Rut 3

¹Ve kayınvalidesiyle birlikte kaldı. Kayınvalidesi Naomi ona, "Kızım, senin için her şeyin iyi gitmesi adına, sana huzur bulacağın bir yuva aramalıyım değil mi?" dedi.

²"Şimdi, hizmetçi kızlarıyla birlikte çalıştığın Boaz bizim bir tanıdığımız değil mi? Bak, o bu gece harman yerinde arpa savuruyor.

³Sen şimdi yıkan, güzel kokulu yağlarla meshedil, pelerinini üzerine al ve harman yerine git; ancak adam yiyip içmeyi bitirene kadar kendini ona belli etme.

⁴Ve o uyumak için yattığında, yattığı yeri iyice belle; sonra gidip onun ayak ucundakileri aç ve oraya yat. Ne yapman gerektiğini o sana bildirecektir."

⁵Rut ona, "Söylediğin her şeyi yapacağım" diye karşılık verdi.

⁶Böylece harman yerine indi ve kayınvalidesinin kendisine buyurduğu her şeye göre yaptı.

⁷Boaz yiyip içti, yüreği neşeyle doldu ve saman yığınının ucuna gidip yattı. Rut da gizlice yaklaştı, onun ayak ucundakileri açıp yattı.

⁸Gece yarısı adam aniden ürkerek sarsıldı ve bir de baktı ki, ayak ucunda bir kadın uyuyor!

⁹"Kimsin sen?" diye sordu. Kadın, "Ben kulun Rut'um" dedi, "Kulunun üzerine kanadını ört, çünkü sen bizi fidyeyle kurtarma hakkı olan yakın akrabasın."

¹⁰Boaz, "Kızım, Rab Tanrı seni kutsasın" dedi, "Son gösterdiğin sadakat sevgisi ilkinden de büyüktür; çünkü ister yoksul ister zengin olsun, gençlerin arkasından gitmedin.

¹¹Ve şimdi kızım, korkma; söylediğin her şeyi senin için yapacağım. Çünkü halkımın tüm kabilesi senin güçlü ve erdemli bir kadın olduğunu biliyor.

¹²Gerçi benim kurtarıcı akraba olduğum doğrudur, ama benden daha yakın bir kurtarıcı akraba da vardır.

¹³Bu gece burada kal; sabah olunca, eğer o akrabalık görevini üstlenip seni fidyeyle kurtarırsa ne âlâ, kurtarsın. Ama eğer seni kurtarmak istemezse, yaşayan Rab'bin adıyla ant içerim ki, seni ben kurtarırım. Sabaha kadar uyu."

¹⁴Böylece sabaha kadar onun ayak ucunda yattı. Ancak, bir adamın yanındakini tanıyabileceği vakitten önce uyandı. Boaz, "Harman yerine bir kadının geldiği bilinmesin" demişti.

¹⁵Sonra ona, "Üzerindeki örtüyü getir ve sıkıca tut" dedi. Rut örtüyü tuttu; Boaz altı ölçek arpa ölçüp ona yükledi ve Rut kente girdi.

¹⁶Rut kayınvalidesinin yanına dönünce, Naomi, "Kızım, durumun nasıl?" diye sordu. Rut, adamın kendisi için yaptığı her şeyi ona anlattı.

¹⁷Ve ekledi: "Bana bu altı ölçek arpayı da verdi; çünkü 'Kayınvalidenin yanına eli boş gitme' dedi."

¹⁸Naomi, "Kızım, bu işin nasıl sonuçlanacağını öğrenene kadar bekle" dedi, "Çünkü adam bu işi bugün bitirip tamamlamadan asla huzur bulmayacaktır."

¹ΚΑΙ ἐκάθισε μετὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς αὐτῆς. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῇ Νωεμὶν ἡ πενθερὰ αὐτῆς· θύγατερ, οὐ μὴ ζητήσω σοι ἀνάπαυσιν, ἵνα εὖ γένηταί σοι;

²καὶ νῦν οὐχὶ Βοὸζ γνώριμος ἡμῶν, οὗ ἦς μετὰ τῶν κορασίων αὐτοῦ; ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς λικμᾷ τὸν ἅλωνα τῶν κριθῶν ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί.

³σὺ δὲ λούσῃ καὶ ἀλείψῃ καὶ περιθήσεις τὸν ἱματισμόν σου ἐπί σεαυτῇ καὶ ἀναβήσῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἅλω· μὴ γνωρισθῇς τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἕως τοῦ συντελέσαι αὐτὸν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν·

⁴καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτόν, καὶ γνώσῃ τὸν τόπον ὅπου κοιμᾶται ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐλεύσῃ καὶ ἀποκαλύψεις τὰ πρὸς ποδῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ κοιμηθήσῃ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπαγγελεῖ σοι ἃ ποιήσεις.

⁵εἶπε δὲ Ῥοὺθ πρὸς αὐτήν· πάντα ὅσα ἂν εἴπῃς, ποιήσω.

