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Ruud Oo La Kulantay Bocas

Oo Nimco waxaa ninkeedii qaraabo u ahaan jiray nin xoog badan oo xoolo leh oo reer Eliimeleg ah, oo magiciisana waxaa la odhan jiray Bocas. Markaasaa Ruud tii reer Moo'aab waxay Nimco ku tidhi, Bal i daa aan beerta tagee, oo kii iga raalli noqda, intaan raaco, aan hadhuudh ka soo xaabxaabee. Oo iyana waxay ku tidhi, Gabadhaydiiyey, tag. Markaasay tagtay, oo markay timid, kuwii beerta gooynayay ayay dabadood beertii xaabxaabtay. Oo nasiibkeeduna waxaa weeye inay timaado beertii uu lahaa Bocas oo ahaa reer Eliimeleg. Oo bal eeg, Bocas baa wuxuu ka yimid Beytlaxam, oo wuxuu ku yidhi kuwii beerta gooynayay, Rabbigu ha idinla jiro. Oo iyana waxay ugu jawaabeen, Rabbigu ha ku barakeeyo. Markaasaa Bocas wuxuu ku yidhi midiidinkiisii madaxda u ahaa kuwii beerta gooynayay, Gabadhanu waa ina ayo? Markaasaa midiidinkii kuwii beerta gooynayay madaxda u ahaa wuxuu Bocas ugu jawaabay, Waa gabadhii reer Moo'aab ee Nimco kala soo noqotay waddankii reer Moo'aab. Oo waxay igu tidhi, Waan ku baryayaaye aan beerta xaabxaabo, oo aan kuwa beerta gooynaya dabadood xidmooyinka wax ka dhex urursado. Taas aawadeed way timid, oo wax bay urursanaysay subaxdii ilaa haatan, in yar oo ay guriga ku maqnayd mooyaane. Markaasaa Bocas wuxuu Ruud ku yidhi, Sow maqli maysid, gabadhaydiiyey? Ha tegin oo ha xaabxaabin beer kale, oo halkanna ha sii dhaafin, laakiinse halkan gabdhahayga u dhow iska joog. Oo waxaad fiirisaa beerta ay gooynayaan, oo iyaga iska daba gal. Miyaanan ragga dhallinyarada ah ku amrin inaanay ku taaban? Oo markaad oontidna xagga weelasha tag oo ka soo cab biyaha ragga dhallinyarada ahu soo dhaamiyeen. 10 Markaasay wejiga u dhacday, oo dhulka ugu foororsatay, oo waxay isagii ku tidhi, Maxaad raalli iigu noqotay, oo aad ii garatay, anoo ah mid qalaad? 11 Markaasaa Bocas u jawaabay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Dhammaan waa lay wada tusay, kulli wixii aad u samaysay soddohdaa ilaa markii ninkaagii dhintay, iyo sidii aad uga soo kacday aabbahaa iyo hooyadaa, iyo dalkii aad ku dhalatay, oo aad u timid dad aadan hadda ka hor aqoon. 12 Haddaba Rabbigu shuqulkaaga ha kaaga abaalgudo, oo Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil oo aad baalashiisa hoostooda magan gashay ha ku siiyo abaalgud dhan. 13 Kolkaasay tidhi, Sayidow, haddaba raalli iga ahow; waayo, waad i qalbi qaboojisay, oo si raxmad leh ayaad iila hadashay anigoo ah addoontaada, in kastoo aanan addoommahaaga ka mid ahayn. 14 Oo wakhtigii qadada ayaa Bocas wuxuu ku yidhi, Kaalay halkan, oo kibista wax ka cun, oo cuntadaada ku qoyso khalka. Oo waxay dhinac fadhiisatay kuwii beerta gooynayay, oo waxay siiyeen hadhuudh la saloolay, oo way cuntay, wayna dheregtay, oo wax bayna hambaysay. 15 Oo markay u kacday inay beerta soo xaabxaabto ayaa Bocas wuxuu ku amray raggiisii dhallinyarada ahaa, Xataa xidhmooyinka ha ka dhex xaabxaabto, oo hana canaananina. 16 Oo weliba xidhmooyinkana qaar uga soo siiba oo u daaya, ha xaabxaabtee, oo hana dagaalina. 17 Sidaas daraaddeed waxay beertii xaabxaabaysay ilaa fiidkii, oo way tuntay wixii ay soo xaabxaabtay, oo waxay u noqotay in ku dhow eefaah shaciir ah. 18 Markaasay kor u qaadatay oo magaaladii gashay; oo soddohdeedna way aragtay wixii ay soo xaabxaabtay; oo waxay u soo bixisay oo siisay wixii ay hambaysay markay dheregtay. 19 Markaasaa soddohdeed waxay ku tidhi, Xaggee baad maanta wax ka soo xaabxaabtay? Oo xaggee baad ka shaqaysay? Ha barakaysnaado kii ku gartay. Oo iyana waxay soddohdeed u sheegtay kii ay la shaqaysay, oo waxay ku tidhi, Ninkii aan maanta la shaqeeyey magiciisa waxaa la yidhaahdaa Bocas. 20 Markaasaa Nimco waxay ku tidhi gabadhii ay soddohda u ahayd, Rabbigu ha barakeeyo kan aan roonaantiisa ka dayn kuwa nool iyo kuwa dhintayba. Oo Nimco waxay ku tidhi iyadii, Ninku waa noo dhow yahay oo waa xigaalkayo, oo waa qaraabadayada noo dhow midkood. 21 Markaasaa Ruud tii reer Moo'aab waxay tidhi, Oo weliba wuxuu igu yidhi, Waa inaad la joogtaa raggayga dhallinyarada ah ilaa ay dhammeeyaan beertayda ay gooynayaan. 22 Markaasaa Nimco waxay ku tidhi gabadhii Ruud oo ay soddohda u ahayd, Gabadhaydiiyey, waa wanaagsan tahay inaad gabdhihiisa raacdid oo aan lagugula kulmin beer kaleto. 23 Sidaas daraaddeed waxay la sii joogtay gabdhihii Bocas inay xaabxaabto beerta ilaa gooyntii shaciirka iyo gooyntii sarreenkuba dhammaadeen, oo waxayna la degganayd soddohdeed.

Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field

Now Naomi had a relative(A) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(B) from the clan of Elimelek,(C) whose name was Boaz.(D)

And Ruth the Moabite(E) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(F) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(G)

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(H) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(I)

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(J)

“The Lord bless you!(K)” they answered.

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(L) who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves(M) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest(N) in the shelter.”

So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(O) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(P)—a foreigner?(Q)

11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law(R) since the death of your husband(S)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know(T) before.(U) 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(V) the God of Israel,(W) under whose wings(X) you have come to take refuge.(Y)

13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(Z) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(AA) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”

When she sat down with the harvesters,(AB) he offered her some roasted grain.(AC) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(AD) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(AE) and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke(AF) her.”

17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed(AG) the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[a](AH) 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over(AI) after she had eaten enough.

19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(AJ)

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

20 “The Lord bless him!(AK)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(AL) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(AM) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(AN) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[b](AO)

21 Then Ruth the Moabite(AP) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”

22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”

23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley(AQ) and wheat harvests(AR) were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms
  2. Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).