< Ruth 4 >

1 Then Boaz went up to the gate, and he sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman passing by, whom he had previously discussed, he spoke to him, calling him by his name, “Pause for a little while, and sit down here.” He turned aside and sat down.
E thuolono Boaz nodhi e dhoranga dala mobet kanyo. Ka wat Ruth mahie mane owachocha ne kadho kanyo, Boaz noluonge kawacho niya, “Rawane ka, osiepna, kendo bed piny ka.” Omiyo ngʼatno nodhi ire mobet piny.
2 But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”
Boaz nokawo jodongo apar mag dala kendo nowachonegi niya, “Beduru ane ka,” mine gitimo kamano.
3 They settled down, and he spoke to the kinsman, “Naomi, who has returned from the region of the Moabites, is selling part of a field of our brother Elimelech.
Eka nowachone wat Ruth mahie niya, “Naomi ma yande odwogo koa Moab dwaro ngʼama ngʼiew puodho mane mar owadwa Elimelek.
4 I wanted you to hear this, and to tell you in front of everyone sitting here, including the eldest of my people. If you will take possession of it by the right of kinship, buy it and possess it. But if it displeases you, you should reveal this to me, so that I will know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides you, who is before me, and I am after you.” But he answered, “I will buy the field.”
Ne aneno ni ber mondo aket wachni e nyimi kendo aket parono e nyim joma obedo kagi kendo e nyim jodongo mag jowa, mondo ingʼiewe. Ka inyalo ware to ware, to ka ok inyal timo kamano to nyisa mondo angʼe. Nikech onge ngʼama chielo man-gi ratiro mar timo kamano makmana in kende, kendo an ema aluwi.” Nowacho niya, “Abiro ngʼiewo puodhono.”
5 And Boaz said to him, “When buying the field, you are likewise obliged to accept the hand of the woman Ruth, the Moabite, who was the wife of the deceased, so that you may raise up the name of your near kinsman through his posterity.”
Eka Boaz nowacho niya, “E odiechiengʼ ma iningʼiewie puodhono kuom Naomi kendo kuom Ruth nyar Moab, ema inikawie chi ngʼat mothono, mondo ichung nying ngʼat mothono kaachiel gi mwandune.”
6 He answered, “I yield my right of kinship, for I am obliged not to cut off the posterity of my own family. You may make use of my privilege, which I freely declare I will forego.”
Kane wat dhakono owinjo wachno, nowacho niya, “Ka kamano to kare ok anyal ware nikech mano nyalo miyo akel chandruok ne mwanduna awuon. In ema mondo iware in iwuon. An ok anyal timo mano.”
7 Yet it was the custom between kinsmen in this former time in Israel, that if at any time one yielded his right to another, so as to confirm his permission, the man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor. This was a testimony of concession in Israel.
E kinde machon e piny Israel, mondo ne gimoro owar ma mi ngʼat machielo, ne chuno ni ngʼato achiel kuom jogo nyaka lony wuochene kendo omi ngʼat machielo, mano ne miyo winjruogno ok nyal loki. Mano e yo mane igurogo gimoro amora mane iwilo gi chik e piny Israel.
8 And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
Kuom mano, wat dhakono nowachone Boaz niya, “In, ema mondo ingʼiewe.” Kendo nolonyo wuochene.
9 And he said to the eldest and to all the people, “You are witnesses this day, that I have taken possession of all that belonged to Elimelech and Chilion and Mahlon, and was bequeathed to Naomi.
Eka Boaz nolando ne jodongo gi ji duto kowacho niya, “Kawuono udoko joneno ka angʼiewo kuom Naomi mwandu duto mag Elimelek gi Kilion kod Malon.
10 And Ruth, the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I have taken in marriage so as to raise up the name of the deceased in his posterity, so that his name will not be cut off from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.”
Ruth nyar Moab, ma chi Malon, bende asekawo kaka chiega, mondo achung-go nying ngʼat motho gi mwandune, mondo nyinge kik lal e dier anywolane, kata e kitabu mondikie nying joma odak e dala-ka. Kawuononi udoko joneno!”
11 All the people who were at the gate, along with the eldest, answered, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who enters into your house, like Rachel, and Leah, who built up the house of Israel, so that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrathah, and so that her name may be honored in Bethlehem.
Eka jodongo kaachiel gi ji duto mane ni e rangach nowacho niya, “Wan joneno. Mad Jehova Nyasaye mi dhako mabiro e dalani ochal gi Rael gi Lea, ma nochungo dhood Israel, kargi ji ariyo. Mad ibed ngʼat maduongʼ ei Efratha kendo ibed ngʼat marahuma ei Bethlehem.
12 And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the Lord will give to you from this young woman.”
Koa kuom nyithindo ma Jehova Nyasaye biro miyi kuom dhakoni ma pod tin-ni, mad odi bi chal gi mar Perez mane Tamar onywolo ne Juda.”
13 And so Boaz took Ruth, and received her as his wife, and he went in to her, and the Lord granted to her to conceive and bear a son.
Kuom mano Boaz nokawo Ruth mine odoko chiege. Bangʼe noriwore kode, kendo Jehova Nyasaye nomiyo omako ich, kendo nonywolo nyathi ma wuowi.
14 And the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not permitted your family to be without a successor, and may his name be called upon in Israel.
Mon nowachone Naomi niya, “Opak Jehova Nyasaye kawuononi nikech ok osejwangʼi, nimar osemiyi nyakwari. Mad obed ngʼat marahuma e piny Israel duto!
15 And now you may have someone to comfort your soul and to care for you in old age, for he is born of your daughter-in-law, who loves you, and this is much better for you, than if you had seven sons.”
Obiro duogo ngimani kendo obiro riti ndalo ma iti. Nikech chi wuodi moheri kendo maberni moloyo yawuowi abiriyo, ema osenywole.”
16 And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.
Eka Naomi nokawo nyathino mi noriwe e tiende, kendo ne orite.
17 And the women of the near future were congratulating her and saying, “There was a son born to Naomi. They called his name Obed. Here is the father of Jesse, the father of David.”
Mon mane odak kanyo nowacho niya, “Naomi nigi wuowi.” Kendo negichake ni Obed. En ema ne en wuon Jesse ma wuon Daudi.
18 These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
Koro ma e anywola joka Perez: Perez ne en wuon Hezron,
19 Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
Hezron ne en wuon Ram, Ram ne en wuon Aminadab,
20 Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
Aminadab ne en wuon Nashon, Nashon ne en wuon Salmon,
21 Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
Salmon ne en wuon Boaz, Boaz ne en wuon Obed,
22 Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
Obed ne en wuon Jesse, to Jesse ne en wuon Daudi.

< Ruth 4 >