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.
Subió Booz a la puerta (de la ciudad) y se sentó allí; y he aquí que pasaba aquel pariente obligado al levirato, de quien Booz había hablado. Le dijo: “Ven aquí y siéntate, fulano.” Y se acercó el hombre y se sentó allí.
2 But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”
Tomó también diez hombres de los ancianos de la ciudad, y dijo: “Tomad asiento”; y ellos se sentaron.
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.
Entonces dijo al pariente obligado al levirato: “Noemí, que ha vuelto de los campos de Moab, vende la porción de campo que era de nuestro hermano Elimelec.
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.”
He querido informarte de ello y te propongo: Adquiérela delante de los que están aquí sentados y delante de los ancianos de mi pueblo. Si quieres cumplir con el deber del levirato, hazlo; si no, dímelo, para que yo lo sepa; pues tú eres el pariente más cercano; después de ti vengo yo.” Él respondió: “Yo cumpliré con ese deber.”
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.”
Le dijo entonces Booz: “Cuando adquieras el campo de manos de Noemí, lo adquirirás también de Rut la moabita, mujer del difunto, para resucitar el nombre del difunto sobre su herencia.”
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.”
Replicó el obligado al levirato: “No puedo hacerlo, para no perjudicar mi herencia. Ejerce tú ese derecho que tengo yo, pues yo no puedo hacerlo.”
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.
Era costumbre antigua en Israel, en casos de levirato y cambios, que para dar validez a todo acto, el uno se quitaba el zapato y lo daba al otro. Esto servía de testimonio en Israel.
8 And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
Por eso, el hombre obligado al levirato dijo a Booz: “Adquiérelo tú por tú cuenta.” Y se quitó el zapato.
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.
Dijo entonces Booz a los ancianos y a todo el pueblo: “Vosotros sois hoy testigos de que yo he adquirido de mano de Noemí todo lo que era de Elimelec, y todo lo que era de Quelión y Mahalón,
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.”
y que he adquirido también a Rut la moabita, mujer de Mahalón, para que sea mi mujer, a fin de resucitar el nombre del difunto sobre su herencia, y para que el nombre del difunto no se borre de entre sus hermanos, ni de la puerta de su lugar. De eso sois vosotros hoy testigos.”
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.
Y todo el pueblo que estaba en la puerta, respondió juntamente con los ancianos: “Somos testigos. ¡Haga Yahvé que la mujer que va a entrar en tu casa, sea como Raquel y como Lía, que ambas edificaron la casa de Israel, para que seas poderoso en Efrata y tengas renombre en Betlehem!
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.”
¡Venga a ser tu casa como la casa de Fares, que Tamar le dio a Judá, por la descendencia que Yahvé te diere de esta joven!”
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.
Tomó Booz a Rut, y ella fue su mujer. Entró a ella, y Yahvé le concedió que concibiera y diera a luz un hijo.
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.
Entonces decían las mujeres a Noemí: “¡Bendito sea Yahvé, que no te ha negado un redentor el día de hoy! ¡Su nombre sea celebrado en 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.”
¡Que el consuele tu alma y sea el sostén de tu vejez! Pues tu nuera, que te ama y que para ti vale más que siete hijos, ha dado a luz.”
16 And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.
Y Noemí tomó al niño, lo puso en su regazo, y le sirvió de aya.
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.”
Y las vecinas la aclamaron diciendo: “A Noemí le ha nacido un hijo”, y le llamaron Obed. Él fue padre de Isaí, padre de David.
18 These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
Estas son las generaciones de Fares: Fares engendró a Hesrón;
19 Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
Hesrón engendró a Ram, Ram engendró a Aminadab,
20 Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
Aminadab engendró a Naasón, Naasón engendró a Salmón.
21 Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
Salmón engendró a Booz, Booz engendró a Obed,
22 Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
Obed engendró a Isaí, e Isaí engendró a David.
