3:1But after she had returned to her mother-in-law, she heard from her: "My daughter, I will seek rest for you, and I will provide that it may be well with you. 3:2This Boaz, to whose girls you were joined in the field, is our kinsman, and this night he is winnowing the threshing floor of barley. 3:3Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put on more elegant garments, and go down to the threshing floor: let no man see you, until he has finished eating and drinking. 3:4But when he goes to sleep, mark the place in which he sleeps: and you will come and uncover the cloak with which he is covered on the side of his feet, and you will throw yourself down, and there you will lie: and he himself will tell you what you ought to do."
3:5She answered: "Whatever you instruct, I will do." 3:6And she went down to the threshing floor, and did all the things which her mother-in-law had commanded her. 3:7And when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and had become rather merry, and had gone to sleep beside the heap of sheaves, she came secretly, and, the cloak having been uncovered, threw herself down at his feet. 3:8And look, when it was already midnight, the man was frightened, and was troubled: and he saw a woman lying at his feet, and he said to her: "Who are you?" 3:9And she answered: "I am Ruth your handmaid: spread your cloak over your maidservant, because you are a kinsman."
3:10And he: "Blessed are you," he said, "by the Lord, daughter, and you have surpassed your former kindness with the latter: because you have not followed young men, poor or rich. 3:11Do not be afraid therefore, but whatever you say to me, I will do for you. 3:11For all the people who live within the gates of my city know that you are a woman of virtue. 3:12Nor do I deny that I am a kinsman, but there is another nearer than I. 3:13Rest this night: and when morning has come, if he wishes to keep you by right of kinship, the matter is well done: but if he will not, I will take you without any hesitation, as the Lord lives.
3:13Sleep until morning." 3:14So she slept at his feet, until the departure of the night. 3:14So she rose before people could recognise one another, and Boaz said: "Beware lest anyone know that you have come here." 3:15And again: "Spread out," he said, "your cloak, with which you are covered, and hold it with both hands." 3:15As she spread it and held it, he measured six measures of barley, and placed them upon her. 3:15Carrying these she entered the city, and came to her mother-in-law. 3:16She said to her: "What have you done, daughter?" 3:16And she told her all the things which the man had done for her. 3:17And she said: "Look, he gave me six measures of barley, and said: 'I do not want you to return empty to your mother-in-law.'"
3:18And Naomi said: "Wait, daughter, until we see what outcome the matter has: for the man will not rest, unless he has completed what he has spoken."