Liber Ruth

Ruth, chapter 3, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 3 Vulgate

   1 Et dixit ad eam Noemi socrus sua: "Filia mea, quaeram tibi requiem et providebo, ut bene sit tibi.
   2 Booz propinquus noster, cuius puellis in agro iuncta eras, ecce ipse hac nocte aream hordei ventilat.
   3 Lavare igitur, ungere et induere pallio tuo ac descende in aream; non te videat homo, donec esum potumque finierit.
   4 Quando autem ierit ad dormiendum, nota locum, in quo dormiat; veniesque et discooperies pallium, quo operitur a parte pedum, et ibi iacebis. Ipse autem dicet tibi quid agere debeas".
   5 Quae respondit: "Quidquid praeceperis, faciam".
   6 Descenditque in aream et fecit omnia, quae sibi imperaverat socrus.
   7 Cumque comedisset Booz et bibisset et factus esset hilarior issetque ad dormiendum in extrema parte acervi manipulorum, venit abscondite et, discooperto a pedibus eius pallio, se proiecit.
   8 Et ecce, nocte iam media, expavit homo et erexit se viditque mulierem iacentem ad pedes suos.
   9 Et ait illi: "Quae es?". Illaque respondit: "Ego sum Ruth ancilla tua. Expande pallium tuum super famulam tuam, quia tibi est ius redemptionis".
   10 Et ille: "Benedicta, inquit, es a Domino, filia; et priorem pietatem posteriore superasti, quia non es secuta iuvenes pauperes sive divites.
   11 Noli ergo metuere, sed, quidquid dixeris mihi, faciam tibi; scit enim omnis populus, qui habitat intra portas urbis meae, mulierem te esse fortem.
   12 Nec abnuo me propinquum, sed est alius me propinquior.
   13 Quiesce hac nocte et, facto mane, si te voluerit propinquitatis iure suscipere, bene, suscipiat; sin autem ille noluerit, vivit Dominus, ego te absque ulla dubitatione suscipiam! Dormi usque mane".
   14 Dormivit itaque ad pedes eius usque ad noctis abscessum. Surrexitque, antequam homines se cognoscerent mutuo, et dixit Booz: "Cave, ne quis noverit quod huc veneris".
   15 Et rursum: "Expande, inquit, palliolum tuum, quo operiris, et tene utraque manu". Qua extendente et tenente, mensus est sex modios hordei et posuit super eam; quae portans ingressa est civitatem
   16 et venit ad socrum suam. Quae dixit ei: "Quid egisti, filia?". Narravitque ei omnia, quae sibi fecisset homo,
   17 et ait: "Ecce sex modios hordei dedit mihi et ait: "Nolo vacuam te reverti ad socrum tuam".
   18 Dixitque Noemi: "Exspecta, filia, donec videamus quem res exitum habeat; neque enim cessabit homo, nisi compleverit hodie, quod locutus est".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 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.