Ruth the Musical (2019) - full transcript

(RUSTLING WINDS)

(SOMBER BEAT MUSIC)

(WIND HOWLING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

(SHEEP BLEATING)

(SOMBER BEAT MUSIC)

Hey!

(WATER TRICKLING)

(MUFFLED SPEAKING)

(WATER BUBBLING)



(WATER SPLASHING)

(HEARTBEAT THUMPING)

(WIND HOWLING)

I must speak to
Naomi, wife of Elimelek.

That's my mother-in-law.

She's coming.

Naomi.

What?

What has happened?

I'm sorry.

NAOMI: What?

Ruth, is it Mahlon?

I'm sorry, your son's
been killed in battle.

No.



No, there's some mistake.

Ruth, it's okay, it's all right.

Who are you?

I don't even know who you are.

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

(NAOMI SOBBING)

Why have you taken
everything from me!

No I can't.

I can't breathe.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

I can't bear it!

Oh, it's all right.
(GIRL SOBBING)

(HOWLING WINDS)

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

NAOMI: Everything,
we're trying everything.

My daughter-in-law, is really,

she's gonna get some work.

And I'm gonna go into
the village to get some...

Look...

Look, if you could just
give us a little more time.

One week, and
then the rents due.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We're running out of food.

We'll have to sell some things.

Have you decided what to do?

Whether to go back home.

Home.

I don't even know what
I'd be going back to.

A widow, no sons, no grandsons.

No name to carry on.

God has left me nothing.

There I'd be nothing.

Even the land my
husband and I left there

doesn't belong to me
without a man to own it.

There must be some way.

Only if some relative
redeems the name

and the land by marrying
one of the family.

And I don't see how
that could ever happen.

I'm far too old to marry again.

And you're too foreign.

I can't believe you want
me to sell his things!

I didn't say that, I just
asked if you had anything...

You might be a cold-hearted
witch, but I'm not!

Orpah, we're going to starve.

I don't care!

Okay.

We should have enough for now.

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

How much for these?

Let me look.

I'll give you 10 for the sword,

and one for the clothes.

Is that all?

MALE: That'll fetch you more.

No.

No, just the sword and shoes.

As you wish.

(COINS CLANKING)

(MALE HUMMING)

Thank you.

Pleasure doing business.

Good day.

It's not as much as I'd hoped.

Did you really sell his sword?

What are you doing?

What's going on?

Why are you packing?

I'm going home.

Back to Bethlehem.

I've heard it's a rich
thriving country these days.

I'm sure someone will take pity

on a poor old widow like me.

But, what about us?

You have your own
families to go back to.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

I miss him Ruth.

I want him back.

I know.

My father's already
sent word saying

if I go home they
have a suitor for me.

Marry again?

So soon?

They don't want me to be a
poor widow with nothing Ruth.

And we can't work like men

and an unmarried
woman is a weakness.

A target.

I've told my father
I'm going with you.

I'll be there to
help you with Naomi.

We'll be strong together.

(WATER SPLASHING)

(WINDS HOWLING)

I can't do this anymore!

Orpah, let me help you.

ORPAH: I can't go...

A carrot for you.

Naomi.

Orpah honey.

Orpah, it's all
right, it's all right.

Don't cry.

I'm scared.

I know.

It's all right Orpah,
it's all right.

Ruth, take her home.

What?

We're not that far.

If we turn around now
we'll be home before dark.

But.

What about you, what
if someone attacks you?

Oh I'll be all right.

No one's gonna bother
an old woman like me.

I cannot give you any security.

I can't protect you, you'll,

you'll have no future here

and they will not
marry women from Moab.

RUTH: Naomi, we're
coming with you.

No Ruth.

You are not.

(LIGHT SLOW MUSIC)

ORPAH: Ruth?

Are you coming?

Ruth!

I won't go.

I won't leave you.

God has deserted me.

Why should you stay?

