Ruth 4
1 Booz monta à la porte de la ville et s’y assit. Or voici que celui qui avait droit de rachat et dont Booz avait parlé, vint à passer. Il lui dit: « Arrête-toi, assieds-toi ici, toi un tel. » Cet homme s’arrêta 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 Alors Booz prit dix hommes parmi les anciens de la ville, et il dit: « Asseyez-vous 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 à celui qui avait le droit de rachat: « La portion de champ qui appartenait à notre frère Élimélech, a été vendue par Noémi, qui est revenue des champs de Moab.
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 Et j’ai dit: je veux t’en informer et te dire: Achète-la en présence de ceux qui siègent ici, et en présence des anciens de mon peuple. Si tu veux racheter, rachète; si tu ne veux pas, déclare-le-moi, afin que je le sache; car il n’y a personne avant toi qui ait le droit de rachat; moi, je viens après toi. » Il répondit: « Je rachèterai. »
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 Booz dit: « Le jour où tu acquerras le champ de la main de Noémi, tu l’acquerras en même temps de Ruth la Moabite, femme du défunt, pour faire revivre le nom du défunt dans 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 Celui qui avait le droit de rachat répondit: « Je ne puis pas le racheter pour mon compte, de peur de détruire mon propre héritage. Fais usage de mon droit de rachat, car je ne puis 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 C’était autrefois la coutume en Israël, en cas de rachat et d’échange, pour valider toute affaire, que l’homme ôtât son soulier et le donnât à l’autre cela servait de témoignage 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 Celui qui avait le droit de rachat dit à Booz « Acquiers pour ton compte. » Et il ôta son soulier.
And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
9 Et Booz dit aux anciens et à tout le peuple: « Vous êtes témoins aujourd’hui que j’ai acquis de la main de Noémi tout ce qui appartenait à Élimélech, et tout ce qui appartenait à Cheljon et à Mahalon,
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 et que j’ai acquis en même temps pour femme Ruth la Moabite, femme de Mahalon, pour faire revivre le nom du défunt dans son héritage, afin que le nom du défunt ne soit pas retranche d’entre ses frères et de la porte de son lieu. Vous en êtes témoins en ce jour! »
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 en sommes témoins. Que Yahweh rende la femme qui entre dans ta maison semblable à Rachel et à Lia, qui toutes les deux ont bâti la maison d’Israël! Sois fort dans Ephrata, et fais-toi un nom dans 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 Puisse ta maison être semblable à la maison de Pharès, — que Thamar enfanta à Juda, — par la postérité que Yahweh te donnera de 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 Booz prit Ruth, et elle fut sa femme, et il alla vers elle. Yahweh donna à Ruth 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 Noémi: « Béni soit Yahweh, qui ne t’a pas laissé manquer aujourd’hui d’un rédempteur! Que son nom devienne 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 restaurera ton âme et sera le soutien de ta vieillesse! Car ta belle-fille, qui t’aime, l’a enfanté, elle qui vaut mieux pour toi que sept fils. »
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 Noémi prit l’enfant, le mit sur son sein, et elle lui servit de nourrice.
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 voisines lui donnèrent un nom, en disant: « Un fils est né à Noémi! » Et elles l’appelèrent Obed. Ce fut le père d’Isaï, 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 Voici la postérité de Pharès: Pharès engendra Esron;
These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
19 Esron engendra Aram; Aram engendra Aminadab;
Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
20 Aminadab engendra Nahasson; Nahasson engendra Salmon;
Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
21 Salmon engendra Booz; Booz engendra Obed;
Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
22 Obed engendra Isaï: Isaï engendra David. »
Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