⁶καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὸν ἅλω καὶ ἐποίησε κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐνετείλατο αὐτῇ ἡ πενθερὰ αὐτῆς.

⁷καὶ ἔφαγε Βοὸζ καὶ ἔπιε καὶ ἠγαθύνθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθε κοιμηθῆναι ἐν μερίδι τῆς στοιβῆς· ἡ δὲ ἦλθε κρυφῇ καὶ ἀπεκάλυψε τὰ πρὸς ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.

⁸ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ μεσονυκτίῳ καὶ ἐξέστη ὁ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἐταράχθη, καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ κοιμᾶται πρὸς ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.

⁹εἶπε δέ· τίς εἶ σύ; ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐγώ εἰμι Ῥοὺθ ἡ δούλη σου, καὶ περιβαλεῖς τὸ πτερύγιόν σου ἐπὶ τὴν δούλην σου, ὅτι ἀγχιστεὺς εἶ σύ.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπε Βοόζ· εὐλογημένη σὺ τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ, θύγατερ, ὅτι ἠγάθυνας τὸ ἔλεός σου τὸ ἔσχατον ὑπὲρ τὸ πρῶτον, μὴ πορευθῆναί σε ὀπίσω νεανιῶν, εἴτοι πτωχὸς εἴτοι πλούσιος.

¹¹καὶ νῦν, θύγατερ, μὴ φοβοῦ· πάντα, ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃς, ποιήσω σοι· οἶδε γὰρ πᾶσα φυλὴ λαοῦ μου ὅτι γυνὴ δυνάμεως εἶ σύ.

¹²καὶ νῦν ὁ ἀληθῶς ἀγχιστεὺς ἐγώ εἰμι. καί γέ ἐστιν ἀγχιστεὺς ἐγγίων ὑπὲρ ἐμέ.

¹³αὐλίσθητι τὴν νύκτα, καὶ ἔσται τὸ πρωΐ, ἐὰν ἀγχιστεύσῃ σε, ἀγαθόν, ἀγχιστευέτω· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ βούληται ἀγχιστεῦσαί σε, ἀγχιστεύσω σε ἐγώ, ζῇ Κύριος· κοιμήθητι ἕως τὸ πρωΐ.

¹⁴καὶ ἐκοιμήθη πρὸς ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἕως πρωΐ. ἡ δὲ ἀνέστη πρὸ τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναι ἄνδρα τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπε Βοόζ· μὴ γνωσθήτω ὅτι ἦλθε γυνὴ εἰς τὸν ἅλω.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· φέρε τὸ περίζωμα τὸ ἐπάνω σου. καὶ ἐκράτησεν αὐτό, καὶ ἐμέτρησεν ἓξ κριθῶν καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν· καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.

¹⁶καὶ Ῥοὺθ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτῆς· ἡ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· θύγατερ· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἀνήρ.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· τὰ ἓξ τῶν κριθῶν ταῦτα ἔδωκέ μοι, ὅτι εἶπε πρός με· μὴ εἰσέλθῃς κενὴ πρὸς τὴν πενθεράν σου.

¹⁸ἡ δὲ εἶπε· κάθου, θύγατερ, ἕως τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναί σε πῶς οὐ πεσεῖται ῥῆμα· οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἡσυχάσῃ ὁ ἀνήρ, ἕως ἂν τελεσθῇ τὸ ρῆμα σήμερον.

¹And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

²And now [is] not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels thou wast? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.

³But do thou wash, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go up to the threshing-floor: do not discover thyself to the man until he has done eating and drinking.

⁴And it shall come to pass when he lies down, that thou shalt mark the place where he lies down, and shalt come and lift up the covering of his feet, and shalt lie down; and he shall tell thee what thou shalt do.

⁵And Ruth said to her, All that thou shalt say, I will do.

⁶And she went down to the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her.

⁷And Booz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of corn; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet.

⁸And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

⁹And he said, Who art thou? and she said, I am thine handmaid Ruth; spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid, for thou art a near relation.

¹⁰And Booz said, Blessed [be] thou of the Lord God, [my] daughter, for thou hast made thy latter kindness greater than the former, in that thou followest not after young men, whether [any be] poor or rich.

¹¹And now fear not, my daughter, whatever thou shalt say I will do to thee; for all the tribe of my people knows that thou art a virtuous woman.

¹²And now I am truly akin to thee; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I.

¹³Lodge [here] for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will do the part of a kinsman to thee, well-- let him do it: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, I will do the kinsman’s part to thee, [as] the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.

¹⁴And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbour; and Booz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

¹⁵And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon thee: and she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city.

¹⁶And Ruth went in to her mother-in-law, and she said to her, [My] daughter! and [Ruth] told her all that the man had done to her.

¹⁷And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

¹⁸And she said, Sit still, [my] daughter, until thou shalt know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter be accomplished this day.