1-3. One day, Ruth said to Naomi, “Let me see if I can find someone who will let me pick up the grain left in the fields by the harvest workers.”Naomi answered, “Go ahead, my daughter.” So straight away, Ruth went out to pick up grain in a field owned by Boaz. He was a relative of Naomi's husband Elimelech, as well as a rich and important man.
4. When Boaz left Bethlehem and went out to his field, he said to the harvest workers, “The Lord bless you!”They replied, “And may the Lord bless you!”
5. Then Boaz asked the man in charge of the harvest workers, “Who is that young woman?”
6. The man answered, “She is the one who came back from Moab with Naomi.
7. She asked if she could pick up grain left by the harvest workers, and she has been working all morning without a moment's rest.”
8. Boaz went over to Ruth and said, “I think it would be best for you not to pick up grain in anyone else's field. Stay here with the women