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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said Rūt the_Mōʼāⱱitess to Nāˊₒmī let_me_go please the_field and_glean[fn][fn][fn] in/on/at/with_ears_of_grain[fn][fn][fn] behind [the_one]_whom I_will_find favour in/on/at/with_sight_whose and_she/it_said to/for_her/it go daughter_my.
OET (OET-RV) Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Allow me to go to the field and pick up any heads of grain that the harvesters drop. I’ll follow any harvester who seems kind.”
¶ “go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
ר֨וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה
Rūt the,Moabitess
Here the writer reintroduces Ruth after giving background information about someone else. If your language has its own way of reintroducing old participants when it resumes a story, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “the same Moabite woman, Ruth”
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה
the,Moabitess
Alternate translation: "from the country of Moab"
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶמְצָא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו
which/who find graciousness/kindness/favour/beauty in/on/at/with,sight,whose
The idiom in whose eyes I find favor means “whoever will approve of me.” Ruth speaks of gaining someone’s favor as gaining permission, kindness, or approval. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “anyone who gives me permission” or “whoever will be kind to me”
Note 3 topic: translate-kinship
בִתִּֽי
daughter,my
Ruth was caring for Naomi as if she were her own mother, and Naomi addressed Ruth affectionately as her daughter. If it would be helpful in your language, use the term in your language that would indicate this kind of close relationship between two women.
2:2 to pick up the stalks of grain left behind: Harvesters were to leave some grain for the poor to glean (see Lev 19:9-10; 23:22; Deut 24:19-22). God provided the poor with food.
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said Rūt the_Mōʼāⱱitess to Nāˊₒmī let_me_go please the_field and_glean[fn][fn][fn] in/on/at/with_ears_of_grain[fn][fn][fn] behind [the_one]_whom I_will_find favour in/on/at/with_sight_whose and_she/it_said to/for_her/it go daughter_my.
OET (OET-RV) Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Allow me to go to the field and pick up any heads of grain that the harvesters drop. I’ll follow any harvester who seems kind.”
¶ “go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.