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1 Nos Es Mis tshuav nws tus txiv ib tug kwv tij txheeb. Yog ib tug neeg nyob chaw siab hauj sim. Nws yog Es Lis Mes Les xeem. Nws hu ua Npuag Oos. 2 Luv hais rau Nos Es Mis tias : “Thov koj kheev kuv mus nkawg ntxaib nplej nyob hauv lawv tej teb. Kuv mus hais. Yog leej twg kheev ces kuv mus khaws tom nws qub qab.”
1 Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. 2 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favor.”
Nos Es Mis teb tias : “Me ntxhais, koj mus kuj tau.” 3 Luv thiaj mus. Nws mus ncaj rau hauv Npuag Oos daim teb.
She said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
4 Npuag Oos nyuam qhuav los Npes Les Hes los txog ntua.
4 Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.”
Nws hais rau cov sau nplej tias HUAB TAIS nrog nej nyob !
They answered him, “May Yahweh bless you.”
5 Npuag Oos nug tus tub txib saib cov neeg sau nplej tias : “Tus poj niam hluas hluas ntawd yog leej twg tus ?”
5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”
6 Tus tub txib saib cov neeg sau nplej teb tias : “Tus poj niam hluas hluas yog ib tug poj niam Muas, uas nws nrog Nos Es Mis los ntawm cov tiaj Muas los. 7 Nws tuaj hais rau kuv tias ‘Kuv tuaj khaws cov hnab nplej poob nram neb qub qab puas tau ?’ Ces tag kis no sawv ntxov ntxov nws yeej tuaj nyob ib hnub ntawm no.”
6 The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”
8 Npuag Oos hais rau Luv tias : “Me ntxhais, koj tsis txhob mus khaws nplej nyob hauv lwm daim teb mog ! Koj tsis txhob khiav, koj raws nraim kuv cov tub txib qab. 9 Koj ntsia ntsoov lawv hlais nplej nyob qhov twg ces koj raws nraim lawv qab. Kuv txwv tsis kheev lawv ua phem rau koj. Yog koj nqhis dej mas koj mus hliv hauv cov plhuaj taub lawv ce tau lawm los haus.”
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field, and don’t go from here, but stay here close to my maidens. 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven’t I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn.”
10 Ces Luv khoov ti av pe Npuag Oos tias : “Vim li cas koj thiaj ua zoo rau kuv ? Kuv yog ib tug pej kum neeg xwb !”
10 Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”
11 Npuag Oos teb tias : “Vim kuv tau hnov luag tej hais txog koj rau kuv. Lawv piav tej koj tau ua rau koj niam pog thaum koj tus txiv tuag lawm. Koj tso koj niam koj txiv vaj tsev tseg thiab koj tuaj nyob ib lub teb chaws uas koj tsis tau paub dua li. 12 Thov kom HUAB TAIS pub rau koj raws li koj tau ua ! Thov kom His Xas Lais tus Tswv Ntuj uas koj los nkaum hauv nws qab tis pub paj tshab ntau ntau rau koj.”
11 Boaz answered her, “I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn’t know before. 12 May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
13 Luv hais tias : “Txiv hlob, thov koj ua zoo rau kuv mus li mog ! Koj hais lus zoo rau koj tus ntxhais txib mas kuv tso siab vim kuv twb tsis txij koj ib tug ntxhais txib.”
13 Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.”
14 Thaum txog caij noj su, Npuag Oos hais rau Luv tias : “Koj cia li los ntawm no, los noj cov mov thiab cov zaub no ntxuag.
14 At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.”
Ces Luv los zaum nrog cov neeg sau nplej noj mov, thiab Npuag Oos tseem kib ib taig noob rau nws noj. Thaum Luv noj tas tseem seem ib co. 15 Ces Luv sawv mus khaws nplej. Npuag Oos hais rau nws cov tub txib tias : “Nej cia nws khaws tej uas hlauv ntawm tes nplej los huv si, nej tsis txhob cem nws. 16 Thiab nej tseem yuav txhob txwm rho ob peb hnab nplej ntawm nej cov tes nplej tso poob rau hauv av kom nws tau khaws. Nej yuav tsis txhob nthe lawv nws qab.”
She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it. 15 When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her. 16 Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”
17 Luv khaws nplej txog tsaus ntuj. Thaum Luv ntaus nws cov nplej, kwv yees nws ntaus tau ib tawb. 18 Ces Luv nqa cov nplej ntawd nws rov mus hauv lub nroog. Nws muab cov nplej nws khaws tau rau nws niam saib thiab muab qhov nws noj tsis tas thaum tav su rau nws niam.
17 So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah† of barley. 18 She took it up, and went into the city. Then her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought out and gave to her that which she had left after she had enough.
19 Nws niam hais tias : “Hnub no koj mus khaws nplej qhov twg ? Thov kom Ntuj foom hmoov zoo rau tus uas nws ua zoo rau koj !”
19 Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.”
Luv qhia nws niam tias nws ua hauj lwm nyob hauv leej twg daim teb, nws hais tias : “Hnub no kuv ua hauj lwm nyob hauv ib tug txiv neej hu ua Npuag Oos daim teb.” 20 Ces Nos Es Mis hais rau nws tus nyab tias : Thov kom HUAB TAIS foom lus zoo rau nws. HUAB TAIS hlub cov tseem nyob thiab cov tuag lawm ! Tus ntawd yog peb ib tug kwv tij. Yog ib tug muaj cai cawm peb.”
She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”
21 Luv hais rau nws niam tias : “Nws tseem hais rau kuv tias : Koj tuaj nrog kuv cov tub txib ua hauj lwm mus txog thaum lawv sau kuv cov nplej tas tso.”
21 Ruth the Moabitess said, “Yes, he said to me, ‘You shall stay close to my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’ ”
22 Nos Es Mis hais rau nws tus nyab tias : “Me ntxhais, zoo kawg ! Koj mus nrog nws cov tub txib mog, koj thiaj li tsis tau mus nrhiav dua lwm daim teb uas ntshai lawv yuav tsis txais koj zoo.” 23 Ces Luv niaj hnub mus nrog Npuag Oos cov tub txib muab nplej mus txog lub caij lawv muab nplej tas. Thiab nws nrog Nos Es Mis nyob.
22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not harm you in any other field.” 23 So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.