1 Καὶ τῇ Νωεμὶν ἀνὴρ γνώριμος τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς, ὁ δὲ ἀνὴρ δυνατὸς ἰσχύϊ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας Ἐλιμέλεχ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Βοόζ. 2 Καὶ εἶπε Ῥοὺθ ἡ Μωαβίτις πρὸς Νωεμὶν, πορεῦθω δὴ εἰς ἀγρὸν, καὶ συνάξω ἐν τοῖς στάχυσι κατόπισθεν οὗ ἐὰν εὕρω χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῇ, πορεύου, θύγατερ. 3 Καὶ ἐπορεύθη· καὶ ἐλθοῦσα συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ κατόπισθε τῶν θεριζόντων· καὶ περιέπεσε περιπτώματι τῇ μερίδι τοῦ ἀγροῦ Βοὸζ, τοῦ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας Ἐλιμέλεχ. 4 Καὶ ἰδοὺ Βοὸζ ἦλθεν ἐκ Βηθλεὲμ, καὶ εἶπε τοῖς θερίζουσι, Κύριος μεθʼ ὑμῶν· καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος. 5 Καὶ εἶπε Βοὸζ τῷ παιδαρίῳ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐφεστῶτι ἐπὶ τοὺς θερίζοντας, τίνος ἡ νεᾶνις αὕτη; 6 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τὸ παιδάριον τὸ ἐφεστὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς θερίζοντας, καὶ εἶπεν, ἡ παῖς ἡ Μωαβίτις ἐστὶν ἡ ἀποστραφεῖσα μετὰ Νωεμὶν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωάβ· 7 Καὶ εἶπε, συλλέξω δὴ καὶ συνάξω ἐν τοῖς δράγμασιν ὄπισθεν τῶν θεριζόντων· καὶ ἦλθε καὶ ἔστη ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν καὶ ἕως ἑσπέρας, οὐ κατέπαυσεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ μικρόν. 8 Καὶ εἶπε Βοὸζ πρὸς Ῥοὺθ, οὐκ ἤκουσας θύγατερ; μὴ πορευθῇς ἐν ἀγρῷ συλλέξαι ἑτέρῳ· καὶ σὺ οὐ πορεύσῃ ἐντεῦθεν, ὧδε κολλήθητι μετὰ τῶν κορασίων μου. 9 Οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν οὗ ἐὰν θερίζωσι, καὶ πορεύσῃ κατόπισθεν αὐτῶν· ἰδοὺ ἐνετειλάμην τοῖς παιδαρίοις τοῦ μὴ ἅψασθαί σου· καὶ ὅτε διψήσεις καὶ πορευθήσῃ εἰς τὰ σκεύη, καὶ πίεσαι ὅθεν ἐὰν ὑδρεύωνται τὰ παιδάρια. 10 Καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, τί ὅτι εὗρον χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναί με, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι ξένη; 11 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Βοὸζ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, ἀπαγγελίᾳ ἀπηγγέλη μοι ὅσα πεποίηκας μετὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς σου μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα σου· καὶ πῶς κατέλιπες τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου, καὶ τὴν γῆν γενέσεώς σου, καὶ ἐπορεύθης πρὸς λαὸν ὃν οὐκ ᾔδεις ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης. 12 Ἀποτίσαι Κύριος τὴν ἐργασίαν σου· γένοιτο ὁ μισθός σου πλήρης παρὰ Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, πρὸς ὃν ἦλθες πεποιθέναι ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ. 13 Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, εὕροιμι χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου κύριε, ὅτι παρεκάλεσάς με, καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησας ἐπὶ καρδίαν τῆς δούλης σου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἔσομαι ὡς μία τῶν παιδισκῶν σου. 14 Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Βοὸζ, ἤδη ὥρα τοῦ φαγεῖν, πρόσελθε ὧδε καὶ φάγεσαι τῶν ἄρτων, καὶ βάψεις τὸν ψωμόν σου ἐν τῷ ὄξει· καὶ ἐκάθισε Ῥοὺθ ἐκ πλαγίων τῶν θεριζόντων· καὶ ἐβούνισεν αὐτῇ Βοὸζ ἄλφιτον, καὶ ἔφαγε καὶ ἐνεπλήσθη καὶ κατέλιπε, 15 Καὶ ἀνέστη τοῦ συλλέγειν· καὶ ἐνετείλατο Βοὸζ τοῖς παιδαρίοις αὐτοῦ, λέγων, καί γε ἀναμέσον τῶν δραγμάτων συλλεγέτω, καὶ μὴ καταισχύνητε αὐτήν· 16 Καὶ βαστάζοντες βαστάσατε αὐτῇ, καί γε παραβάλλοντες παραβαλεῖτε αὐτῇ ἐκ τῶν βεβουνισμένων, καὶ φάγεται, καὶ συλλέξει, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιτιμήσετε αὐτῇ. 17 Καὶ συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ἕως ἑσπέρας, καὶ ἐῤῥάβδισεν ἃ συνέλεξε, καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς οἰφὶ κριθῶν. 