♪ Don't ask me ♪

♪ To leave you now ♪

♪ I won't go ♪

♪ I just won't go ♪

♪ If you beg ♪

♪ Or if you plead ♪

♪ I won't leave ♪

♪ I just won't leave ♪

♪ Because your God ♪

♪ Is my God ♪

♪ I will never leave ♪

♪ The love I see in you ♪

♪ I've tasted in my heart ♪

♪ And your people ♪

♪ Are my people ♪

♪ I will never leave ♪

♪ The love I've see in you ♪

♪ I finally understand ♪

♪ Don't ask me ♪

♪ To leave you now ♪

♪ I won't go ♪

♪ I just won't go ♪

♪ There is no one ♪

♪ Who loves me like you do ♪

♪ You're family ♪

♪ My family ♪

♪ Because your God ♪

♪ Is my God ♪

♪ I will never leave ♪

♪ The love I've seen in you ♪

♪ I tasted in my heart ♪

♪ And your people ♪
(HOWLING WINDS)

♪ Are my people ♪

♪ I will never ♪

(LIGHT SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

I been to inspect a field.

Looks to be a good
one this year.

Hello.

Felt the need for a
companion then Caleb?

Couldn't find a wife,
so you got a dog.

She's for the harvest.

Keep the riff-raff away.

The poor come to
these fields Caleb,

to pick up everything
that's left behind.

It's their only
way of surviving.

The laws welcome
them in our fields.

Not a dog.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(PERKY MUSIC)

(LIGHT MUSIC)

Hey!

A Moabite with morals.

I've never seen that before.

Dirty scum.

This is what I was afraid of.

What did you do?

Did you smile at
him, encourage him?

I didn't do anything.

Didn't you see what he did?

They think Moabite women
are there for the take Ruth.

They think you're easy.

I should never
have let you come.

Naomi.

Eunice.

What happened to you?

Where's Elimelek?

Where are your sons?

Naomi...

Don't call me Naomi.

Naomi means joy.

Call me Mara, bitterness.

For my life is nothing.

Naomi, Naomi.

Oh, it's okay.

It's all right, you're fine.

Would you get some water please?

It's still here.

(LIGHT UPLIFTING MUSIC)

Elimelek.

Huh? What?

NAOMI: Mahlon, go inside.

Why?

NAOMI: Just go.

Are you sure we're
doing the right thing?

Now?

We're doing this now?

NAOMI: What if it's wrong?

What's wrong about
not wanting to starve?

Naomi, we've discussed this.

People are dying

and there's no food here.

All that's left to survive.

Do you wanna stay just to die?

NAOMI: It feels,
it feels like we're

abandoning our friends.

It feels like we're
giving up on God.

The God who has always
protected our people.

Yeah, really?

Well I'd like to see
where he is right now.

NAOMI: Elimelek...

I will not stay and
watch my son starve

just to prove to
you my trust in God.

Get the children, we're leaving.

So this was your house?

Yes.

Kilion and Mahlon
were both born here.

Well Ruth,

would you like to live here?
(FAST PACED MUSIC)

Yes.

So Mahlon, this
was your beginning.

Now it's mine.

(PERKY MUSIC)

Your father built this
land from the ground up.

It's yours now.

My beautiful, handsome boy.

What are those
people doing there?

It's the poor ma'am.

And the foreigners.

The last season we
left the corner...

Godless creatures.

Get rid of them.

Oh my boy,

you're all grown up.

If only your father were here.

If only.

Mothers love, nothing like it.

Oh, who's she?

She's a bit of all right.

She's no one.

Just a poor begger.

It's all right.

I understand.

I know what it's
like to have all

the girls fawning all over you.

Wanting you, desiring you.

We're the same you and me.

(BEE BUZZING)

There's something on you.

BOY: Come on here.

This is ridiculous.

It's all very well
planting your own food

but it's never gonna
grow in time to feed us.

Let me go and work
in the fields.

No!

We can sell what
I clean for profit.

Do you know what
sort of people,

men work out there.

It's too dangerous.

Anyway, you'd be hard
pressed to find somewhere

that will let you in.

Well let me try.

Let me see if there's a
field that will take me.

NAOMI: You're impossible.

Hi, I'm Sheyla.

Ruth.

Don't worry, they
pretty much ignore me too.

Listen, about the other day,

it wasn't how it looked.

RUTH: Wasn't it?

MALE: All work!

Have you done this
kind of work before?

Never.

The harvesters
leave the corners

of the field for us.

Work quickly and stay with me.

Don't go near them,

and for heavens sake,
don't smile at them.

They'll think it's
an invitation.

Their law says
they have to leave

the edges of the field for us.

That doesn't mean they
think anything of us.

Scum, that's what we are.

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Don't worry, tomorrow
your bum will hurt so much

you'll forget about your back.

