Book of Ruth - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 871

The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers

RUTH. 2-3

3—4

IO II I2 sheaves, after whoever I may, in And she G0 my girl. So she went, and came, aud gleaned

in the field after the reapers, and she happened to alight on that part of the plain belonging to Boaz, ofthe family of Elimelekh ! And Boaz also came out from Beth·1ehem, and said to the The Evan-Lxvmc be with The Even-mvmc; bless you! Then Boaz asked his Steward whom

he had appointed over the reapers, Whose girl is this? ’ And the foreman of the reapers

She is a Moabitess, who resided with Naomi iu the plain of Moab, and she asked, ‘ May I glean, please,-—and gather after the reapers among the sheaves? ’ S0 she came, and has gleaned since this morning till now,—-except that she returned a while to her home. D0 you

not hear my child? Go not to another part of the plain, nor retire from here, but keep along with my own girls. Watch for the field where they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty go to the buckets and drink what the young men have drawn. Then she inclined her face, and

bowed earthward, and asked him, 'Why have I found favour in your eyes ? for you to attend to me, when I am a foreigner But Boaz replied and asked her,

‘ Tell me all that you have done for your mother·in-law, after the death of your husband,——when you aban- doned your father and mother, and country to go, and travel to a people whom you did not know formerly? May the Evan-Livmc; reward your act! And may the EvEn·L1v1NG Gon of Israel pay you well, since you came to shelter under his canopy l' I have found

favour in your sight, sir,~··-for you have comforted me. And you have spoken to the heart of your servant, alth0’ I am not one of your servants. At dinner

time go along with them and eat of the food, and dip your morsel in the So she sat beside the reapers, and

he handed her oatcake, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it! Then she arose to glean, and x5 Let her even giean amongst the stalks, and do not insult her. And 16 also pull some out from the sheaves and drop, that she may glean it, and She consequently gleaned in the 17 field till dusk, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was an Ephah of barley. Then she took it up, and went to the village, and showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned. Then she brought out, and gave to her what she had left after herself had dined. Her mother—in-law consequently

Where have you gleaned to—day, and what have you done? May whoever noticed you be blest! So she informed her mother-in-law

who had done it for her, and she The name of the man who was kind to me to-day is Boaz! May he

be completely blest by the EVER- LIVING for he has not ceased his kindness to the living or to the dead 2 ’ That man

is related to us,—he can restore us l ’ Then Ruth the Moabitess added,

You must keep with my servants to the end ofthe whole harvest that I have l ’ That

is right, my girl !——so go along with his girls, and let no one find you in another field. So she kept with the girls of Boaz

to giean until the end of the barley harvest, and wheat harvest, and resided with her mother—in—law. 18 20 21 22 Qawmi hzizrminzs tu mnrrg lint!) in Que;. Then her mother-in-law Naomi

My girl, ought I not to seek a resting place for you, that may benefit you? So, now, is there not Boaz, our relative, with whose girls you have been ?··~Look,——he is win nowing the barley at his barn to- night, therefore bathe yourself, and tidy, and put your cloak on you, and go down to the barn. But do not let the man know of you until he is full of victuals and drink. But when he lies down, then ascertain the apart- ment where he reclines, and go and uncover his feet and lie down,—when he will tell you what to do} 8yr

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