이 있기를 원하노라 룻이 누구에게서 일한 것을 시모에게 알게 하여 가로되 오늘 일하게 한 사람의 이름은 보아스니이다 20나오미가 자부에게 이르되 여호와의 복이 그에게 있기를 원하노라 그가 생존한 자와 사망한 자에게 은혜 베풀기를 그치지 아니하도다 나오미가 또 그에게 이르되 그 사람은 우리의 근족이니 우리 기업을 무를 자 중 하나이니라 21모압 여인 룻이 가로되 그가 내게 또 이르기를 내 추수를 다 마치기까지 너는 내 소년들에게 가까이 있으라 하더이다 22나오미가 자부 룻에게 이르되 내 딸아 너는 그 소녀들과 함께 나가고 다른 밭에서 사람을 만나지 아니하는 것이 좋으니라 23이에 룻이 보아스의 소녀들에게 가까이 있어서 보리 추수와 밀 추수를 마치기까지 이삭을 주우며 그 시모와 함께 거하니라

1Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. 2Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “Yahweh bless you.” 5Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?” 6The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. 7She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.” 8Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field, and don’t go from here, but stay here close to my maidens. 9Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven’t I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn.” 10Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?” 11Boaz answered her, “It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn’t know before. 12May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” 13Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.” 14At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it. 15When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her. 16Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.” 17So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 18She took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought out and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed. 19Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.” She showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.” 21Ruth the Moabitess said, “Yes, he said to me, ‘You shall stay close to my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.’” 22Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you in any other field.” 23So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

1Naomi nu had een bloedvriend van haar man, een man, geweldig van vermogen, van het geslacht van Elimelech; en zijn naam was Boaz. 2En Ruth, de Moabietische, zeide tot Naomi: Laat mij toch in het veld gaan, en van de aren oplezen, achter dien, in wiens ogen ik genade zal vinden. En zij zeide tot haar: Ga heen, mijn dochter! 3Zo ging zij heen, en kwam en las op in het veld, achter de maaiers; en haar viel bij geval voor, een deel van het veld van Boaz, die van het geslacht van Elimelech was. 4En ziet, Boaz kwam van Bethlehem, en zeide tot de maaiers: De HEERE zij met ulieden! En zij zeiden tot hem: De HEERE zegene u! 5Daarna zeide Boaz tot zijn jongen, die over de maaiers gezet was: Wiens is deze jonge vrouw? 6En de jongen, die over de maaiers gezet was, antwoordde en zeide: Deze is de Moabietische jonge vrouw, die met Naomi wedergekomen is uit de velden Moabs; 7En zij heeft gezegd: Laat mij toch oplezen en aren bij de garven verzamelen, achter de maaiers; zo is zij gekomen en heeft gestaan van des morgens af tot nu toe; nu is haar te huis blijven weinig. 8Toen zeide Boaz tot Ruth: Hoort gij niet, mijn dochter? Ga niet, om in een ander veld op te lezen; ook zult gij van hier niet weggaan, maar hier zult gij u houden bij mijn maagden. 9Uw ogen zullen zijn op dit veld, dat zij maaien zullen, en gij zult achter haarlieden gaan; heb ik den jongens niet geboden, dat men u niet aanroere? Als u dorst, zo ga tot de vaten, en drink van hetgeen de jongens zullen geschept hebben. 10Toen viel zij op haar aangezicht, en boog zich ter aarde, en zij zeide tot hem: Waarom heb ik genade gevonden in uw ogen, dat gij mij kent, daar ik een vreemde ben? 11En Boaz antwoordde en zeide tot haar: Het is mij wel aangezegd alles, wat gij bij uw schoonmoeder gedaan hebt, na de dood uws mans, en hebt uw vader en uw moeder, en het land uwer geboorte verlaten, en zijt heengegaan tot een volk, dat gij van te voren niet kendet. 12De HEERE vergelde u uw daad en uw loon zij volkomen, van den HEERE, den God Israels, onder wiens vleugelen gij gekomen zijt om toevlucht te nemen! 13En zij zeide: Laat mij genade vinden in uw ogen, mijn heer, dewijl gij mij getroost hebt, en dewijl gij naar het hart uwer dienstmaagd gesproken hebt, hoewel ik niet ben, gelijk een uwer dienstmaagden. 14Als het nu etenstijd was, zeide Boaz tot haar: Kom hier bij, en eet van het brood, en doop uw bete in den azijn. Zo zat zij neder aan de zijde van de maaiers, en hij langde haar geroost koren, en zij at, en werd verzadigd, en hield over. 15Als zij nu opstond, om op te lezen, zo gebood Boaz zijn jongens, zeggende: Laat haar ook tussen de garven oplezen, en beschaamt haar niet. 16Ja, laat ook allengskens van de handvollen voor haar wat vallen, en laat het liggen, dat zij het opleze, en bestraft haar niet. 17Alzo las zij op in dat veld, tot aan den avond; en zij sloeg uit, wat zij opgelezen had, en het was omtrent een efa gerst. 18En zij nam het op, en kwam in de stad; en haar schoonmoeder zag, wat zij opgelezen had; ook bracht zij voort, en gaf haar, wat zij van haar verzadiging overgehouden had. 19Toen zeide haar schoonmoeder tot haar: Waar hebt gij heden opgelezen, en waar hebt gij gewrocht? Gezegend zij, die u gekend heeft! En zij verhaalde haar schoonmoeder, bij wien zij gewrocht had, en zeide: De naam des mans, bij welken ik heden gewrocht heb, is Boaz. 20Toen zeide Naomi tot haar schoondochter: Gezegend zij den HEERE, Die Zijn weldadigheid niet heeft nagelaten aan de levenden en aan de doden! Voorts zeide Naomi tot haar: Die man is ons nabestaande; hij is een van onze lossers. 21En Ruth, de Moabietische, zeide: Ook, omdat hij tot mij gezegd heeft: Gij zult u houden bij de jongens, die ik heb, totdat zij den gansen oogst, die ik heb, zullen hebben voleindigd. 22En Naomi zeide tot haar schoondochter Ruth: Het is goed, mijn dochter, dat gij met zijn maagden uitgaat, opdat zij u niet tegenvallen in een ander veld. 23Alzo hield zij zich bij de maagden van Boaz, om op te lezen, totdat de gersteoogst en tarweoogst voleindigd waren; en zij bleef bij haar schoonmoeder.