Ruth1
1Now it came to pass in the days when the ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in Y’hudah went to sojourn in the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], he, and his wife, and his two sons.2And the name of the man [was] Eli-Melekh [my God is king], and the name of his wife Na’omi [my delight], and the name of his two sons Machlon [sick] and Kilyon [pining], Efratim [ashiness: fruitfulness] from Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in Y’hudah. And they came into the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and settled there.3And Eli-Melekh [my God is king] Na’omi [my delight]’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.4And they took them wives of the women of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]; the name of the one [was] ‘Orpah [gazelle], and the name of the other Rut [friendship]: and they dwelled there about ten years.5And Machlon [sick] and Kilyon [pining] died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.6Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: for she had heard in the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] how that the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had visited his people in giving them bread.7For what reason she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised].8And Na’omi [my delight] said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) deal kindly with you, as you2f have dealt with the dead, and with me.9The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) grant you that you2f may find rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.10And they said unto her, Surely we will return with youi unto youi people.11And Na’omi [my delight] said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you2f go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?12Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;13Would you2f wait for them till they were grown? would you2f stay for them from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) is gone out against me.14And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and ‘Orpah [gazelle] kissed her mother in law; but Rut [friendship] clave unto her.15And she said, Behold, youi sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return youi after youi sister in law.16And Rut [friendship] said, Intreat me not to leave youi, [or] to return from following after youi: for to which youi go, I will go; and where youi lodge, I will lodge: youri people [shall be] my people, and youri God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]:17Where youi die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part youi and me.18When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.19So they two went until they came to Beit-Lechem [House of Bread]. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beit-Lechem [House of Bread], that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Na’omi [my delight]?20And she said unto them, Call me not Na’omi [my delight], call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.21I went out full, and the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has brought me home again empty: why [then] call you2f me Na’omi [my delight], seeing the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has testified against me, and the Almighty (Shaddai) has afflicted me?22So Na’omi [my delight] returned, and Rut [friendship] the Moavi [from father: what father?], her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: and they came to Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in the beginning of barley harvest.1And Na’omi [my delight] had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Eli-Melekh [my God is king]; and his name [was] Bo’az [a high rate of movement].2And Rut [friendship] the Moaviah [from father: what father?] said unto Na’omi [my delight], Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.3And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to light on a part of the field [belonging] unto Bo’az [a high rate of movement], who [was] of the family of Eli-Melekh [my God is king].4And, behold, Bo’az [a high rate of movement] came from Beit-Lechem [House of Bread], and said unto the reapers, The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) bless youi.5Then said Bo’az [a high rate of movement] unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose girl [is] this?6And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It [is] the Moavi [from father: what father?] girl that came back with Na’omi [my delight] out of the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]:7And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.8Then said Bo’az [a high rate of movement] unto Rut [friendship], Hear youi not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:9[Let] youi eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and go youi after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch youi? and when youi are athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of [that] which the young men have drawn.10Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in youi eyes, that youi should take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger?11And Bo’az [a high rate of movement] answered and said unto her, It has fully been showed me, all that youi have done unto youi mother in law since the death of youi husband: and [how] youi have left youi father and youi mother, and the land of youi nativity, and are come unto a people which youi knew not heretofore.12The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) recompense youi work, and a full reward be given youi of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], under whose wings youi are come to trust.13Then she said, Let me find favour in youri sight, my lord; for that youi have comforted me, and for that youi have spoken friendly unto youi female servant, though I be not like unto one of youri handmaidens.14And Bo’az [a high rate of movement] said unto her, At mealtime come youi here, and eat of the bread, and dip youi morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.15And when she was risen up to glean, Bo’az [a high rate of movement] commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach (disgrace; shame) her not:16And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave [them], that she may glean [them], and rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) her not.17So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an eifah of barley.18And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.19And her mother in law said unto her, Where have youi gleaned to day? and where worked youi? Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) be he that did take knowledge of youi. