第二章 Ruth 2
1.拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒的親族中,有一個人名叫波阿斯,是個大財主。
Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.
2.摩押女子路得對拿俄米說:「容我往田間去,我蒙誰的恩,就在誰的身後拾取麥穗。」拿俄米說:「女兒啊,你只管去。」
And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, 「Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.」 Naomi said to her, 「Go ahead, my daughter.」
3.路得就去了,來到田間,在收割的人身後拾取麥穗。她恰巧到了以利米勒本族的人波阿斯那塊田裏。
So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.
4.波阿斯正從伯利恆來,對收割的人說:「願耶和華與你們同在!」他們回答說:「願耶和華賜福於你!」
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, 「The LORD be with you!」 「The LORD bless you!」 they answered.
5.波阿斯問監管收割的僕人說:「那是誰家的女子?」
Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, 「Who does that young woman belong to?」
6.監管收割的僕人回答說:「是那摩押女子,跟隨拿俄米從摩押地回來的。
The overseer replied, 「She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi.
7.她說:『請你容我跟著收割的人拾取打捆剩下的麥穗。』她從早晨直到如今,除了在屋子裏坐一會兒,常在這裏。」
She said, 『Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.』 She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.」