18 Καὶ ᾖρε καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν· καὶ εἶδεν ἡ πενθερὰ αὐτῆς ἃ συνέλεξε· καὶ ἐξενέγκασα Ῥοὺθ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ ἃ κατέλιπεν ἐξ ὧν ἐνεπλήσθη. 19 Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἡ πενθερὰ αὐτῆς, ποῦ συνέλεξας σήμερον καὶ ποῦ ἐποίησας; εἴη ὁ ἐπιγνούς σε εὐλογημένος· καὶ ἀνήγγειλε Ῥοὺθ τῇ πενθερᾷ αὐτῆς ποῦ ἐποίησε, καὶ εἶπε, τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀνδρὸς μεθʼ οὗ ἐποίησα σήμερον Βοόζ. 20 Εἶπε δὲ Νωεμὶν τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτῆς, εὐλογητός ἐστι τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπε τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ζώντων καὶ μετὰ τῶν τεθνηκότων· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Νωεμὶν, ἐγγίζει ἡμῖν ὁ ἀνὴρ, ἐκ τῶν ἀγχιστευόντων ἡμῖν ἐστι. 21 Καὶ εἶπε Ῥοὺθ πρὸς τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτῆς, καί γε ὅτι εἶπε πρὸς μέ, μετὰ τῶν κορασίων τῶν ἐμῶν προσκολλήθητι, ἕως ἂν τελέσωσιν ὅλον τὸν ἀμητὸν ὃς ὑπάρχει μοι. 22 Καὶ εἶπε Νωεμὶν πρὸς Ῥοὺθ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς, ἀγαθὸν θύγατερ, ὅτι ἐξῆλθες μετὰ τῶν κορασίων αὐτου, καὶ οὐκ ἀπαντήσονταί σοι ἐν ἀγρῷ ἑτέρῳ. 23 Καὶ προσεκολλήθη Ῥοὺθ τοῖς κορασίοις τοῦ Βοὸζ τοῦ συλλέγειν, ἕως τοῦ συντελέσαι τὸν θερισμὸν τῶν κριθῶν καὶ τῶν πυρῶν.
Ruth · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Ruth 2 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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
Elimelech
Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah who took his wife Naomi and sons Mahlon and Chilion to Moab in a famine and died there, whose clan-relative Boaz later bought back his land.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:3; Ruth 2:1
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 (23)
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- 1 Ruth 4:21; Ruth 3:12; Ruth 3:2; Matthew 1:5; Deuteronomy 8:17–18
- 2 Leviticus 23:22; Leviticus 19:9; Deuteronomy 24:19–21; Leviticus 19:16; Ruth 2:7
- 3 2 Thessalonians 3:12; Matthew 10:29; Luke 10:31; 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; 2 Kings 8:5
- 4 Psalm 129:7–8; Luke 1:28; Judges 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:22; 2 Thessalonians 3:16
- 5 1 Chronicles 2:11–12; Ruth 4:21
- 6 Ruth 1:22; Matthew 24:45; Genesis 39:4; Ruth 1:19; Ruth 1:16
- 7 Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 22:29; 1 Peter 5:5–6; Ephesians 5:21; Proverbs 13:4
- 8 2 Kings 5:13; Matthew 9:2; Song of Songs 1:7–8; 1 Samuel 3:16; 1 Samuel 3:6
- 9 1 John 5:18; Genesis 20:6; Matthew 10:42; 1 Corinthians 7:1; Psalm 105:15
- 10 1 Samuel 25:23; Ruth 2:13; Luke 1:48; Luke 17:16–18; Luke 1:43
- 11 Luke 14:33; Luke 18:29–30; Luke 5:11; Ruth 1:14–22; Psalm 45:10
- 12 Psalm 36:7; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 63:7; Psalm 17:8; Psalm 61:4
- 13 1 Samuel 1:18; Philippians 2:3; Genesis 33:8; Genesis 34:3; Genesis 33:10
- 14 Ruth 2:18; 2 Kings 4:43–44; Matthew 14:20; Deuteronomy 8:10; Luke 14:12–14
- 15 James 1:5
- 16 Romans 12:13; 1 John 3:17–18; Deuteronomy 24:19–21; Matthew 25:40; Proverbs 19:17
- 17 Proverbs 31:27; Ezekiel 45:11–12; Exodus 16:36
- 18 Ruth 2:14; 1 Timothy 5:4; John 6:12–13
- 19 Ruth 2:10; Psalm 41:1; 1 Kings 7:21; 2 Corinthians 9:13–15
- 20 2 Samuel 2:5; Ruth 3:9–10; Deuteronomy 25:5–7; Leviticus 25:25; Ruth 4:14
- 21 Song of Songs 1:7–8; Ruth 2:7–8; Ruth 2:22
- 22 Song of Songs 1:8; Proverbs 27:10
- 23 Ephesians 6:1–3; Deuteronomy 16:9; Proverbs 6:6–8; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 13:20
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