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day [is] Bo’az [a high rate of movement].20And Na’omi [my delight] said unto her daughter in law, Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] he of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Na’omi [my delight] said unto her, The man [is] near of family unto us, one of our next kinsmen.21And Rut [friendship] the Moavi [from father: what father?] said, He said unto me also, youi shall keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.22And Na’omi [my delight] said unto Rut [friendship] her daughter in law, [It is] good, my daughter, that youi go out with his maidens, that they meet youi not in any other field.23So she kept fast by the maidens of Bo’az [a high rate of movement] to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.1Then Na’omi [my delight] her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for youi, that it may be well with youi?2And now [is] not Bo’az [a high rate of movement] of our family, with whose maidens youi were? Behold, he removes (chaff) from barley to night in the threshing floor.3Wash yourself therefore, and anoint youi, and put youri clothing upon youi, and get youi down to the floor: [but] make not yourself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.4And it shall be, when he lies down, that youi shall mark the place where he shall lie, and youi shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay youi down; and he will tell youi what youi shall do.5And she said unto her, All that youi say unto me I will do.6And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.7And when Bo’az [a high rate of movement] had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.9And he said, Who [are] youi? And she answered, I [am] Rut [friendship] youi female servant: spread therefore youi skirt over youi female servant; for youi [are] a near kinsman.10And he said, Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] youi of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), my daughter: [for] youi have showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as youi followed not young men, whether poor or rich.11And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to youi all that youi require: for all the city of my people does know that youi [are] a virtuous woman.12And now it is true that I [am youri] near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.13Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, [that] if he will perform unto youi the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to youi, then will I do the part of a kinsman to youi, [as] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives: lie down until the morning.14And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.15Also he said, Bring the veil that [youi have] upon youi, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her: and she went into the city.16And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who [are] youi, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.17And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto youi mother in law.18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until youi know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.1Then went Bo’az [a high rate of movement] up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Bo’az [a high rate of movement] spoke came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you2f down here. And they sat down.3And he said unto the kinsman, Na’omi [my delight], that is come again out of the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], sells a parcel of land, which [was] our brother Eli-Melekh [my God is king]’s:4And I thought to advertise (to advise, warn, inform, reveal) youi, saying, Buy [it] before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If youi will redeem [it], redeem [it]: but if youi will not redeem [it, then] tell me, that I may know: for [there is] none to redeem [it] beside youi; and I [am] after youi. And he said, I will redeem [it].5Then said Bo’az [a high rate of movement], What day youi buy the field of the hand of Na’omi [my delight], youi must buy [it] also of Rut [friendship] the Moaviah [from father: what father?], the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.6And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem [it] for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: redeem youi my right to yourself; for I cannot redeem [it].7Now this [was the manner] in former time in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] a testimony in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].8Therefore the kinsman said unto Bo’az [a high rate of movement], Buy [it] for youi. So he drew off his shoe.9And Bo’az [a high rate of movement] said unto the elders, and [unto] all the people, You2f [are] witnesses this day, that I have bought all that [was] Eli-Melekh [my God is king]’s, and all that [was] Kilyon’s [pining]’s and Machlon’s [sick]’s, of the hand of Na’omi [my delight].10Moreover Rut [friendship] the Mo’avi [of his father], the wife of Machlon [sick], have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: you2f [are] witnesses this day.11And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) make the woman that is come into youi house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: and do youi worthily in Ephrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness], and be famous in Beit-Lechem [House of Bread]:12And let youi house be like the house of Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)], whom Tamar [palm-tree] bore unto Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], of the seed which the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall give youi of this young woman.13So Bo’az [a high rate of movement] took Rut [friendship], and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) gave her conception, and she bore a son.14And the women said unto Na’omi [my delight], Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), which has not left youi this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].15And he shall be unto youi a restorer of [youi] life, and a nourisher of youi old age: for youi daughter in law, which loves youi, which is better to youi than seven sons, has born him.16And Na’omi [my delight] took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.17And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Na’omi [my delight]; and they called his name ‘Oved [serving]: he [is] the father of Yishai [I possess], the father of David [beloved].18Now these [are] the generations of Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)]: Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Hetzron [surrounded by a wall],19And Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Ram [high or exalted], and Ram [high or exalted] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Amminadav [family of the prince],20And ‘Amminadav [family of the prince] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Nachshon [Enchanter], and Nachshon [Enchanter] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Salmon,21And Salmon begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Bo’az [a high rate of movement], and Bo’az [a high rate of movement] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Oved [serving],22And ‘Oved [serving] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yishai [I possess], and Yishai [I possess] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) David [beloved].
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