Ruth 4
1 Or Boaz monta à la porte et s'y assit. Et voici qu'arrive le proche parent dont Boaz avait parlé. Boaz lui dit: « Viens ici, mon ami, et assieds-toi. » Il s'approcha et s'assit.
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.
2 Boaz prit dix hommes parmi les anciens de la ville, et dit: « Assieds-toi ici. » Et ils s'assirent.
But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”
3 Il dit au parent le plus proche: « Naomi, qui est revenue du pays de Moab, vend la parcelle de terre qui appartenait à notre frère Elimelech.
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.
4 J'ai pensé que je devais te le dire, en disant: « Achète-le devant ceux qui sont assis ici, et devant les anciens de mon peuple. Si tu veux la racheter, rachète-la; mais si tu ne veux pas la racheter, dis-le moi, pour que je le sache. Car il n'y a personne d'autre que toi pour la racheter, et je suis après toi. » Il a dit: « Je vais la racheter. »
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.”
5 Et Boaz dit: « Le jour où tu achèteras le champ de la main de Naomi, tu devras l'acheter aussi de Ruth la Moabite, la femme du mort, pour relever le nom du mort sur son héritage. »
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.”
6 Le proche parent dit: « Je ne peux pas le racheter pour moi-même, de peur de mettre en danger mon propre héritage. Prends pour toi mon droit de rachat, car je ne peux pas le racheter. »
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.”
7 Or voici comment on procédait autrefois en Israël pour racheter et pour échanger, afin de confirmer toutes choses: un homme ôtait sa sandale et la donnait à son prochain; et c'était ainsi qu'on officialisait les transactions en Israël.
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.
8 Le proche parent dit à Boaz: « Achète-le pour toi », et il ôta sa sandale.
And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
9 Boaz dit aux anciens et à tout le peuple: « Vous êtes témoins aujourd'hui que j'ai acheté de la main de Naomi tout ce qui appartenait à Elimélek, à Chilion et à Mahlon.
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.
10 De plus, j'ai acheté Ruth la Moabite, femme de Mahlon, pour en faire ma femme, afin de relever le nom du défunt sur son héritage, pour que le nom du défunt ne soit pas retranché du milieu de ses frères et de la porte de son lieu. Vous êtes aujourd'hui témoins. »
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.”
11 Tout le peuple qui était à la porte, et les anciens, dirent: « Nous sommes témoins. Que l'Éternel rende la femme qui est entrée dans ta maison semblable à Rachel et à Léa, qui toutes deux ont bâti la maison d'Israël; qu'il te traite dignement à Éphrata, et qu'il soit célèbre à Bethléem.
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.
12 Que ta maison soit semblable à la maison de Pérez, que Tamar a enfanté à Juda, de la descendance que Yahvé te donnera par cette jeune femme. »
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.”
13 Et Boaz prit Ruth, et elle devint sa femme; il alla vers elle, et Yahvé lui permit de concevoir, et elle enfanta un fils.
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.
14 Les femmes dirent à Naomi: « Béni soit Yahvé, qui ne t'a pas laissé aujourd'hui sans parent proche. Que son nom soit célèbre en Israël.
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.
15 Il te rendra la vie et te soutiendra dans ta vieillesse, car ta belle-fille, qui t'aime et qui vaut mieux pour toi que sept fils, lui a donné naissance. »
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.”
16 Naomi prit l'enfant, le coucha dans son sein et en prit soin.
And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.
17 Les femmes, ses voisines, lui donnèrent un nom, en disant: « Un fils est né à Naomi ». Elles lui donnèrent le nom d'Obed. Il est le père de Jessé, le père de David.
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.”
18 Et voici l'histoire des générations de Pérez: Pérez engendra Hetsron,
These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
19 et Hetsron engendra Ram, et Ram engendra Amminadab,
Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
20 et Amminadab engendra Nahshon, et Nahshon engendra Salmon,
Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
21 et Salmon engendra Boaz, et Boaz engendra Obed,
Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
22 et Obed engendra Isaï, et Isaï engendra David.
Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
