Rut 4
1 Og Boas gik op til Porten og sad der, og se, Løseren gik forbi, som Boas havde talt om, og han sagde til denne: Træd nærmere, sæt dig her, min Ven; og han traadte nærmere og satte sig.
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Look, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down." He turned aside, and sat down.
2 Og han tog ti Mænd af de Ældste i Staden og sagde: Sætter eder her, og de satte sig.
He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here." They sat down.
3 Da sagde han til Løseren: Den Del af Marken, som hørte vor Broder Elimelek til, den har Noomi, som er kommen tilbage af Moabiternes Land, solgt.
He said to the near kinsman, "Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's.
4 Og jeg sagde: Jeg vil aabenbare det for dine Øren, og sige: Køb det i Overværelse af Indbyggerne og de Ældste af mit Folk: Dersom du vil løse det, løs det, men dersom du ikke vil løse det, giv mig det til Kende, at jeg kan vide det; thi der er ingen uden du til at løse det og jeg efter dig; og han sagde: Jeg vil løse det.
I thought to disclose it to you, saying, 'Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you." He said, "I will redeem it."
5 Og Boas sagde: Paa hvilken Dag du køber det Land af Noomis Haand, da køber du det og af den moabitiske Ruth, den dødes Hustru, for at oprejse den døde et Navn paa hans Arv.
Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi and from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased, to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance."
6 Da sagde Løseren: Jeg kan ikke løse det for mig, at jeg ikke skal fordærve min egen Arv; løs du det for dig, det jeg skulde løse; thi jeg kan ikke løse det.
The near kinsman said, "I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can't redeem it."
7 Og dette var fordum Sædvane i Israel ved Løsning og ved Skiften til at stadfæste al Handel, at een drog sin Sko af og gav sin Næste; og det var Vidnesbyrdet i Israel.
Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of attestation in Israel.
8 Og Løseren sagde til Boas: Køb dig det; og han drog sin Sko af.
So the near kinsman said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." And he took off his sandal and gave it to him.
9 Da sagde Boas til de Ældste og til alt Folket: I ere Vidner i Dag, at jeg har købt alt det, som hørte Elimelek til, og alt det, som hørte Kiljon og Malon til, af Noomis Haand.
Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, "You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Kilion's and Mahlon's, from the hand of Naomi.
10 Og tilmed har jeg taget Ruth den moabitiske, Malons Hustru, mig til en Hustru, til at oprejse den døde et Navn paa hans Arv, at den dødes Navn ikke skal udslettes blandt hans Brødre og af hans Steds Port; dertil ere I Vidner i Dag.
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, that the name of the deceased may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."
11 Og alt Folket, som var i Porten, og de Ældste sagde: Vi ere Vidner; Herren give, at den Kvinde, der kommer i dit Hus, maa blive som Rakel og som Lea, hvilke begge byggede Israels Hus; og bliv du mægtig i Efrata og bliv navnkundig i Bethlehem!
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
12 Og dit Hus vorde ligesom Perez' Hus, hvem Thamar fødte Juda, ved den Sæd, som Herren skal give dig af denne unge Kvinde.
Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which Jehovah shall give you of this young woman."
13 Saa tog Boas Ruth, og hun blev ham til Hustru, og han gik ind til hende, og Herren gav hende, at hun blev frugtsommelig, og hun fødte en Søn.
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.
14 Da sagde Kvinderne til Noomi: Velsignet være Herren, som ikke vilde lade dig fattes en Løser i Dag, og hans Navn vorde priset i Israel!
The women said to Naomi, "Blessed be Jehovah, who has not left you this day without a redeemer; and let his name be famous in Israel.
15 Og han skal være dig til at vederkvæge Sjælen og til at opholde dig i din Alderdom; thi din Sønnekone, som dig elskede, har født ham, hun, som er dig bedre end syv Sønner.
He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him."
16 Og Noomi tog Barnet og lagde det paa sit Skød, og hun blev hans Fostermoder.
Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and looked after him.
17 Og Naboerskerne kaldte ham med Navn, sigende: Noomi er født en Søn; de kaldte hans Navn Obed, han var Fader til Isai, Davids Fader.
The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "There is a son born to Naomi." And they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Og disse ere Perez' Slægter: Perez avlede Hezron,
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
19 og Hezron avlede Ram, og Ram avlede Amminadab,
and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
20 og Amminadab avlede Nahesson, og Nahesson avlede Salmon,
and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
21 og Salmon avlede Boas, og Boas avlede Obed,
and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
22 og Obed avlede Isai, og Isai avlede David.
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
