Naomi Plan
Naomi send Ruth go the threshing floor for night make she ask Boaz to spread him cloth cover her. E shock am first, then e happy: him call her woman wey get value, bless her by we Papa, and swear say him go redeem her if the relative wey near pass no gree do am.
3 1Den Naomi, her mother-in-law, tell am say, "My pikin, no be my work to find house wia you go rest, so dat everytin go dey good for you? 2Abi Boaz, wey you dey work wit im young women, no be our family person? Dis night, e dey winnow barley for di threshing floor. 3Wash yousef, rub perfume, wear your cloth, an go down go di threshing floor. But no make di man sabi say na you until e finish to chop an drink. 4Wen e lie down, mark di place wia e lie; go open im foot an lie down—e go tell you wetin you go do."
5An Ruth tell am, "Everytin wey you talk, I go do am." 6So she go down to di threshing floor an do everytin wey her mother-in-law tell am. 7Boaz chop, drink, an im belle sweet am, den e lie down for di corner of di grain heap. She come quiet-quiet, open im foot, an lie down. 8For middle of di night, someting startle di man, e turn, an look—na woman dey lie for im foot! 9"Who be you?" e ask. "Na me Ruth, your servant," she talk. "Spread di corner of your cloth ova your servant, because you be redeemer." a a v9 To spread di corner of cloth ova person na to ask for marriage an protection.
10E talk say, "My pikin, make our Papa bless you. Dis last kindness pass di first one, because you no run afta young men, whether poor or rich. 11So now, my pikin, no fear. I go do everytin wey you ask, because my whole town sabi say you be woman wey get correct character. 12Now na true say I be redeemer, but still, anoda redeemer dey wey near pass me. 13Stay dis night. For morning, if e go redeem you—good, make e redeem you. But if e no gree, as our Papa dey alive, I go redeem you mysef. Lie down until morning."
14So she lie for im foot until morning, an she wake up before anybody fit sabi anoda person face, because e say, "Make nobody sabi say woman come di threshing floor." 15E talk say, "Bring di shawl wey you wear; hold am open." She hold am open. E measure six portion of barley, put am for her, an go enter di city.
16Wen Ruth reach her mother-in-law, Naomi ask, "How e go, my pikin?" She tell am everytin wey di man do for her. 17She talk say, "E give me dis six measure of barley, an e talk say, 'No go back to your mother-in-law wit empty hand.'"
18Naomi talk say, "Wait, my pikin, until you sabi how tin go end, because di man no go rest until e settle di mata today."
