The Book of Ruth, Chapter 2ΡΟΥΘ Β′

Καὶ τῇ Νωεμιν ἀνὴρ γνώριμος τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος δυνατὸς ἰσχύι, ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας Αβιμελεχ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Βοος.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, and the man was mighty in strength, from the clan of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Καὶ εἶπεν Ρουθ ἡ Μωαβῖτις πρὸς Νωεμιν Πορευθῶ δὴ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ συλλέξω ἐν τοῖς στάχυσιν ὄπισθεν οὗ ἐὰν εὕρω χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Πορεύου, θύγατερ.

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, 'Let me go now to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind whoever shows me favor.' And she said to her, 'Go, my daughter.'

Καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ὄπισθεν τῶν θεριζόντων· καὶ περιέπεσεν περιπτώματι τῷ μερίδι τοῦ ἀγροῦ Βοος τοῦ ἐκ συγγενείας Αβιμελεχ.

And she went and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened to come upon the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

Καὶ ἰδοὺ Βοος ἦλθεν ἐκ Βαιθλεεμ καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς θερίζουσιν Κύριος μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν· καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος.

And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, 'The Lord be with you.' And they said to him, 'May the Lord bless you.'

Καὶ εἶπεν Βοος τῷ παιδαρίῳ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐφεστῶτι ἐπὶ τοὺς θερίζοντας Τίνος ἡ νεᾶνις αὕτη;

And Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, 'To whom does this young woman belong?'

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τὸ παιδάριον τὸ ἐφεστὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς θερίζοντας καὶ εἶπεν Ἡ παῖς ἡ Μωαβῖτίς ἐστιν ἡ ἀποστραφεῖσα μετὰ Νωεμιν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωαβ·

And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, 'She is the Moabite girl who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab.'

καὶ εἶπεν Συλλέξω δὴ καὶ συνάξω ἐν τοῖς δράγμασιν ὄπισθεν τῶν θεριζόντων· καὶ εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ἔστη ἀπὸ πρωῒ καὶ ἕως ἑσπέρας· οὐ κατέπαυσεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ μικρόν.

And she said, 'Let me glean and gather among the bundles behind the reapers.' And she came and has been standing from morning until evening; she did not rest in the field even a little.

Καὶ εἶπεν Βοος πρὸς Ρουθ Οὐκ ἤκουσας, θύγατερ; μὴ πορευθῇς ἐν ἀγρῷ συλλέξαι ἑτέρῳ καὶ μὴ παρέλθῃς ἐντεῦθεν· καὶ ὧδε κολληθήσῃ μετὰ τῶν κορασίων μου.

And Boaz said to Ruth, 'Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, and do not leave from here; and here you shall stay close with my young women.'

ἔσονταί σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν οὗ ἐὰν θερίζωσιν καὶ πορεύσῃ ὄπισθεν αὐτῶν· ἰδοὺ ἐντέταλμαι τοῖς παιδαρίοις τοῦ μὴ ἅψασθαί σου· καὶ ὅτε διψάσεις πορεύσῃ πρὸς τὰ σκεύη καὶ πίεσαι ἐκεῖθεν ὅθεν ἂν ἀντλήσωσιν τὰ παιδάρια.

Let your eyes be upon the field where they reap, and you shall go behind them. Behold, I have commanded the servants not to touch you; and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from there, where the servants draw.

καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς καὶ προσεκύνησεν τῇ γῇ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Τί ὅτι εὗρον χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναί με, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι γυνὴ ἀλλοτρία;

And she fell upon her face and prostrated herself to the ground and said to him, 'Why is it that I have found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreign woman?'

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Βοος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Ἀπαγγελίᾳ ἀπηγγέλη μοι ὅσα πεποίηκας μετὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς σου μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα σου καὶ ὡς κατέλιπες τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου καὶ τὴν γῆν γενέσεώς σου καὶ ἐπορεύθης πρὸς λαὸν ὃν οὐκ ᾔδεις πρότερον.

And Boaz answered and said to her, 'It has surely been reported to me — all that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth and went to a people you did not know before.'

ἀποτίσαι Κύριος τὴν ἐργασίαν σου καὶ γένοιτο ὁ μισθός σου πλήρης παρὰ Κυρίου θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ, πρὸς ὃν ἦλθες πεποιθέναι ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ.

May the Lord repay your work, and may your reward be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.

Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν Εὕροιμι χάριν ἐνώπιόν σου, κύριε, ὅτι παρεκάλεσάς με καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησας ἐπὶ καρδίαν τῆς δούλης σου, καὶ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἔσομαι ὡς μία τῶν παιδισκῶν σου.

