You have been working with the women who work for Boaz. He’s a relative of ours. Tonight he’ll be separating the straw from his barley on the threshing floor.

你与波阿斯的使女常在一处，波阿斯不是我们的亲族吗？他今夜在场上簸大麦；

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。

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。

波阿斯不是我们的亲戚吗？而且你又常与他的女工在一起。今天晚上他会在麦场簸大麦。

你常常和他的女佣人在一起的波阿斯不是我们的亲戚吗？他今天晚上要在禾场上簸大麦。

看，难道波阿斯不是我们的亲人吗？难道你不是与他的使女们在一起吗？看哪！今夜他会在打谷场上簸扬大麦。

你與波阿斯的使女常在一處，波阿斯不是我們的親族嗎？他今夜在場上簸大麥；

你與波阿斯的女僕常在一處，現在，波阿斯不是我們的親人嗎？看哪，他今夜將在禾場簸大麥。

你與波阿斯的女僕常在一處，現在，波阿斯不是我們的親人嗎？看哪，他今夜將在禾場簸大麥。

波阿斯不是我們的親戚嗎？而且你又常與他的女工在一起。今天晚上他會在麥場簸大麥。

你常常和他的女傭人在一起的波阿斯不是我們的親戚嗎？他今天晚上要在禾場上簸大麥。

現在我告訴你，你和他的女僕們常在一起的那位波阿斯豈不是我們的親人麼？注意吧，他今夜會在禾場上簸大麥。

看，難道波阿斯不是我們的親人嗎？難道你不是與他的使女們在一起嗎？看哪！今夜他會在打穀場上簸揚大麥。

昔爾與波阿斯使女偕、波阿斯非我之戚族乎、彼今夜在禾場、簸揚麰麥、

昔爾從波士眾女、波士為我戚屬、今日薄暮在場、簸揚麰麥。

昔爾偕波阿斯婢、波阿斯原為我儕之親屬、今夜在場、簸揚麰麥、

Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

Now isn’t Boaz our relative? Haven’t you been working with his female servants? This evening he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

Now then, is Boaz not our relative, with whose young women you were? Behold, he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor tonight.

Now Boaz, whose young women you were with, is he not our relative? In fact, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to- night in the threshing- floor.

Now isn’t Boaz our relative? Haven’t you been working with his female servants? This evening he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

And now[ is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he will be winnowing barley tonight on the threshing floor.

So Boaz said to Ruth,“ Dear woman, listen to me. Don’t pick up grain in any other field. Don’t go anywhere else. Stay here with the women who work for me.

Suppose two brothers are living near each other. And one of them dies without having a son. Then his widow must not marry anyone outside the family. Her husband’s brother should marry her. That’s what a brother- in- law is supposed to do.Her first baby boy will be named after her first husband. Then the dead man’s name will continue in Israel.But suppose the man doesn’t want to marry his brother’s wife. Then she will go to the elders at the gate of the town. She will say,“ My husband’s brother refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel. He won’t do for me what a brother- in- law is supposed to do.”Then the elders in his town will send for him. They will talk to him. But he still might say,“ I don’t want to marry her.”Then his brother’s widow will go up to him in front of the elders. She’ll pull one of his sandals off his foot. She’ll spit in his face. And she’ll say,“ That’s what we do to a man who won’t build up his brother’s family line.”That man’s family line will be known in Israel as The Family of the Man Whose Sandal Was Pulled Off.

“ May the Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter- in- law.“ The Lord is still being kind to those who are living and those who are dead.” She continued,“ That man is a close relative of ours. He’s one of our family protectors.”Then Ruth, who was from Moab, said,“ He told me more. He even said,‘ Stay with my workers until they have finished bringing in all my grain.’ ”Naomi replied to her daughter- in- law Ruth. She said,“ That will be good for you, my daughter. Go with the women who work for him. You might be harmed if you go to someone else’s field.”So Ruth stayed close to the women who worked for Boaz as she picked up grain. She worked until the time when all the barley and wheat had been harvested. And she lived with her mother- in- law.

Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side of the family. The relative’s name was Boaz. He was a very important man from the family of Elimelek.

And Jesus, who makes people holy, and the people he makes holy belong to the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.He says,“ I will announce your name to my brothers and sisters. I will sing your praises among those who worship you.”( Psalm 22:22)Again he says,“ I will put my trust in him.”( Isaiah 8:17) And again he says,“ Here I am. Here are the children God has given me.”( Isaiah 8:18)Those children have bodies made out of flesh and blood. So Jesus became human like them in order to die for them. By doing this, he could break the power of the devil. The devil is the one who rules over the kingdom of death.