1一天，路得的婆婆拿俄米對她說：「我的女兒啊，我實在應該為你找個好歸宿，使你生活幸福。2波阿斯不是我們的親戚嗎？而且你又常與他的女工在一起。今天晚上他會在麥場簸大麥。3你要梳洗打扮、抹上香膏、換件衣服，然後去麥場，但不要讓他認出你是誰。等他吃飽喝足，4躺下睡覺的時候，你看準他躺臥的地方，去掀開蓋在他腳上的被，躺在那裡，到時他必定會告訴你該怎樣做。」5路得說：「好，我一定照你的吩咐去做。」6於是，路得就到麥場去，照她婆婆吩咐的去做。7波阿斯吃過晚飯，心裡舒暢，便躺在麥堆旁邊睡著了。路得悄悄過去掀起蓋在他腳上的被，躺在他腳旁。8到了半夜，波阿斯忽然驚醒，翻過身來，發現一個女子躺在他的腳旁，9便問道：「你是誰？」她答道：「我是你的婢女路得，請用你的衣襟遮蓋我，因為你是我的近親。」10波阿斯說：「姑娘，願耶和華賜福給你，因為你一直對婆家情深義重，現在更是如此。你本來可以找一個或窮或富的年輕丈夫，然而你卻沒有這樣做。11姑娘，不要怕，你所說的一切，我都會去為你安排，城裡所有的人都知道你是個賢德的女子。12不錯，我是你的近親，可是有一個人比我更近。13你今晚就留在這裡，明天早上，如果他答應盡親屬的義務，就由他照顧你；如果他不肯，我憑永活的耶和華起誓，我會盡我的本分。現在你只管安心睡覺吧。」14路得就躺在波阿斯的腳旁。天未亮，還看不清人的時候，路得就起來了。因為波阿斯曾對她說：「不可讓別人知道有女人來過這裡。」15離開的時候，波阿斯對她說：「把你的外衣拿來鋪開。」路得就照做了。他用路得的外衣包了六簸箕大麥，幫她扛在肩上，她便回城了。16回到家中，婆婆問她：「女兒啊，怎麼樣了？」路得便將事情的經過都告訴了婆婆。17她又說：「那個人給了我六簸箕大麥，對我說，『不要空手回去見你婆婆。』」18拿俄米說：「女兒啊！你只管安靜等候，看這事怎樣發展，因為那人今天不把事情辦妥，是絕不會休息的。」
English Standard Version
Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor
1Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?2Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.3Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.4But when he lies down, observe the place where he lies. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down, and he will tell you what to do.”5And she replied, “All that you say I will do.”6So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.7And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down.8At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!9He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings* over your servant, for you are a redeemer.”10And he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.11And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman.12And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.13Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.”14So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another. And he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”15And he said, “Bring the garment you are wearing and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city.16And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did you fare, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her,17saying, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, ‘You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’”18She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.”
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