And she said, 'May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and for you have spoken to the heart of your maidservant, though I am not even as one of your maidservants.'

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Βοος Ἤδη ὥρᾳ τοῦ φαγεῖν πρόσελθε ὧδε καὶ φάγεσαι τῶν ἄρτων καὶ ἐμβάψεις τὸν ψωμόν σου ἐν τῷ ὄξει. καὶ ἐκάθισεν Ρουθ ἐκ πλαγίων τῶν θεριζόντων καὶ ἐψήφισεν αὐτῇ Βοος ἄλφιτον καὶ ἔφαγεν καὶ ἐνεπλήσθη καὶ κατέλιπεν.

And Boaz said to her, 'At mealtime, come here and eat of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar.' And Ruth sat beside the reapers, and Boaz served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and left some over.

καὶ ἀνέστη τοῦ συλλέγειν· καὶ ἐνετείλατο Βοος τοῖς παιδαρίοις αὐτοῦ λέγων Καί γε ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δραγμάτων συλλεγέτω καὶ μὴ καταισχύνητε αὐτήν.

And she arose to glean. And Boaz commanded his servants, saying, 'Let her also glean among the sheaves, and do not put her to shame.'

καὶ βαστάζοντες βαστάξατε αὐτῇ καὶ παραρρίπτοντες παραρρίψατε αὐτῇ ἐκ τῶν βεβουνισμένων καὶ ἄφετε καὶ συλλέξει καὶ μὴ ἐπιτιμήσητε αὐτῇ.

And when you carry, carry for her; and when you drop, drop for her from the bundled grain, and leave it that she may glean; and do not rebuke her.

Καὶ συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ἕως ἑσπέρας καὶ ἐρράβδισεν ἃ συνέλεξεν καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς οἰφὶ κριθῶν.

And she gleaned in the field until evening and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

καὶ ἦρεν καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἶδεν ἡ πενθερὰ αὐτῆς ὃ συνέλεξεν· καὶ ἐξενέγκασα ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ ἃ κατέλιπεν ἐξ ὧν ἐνεπλήσθη.

And she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she also brought out and gave to her what she had left over from what had satisfied her.

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἡ πενθερὰ αὐτῆς Ποῦ συνέλεξας σήμερον καὶ ποῦ ἐποίησας; εἴη ὁ γνωρίσας σε εὐλογημένος. καὶ ἀνήγγειλεν Ρουθ τῇ πενθερᾷ αὐτῆς ποῦ ἐποίησεν καὶ εἶπεν Τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ᾧ ἐποίησα σήμερον Βοος.

And her mother-in-law said to her, 'Where did you glean today, and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.' And Ruth told her mother-in-law where she had worked and said, 'The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.'

καὶ εἶπεν Νωεμιν τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτῆς Εὐλογητὸς ἐστιν τῷ Κυρίῳ ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπεν τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ζώντων καὶ μετὰ τῶν τεθνηκότων. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Νωεμιν Ἐγγίζει ἡμῖν ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἐκ τῶν ἀγχιστευόντων ἡμᾶς ἐστιν.

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, 'Blessed is he to the Lord, who has not abandoned his covenant loyalty to the living and to the dead.' And Naomi said to her, 'The man draws near to us; he is one of our redeemers.'

Καὶ εἶπεν Ρουθ ἡ Μωαβῖτις Καί γε ὅτι εἶπεν πρός με Μετὰ τῶν κορασίων μου κολλήθητι, ἕως ἂν τελέσωσιν πάντα τὸν θερισμὸν ὃν ἔχω.

And Ruth the Moabitess said, 'He also said to me, "Cling to my young women, until they finish all the harvest that I have."'

Καὶ εἶπεν Νωεμιν πρὸς Ρουθ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς Ἀγαθόν, θύγατερ, ὅτι ἐπορεύθης μετὰ τῶν κορασίων αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἀπαντήσονταί σοι ἐν ἀγρῷ ἑτέρῳ.

And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, 'It is good, my daughter, that you went with his young women; for they will not encounter you in another field.'

Καὶ ἐκολλήθη Ρουθ τοῖς κορασίοις Βοος τοῦ συλλέγειν ἕως οὗ συνετελέσθη θερισμὸς τῶν κριθῶν καὶ θερισμὸς τῶν πυρῶν· καὶ ἐκάθισεν μετὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς αὐτῆς.

And Ruth clung to the young women of Boaz to glean until the barley harvest and the wheat harvest were completed; and she lived with her mother-in-law.