| 1 Noemi tinha um parente, por parte de seu marido, homem poderoso e rico da família de Elimelec, chamado Booz. | 1 Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husbands, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. |
| 2 Rute, a moabita, disse a Noemi: “Peço-te que me deixes ir respigar nos campos de quem me quiser acolher favoravelmente”. “Vai, minha filha” – respondeu-lhe ela. | 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter." |
| 3 Rute partiu, pois, e entrou num campo, atrás dos segadores. Ora, aconteceu que aquele era justamente o campo de Booz, parente de Elimelec. | 3 So she set forth and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. |
| 4 Booz acabava de voltar de Belém e saudou os segadores: “O Senhor esteja convosco!”. “Deus te abençoe” – responderam eles. | 4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, "The LORD be with you!" And they answered, "The LORD bless you." |
| 5 Booz dirigiu-se ao servo que tomava conta dos segadores: “Quem é esta moça?”. | 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose maiden is this?" |
| 6 “Esta é uma jovem moabita – respondeu ele – que veio com Noemi da terra de Moab. | 6 And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, "It is the Moabite maiden, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. |
| 7 Pediu-nos que a deixássemos respigar entre os feixes de trigo e apanhar as espigas atrás dos segadores. Está, aí, sempre de pé, desde a manhã até agora. Nesse momento, ela descansa um pouco sob a tenda.” | 7 She said, 'Pray, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.' So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, without resting even for a moment." |
| 8 Booz disse a Rute: “Ouve, minha filha: não vás respigar em outro campo, nem te afastes daqui, mas junta-te com minhas servas. | 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my maidens. |
| 9 Olha em que campo vão ceifar e segue-as. Proibi aos meus servos que te molestassem. Se tiveres sede, vai ao cântaro e bebe da água que elas tiverem buscado”. | 9 Let your eyes be upon the field which they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to molest you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn." |
| 10 Rute, caindo aos seus pés, prostrou-se por terra: “De onde me vem a dita – disse ela – de que te interesses por mim, uma estrangeira?”. | 10 Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?" |
| 11 “Contaram-me – replicou Booz – tudo o que fizeste por tua sogra depois que morreu o teu marido, como deixaste teu pai, tua mãe e a tua pátria e vieste para um povo que antes não conhecias. | 11 But Boaz answered her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. |
| 12 O Senhor te remunere pelo bem que fizeste e recebas uma plena recompensa do Senhor, Deus de Israel, sob cujas asas te acolheste!” | 12 The LORD recompense you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!" |
| 13 Ela respondeu: “Encontre eu graça diante dos teus olhos, meu senhor, pois me consolaste e encorajaste a tua serva, ainda que eu não seja como uma de tuas escravas”. | 13 Then she said, "You are most gracious to me, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not one of your maidservants." |
| 14 À hora de comer, Booz disse-lhe: “Vem, come tua parte do pão e molha o teu bocado no vinagre”. Ela assentou-se ao lado dos segadores e Booz ofereceu-lhe grão torrado. Ela comeu até ficar satisfeita e guardou o resto. Levantou-se em seguida e recomeçou a respigar. | 14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the wine." So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her parched grain; and she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over. |
| 15 Booz disse aos seus servos: “Deixai-a respigar mesmo entre os feixes e não a molesteis. | 15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. |
| 16 Deixai cair de vossos feixes, como por descuido, algumas espigas e deixai-as para que ela as apanhe; sobretudo, não a censurais de forma alguma”. | 16 And also pull out some from the bundles for her, and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her." |
| 17 Rute esteve, pois, respigando no campo até a tarde; tendo depois batido as espigas que tinha colhido, encontrou quase um efá de cevada. | 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening; then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. |
| 18 Carregando a cevada, entrou na cidade e sua sogra viu o que ela tinha colhido. Rute tirou então o que lhe sobrou de seu almoço e ofereceu à sogra. | 18 And she took it up and went into the city; she showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned, and she also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied. |
| 19 Noemi perguntou-lhe: “Onde respigaste hoje?”. “Onde trabalhaste? Bendito seja quem te acolheu!” Ela contou à sua sogra em que propriedade tinha trabalhado. “O homem – disse ela – em cuja terra trabalhei hoje chama-se Booz.” | 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz." |
| 20 “Bendito seja ele do Senhor – respondeu Noemi – porque mostrou-se misericordioso tanto para com os vivos como para com os mortos.” E acrescentou: “Esse homem é nosso parente próximo, um dos que têm direito de resgate sobre nós”. | 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin." |
| 21 “Ele disse-me também – continuou Rute –, a moabita, que ficasse com os seus servos até que se acabasse toda a ceifa.” | 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, "Besides, he said to me, 'You shall keep close by my servants, till they have finished all my harvest.'" |
| 22 Noemi respondeu-lhe: “É melhor, minha filha, que sigas as suas servas e que não te encontrem noutro campo”. | 22 And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, "It is well, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, lest in another field you be molested." |
| 23 Ela ficou, pois, com as servas de Booz, respigando até o fim da ceifa da cevada e do trigo. E morava com a sua sogra. | 23 So she kept close to the maidens of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests; and she lived with her mother-in-law. |
