Ruth 2 — TOJB
2Verse 1And Naomi had a relative of her husbandʼs, an ish gibbor chayil, of the mishpochah of Elimelech; and shmo was Boaz.Verse 2And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the sadeh, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I shall find chen (grace, favor). And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.Verse 3And she went, and came, and gleaned in the sadeh behind the kotzerim (harvesters); and it so happened that she came on a part of the sadeh belonging unto Boaz, who was of the mishpochah of Elimelech.Verse 4And, hinei, Boaz came from Beit-Lechem, and said unto the kotzerim, Hashem be with you. And they answered him, Yevarech'chah Adonoi (Hashembless thee).Verse 5Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the kotzerim, Whose na'arah is this?Verse 6And the servant that was set over the kotzerim answered and said, It is the na'arah from Moav that came back with Naomi out of the sadeh of Moav.Verse 7And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the kotzerim among the omarim (sheaves); so she came, and hath worked steadily from the boker even until now, except for a short rest in the bais.Verse 8Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another sadeh, neither go from hence, but abide here close by my ne'arot;Verse 9Let thine eyes be on the sadeh that they do reap, and go thou after them; have I not charged the ne'arim that they shall not touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go unto the kelim (vessels), and drink of that which the ne'arim have drawn.Verse 10Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found chen (favor, grace) in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a nokhriyah (foreigner, alien)?Verse 11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shown me, all that thou hast done unto thy chamot since the mot (death) of thine ish; and how thou hast left thy av and thy em, and the eretz moledet, and art come unto an Am (people) which thou knewest not heretofore.Verse 12Hashem recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Hashem Elohei Yisroel, under Whose wings thou art come to seek refuge.Verse 13Then she said, Let me find chen (favor, grace) in thy sight, adoni; for that thou hast brought nachamah (comfort) to me, and for that thou hast spoken to the lev of thine shifcha, though I be not like unto one of thine shfakhot.Verse 14And Boaz said unto her, At et haokhel (mealtime) come thou hither, and eat of the lechem, and dip thy morsel in the chometz. And she sat beside the kotzerim; and he offered her roasted grain, and she did eat, and was filled, and had left over.+Verse 15And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his ne'arim, saying, Let her glean even among the omarim, and reproach her not;Verse 16And let fall also some+of the handfuls on purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.Verse 17So she gleaned in the sadeh until the erev, and she threshed what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of seorim.Verse 18And she took it up, and went into the town; and her chamot saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth, and gave to her the left over+after she had been filled.Verse 19And her chamot said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned hayom (today)? And where did you work? Baruch be he who did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her chamot with whom she had worked, and said, Shem HaIsh with whom I worked hayom (today) is Boaz.Verse 20And Naomi said unto her kallah, Baruch hu l'Hashem asher lo azav chasdo et haChayyim v'et haMesim (Blessed be he of Hashemwho hath not abandoned his chesed to the living and to the dead). And Naomi said unto her, The man is karov unto us. MiGoaleinu hu (he is one of our kinsmen redeemers).Verse 21And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep close by my ne'arim, until they have ended kol HaKatzir that is mine.Verse 22And Naomi said unto Ruth her kallah, It is tov, my daughter, that thou go out with his ne'arot, because in someone elseʼs sadeh you might be harmed.Verse 23So she kept close by the ne'arot of Boaz to glean unto the end of katzir haseorim and of katzir chittim; and dwelt with her chamot.