Ruth · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Ruth 3 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 After she was returned to her mother in law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee.
1 Y DÍJOLE su suegra Noemi: Hija mía, ¿no te tengo de buscar descanso, que te sea bueno?
2 This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman, and behold this night he winnoweth barley in the threshingfloor.
2 ¿No es Booz nuestro pariente, con cuyas mozas tú has estado? He aquí que él avienta esta noche la parva de las cebadas.
3 Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put on thy best garments, and go down to the barnfloor: but let not the man see thee, till he shall have done eating and drinking.
3 Te lavarás pues, y te ungirás, y vistiéndote tus vestidos, pasarás á la era; mas no te darás á conocer al varón hasta que él haya acabado de comer y de beber.
4 And when he shall go to sleep, mark the place wherein he sleepeth: and thou shalt go in, and lift up the clothes wherewith he is covered towards his feet, and shalt lay thyself down there: and he will tell thee what thou must do.
4 Y cuando él se acostare, repara tú el lugar donde él se acostará, é irás, y descubrirás los pies, y te acostarás allí; y él te dirá lo que hayas de hacer.
5 She answered: Whatsoever thou shalt command, I will do.
5 Y le respondió: Haré todo lo que tú me mandares.
6 And she went down to the barnfloor, and did all that her mother in law had bid her.
6 Descendió pues á la era, é hizo todo lo que su suegra le había mandado.
7 And when Booz had eaten, and drunk, and was merry, he went to sleep by the heap of sheaves, and she came softly and uncovering his feet, laid herself down.
7 Y como Booz hubo comido y bebido, y su corazón estuvo contento, retiróse á dormir á un lado del montón. Entonces ella vino calladamente, y descubrió los pies, y acostóse.
8 And behold, when it was now midnight the man was afraid, and troubled: and he saw a woman lying at his feet,
8 Y aconteció, que á la media noche se estremeció aquel hombre, y palpó: y he aquí, la mujer que estaba acostada á sus pies.
9 And he said to her: Who art thou? And she answered: I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread thy coverlet over thy servant, for thou art a near kinsman.
9 Entonces él dijo: ¿Quién eres? Y ella respondió: Yo soy Ruth tu sierva: extiende el borde [de tu capa] sobre tu sierva, por cuanto eres pariente cercano.
10 And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord, my daughter, and thy latter kindness has surpassed the former: because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich.
10 Y él dijo: Bendita seas tú de Jehová, hija mía; que has hecho mejor tu postrera gracia que la primera, no yendo tras los mancebos, sean pobres ó ricos.
11 Fear not therefore, but whatsoever thou shalt say to me I will do to thee. For all the people that dwell within the gates of my city, know that thou art a virtuous woman.
11 Ahora pues, no temas, hija mía: yo haré contigo lo que tú dijeres, pues que toda la puerta de mi pueblo sabe que eres mujer virtuosa.
12 Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.
12 Y ahora, aunque es cierto que yo soy pariente cercano, con todo eso hay pariente más cercano que yo.
13 Rest thou this night: and when morning is come, if he will take thee by the right of kindred, all is well: but if he will not, I will undoubtedly take thee, as the Lord liveth: sleep till the morning.
13 Reposa esta noche, y cuando sea de día, si él te redimiere, bien, redímate; mas si él no te quisiere redimir, yo te redimiré, vive Jehová. Descansa pues hasta la mañana.
14 So she slept at his feet till the night was going off. And she arose before men could know one another, and Booz said: Beware lest any man know that thou camest hither.
14 Y después que reposó á sus pies hasta la mañana, levantóse, antes que nadie pudiese conocer á otro. Y él dijo: No se sepa que haya venido mujer á la era.
15 And again he said: Spread thy mantle, wherewith thou art covered, and hold it with both hands. And when she spread it and held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it upon her. And she carried it and went into the city,
15 Después le dijo: Llega el lienzo que traes sobre ti, y ten de él. Y teniéndolo ella, él midió seis [medidas] de cebada, y púsoselas á cuestas: y vínose ella á la ciudad.
16 And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
16 Así que vino á su suegra, ésta le dijo: ¿Qué pues, hija mía? Y declaróle ella todo lo que con aquel varón le había acontecido.
17 And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.
17 Y dijo: Estas seis [medidas] de cebada me dió, diciéndome: Porque no vayas vacía á tu suegra.
18 And Noemi said: Wait my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.
18 Entonces [Noemi] dijo: Reposa, hija mía, hasta que sepas cómo cae la cosa: porque aquel hombre no parará hasta que hoy concluya el negocio.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Boaz
The kind landowner of Bethlehem who redeemed and married Ruth the Moabite.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 2-4; 1 Chron. 2:11-12; Matt. 1:5
Ruth
The loyal Moabite widow whose devotion made her great-grandmother of King David.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1-4; Matthew 1:5
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ruth 1:9; 1 Timothy 5:8; Psalm 128:2; 1 Timothy 5:14; 1 Corinthians 7:36
- 2 Deuteronomy 25:5–10; Ruth 2:20–23; Ruth 2:8; Ruth 2:1; Hebrews 2:11–14
- 3 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Timothy 2:9–10; Esther 5:1; Matthew 6:17; Psalm 104:15
- 5 Colossians 3:20; Ephesians 6:1
- 6 Proverbs 1:8; John 2:5; Exodus 20:12; John 15:14
- 7 Judges 19:6; Esther 1:10; 2 Samuel 13:28; Judges 19:9; Psalm 104:15
- 9 Ezekiel 16:8; Ruth 2:20; Ruth 3:12; Ruth 2:10–13; Luke 14:11
- 10 Ruth 2:20; 1 Corinthians 13:4–5; Ruth 1:8; Ruth 2:4
- 11 Proverbs 31:29–31; Proverbs 31:10; Proverbs 12:4
- 12 Ruth 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Matthew 7:12
- 13 Jeremiah 4:2; Ruth 4:5; Ruth 2:20; Deuteronomy 25:5–9; Hebrews 6:16
- 14 2 Corinthians 8:21; Romans 14:16; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Peter 2:12; Romans 12:17
- 15 Isaiah 32:8; Galatians 6:10
- 18 Psalm 37:3–5; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 30:7
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