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 Boaz subiu à porta, e assentou-se ali: e eis que o remidor de que Boaz tinha falado ia passando, e disse-lhe: Ó fulano, desvia-te para cá, assenta-te aqui. E desviou-se para ali, e assentou-se.
2 But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”
Então tomou dez homens dos anciãos da cidade, e disse: assentai-vos aqui. E assentaram-se.
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.
Então disse ao remidor: aquela parte da terra que foi de Elimelech, nosso irmão, Noemi, que tornou da terra dos moabitas, a vendeu.
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.”
E disse eu: manifesta-lo-ei em teus ouvidos, dizendo: Toma-a diante dos habitantes, e diante dos anciãos do meu povo; se a as de redimir, redime-a, e, se não se houver de redimir, declara-mo, para que o saiba, pois outro não há senão tu que a redima, e eu depois de ti. Então disse ele: Eu a redimirei.
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.”
Disse porém Boaz: No dia em que tomares a terra da mão de Noemi, também a tomarás da mão de Ruth, a moabita, mulher do defunto, para suscitar o nome do defunto sobre a sua herdade.
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.”
Então disse o remidor: Para mim não a poderei redimir, para que não dane a minha herdade: redime tu a minha remissão para ti, porque eu não a poderei redimir.
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.
Havia, pois, já de muito tempo este costume em Israel, enquanto a remissão e contrato, para confirmar todo o negócio, que o homem descalçava o sapato e o dava ao seu próximo: e isto era por testemunho em Israel.
8 And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
Disse pois o remidor a Boaz: Toma-a para ti. E descalçou o sapato.
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.
Então Boaz disse aos anciãos e a todo o povo: Sois hoje testemunhas de que tomei tudo quanto foi de Elimelech, e de Chilion, e de Mahlon, da mão de Noemi,
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.”
E de que também tomo por mulher a Ruth, a moabita, que foi mulher de Mahlon, para suscitar o nome do defunto sobre a sua herdade, para que o nome do defunto não seja desarraigado dentre seus irmãos e da porta do seu lugar: disto sois hoje testemunhas.
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.
E todo o povo que estava na porta, e os anciãos, disseram: Somos testemunhas: o Senhor faça a esta mulher, que entra na tua casa, como a Rachel e como a Leah, que ambas edificaram a casa de Israel; e há-te já valorosamente em Ephrata, e faze-te nome afamado em Beth-lehem.
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.”
E seja a tua casa como a casa de Perez (que Tamar pariu a Judah), da semente que o Senhor te der desta moça.
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.
Assim tomou Boaz a Ruth, e ela lhe foi por mulher; e ele entrou a ela, e o Senhor lhe deu conceição, e pariu um filho.
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.
Então as mulheres disseram a Noemi: bendito seja o Senhor, que não deixou hoje de te dar remidor, e seja o seu nome afamado em Israel.
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.”
Ele te será por recreador da alma, e conservará a tua velhice, pois tua nora, que te ama, o pariu, e ela te é melhor do que sete filhos.
16 And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.
E Noemi tomou o filho, e o pôs no seu regaço, e foi sua ama.
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.”
E as vizinhas lhe deram um nome, dizendo: A Noemi nasceu um filho. E chamaram o seu nome Obed. Este é o pai de Jessé, pai de David.
18 These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
Estas são pois as gerações de Perez: Perez gerou a Esrom,
19 Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
E Esrom gerou a Arão, e Arão gerou a Amminadab,
20 Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
E Amminadab gerou a Nahasson, e Nahasson gerou a Salmon,
21 Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
E Salmon gerou a Boaz, e Boaz gerou a Obed,
22 Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
E Obed gerou a Jessé, e Jessé gerou a David.
