रूथ 3
1 तब नाओमी, रूथकी सासूले रूथलाई भनिन्, “मेरो छोरी, सम्भवत म तिम्रो निम्ति एक असल पति अनि घर पाउन सकूँ। त्यो तिम्रो निम्ति असल हुनेछ।
2 सम्भवत बोअज नै सही व्यक्ती हुन सक्छन्। बोअज हाम्रो नजिकको आफन्त हुन। तिमीले उसका स्त्री सेविकाहरूका साथ काम गर्यौ। आज राती उनी खलामा काम गरिरहेका हुनेछन्।
3 “जाऊ नुहाइ-धुवाइ गर अनि राम्रो वस्त्र राम्ररी लगाऊ। अनि तल ढीकी कुट्ने ठाउँमा जाऊ। तर बोअजसित देखा नपर जबसम्म तिनले रातको भोजन गरि सक्तैनन्।
4 तिनले भोजन गरि सकेपछि तिनी विश्राम गर्नलाई कहाँ जान्छन्। तिनलाई हेर तिनीकहाँ सुत्नेछन् तिमीले देख्न सक्ने छौ। त्यहाँ जाऊ अनि तिनको पाउबाट ओढने वस्त्र उठाऊ। तब त्यहाँ बोअजसित सुत। तिनले बिवाहको विषयमा गर्नुपर्ने कुरो तिमीलाई भन्ने छन्।”
5 तब रूथले भनिन्, “तपाईंले भन्नु भएको कुरो म गर्ने छु।”
6 यसर्थ रूथ तल ढीकी कुट्ने ठाउँमा गइन्। रूथले आफ्नी सासूले तिनलाई गर्नु भनेका सबै कुरा गरिन्।
7 खाई-पिई सकेपछि बोअज निक्कै सन्तुष्ट थिए। ऊ अन्नको थुप्रोको छेउमा सुत्न गए। तब रूथ चूपचापसित उनीकहाँ गइन् अनि तिनको खुट्टाबाट ओढ्ने उचालिन् र त्यहाँ ढल्किन्।
8 आधारात तिर बोअज निन्द्राबाट व्यूँझिए। तिनी अत्यन्त आश्चर्य चकित भए। आफ्नो खुट्टाको छेउमा एक स्त्री सुतिरहेकी थिइन्।
9 बोअजले भने, “तिमी को हौ?”तिनले भनिन्, “म रूथ हुँ, तपाईंकी दासी केटी। तपाईंको ओढने ममाथि पनि फैलाउनु होस्। तपाईं मेरा रक्षक हुनुहुन्छ।”
10 तब बोअजले भने, “परमप्रभुले तिमीलाई आर्शीर्वाद दिऊन्, जवान स्त्री। तिमीले मलाई खूबै दया देखायौ। तिम्रो दया मेरो निम्ति तिमीले नाओमीलाई शुरूमा देखाएको दया भन्दा महान छ। तिमीले बिवाह गर्नका निम्ति धनी वा गरीब जवान मानिसलाई खोज्न सक्थ्यौ। तर तिमीले खोजिनौं।
11 अब, जवान स्त्री, भयभीत न बन। तिमीले सोधेका (भनेका) कुराहरू म गर्ने छु। हाम्रो शहरका सबै मानिस जान्दछन् कि तिमी एक अत्यन्त असल स्त्री हौ।
12 अनि यो सत्य हो। म एक नजिकको आफन्त हुँ। तर एकजना मान्छे छ जो तिमीसित म भन्दा नजिकको आफन्त हो।
13 आज राती तिमी यहीं बस। भोलि बिहान हामी हेर्ने छौ उसले तिमीलाई सहयोग गर्न सक्छ कि! यो राम्रो हुन्छ यदि उसले तिमीलाई सहयोग गर्ने निर्णय गर्छ। यदि उसले तिमीलाई सहयोग दिन अस्वीकार गर्छ भने परमप्रभुको शपथ खाएर म यो प्रतिज्ञा गर्छु कि म तिमीलाई बिवाह गर्ने छु अनि तिम्रो निम्ति एलीमेलेकको भूमि यसको दाम तिरेर फर्काइ ल्याउँछु। यसर्थ, विहान न भएसम्म यहीं ढल्क।”
14 यसर्थ बिहान नभएसम्म रूथ बोअजको खुट्टाको नजिकमा सुतिन्। मानिसहरूले एक अर्कालाई चिन्न नसक्ने झिसमिसेमानै तिनी उठिन्।बोअजले तिनलाई भने, “तिमी हिजो राती मकहाँ आयौ भन्ने कुरा हामी गुप्त राख्छौं।”
15 तब बोअजले भने, “तिम्रो ओढने मकहाँ ल्याऊ। अब त्यसलाई खोलेर समात।”यसर्थ रूथले आफ्नो ओढने खोलेर समातिन् अनि बोअजले छः पाथीजस्तो जौं नापेर, नाओमी, तिनकी सासूका निम्ति भेंट स्वरूप पठाए। तब बोअजले त्यसलाई रूथको ओढनेमा कुम्लोपारे अनि उसको पिठ्यूँमा राखि दिए। त्यसपछि तिनी शहरतिर गए।
16 रूथ आफ्नी सासू नाओमीको घर गइन्। नाओमी ढोकासम्म आइन् अनि सोधिन्, “त्यहाँ को छ?”उनी भित्र गइन् र बोअजले उनको लागि गरेका सबै कुरा उनलाई भनिन्।
17 तिनले भनिन्, “बोअजले तपाईंलाई भेंट स्वरूप यो जौं पठाइदिए। तपाईंको निम्ति कोसेली नलिई मैले घर जानु हुँदैन भनी बोअजले भने।”
18 नाओमीले भनिन्, “छोरी, के हुन्छ हामीले त्यो नसुनेसम्म धैर्य धारण गर। बोअजले त्यसबेलासम्म विश्राम लिनेछैनन् जबसम्म तिनले गर्नु पर्ने कुरा पूर्ण गर्दैनन्। दिनको अन्त हुन को अघिबाट नै हामीले जान्ने छौं के हुनेछ।”
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.
1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him?
8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.
13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?
17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
22 And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.
24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.