拿娥米为路得找归宿
路得的婆婆拿娥米对她说：“女儿啊，我不该为你找个归宿，使你享福吗？
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你与波阿斯的女仆常在一处，现在，波阿斯不是我们的亲人吗？看哪，他今夜将在禾场簸大麦。And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3你要沐浴抹膏，穿上外衣，下到禾场，一直到那人吃喝完了，都不要让他认出你来。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他躺下的时候，你看准他躺卧的地方，就进去掀露他的脚，躺卧在那里，他必告诉你所当做的事。”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路得说：“凡你所吩咐我的，我必遵行。”And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6路得就下到禾场，照她婆婆吩咐她的一切去做。And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
7波阿斯吃喝完了，心情畅快，就去躺卧在麦堆旁边。路得悄悄走来，掀露他的脚，躺卧在那里。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到了半夜，那人惊醒，翻过身来，看哪，有个女子躺在他的脚旁。And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9他就说：“你是谁？”路得说：“我是你的使女路得。请你用你衣服的边来遮盖你的使女，因为你是可以赎我产业的至亲。”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波阿斯说：“女儿啊，愿你蒙耶和华赐福。你后来的忠诚比先前的更美，因为无论贫富的年轻人，你都没有跟从。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女儿啊，现在不要惧怕，凡你所说的，我必为你做，因为我城里的百姓都知道你是个贤德的女子。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现在，我的确是一个可以赎你产业的至亲，可是还有一个人比我更亲。And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13你今夜在这里住宿，明早他若肯为你尽至亲的本分，很好，就由他吧！倘若他不肯，我指着永生的耶和华起誓，我必为你尽上至亲的本分。你只管躺到早晨。”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路得就在他脚旁躺到早晨，在人还无法彼此辨认的时候就起来了。波阿斯说：“不可让人知道有女子到禾场来。”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他又对路得说：“把你所披的外衣拿来，握紧它。”她就握紧外衣，波阿斯量了六簸箕的大麦，帮路得扛上，他就进城去了☛“他就进城去了”：有古卷和其他古译本是“她就进城去了”。。”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路得回到婆婆那里，婆婆说：“女儿啊，怎么样了☛“怎么样了”：原文直译“你是谁”。？”路得就把那人向她所做的一切都告诉了婆婆，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又说：“那人给了我这六簸箕的大麦，对我说：‘你不可空手回去见婆婆。’”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婆婆说：“女儿啊，等着吧，看这事结果如何，因为那人今日不办妥这事，必不罢休。”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.