♪ Praise the Lord ♪

♪ Once again, He has provided ♪

♪ Give thanks to the Lord ♪

♪ Praise the Lord ♪

♪ Once again, He has provided ♪

♪ Give thanks to the Lord ♪

♪ Praise the Lord ♪

♪ Once again, He has provided ♪

♪ Give thanks to the Lord ♪

(WORKERS HUMMING)

Who's that?

♪ The girl who came with Naomi ♪

♪ That's her ♪

♪ Over there ♪

♪ She's been working
in the fields ♪

♪ From morning til now ♪

♪ Her husband is dead ♪

♪ She's left her home behind ♪

♪ All for a mother-in-law ♪

♪ Who would do such a thing ♪

♪ May God repay you ♪

♪ For what you have done ♪

♪ May they who obey ♪

♪ The Lord be rewarded ♪

♪ And may God repay you ♪

♪ For what you have done ♪

♪ May they who
trust in the Lord ♪

♪ Be rewarded ♪

♪ Praise the Lord ♪

♪ Once again, He has provided ♪

♪ Give thanks to the Lord ♪

♪ Praise the Lord ♪

♪ Once again, He has provided ♪

♪ Give thanks to the Lord ♪

♪ The Lord ♪

(SOMBER MUSIC)

Oh no, no, no, no,
sit please, please.

You've been working
hard all day.

Just rest now.

Listen,

I don't want you to go
into the fields okay?

Just stay with my servants.

I've warned my men
not to go near you.

And whenever you're thirsty,

just help yourself to
the water over there.

I should be carrying that
water, not drinking it.

I'm a foreigner,
just like they are.

Come and eat with us.

But I'm not supposed
to mix with the workers.

It's my field isn't it?

I do what I like.

♪ Others will rise ♪

♪ Do what is right anyway ♪

♪ Who knows ♪

♪ You came to be ♪

♪ For such a time as this ♪

♪ You come to the royal throne ♪

♪ Such a time as this ♪

♪ You will be used
to lay them low ♪

♪ Who knows ♪

♪ Maybe ♪

♪ He will deliver me ♪

♪ Gather them all ♪

♪ All ye can find ♪

(NAOMI GASPS)

Ruth!

Whose field were you in?

A man called Boaz.

He was so kind, he let
me sit with his workers...

Boaz?

RUTH: Yes, do you know him?

Promise me you will
stay in his field

where it is safe.

That's exactly what he said.

Promise me.

♪ He will deliver me ♪

♪ For such a time as this ♪

♪ I have come to
the royal throne ♪

♪ For such a time as this ♪

♪ Thresholds of darkness
will be laid low ♪

♪ Who knows ♪

♪ Maybe ♪

♪ He will set us free ♪

♪ No, I know ♪

♪ That He ♪

♪ Will deliver those who see ♪

♪ For such a time as this ♪

♪ For such a time as this ♪

♪ For such a time as this ♪

♪ There I go ♪

♪ Getting it wrong again ♪

♪ Trusting him ♪

♪ Believing a lie again ♪

♪ Why did I fall so hard ♪

♪ This time ♪

♪ A prisoner of my own ♪

♪ Heart and mind ♪

♪ Can I start again ♪

♪ Over again ♪

♪ Who can save me
from this life ♪

♪ Can I start again ♪

♪ Begin again ♪

♪ Who can save me
from this life ♪

♪ I bet he told you ♪

♪ That he'd give you a
world of fairy tales ♪

♪ That he'd build you a home ♪

♪ And he would live
and die for you ♪

♪ I bet he told you ♪

♪ That he'd give you a
world of fairy tales ♪

♪ That he'd build you a home ♪

♪ And he would live
and die for you ♪

Cover me with your garment,

for you are the guardian
redeemer of our family.

♪ Can I start again ♪

♪ Over again ♪

♪ Who can save me
from this life ♪

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

MALE: Did you hear
what she did for a living

before she came here?

WOMAN: Makes you
wonder what those

spies were actually
doing in a house.

MALE: I don't
care what she did

or who she married, she'll
always be a common whore.

WOMAN: Never
you mind them boys.

By faith I was spared

and by faith we shall live.

Ami, listen,

what are you doing here?

I've just been in our field.

Oh okay.

You running it now are ya?

Yeah, well with dad
being dead and everything.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

Catch you later then.

