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1. When she was back with her mother-in-law, Naomi said to her, "My daughter, I must seek a home for you that will please you.

1. Her mother-in-law Naomi then said, 'Daughter, is it not my duty to see you happily settled?

2. Now is not Boaz, with whose servants you were, a relative of ours? This evening he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

2. And Boaz, the man with whose work-women you were, is he not our kinsman? Tonight he will be winnowing the barley on the threshing-floor.

3. So bathe and anoint yourself; then put on your best attire and go down to the threshing floor. Do not make yourself known to the man before he has finished eating and drinking.

3. So wash and perfume yourself, put on your cloak and go down to the threshing-floor. Don't let him recognise you while he is still eating and drinking.

4. But when he lies down, take note of the place where he does so. Then go, uncover a place at his feet, and lie down. He will tell you what to do."

4. But when he lies down, take note where he lies, then go and turn back the covering at his feet and lie down yourself. He will tell you what to do.'

5. "I will do whatever you advise," Ruth replied.

5. Ruth said, 'I shall do everything you tell me.'

6. So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had instructed her.

6. So she went down to the threshing-floor and did everything her mother-in-law had told her.

7. Boaz ate and drank to his heart's content. Then when he went and lay down at the edge of the sheaves, she stole up, uncovered a place at his feet, and lay down.

7. When Boaz had finished eating and drinking, he went off happily and lay down beside the pile of barley. Ruth then quietly went, turned back the covering at his feet and lay down.

8. In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet.

8. In the middle of the night, he woke up with a shock and looked about him; and there lying at his feet was a woman.

9. He asked, "Who are you?" And she replied, "I am your servant Ruth. Spread the corner of your cloak over me, for you are my next of kin."

9. 'Who are you?' he said; and she replied, 'I am your servant Ruth. Spread the skirt of your cloak over your servant for you have the right of redemption over me.'

10. He said, "May the LORD bless you, my daughter! You have been even more loyal now than before in not going after the young men, whether poor or rich.

10. 'May Yahweh bless you, daughter,' he said, 'for this second act of faithful love of yours is greater than the first, since you have not run after young men, poor or rich.

11. So be assured, daughter, I will do for you whatever you say; all my townspeople know you for a worthy woman.

11. Don't be afraid, daughter, I shall do everything you ask, since the people at the gate of my town all know that you are a woman of great worth.

12. Now, though indeed I am closely related to you, you have another relative still closer.

12. But, though it is true that I have the right of redemption over you, you have a kinsman closer than myself.

13. Stay as you are for tonight, and tomorrow, if he wishes to claim you, good! let him do so. But if he does not wish to claim you, as the LORD lives, I will claim you myself. Lie there until morning."

13. Stay here for tonight and, in the morning, if he wishes to exercise his right over you, very well, let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to do so, then as Yahweh lives, I shall redeem you. Lie here till morning.'

14. So she lay at his feet until morning, but rose before men could recognize one another. Boaz said, "Let it not be known that this woman came to the threshing floor."

14. So she lay at his feet till morning, but got up before the hour when one man can recognise another; and he thought, 'It must not be known that this woman came to the threshing-floor.'

15. Then he said to her, "Take off your cloak and hold it out." When she did so, he poured out six measures of barley, helped her lift the bundle, and left for the city.

15. He then said, 'Let me have the cloak you are wearing, hold it out!' She held it out while he put six measures of barley into it and then loaded it on to her; and off she went to the town.

16. Ruth went home to her mother-in-law, who asked, "How have you fared, my daughter?" So she told her all the man had done for her,

16. When Ruth got home, her mother-in-law asked her, 'How did things go with you, daughter?' She then told her everything that the man had done for her.

17. and concluded, "He gave me these six measures of barley because he did not wish me to come back to my mother-in-law emptyhanded!"

17. 'He gave me these six measures of barley and said, "You must not go home empty-handed to your mother-in-law." '

18. Naomi then said, "Wait here, my daughter, until you learn what happens, for the man will not rest, but will settle the matter today."

18. Naomi said, 'Do nothing, daughter, until you see how things have gone; I am sure he will not rest until he has settled the matter this very day.'



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