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.

Booz alla vers la porte de la ville, et après s'y être assis, il vit venir le parent dont il avait parlé; et Booz lui dit: Approche, assieds-toi ici, homme dissimulé. Et l'autre approcha et il s'assit.

2 But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”

Et Booz prit dix des anciens de la ville, et il leur dit: Asseyez-vous là. Et ils s'assirent.

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.

Et Booz dit au parent le plus proche. Il y a un champ de notre frère Elimélech qui a été donné à Noémi, laquelle est revenue de Moab.

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.”

Et moi j'ai dit que je t'en informerai et te dirai: Prends-en possession devant ceux qui sont assis, tous anciens de notre peuple. Si tu veut racheter, rachète; si tu ne le veux, déclare-le-moi, je saurai qu'il n'y a plus personne qui doive racheter, et je viens après toi. Et l'autre répondit: Je rachèterai.

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.”

Et Booz lui dit: Le jour où tu acquerras le champ des mains de Noémi, et du consentement de Ruth la Moabite, femme du défunt, il faudra que tu la prennes aussi afin de faire revivre le nom de son mari sur son héritage.

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.”

Et le parent le plus proche dit: Je ne suis point capable de le racheter pour moi-même, sinon au détriment de mon propre héritage; rachète pour toi- même ce que j'ai le droit de racheter, parce que je ne puis le racheter.

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.

Or, dès longtemps en Israël cette règle existait concernant les rachats, et les marchés: pour confirmer toute parole, l'homme, détachait sa chaussure et la donnait à son proche, qui reprenait son droit de rachat. Tel était le témoignage en Israël.

8 And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.

Le parent le plus proche dit donc à Booz: Acquiers pour toi tous, mes droits de rachat. Et il dénoua sa chaussure, et il la lui donna.

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.

Et Booz dit aux anciens et à tout le peuple: Vous êtes témoins aujourd'hui que j'ai acheté de Noémi tous les biens d'Elimélech et tout ce qui appartenait à Chélaïon et à Maalon

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.”

Et que de plus, je prends pour ma femme Ruth la Moabite, femme de Maalon, afin de faire revivre le nom du défunt sur son héritage; et le nom du défunt ne sera effacé ni parmi ses frères, ni dans sa tribu. Vous en êtes témoins aujourd'hui.

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.

Et tout le peuple qui était près de la porte s'écria: Témoins! Et les anciens dirent: Fasse le Seigneur que la femme qui entre dans ta maison soit comme Rachel et comme Lia, qui l'une et l'autre ont fondé la maison d'Israël, et ont été des femmes fortes en Ephratha; que son nom demeure en Bethléem.

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.”

Et que ta maison ressemble à la maison de Pharès que Thamar enfanta à Juda, par la postérité que le Seigneur fera naître pour toi de cette jeune servante.

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.

Booz prit donc Ruth pour sa femme et il eut commerce avec elle; le Seigneur lui accorda de concevoir, et elle enfanta un fils.

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.

Et les femmes dirent à Noémi: Béni soit le Seigneur qui ne t'a point laissé manquer d'un rédempteur, et qui veut aujourd'hui que ton nom vive en Israël.

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.”

Tu auras un soutien qui ranimera ton âme, qui nourrira ta vieillesse: ta belle-fille qui t'aime, et qui vaut mieux pour toi que sept fils, l'a enfanté.

16 And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.

Et Noémi prit l'enfant et elle le mit dans son sein, et elle fut pour Iui comme une nourrice.

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.”

Et les voisins lui donnèrent un nom, disant: Un fils est né à Noémi, et ils le nommèrent Obed; c'est lui qui fut le père de Jessé, père de David.

18 These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,

Et voici la postérité de Pharès: Pharès engendra Esron;

19 Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,

Et Esron engendra Aram, et Aram engendra Aminadab;

20 Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,

Et Aminadab engendra Naasson, et Naasson engendra Salmon;

21 Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,

Et Salmon engendra Booz, et Booz engendra Obed;

22 Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.

Et Obed engendra Jessé, et Jessé engendra David.