That's a lot of barley.

RUTH: Oh, you
don't have to do that.

No, no please.

I'm strong.

So I don't think I've
seen you around before.

I just moved here
with my mother-in-law.

Oh.

Is your husband from here?

He passed away.

Guess not then.

Sorry.

My father died a few months ago.

Oh I'm so sorry.

You must miss him.

I do.

He was the last thing standing

between me and my mother.

When he lay there in
his final moments,

he called my mother in and said,

"Woman, go and get dressed
in your finest clothes.

"Make yourself
beautiful, do your hair."

She did dutifully of course.

And when she returned,
she was a vision.

Beautiful.

And she said, "Husband,
I have done as you asked.

"Now tell me why?

"Did you want to remember
me in your final moments

"as I once was?"

And he said, "No, I
was just hoping when

"Abraham came to
take me he might

"like the look of you
and take you instead."

I think we should stop
talking about death, don't you?

Thank you, I'll
take it from here.

♪ Is this love ♪

♪ Am I in love ♪

♪ I'm feeling a bit wobbly ♪

♪ What's come over me ♪

♪ And is this love ♪

♪ Am I love struck ♪

♪ It hasn't happened before ♪

♪ So I wouldn't know ♪

♪ Am I in love ♪

♪ Finally, have I
been love struck ♪

♪ Tell me is this love ♪

♪ Could this be love ♪
♪ Am I in love ♪

♪ Finally have I
been love struck ♪

♪ Tell me is this love ♪

♪ That sweet smile ♪

♪ And those kind eyes ♪

♪ Wouldn't she be lovely ♪

♪ By my side ♪

♪ A friend to my soul ♪

♪ The strength on my road ♪

♪ Beauty and desire ♪

♪ To fight off the cold ♪

♪ Am I in love ♪

♪ Finally have I ♪

♪ Been love struck ♪

♪ Tell me is this love ♪

♪ Could this be... ♪

(BODY THUDDING)

♪ I could be a man ♪

♪ I could be a hero ♪

♪ Through this land ♪

♪ If all I have
is her beside me ♪

♪ Telling me who I am ♪

♪ And darling don't you see ♪

♪ Maybe me is all she needs ♪

♪ And maybe she's the one ♪

♪ Who can set this
captive free ♪

♪ Am I in love ♪

♪ Finally, have I
been love struck ♪

♪ Tell me am I ♪

♪ In love ♪

Meet you at home.

NAOMI: Okay.

EUNICE: Naomi.

Oh no.

EUNICE: How are you?

Oh, very well, thank you.

You're alone.

Oh, Ruth is somewhere
selling some of her gleanings.

Oh Naomi, I'm so sorry.

You must've been distraught

when Mahlon decided
to marry one of them.

Now look at you.

Left with nothing but
a daughter-in-law.

I heard about
your husband Eunice.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so thankful
I have my son Ami.

His father's name
will not be lost.

It's bad enough that you've
been left with no sons,

but did you have to
bring her back here?

An enemy, into our homes.

What good is she to you?

♪ Seven sons could
not have meant ♪

♪ More to me ♪

♪ For this girl ♪

♪ Has shown her love ♪

♪ To the Lord almighty ♪

♪ Two women ♪

♪ Poor and lonely ♪

♪ God might choose to use ♪

♪ Two women ♪

♪ Lost and lonely ♪

♪ God should choose to use ♪

♪ And who would have known ♪

♪ That He takes the weak ♪

♪ To shame the strong ♪

♪ That He chose the powerless ♪

♪ To shame the powerful ♪

♪ And who'd of known ♪

♪ The foolish things ♪

♪ Of the world would
shame the wise ♪

♪ That God takes the destitute ♪

♪ And He hands them His love ♪

♪ And who would have known ♪

♪ That He takes the weak ♪

♪ To shame the strong ♪

♪ That He chose the powerless ♪

♪ To shame the powerful ♪

♪ And who would've known ♪

♪ The foolish things ♪

♪ Of this world ♪

♪ Would shame the wise ♪

♪ That He takes the destitute ♪

♪ And he hands them His love ♪

RUTH: What are they doing?

He's buying his land.

It's ancient
tradition around here.

(PEOPLE CLAPPING)

Hey.

Hey you.

Did you have a
good harvest today?

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

I'm speaking to you!

No!

Hey!

Hey!

Get off her!

