Ruth 4
1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. And, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by, to whom he said, Such man, stay, turn aside. Sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Ascendit ergo Booz ad portam, et sedit ibi. Cumque vidisset propinquum praeterire, de quo prius sermo habitus est, dixit ad eum: Declina paulisper, et sede hic: vocans eum nomine suo. Qui divertit, et sedit.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Tollens autem Booz decem viros de senioribus civitatis, dixit ad eos: Sedete hic.
3 And he said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come again out of the country of Moab, sells the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's.
Quibus sedentibus, locutus est ad propinquum: Partem agri fratris nostri Elimelech vendet Noemi, quae reversa est de regione Moabitide:
4 And I thought to disclose it to thee, saying, Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou will redeem it, redeem it, but if thou will not redeem it, then tell me that I may know, for there is none to redeem it besides thee, and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
quod audire te volui, et tibi dicere coram cunctis sedentibus, et maioribus natu de populo meo. Si vis possidere iure propinquitatis: eme, et posside. Sin autem displicet tibi, hoc ipsum indica mihi, ut sciam quid facere debeam. nullus enim est propinquus, excepto te, qui prior es: et me, qui secundus sum. At ille respondit: Ego agrum emam.
5 Then Boaz said, That day thou buy the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
Cui dixit Booz: Quando emeris agrum de manu mulieris, Ruth quoque Moabitidem, quae uxor defuncti fuit, debes accipere: ut suscites nomen propinqui tui in hereditate sua.
6 And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself lest I mar my own inheritance. Take thou my right of redemption on thee, for I cannot redeem it.
Qui respondit: Cedo iuri propinquitatis: neque enim posteritatem familiae meae delere debeo. tu meo utere privilegio, quo me libenter carere profiteor.
7 Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: A man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor. And this was the manner of attestation in Israel.
Hic autem erat mos antiquitus in Israel inter propinquos, ut si quando alter alteri suo iuri cedebat: ut esset firma concessio, solvebat homo calceamentum suum, et dabat proximo suo. hoc erat testimonium cessionis in Israel.
8 So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.
Dixit ergo propinquo suo Booz: Tolle calceamentum tuum. Quod statim solvit de pede suo.
9 And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, from the hand of Naomi.
At ille maioribus natu, et universo populo, Testes vos, inquit, estis hodie, quod possederim omnis quae fuerunt Elimelech; et Chelion, et Mahalon, tradente Noemi:
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. Ye are witnesses this day.
et Ruth Moabitidem, uxorem Mahalon, in coniugium sumpserim, ut suscitem nomen defuncti in hereditate sua, ne vocabulum eius de familia sua ac fratribus et populo deleatur. Vos, inquam, huius rei testes estis.
11 And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that has come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel, and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
Respondit omnis populus, qui erat in porta, et maiores natu: Nos testes sumus: faciat Dominus hanc mulierem, quae ingreditur domum tuam, sicut Rachel, et Liam, quae aedificaverunt domum Israel: ut sit exemplum virtutis in Ephratha, et habeat celebre nomen in Bethlehem:
12 And let thy house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee by this young woman.
fiatque domus tua, sicut domus Phares, quem Thamar peperit Iudae, de semine quod tibi dederit Dominus ex hac puella.
13 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.
Tulit itaque Booz Ruth, et accepit uxorem: ingressusque est ad eam, et dedit illi Dominus ut conciperet, et pareret filium.
14 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who has not left thee this day without a near kinsman. And let his name be famous in Israel.
Dixeruntque mulieres ad Noemi: Benedictus Dominus, qui non est passus ut deficeret successor familiae tuae, et vocaretur nomen eius in Israel.
15 And he shall be to thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loves thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has borne him.
Et habeas qui consoletur animam tuam, et enutriat senectutem. de nuru enim tua natus est, qui te diliget: et multo tibi melior est, quam si septem haberes filios.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
Susceptumque Noemi puerum posuit in sinu suo, et nutricis ac gerulae fungebatur officio.
17 And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Vicinae autem mulieris congratulantes ei, et dicentes: Natus est filius Noemi: vocaverunt nomen eius Obed: hic est pater Isai, patris David.
18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron,
Hae sunt generationes Phares: Phares genuit Esron,
19 and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab,
Esron genuit Aram, Aram genuit Aminadab,
20 and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,
Aminadab genuit Nahasson, Nahasson genuit Salmon,
21 and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,
Salmon genuit Booz, Booz genuit Obed,
22 and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
Obed genuit Isai, Isai genuit David.
