Rt 3:1Postquam autem reversa est ad socrum suam, audīvit ab eā: Fīlia mea, quaeram tibi requiem, et prōvidēbō ut bene sit tibi.But 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. Rt 3:2Booz iste, cujus puellīs in agrō jūncta es, propinquus noster est, et hāc nocte āream hordeī ventilat.This Boaz, to whose girls you were joined in the field, is our kinsman, and this night he is winnowing the threshing floor of barley. Rt 3:3Lavāre igitur, et ungere, et induere cultiōribus vestīmentīs, et dēscende in āream: nōn tē videat homō, dōnec ēsum pōtumque fīnierit.Wash 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. Rt 3:4Quandō autem ierit ad dormiendum, notā locum in quō dormiat: veniēsque et discooperiēs pallium, quō operītur ā parte pedum, et prōjiciēs tē, et ibi jacēbis: ipse autem dīcet quid agere dēbeās.But 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."
Rt 3:5Quae respondit: Quidquid praecēperis, faciam.She answered: "Whatever you instruct, I will do." Rt 3:6Dēscenditque in āream, et fēcit omnia quae sibi imperāverat socrus.And she went down to the threshing floor, and did all the things which her mother-in-law had commanded her. Rt 3:7Cumque comēdisset Booz, et bibisset, et factus esset hilarior, īssetque ad dormiendum jūxtā acervum manipulōrum, vēnit absconditē, et discoopertō palliō, ā pedibus ejus sē prōjēcit.And 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. Rt 3:8Et ecce, nocte jam mediā expāvit homō, et conturbātus est: vīditque mulierem jacentem ad pedēs suōs, et ait illī: Quae es?And 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?" Rt 3:9Illaque respondit: Ego sum Ruth ancilla tua: expande pallium tuum super famulam tuam, quia propinquus es.And she answered: "I am Ruth your handmaid: spread your cloak over your maidservant, because you are a kinsman."
Rt 3:10Et ille: Benedicta, inquit, es ā Dominō, fīlia, et priōrem misericordiam posteriōre superāstī: quia nōn est secūta juvenēs, pauperēs sīve dīvitēs.And 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. Rt 3:11Nōlī ergō metuere, sed quidquid dīxeris mihi, faciam tibi.Do not be afraid therefore, but whatever you say to me, I will do for you. Rt 3:11Scit enim omnis populus, quī habitat intrā portās urbis meae, mulierem tē esse virtūtis.For all the people who live within the gates of my city know that you are a woman of virtue. Rt 3:12Nec abnuō mē propinquum, sed est alius mē propinquior.Nor do I deny that I am a kinsman, but there is another nearer than I. Rt 3:13Quiēsce hāc nocte: et factō māne, sī tē voluerit propinquitātis jūre retinēre, bene rēs ācta est: sīn autem ille nōluerit, ego tē absque ūllā dubitātiōne suscipiam, vīvit Dominus.Rest 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.
Rt 3:13Dormī ūsque māne.Sleep until morning." Rt 3:14Dormīvit itaque ad pedēs ejus, ūsque ad noctis abscessum.So she slept at his feet, until the departure of the night. Rt 3:14Surrēxit itaque antequam hominēs sē cognōscerent mūtuō, et dīxit Booz: Cavē nē quis nōverit quod hūc vēnerīs.So she rose before people could recognise one another, and Boaz said: "Beware lest anyone know that you have come here." Rt 3:15Et rūrsum: Expande, inquit, pallium tuum, quō operīris, et tenē utrāque manū.And again: "Spread out," he said, "your cloak, with which you are covered, and hold it with both hands." Rt 3:15Quā extendente, et tenente, mēnsus est sex modiōs hordeī, et posuit super eam.As she spread it and held it, he measured six measures of barley, and placed them upon her. Rt 3:15Quae portāns ingressa est cīvitātem, et vēnit ad socrum suam.Carrying these she entered the city, and came to her mother-in-law. Rt 3:16Quae dīxit eī: Quid ēgistī, fīlia?She said to her: "What have you done, daughter?" Rt 3:16Narrāvitque eī omnia, quae sibi fēcisset homō.And she told her all the things which the man had done for her. Rt 3:17Et ait: Ecce sex modiōs hordeī dedit mihi, et ait: Nōlō vacuam tē revertī ad socrum tuam.And 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.'"
Rt 3:18Dīxitque Noëmi: Expectā, fīlia, dōnec videāmus quem rēs exitum habeat: neque enim cessābit homō, nisi complēverit quod locūtus est.And 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."