Lùdéjì 3:1

1 Lùdé de pópo ná é mǐ duì tā shuō , nǚér a , wǒ bùdàng wèi nǐ zhǎo gè ān shēn zhī chù , shǐ nǐ xiǎng fú ma .

Lùdéjì 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 3:1

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her
After the harvests were over, and so gleaning likewise; when Naomi and Ruth were together alone in their apartment, the mother addressed the daughter after this manner:

my daughter, shall I not seek for thee, that it may be well with thee?
that is, in the house of an husband, as in ( Ruth 1:9 ) her meaning is, to seek out for an husband for her, that she might have an house of her own to rest in, and an husband to provide her; that so she might be free from such toil and labour she had been lately exercised in, and enjoy much ease and comfort, and all outward happiness and prosperity in a marriage state with a good husband. This interrogation carries in it the force of a strong affirmation, may suggest that she judged it to be her duty, and that she was determined to seek out such a rest for her; and the Targum makes her way of speaking stronger still, for that is,

``by an oath I will not rest, until the time that I have sought a rest for thee.''

Lùdéjì 3:1 In-Context

1 Lùdé de pópo ná é mǐ duì tā shuō , nǚér a , wǒ bùdàng wèi nǐ zhǎo gè ān shēn zhī chù , shǐ nǐ xiǎng fú ma .

2 Nǐ yǔ Bōesī de shǐnǚ cháng zaì yī chù , Bōesī bù shì wǒmen de qīnzú ma . tā jīnyè zaì cháng shàng bǒ dàmaì ,

3 Nǐ yào shù yù mò gāo , huàn shàngyī fù , xià dào cháng shàng , què búyào shǐ nà rén rèn chū nǐ lái . nǐ dĕng tā chī hē wán le ,

4 Dào tā shuì de shíhou , nǐ kàn zhún tā shuì de dìfang , jiù jìn qù xiān kāi tā jiǎo shàng de beì , tǎng wò zaì nàli , tā bì gàosu nǐ suǒ dàngzuò de shì .

5 Lùdé shuō , fán nǐ suǒ fēnfu de , wǒ bì zūnxíng .