Get off her!

Get off my field and
don't ever come back!

You!

You and that old woman
better watch out!

I mean, it would
be a shame if one

of you would have
an accident up there

in that remote house in
the middle of nowhere.

Get out of here.

Ruth, you okay?

You all right?

What have you done?

What?

You heard him.

He said he'd come after us.

He said he'd hurt Naomi.

He's never coming back, okay.

He's not gonna
hurt you or Naomi.

Why did you do it?

Why did you have to fire him?

Why'd you have to do
everything by the book?

Ruth...

I hate it here!

I hate this place with
its narrow-minded people

and the way everyone
looks down on anyone

and anything who's different!

I wish I'd never come here!

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

Did you really shout at him?

I'm not worried about that.

What if those men come here?

It was an empty threat Ruth.

(LIGHT MUSIC)

♪ The words that go out ♪

♪ From your mouth ♪

♪ Will not return ♪

♪ Empty ♪

♪ The words that go out ♪

♪ From your mouth ♪

♪ Will not return ♪

♪ Empty ♪

♪ Your will shall be done ♪

♪ You shall accomplish ♪

♪ Your desires ♪

♪ Your ways are not like ♪

♪ My ways ♪

♪ Your ways are higher ♪

♪ Your thoughts are far ♪

♪ Above the heavens ♪

♪ Your ways are not like ♪

♪ My ways ♪

♪ Still I will follow You ♪

♪ Because Your ways
are not my ways ♪

♪ The words that go
out from Your mouth ♪

♪ Will not return ♪

♪ Empty ♪

♪ Your will shall ♪

♪ Be done ♪

♪ You shall accomplish ♪

♪ Your desires ♪

♪ Your ways are not like ♪

♪ My ways ♪

♪ Your ways are higher ♪

♪ Your thoughts are far ♪

♪ Above the heavens ♪

♪ Your ways are not like ♪

♪ My ways ♪

♪ Still I will follow You ♪

♪ Because Your
ways are not mine ♪

Ruth, what are you doing?

Impossible.

♪ Still I will follow You ♪

♪ Because Your ways ♪

♪ Are not my ways ♪

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

♪ Who is this tender man ♪

♪ Who's so good to me ♪

♪ Who won't leave my mind ♪

♪ His eyes are light ♪

♪ With a life ♪

♪ A deep tenderness ♪

♪ Who knows my God ♪

♪ Don't I have anything ♪

♪ Better to do ♪

♪ I will only end
up hurting too ♪

♪ Though I know for sure ♪

♪ I obey my heart ♪

♪ But in him ♪

♪ I have seen the Lord ♪

♪ His quiet strength ♪

♪ Is new to me ♪

♪ Well in him I
have seen the Lord ♪

♪ And He will know
my heart is to pain ♪

♪ Still I will lean on my God ♪

♪ Even though ♪

♪ The hurt still remains ♪

♪ Still I believe in my God ♪

♪ Because if there's nobody ♪

♪ Better than me ♪

♪ Because if there's nobody ♪

♪ Better than me ♪

♪ Oh I know how for sure ♪

♪ I will break my heart ♪

♪ But in him ♪

♪ I have seen ♪

♪ The Lord ♪

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

Oh hello.

I haven't seen you for a while.

There's a reason for that pig.

(MALE GRUNTING)

Have you guys seen Sheyla?

Sheyla.

Are you okay?

What happened to you?

Come on.

I'll take you home.

Poor girl.

I wish I'd found her sooner.

You shouldn't of
found her at all.

What if that man hadn't left?

What if he'd come after you?

I just want you to be safe Ruth.

Wouldn't you like
some kind of security?

RUTH: Security?

A husband.

A husband?

Stop repeating
everything I say.

Sorry.

Am I too much of
a burden for you?

Do you wish I hadn't come?

No, no Ruth.

My life would be so much
poorer without you in it.

I just want you to be safe.

Well, no man here
would ever marry

a poor widow from Moab.

No man would...

NAOMI: Boaz.

What?

He's a good man Ruth.

And he cares for you.

But it's obvious
you like him too.

RUTH: Naomi...

Oh, Mahlon's gone Ruth.

I want you to be happy.

RUTH: Why would
he want to marry me?

Well, he's a relative.

But he would never
presume or press you,

you must go to him.

RUTH: What would he think
of me asking such a thing?

