Y tenía Noemí un pariente¹ de su marido, un hombre de mucha riqueza², de la familia de Elimelec^a, el cual se llamaba Booz. 2 Y Rut la moabita dijo a Noemí: Te ruego que me dejes ir al campo a recoger espigas^a en pos de aquel a cuyos ojos halle gracia. Y ella le respondió: Ve, hija mía. 3 Partió, pues, y fue y espigó en el campo en pos de los segadores; y aconteció que fue a¹ la parte del campo que pertenecía a Booz, que era de la familia de Elimelec. 4 Y he aquí que vino Booz de Belén, y dijo a los segadores: El SEÑOR sea con vosotros^a. Y ellos le respondieron: Que el SEÑOR te bendiga. 5 Entonces Booz dijo a su siervo que estaba a cargo de¹ los segadores: ¿De quién es esta joven? 6 Y el siervo a cargo de¹ los segadores respondió y dijo: Es la joven moabita que volvió con Noemí de la tierra de Moab. 7 Y ella dijo: «Te ruego que me dejes espigar y recoger tras los segadores entre las gavillas». Y vino y ha permanecido desde la mañana hasta ahora;solo se ha sentado en la casa por un momento.

8 Entonces Booz dijo a Rut: Oye¹, hija mía. No vayas a espigar a otro campo; tampoco pases de aquí, sino quédate con mis criadas. 9 Fíjate en el campo donde ellas siegan y síguelas, pues he ordenado a los siervos que no te molesten¹. Cuando tengas sed, ve a las vasijas y bebe del agua que sacan los siervos. 10 Ella bajó su rostro, se postró en tierra^a y le dijo: ¿Por qué he hallado gracia ante tus ojos para que te fijes en mí, siendo yo extranjera? 11 Y Booz le respondió, y dijo: Todo lo que has hecho por tu suegra después de la muerte de tu esposo me ha sido informado en detalle, y cómo dejaste a tu padre, a tu madre y tu tierra natal, y viniste a un pueblo que antes no conocías. 12 Que el SEÑOR recompense tu obra^a y que tu remuneración sea completa de parte del SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, bajo cuyas alas has venido a refugiarte^b. 13 Entonces ella dijo: Señor mío, he hallado gracia ante tus ojos, porque me has consolado y en verdad has hablado con bondad a tu¹ sierva, aunque yo no soy como una de tus siervas.

14 Y a la hora de comer Booz le dijo: Ven acá¹ para que comas del pan y mojes tu pedazo de pan en el vinagre. Así pues ella se sentó junto a los segadores; y él le sirvió² grano tostado, y ella comió hasta saciarse y aún le sobró^a. 15 Cuando ella se levantó para espigar, Booz ordenó a sus siervos, diciendo: Dejadla espigar aun entre las gavillas y no la avergoncéis. 16 También sacaréis a propósito para ella un poco de grano de los manojos y lo dejaréis para que ella lo recoja, y no la reprendáis.

17 Y ella espigó en el campo hasta el anochecer, y desgranó lo que había espigado y fue como un efa¹ de cebada. 18 Y lo tomó y fue a la ciudad, y su suegra vio lo que había recogido. Y sacó también lo que le había sobrado después de haberse saciado¹ y se lo dio a Noemí^2a. 19 Entonces su suegra le dijo: ¿Dónde espigaste y dónde trabajaste hoy? Bendito sea aquel que se fijó en ti^a. Y ella informó a su suegra con quién había trabajado, y dijo: El hombre con el que trabajé hoy se llama Booz. 20 Y Noemí dijo a su nuera: Sea él bendito del SEÑOR, porque no ha rehusado su bondad ni a los vivos ni a los muertos^a. Le dijo también Noemí: El hombre es nuestro pariente¹; es uno de nuestros parientes más cercanos². 21 Entonces Rut la moabita dijo: Además¹, él me dijo: «Debes estar cerca de mis siervos hasta que hayan terminado toda mi cosecha». 22 Y Noemí dijo a Rut su nuera: Es bueno, hija mía, que salgas con sus criadas, no sea que en otro campo te maltraten¹. 23 Y ella se quedó cerca de las criadas de Booz espigando hasta que se acabó la cosecha^a de cebada y de trigo. Y vivía con su suegra.

Now Naomi had ¹a kinsman of her husband, a ²man of great wealth, of the family of ^aElimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and ^aglean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and ¹she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4 Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “^aMay the LORD be with you.” And they said to him, “May the LORD bless you.” 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was ¹in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” 6 The servant ¹in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. 7 And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”

8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “¹Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids. 9 Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the ¹water jars and drink from what the servants draw.” 10 Then she ^afell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” 11 Boaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know. 12 ^aMay the LORD reward your work, and your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, ^bunder whose wings you have come to seek refuge.” 13 Then she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken ¹kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “¹Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he ²served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied ^aand had some left. 15 When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her. 16 Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

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 She took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and ^agave ¹Naomi what she had left after ²she was satisfied. 19 Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who ^atook notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “^aMay he be blessed of the LORD who has not withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Again Naomi said to her, “The man is ¹our relative, he is one of our ²closest relatives.” 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “¹Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.’” 22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maids, so that others do not fall upon you in another field.” 23 So she stayed close by the maids of Boaz in order to glean until ^athe end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a man of great wealth and influence, from the family of ^aElimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and ^1aglean among the ears of grain after one of the reapers in whose sight I may find favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So Ruth went and picked up the leftover grain in a field after the reapers; and she happened to stop at the plot of land belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4 It was then that Boaz came back from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “^aThe LORD be with you!” And they answered him, “The LORD bless you!” 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” 6 The servant in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. 7 And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the ¹sheaves.’ So she came and has continued gathering grain from early morning until now, except when she sat resting for a little while in the field house.”

8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but stay here close by my maids. 9 Watch which field they reap, and follow behind them. I have commanded the servants not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go to the water jars and drink from what the servants draw.” 10 Then she ^akneeled face downward, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should notice me, when I am a foreigner?” 11 Boaz answered her, “I have been made fully aware of everything that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you did not know before. 12 ^aMay the LORD repay you for your kindness, and may your reward be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, ^bunder whose wings you have come to take refuge.” 13 Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not as one of your maidservants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some bread and dip your bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate until she was satisfied and ^ashe had some left for Naomi. 15 When she got up to glean, Boaz ordered his servants, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her. 16 Also you shall purposely pull out for her some stalks of grain from the sheaves and leave them so that she may collect them, and do not rebuke her.”

17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ¹ephah of barley. 18 She picked it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. Ruth also took out and ^agave to Naomi what she had saved after she had eaten and was satisfied. 19 Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? ^aBlessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “^aMay he be blessed of the LORD who has not ceased His kindness to the living and to the dead.” Again Naomi said to her, “The man is one of our closest relatives, one who has the right to ¹redeem us.” Lev 25:25 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also said to me, ‘Stay close to my servants until they have harvested my entire crop.’” 22 Naomi said to Ruth, “It is good, my daughter, for you to go out to work with his maids, so that others do not assault you in another field.” 23 So she stayed close to the maids of Boaz, gleaning until ^athe end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.