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Ac i ŵr Naomi yr ydoedd câr, o ŵr cadarn nerthol, o dylwyth Elimelech, a’i enw Boas. A Ruth y Foabes a ddywedodd wrth Naomi, Gad i mi fyned yn awr i’r maes, a lloffa tywysennau ar ôl yr hwn y caffwyf ffafr yn ei olwg. Hithau a ddywedodd wrthi, Dos, fy merch. A hi a aeth, ac a ddaeth, ac a loffodd yn y maes ar ôl y medelwyr: a digwyddodd wrth ddamwain fod y rhan honno o’r maes yn eiddo Boas, yr hwn oedd o dylwyth Elimelech.

Ac wele, Boas a ddaeth o Bethlehem, ac a ddywedodd wrth y medelwyr, Yr Arglwydd a fyddo gyda chwi. Hwythau a ddywedasant wrtho ef, Yr Arglwydd a’th fendithio. Yna y dywedodd Boas wrth ei was yr hwn oedd yn sefyll yn ymyl y medelwyr, Pwy biau y llances hon? A’r gwas yr hwn oedd yn sefyll wrth y medelwyr a atebodd, ac a ddywedodd, Y llances o Moab ydyw hi, yr hon a ddychwelodd gyda Naomi o wlad Moab: A hi a ddywedodd, Atolwg yr ydwyf gael lloffa, a chasglu ymysg yr ysgubau ar ôl y medelwyr: a hi a ddaeth, ac a arhosodd er y bore hyd yr awr hon, oddieithr aros ohoni hi ychydig yn tŷ. Yna y dywedodd Boas wrth Ruth, Oni chlywi di, fy merch? Na ddos i loffa i faes arall, ac na cherdda oddi yma; eithr aros yma gyda’m llancesau i. Bydded dy lygaid ar y maes y byddont hwy yn ei fedi; a dos ar eu hôl hwynt: oni orchmynnais i’r llanciau, na chyffyrddent â thi? A phan sychedych, dos at y llestri, ac yf o’r hwn a ollyngodd y llanciau. 10 Yna hi a syrthiodd ar ei hwyneb, ac a ymgrymodd i lawr, ac a ddywedodd wrtho ef, Paham y cefais ffafr yn dy olwg di, fel y cymerit gydnabod arnaf, a minnau yn alltudes? 11 A Boas a atebodd, ac a ddywedodd wrthi, Gan fynegi y mynegwyd i mi yr hyn oll a wnaethost i’th chwegr ar ôl marwolaeth dy ŵr; ac fel y gadewaist dy dad a’th fam, a gwlad dy enedigaeth, ac y daethost at bobl nid adwaenit o’r blaen. 12 Yr Arglwydd a dalo am dy waith; a bydded dy obrwy yn berffaith gan Arglwydd Dduw Israel, yr hwn y daethost i obeithio dan ei adenydd. 13 Yna hi a ddywedodd, Caffwyf ffafr yn dy olwg di, fy arglwydd; gan i ti fy nghysuro i, a chan i ti lefaru wrth fodd calon dy wasanaethferch, er nad ydwyf fel un o’th lawforynion di. 14 A dywedodd Boas wrthi hi, Yn amser bwyd tyred yma, a bwyta o’r bara, a gwlych dy damaid yn y finegr. A hi a eisteddodd wrth ystlys y medelwyr: ac efe a estynnodd iddi gras ŷd; a hi a fwytaodd, ac a ddigonwyd, ac a adawodd weddill. 15 A hi a gyfododd i loffa: a gorchmynnodd Boas i’w weision, gan ddywedyd, Lloffed hefyd ymysg yr ysgubau, ac na feiwch arni: 16 A chan ollwng gollyngwch hefyd iddi beth o’r ysgubau; a gadewch hwynt, fel y lloffo hi hwynt; ac na cheryddwch hi. 17 Felly hi a loffodd yn y maes hyd yr hwyr: a hi a ddyrnodd yr hyn a loffasai, ac yr oedd ynghylch effa o haidd.

18 A hi a’i cymerth, ac a aeth i’r ddinas: a’i chwegr a ganfu yr hyn a gasglasai hi: hefyd hi a dynnodd allan, ac a roddodd iddi yr hyn a weddillasai hi, wedi cael digon. 19 A dywedodd ei chwegr wrthi hi, Pa le y lloffaist heddiw, a pha le y gweithiaist? bydded yr hwn a’th adnabu yn fendigedig. A hi a fynegodd i’w chwegr pwy y gweithiasai hi gydag ef; ac a ddywedodd, Enw y gŵr y gweithiais gydag ef heddiw, yw Boas. 20 A dywedodd Naomi wrth ei gwaudd, Bendigedig fyddo efe gan yr Arglwydd, yr hwn ni pheidiodd â’i garedigrwydd tua’r rhai byw a’r rhai meirw. Dywedodd Naomi hefyd wrthi hi, Agos i ni yw y gŵr hwnnw, o’n cyfathrach ni y mae efe. 21 A Ruth y Foabes a ddywedodd, Efe a ddywedodd hefyd wrthyf, Gyda’m llanciau i yr arhosi, nes gorffen ohonynt fy holl gynhaeaf i. 22 A dywedodd Naomi wrth Ruth ei gwaudd, Da yw, fy merch, i ti fyned gyda’i lancesi ef, fel na ruthront i’th erbyn mewn maes arall. 23 Felly hi a ddilynodd lancesau Boas i loffa, nes darfod cynhaeaf yr haidd a chynhaeaf y gwenith: ac a drigodd gyda’i chwegr.

Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field

Now Naomi had a relative(A) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(B) from the clan of Elimelek,(C) whose name was Boaz.(D)

And Ruth the Moabite(E) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(F) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(G)

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(H) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(I)

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(J)

“The Lord bless you!(K)” they answered.

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(L) who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves(M) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest(N) in the shelter.”

So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(O) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(P)—a foreigner?(Q)

11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law(R) since the death of your husband(S)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know(T) before.(U) 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(V) the God of Israel,(W) under whose wings(X) you have come to take refuge.(Y)

13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(Z) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(AA) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”

When she sat down with the harvesters,(AB) he offered her some roasted grain.(AC) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(AD) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(AE) and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke(AF) her.”

17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed(AG) the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[a](AH) 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over(AI) after she had eaten enough.

19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(AJ)

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

20 “The Lord bless him!(AK)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(AL) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(AM) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(AN) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[b](AO)

21 Then Ruth the Moabite(AP) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”

22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”

23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley(AQ) and wheat harvests(AR) were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms
  2. Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).