He would be at the
threshing floor tonight.

You could go and speak with him.

RUTH: I can't do that.

Is he so bad?

No, he's so good.

He's, he's perfect.

Trust me,

no man is perfect.

What if I go down there

and he laughs at me

or he throws me out?

I'll be humiliated.

Oh Ruth, I would
never force you.

But something in my spirit
says that this is right.

You know,

something in mine says it too.

Go down there tonight,

but don't let him see you

until he has finished
eating and drinking.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(MEN CHATTERING)

Well then, I
don't know about you

but I'm not getting younger.

I need my sleep, so, goodnight.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

Who's there?

A servant.

Ruth?

What are you doing here?

I'm sorry, I
shouldn't have come.

No please.

Please stay.

Are you still angry with me

about the night before?

I'm sorry, I didn't
mean to hurt you any.

I was frightened.

I didn't mean what I said.

Well,

I did, but those words
weren't meant for you.

I don't think I could bear it

if you left.

You couldn't?

BOAZ: No.

Would you spread the corner
of your garment over me,

for you are the guardian
redeemer of our family.

BOAZ: Yes.

♪ From the very first
moment I saw you ♪

♪ There was an
awakening in my heart ♪

♪ It's as though someone is ♪

♪ Whispering to me ♪

♪ There is a hope
coming to the earth ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ While I was lost and lonely ♪

♪ You saw me and
you carried me too ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ My shield, my protector ♪

♪ Take this heart
and take me too ♪

♪ From the very first
moment I saw you ♪

♪ There was an
awakening in my heart ♪

♪ It's as though someone is ♪

♪ Whispering to me ♪

♪ There is a hope
coming to the earth ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ While I was lost and lonely ♪

♪ You saw me and
you carried me too ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a beauty like you ♪

♪ My shield, my protector ♪

♪ Take this heart
and take me too ♪

♪ Don't ask me to
leave you now ♪

♪ I won't go ♪

♪ I just won't go ♪

♪ There is no one who
loves me like you do ♪

♪ We're family ♪

♪ My family ♪

♪ Because your God is my God ♪

♪ I will never leave ♪

♪ The love I've seen in you ♪

♪ I taste it in my heart ♪

♪ And your people
are my people ♪

♪ I will never leave
the love I've seen you ♪

♪ I finally understand ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ While I was lost and lonely ♪

♪ You saw me and
you carried me too ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ My shield, my protector ♪

♪ Take this heart
and take me too ♪

Ruth.

I am a distant
cousin of Elimelek,

but there is someone
closer than I.

I must offer him his
right to redeem you.

What do you mean?

If he will not then I will.

I'll leave first thing,

when you've gone for home.

But, what if this
other man says yes?

If he will not, then I will.

As long as the Lord
lives Ruth, I will.

I will redeem you.

I will.

Okay.

Wait for me at Naomi's.

I'll come for you.

Ruth, what happened?

Tell me.

He said yes.

Oh Ruth!

But, he said yes but he
said there's a closer relative

and he has to offer
him the right first

and he said don't
go back to your

mother-in-law empty-handed.

I know he's obeying
the law, I know that.

But what if this
other man says yes

and I lose a good man?

No.

Again.

We must be patient and wait.
(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

The man won't rest until he
has settled things this day.

♪ Wait for him ♪

♪ Though you cannot ♪

♪ See again ♪

♪ Wait for him ♪

♪ For today ♪

♪ You will not rest ♪

♪ Wait for him ♪
♪ I'm not as strong ♪

♪ Your heart ♪
♪ As I thought ♪

♪ Is torn ♪
♪ I'm at the end ♪

♪ In two ♪
♪ Of my turn ♪

♪ I am ♪
♪ I don't know if I ♪

♪ Old now ♪
♪ Can go on ♪

♪ I have seen what ♪
♪ This is hard ♪

♪ Your mind can do ♪
♪ That I've ever known ♪

♪ Wait for him ♪

♪ Though you cannot ♪

♪ See his face ♪

♪ Wars rage ♪
♪ What if ♪

♪ Lives change ♪
♪ He changes his mind ♪

♪ His love never grows cold ♪

(TRICKLING WATER)

Well, now what?

I stop looking for love
and You give me it?

Now You're gonna take it away?

