路得記 4
1 波阿次走上城門口，坐在那裏。可巧，波阿次所說的那位至親，正從那裏經過，他就對他說：「某兄，請過來，坐一坐! 」他就過去坐下了。
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
2 波阿次又由城內的長老中，邀請了十位，對他們說：「請你們在這裏坐一坐! 」他們就都坐下。
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
3 波阿次便對那位至親說：「從摩阿布鄉間回來的納敖米要賣我們兄弟厄里默肋客的一塊田。
And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
4 我認為我應在你面前說明這事，並請你當著在坐的諸位及民眾的長老前，購買這塊地。若你願意盡你至親的義務，就盡；若你不願意盡，起告訴我知道；因為除你應盡這義務之外，沒有別人了；你以後就是我。」那人答說：「我盡。」
I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
5 波阿次接著說：「你從納敖米手中購得田地的那一天，也應娶亡者之妻，即摩阿布女子盧德，好給死者在嗣業上留名。」
Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
6 那位至親答說：「那麼我就不能盡這義務了，免得我的產業受害，你盡我應盡的義務罷! 我不能盡了。」
The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
7 從前在以色列中間，無論對於買賣或交易，為確定一事，有這樣的一個風俗：就是一方應脫下自己的鞋，交與另一方：這在以色列就算為證據。
Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
8 那為至親對波阿次說：「你購買罷! 」遂就脫下了自己的鞋。
So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”
9 於是波阿次對長老以及所有在坐的民眾說：「今天你們作證，我從納敖米手中購得了屬於厄里默肋客及基肋雍與瑪赫隆的一切產業；
At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
10 同時我也取得了瑪赫隆的妻，摩阿布的女子盧德為我的妻室，好給死者在嗣業上留名，不叫死者的名字，在自己的兄弟和故鄉的門戶中失傳；今日你們為此作證! 」
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
11 在城門旁的民眾和長老都回答說：「我們作證。願上主使這走進你家中的婦女，像似那兩位曾建立了以色列家的辣黑耳和肋阿! 願你在厄弗辣大昌盛，願你在白冷得享盛名!
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
12 願你的家藉上主使這少婦給你所生的後裔，相似塔瑪爾給猶大所生的培勒茲的家。」波阿次娶盧德
And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
13 波阿次遂娶了盧德，她就成了他的妻子。他走近了他，上主賜她懷孕，生了一個兒子。
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
14 婦女們就對納敖米說：「願上主受頌揚! 因為他沒有使你今日缺乏承繼者。願他在以色列中得享盛名!
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
15 他是你心靈的安慰，是你老年的依靠，因為他是愛你的兒媳所生的；像這樣的兒媳，對你實勝過七個兒子。」
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
16 納敖米接過嬰兒來，抱在懷中，做了他的保母。
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
17 鄰近的婦女喊著說：「納敖米得了個兒子! 」他們就給他起名叫敖貝得；他就是達味的父親葉瑟的父親。達味族譜
The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 以下是培肋茲的族譜：培勒茲生赫茲龍，
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
19 赫茲龍生蘭，蘭生阿米納達布，
Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,
20 阿米納達布生納赫雄，納赫雄生撒耳孟，
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
21 撒耳孟生波阿次，波阿次生敖貝得，
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
22 敖貝得生葉瑟，葉瑟生達味。
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
