1Na-aumis muaj ib tug kwvtij npe hu ua Npau-am uas yog ib tug neeg npluanuj thiab sawvdaws hwm, nws yog Na-aumis tus txiv Elimelej tsevneeg. 2Muaj ib hnub Luv hais rau Na-aumis hais tias, “Thov koj cia kuv mus nram luag tej teb thiab mus khaws tej nplej uas cov neeg hlais nplej ua poob. Kuv cia siab hais tias kuv yuav mus ntsib tus uas kam cia kuv khaws nws tej nplej.” Na-aumis teb hais tias, “Me nyab, koj mus los tau.” 3Yog li ntawd, Luv thiaj mus nram teb thiab raws cov neeg hlais nplej qab, khaws tej hnab nplej uas cov hlais ua poob. Nws txawm mus ncaj rau hauv Npau-am uas yog Elimelej tus kwvtij thaj teb. 4Tom qab ntawd Npau-am txawm tuaj hauv Npelehees tuaj txog thiab hais rau cov neeg hlais nplej hais tias, “Thov tus TSWV nrog nraim nej nyob.” Lawv teb hais tias, “Thov tus TSWV foom koob hmoov rau koj.” 5Npau-am nug tus uas saib cov neeg hlais nplej ntawd hais tias, “Tus pojniam hluas ntawd yog leejtwg?” 6Tus txivneej ntawd teb hais tias, “Tus pojniam ntawd yog neeg txawv tebchaws, nws nrog Na-aumis los nram tebchaws Mau-am los. 7Nws tuaj thov kuv cia nws raws cov neeg hlais nplej qab thiab khaws tej hnab nplej uas poob. Nws twb tuaj ua haujlwm puag tagkis no sawv ntxov los lawm, nws nyuam quav los so ib pliag hauv tsev pheebsuab no xwb.” 8Npau-am hais rau Luv hais tias, “Tus ntxhais koj mloog kuv hais, koj tsis txhob mus khaws nplej hauv lwm tus thaj teb, koj cia li khaws raws kuv cov ntxhais qhev qab nyob hauv kuv thaj teb no xwb; 9koj saib lawv hlais nplej qhov twg koj cia li khaws qhov ntawd. Kuv twb hais rau cov txivneej lawm, kom lawv tsis txhob los zes koj. Thiab thaum twg koj nqhis dej, cia li mus haus hauv tej hub uas lawv ntim dej puv nkaus rau lawm.” 10Luv txhos caug ntua nyo ua ntsejmuag ti nkaus hauv av, thiab hais rau Npau-am hais tias, “Vim li cas koj yuav hmov tshua kuv ua luaj? Vim li cas koj yuav ua siab dawb rau tus neeg txawv tebchaws tas npaum li?” 11Npau-am teb hais tias, “Kuv tau hnov txhua yam uas koj tau ua zoo rau koj niampog txij thaum koj tus txiv tuag los lawm. Kuv paub hais tias koj tau tso koj niam koj txiv thiab koj lub tebchaws tseg thiab los nrog cov neeg uas koj ibtxwm tsis tau paub dua li nyob. 12Thov kom tus TSWV pauj txiaj ntsig rau tej uas koj tau ua zoo tas los lawm. Thov kom koj tau txais koob hmoov nplua mias los ntawm tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv uas koj los vamkhom.” 13Luv teb hais tias, “Koj ua siab dawb kawg li rau kuv. Txawm yog kuv twb tsis muaj nqis npaum li koj ib tug ntxhais qhev los koj tseem ua rau kuv zoo siab heev vim koj hais tej lus mos lus muag rau kuv.” 14Thaum lub sijhawm noj mov Npau-am hais rau Luv hais tias, “Koj cia li los muab mov thiab zaub noj.” Yog li ntawd, Luv thiaj nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm noj mov ua ke thiab Npau-am faib tej ncuav nplej rau Luv noj. Nws noj tsau thiab tseem tshuav tej zaub mov seem. 15-16Tom qab uas noj mov tas thiab yuav rov mus khaws hnab nplej, Npau-am hais rau cov ua haujlwm hais tias, “Cia nws mus khaws tej hnab nplej, txawm yog cov uas poob ntawm qhov chaw uas tso tej tes nplej los nej tsis txhob txwv nws li. Dua li ntawd, nej yuav tsum rho tej hnab nplej ntawm tej tes nplej uas nej hlais tso rau nws khaws thiab.” 17Yog li ntawd, Luv thiaj khaws tej hnab nplej hauv thaj teb ntawd mus txog thaum tsaus ntuj thiab nws coj los ntaus tau ib kawg. 18Nws thiaj ris cov nplej ntawd los rau hauv nroog thiab coj los qhia rau nws niampog hais tias, hnub no kuv mus khaws tau nplej npaum li no. Thiab nws muab tej zaub mov uas nws noj sus tsis tas rau nws niampog noj. 19Na-aumis nug Luv hais tias, “Hnub no koj mus khaws tej nplej no qhov twg los? Koj mus ua haujlwm hauv leejtwg thaj teb? Thov Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau tus txivneej uas ua siab dawb rau koj!” Yog li ntawd, Luv thiaj qhia rau Na-aumis paub qhov uas nws mus khaws tej nplej ntawd hauv ib tug txivneej uas hu ua Npau-am thaj teb. 20Na-aumis thiaj hais tias, “Thov tus TSWV foom koob hmoov rau Npau-am, tus TSWV yeej ua raws li nws tej lus cog tseg rau cov neeg uas tseem ua neej nyob thiab cov uas tuag lawm.” Thiab nws hais ntxiv hais tias, “Tus txivneej ntawd yog ib tug uas txheeb ze wb heev, nws yog ib tus uas muaj cuabkav pab tau wb.” 21Ces Luv hais tias, “Zoo kawg li, nws tseem hais rau kuv kom kuv rau siab ntso mus khaws tej hnab nplej hauv nws thaj teb mus txog thaum nws cov neeg sau nplej tas.” 22Na-aumis hais rau Luv hais tias, “Me nyab, yog koj mus khaws nplej nrog Npau-am cov ntxhais qhev hauv nws thaj teb ntshai yuav zoo dua. Yog koj mus khaws hauv lwm tus thaj teb, ntshai luag yuav saib tsis taus koj.” 23Yog li ntawd, Luv thiaj nrog lawv mus khaws tej hnab nplej mus txog thaum hlais nplej tas thiab sau tej qoob tas lawm. Thiab Luv tseem nrog nws niampog nyob.
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Ruth Meets Boaz
1There was a ⚓relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of ⚓Elimelech. His name was⚓Boaz. 2So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the ⚓field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4Now behold, Boaz came from ⚓Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, ⚓“The Lordbe with you!” And they answered him, “The Lord bless you!” 5Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” 6So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman ⚓who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. 7And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.” 8Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women. 9Let your eyes be on the field which 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 vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.” 10So she ⚓fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found ⚓favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” 11And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, ⚓all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. 12⚓The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, ⚓under whose wings you have come for refuge.” 13Then she said, ⚓“Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, ⚓though I am not like one of your maidservants.” 14Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she ate and ⚓was satisfied, and kept some back. 15And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. 16Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.” 17So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of ⚓barley. 18Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she brought out and gave to her ⚓what she had kept back after she had been satisfied. 19And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who ⚓took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, ⚓“Blessed be he of the Lord, who ⚓has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!” And Naomi said to her, “This man is a relation of ours, ⚓one of our close relatives.” 21Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also said to me, ‘You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’ ” 22And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “Itis good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and that people do not meet you in any other field.” 23So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.