♪ Oh I know for sure ♪

♪ I will break my heart ♪

♪ But in her ♪

♪ I see the Lord ♪

♪ Slave to the law ♪

♪ Bound by love ♪

♪ But in her ♪

♪ I see the Lord ♪

♪ I could say nothing ♪

♪ And make her mine ♪

♪ I could say nothing ♪

♪ And make her mine ♪

♪ Oh I know for sure ♪

♪ It will break my heart ♪

♪ But my heart ♪

♪ Must choose the Lord ♪

I can't do this.

BOAZ: Wait for me at Naomi's.

I'll come for you.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

AMI: Boaz, morning.

Morning Ami.

Oh Ami, come sit here.

Wait here a minute.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(WATER SPLASHING)

(BEE BUZZING)

(MARCHING MUSIC)

Naomi, who's recently
returned from Moab

is selling the piece of land

that once belonged to
her relative Elimelek.

Now I thought I'd bring the
matter to you here today

and suggest that you buy it.

In front of all
these seated here,

the elders of my people.

If you'll redeem it, then do so.

But if you won't, tell me now.

For no one else has the right
to do so apart from you.

I am but next in line.

Well, I suppose we own
so much land already,

a little more wouldn't hurt.

I will redeem it!

(MEN APPLAUDING)

On the day,

on the day you require
the land from Naomi,

Elimelek's widow, you
also require Ruth.

The Moabite.

Ruth?

I would marry Ruth?

Ami, are you exchanging
land with my son Boaz?

Mother, this is
men's business.

Naomi was selling her land.

Ami here is the first
in line to acquire it.

He was just also
deciding whether

he'd like to acquire
Ruth, the Moabite.

Where the deed of the land
is a requirement of the law.

What!

Excuse us!

AMI: Mother!

If you do this, you
will be forever the man

that married that woman!

A Moabite!

Everyone will look down on you!

Your whole family!

But mother, I...

Not only that, you'll
be putting the future

of your nieces and nephews

and brothers and
sisters in grave danger!

And me!

While everything we've
worked so hard for

will be left to
whatever little mutts

you and that halfy produce!

But I really...

Ami, if you do this,

I will not see you again.

So if I want the land,

I must marry Ruth too?

Yes.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(LIGHT MUSIC)

Who was it?

Ami.

Anything else?

RUTH: No, I think
that's everything.

BOAZ: Oh, careful with that.

It's heavy.

Tell me about the time you
faced a wolf in the forest.

Okay.

Oh hey.

I'll get that, you rest.

You don't have to
leave it you know.

Oh, I see, trying to get
rid of me already are you?

No, no.

Your home's with us.

(LIGHT MUSIC)

I just meant

leaving all those
memories behind,

it must hurt.

I'll tell you what hurts.

Being angry with God.

Nothing hurts more than that.

It's just a house.

Yeah.

Come.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(BABY COOING)

And what will be the
name of this child?

EVERYONE: Obed.

Obed.

That's a good name.

Servant and worshiper.

♪ From the very first ♪

♪ Moment I saw you ♪

♪ There was an
awakening in my heart ♪

♪ It's as though someone
is whispering to me ♪

♪ There is a hope
coming to the earth ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ While I was lost and lonely ♪

♪ You saw me and
you carried me too ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ My shield, my protector ♪

♪ Take this heart
and take me too ♪

♪ From the very first
moment I saw you ♪

♪ There was an
awakening in my heart ♪

♪ It's as though someone is ♪

♪ Whispering to me ♪

♪ There is a hope
coming to the earth ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ While I was lost and lonely ♪

♪ You saw me and
you carried me too ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a beauty like you ♪

♪ My shield, my protector ♪

♪ Take this heart
and take me too ♪

♪ Don't ask me to
leave you now ♪

♪ I won't go ♪

♪ I just won't go ♪

♪ There is no one who loves me ♪

♪ Like you do ♪

♪ We're family ♪

♪ My family ♪

♪ Because your God is my God ♪

♪ I will never leave ♪

♪ The love I've seen in you ♪

♪ I've tasted it in my heart ♪

♪ And your people
are my people ♪

♪ I will never leave ♪

♪ The love I've seen in you ♪

♪ I finally understand ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ While I was lost and lonely ♪

♪ You saw me and
you carried me too ♪

♪ What did I do ♪

♪ To deserve a
treasure like you ♪

♪ My shield, my protector ♪

♪ Take this heart
and take me too ♪