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ルツ記 3
Japanese Living Bible
ルツ記 3
Japanese Living Bible
打ち場での出来事
3 ある日、ナオミはルツに話しかけました。「ねえ、ルツや。そろそろあなたも良いお婿さんを見つけて幸せにならなければね。 2 実は、これはと思っている人がいるの。あのボアズさんよ。あの方はとっても親切にしてくださったし、近い親戚でもあるからね。たまたま耳にしたんだけど、今夜、あの方は打ち場で大麦をふるい分けるって話よ。 3 さあ、私の言うとおりにしておくれ。体を洗って香油を塗り、きれいな服を着て、打ち場へお行き。ただし、あの方が夕食をすますまでは気づかれないようにね。 4 あの方がお休みになる場所をちゃんと見届けてから、そっと入って行き、足もとの覆いをまくって横になりなさい。あとはあの方が、あなたがどうすべきかを教えてくださるでしょう。」
5 「わかりました。おっしゃるとおりにします。」
6-7 ルツはしゅうとめに教えられたとおり、その夜、打ち場に出かけて行きました。ボアズは食事をすますとすっかり心地よくなって、積み重ねてある麦のそばにごろりと横になり眠ってしまいました。そこで、ルツはそっと忍び寄り、ボアズの足もとの覆いをまくって横になりました。 8 真夜中に目を覚ましたボアズは、びっくりして跳び起きました。なんと、足もとに女が寝ているではありませんか。
9 「だれだ、おまえは！」とボアズが問いただすと、ルツは答えました。「ボアズ様、私ルツでございます。どうぞ、神様の律法に従って私を妻にしてください。あなた様はその権利がある親類ですから。」
10 「ルツよ。あなたのようなすばらしい女性は見たことがない。こんなにまでしてナオミに尽くしているとは。貧しくてもまだ若いのだから、若い男に心をひかれても不思議ではないのに、そんな気持ちよりも、買い戻しの権利を持つ私と結婚してナオミのために世継ぎを残そうというのか。 11 ルツよ、何も心配はいらないよ。望みどおりにしてあげよう。あなたがすばらしい女性だということは、だれもが知っているのだから。 12 ただ、一つだけ問題がある。確かに私は近い親戚には違いないが、もっと近い親戚がいるのだ。 13 とにかく今夜はここで休みなさい。朝になったら、その人と話をつけることにしよう。もしその人があなたを妻に迎えるというなら、そのようにしてもらおう。義務を果たさせるまでだ。だが、もし断ったら、私が責任を果たそう。今ここで、はっきり主に誓うよ。さあ安心して、朝までここで休みなさい。」
14 ルツは言われたとおりボアズの足もとに寝ましたが、夜明け前に起きました。ボアズが、「この打ち場に来たことをだれにも知られないように」と注意したからです。 15-18 「あなたの肩掛けを持って来なさい。」ボアズはそう言うと、しゅうとめへのみやげにと、大麦六杯をその中へ入れてルツに背負わせました。こうしてルツは町へ帰りました。
帰宅すると、ナオミが「どうだったの？」と尋ねました。聞かれるままにあったこと全部を話し、ボアズから受け取った大麦を渡しました。そして、「何も持たずに帰ってはいけない」と言ったボアズのことばも、忘れずに伝えました。ナオミはうなずきました。「そう、ではどうなるのか、何か知らせがあるまでおとなしくしていましょう。ボアズさんのことですもの、決着がつくように最善を尽くしてくださるわ。きっと、今日にもめどをつけてくださいますよ。」
Ruth 3
New International Version
Ruth 3
New International Version
Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor
3 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi(A) said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home[a](B) for you, where you will be well provided for. 2 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative(C) of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.(D) 3 Wash,(E) put on perfume,(F) and get dressed in your best clothes.(G) Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.(H) 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do whatever you say,”(I) Ruth answered. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor(J) and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,(K) he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.(L) Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. 8 In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!
9 “Who are you?” he asked.
“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment(M) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[b](N) of our family.”
10 “The Lord bless you,(O) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:(P) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.(Q) 12 Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,(R) there is another who is more closely related than(S) I. 13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,(T) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives(U) I will do it.(V) Lie here until morning.”
14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.(W)”(X)
15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl(Y) you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[c] went back to town.
16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her 17 and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”(Z)
Footnotes
- Ruth 3:1 Hebrew find rest (see 1:9)
- Ruth 3:9 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); also in verses 12 and 13.
- Ruth 3:15 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac she
Ruth 3
King James Version
Ruth 3
King James Version
3 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
7 And when Boaz 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.
8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee 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 thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
14 And 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.
15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, 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.
16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
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