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.

Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, 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.

Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.

3 Il dit à celui qui avait le droit de rachat: " La portion de champ qui appartenait à notre frère Elimélech, a été vendue par Noémi, qui est revenue des champs de Moab.

He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

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 thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”

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. "

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”

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. "

The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”

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.

Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.

8 Celui qui avait le droit de rachat dit à Booz " Acquiers pour ton compte. " Et il ôta son soulier.

So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.

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 Elimélech, et tout ce qui appartenait à Cheljon et à Mahalon,

Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of 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 point retranche d'entre ses frères et de la porte de son lieu. Vous en êtes témoins en ce jour! "

Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from amongst his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”

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 in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous 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! "

Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the LORD will give you by 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.

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.

14 Les femmes dirent à Noémi: " Béni soit Yahweh, qui ne t'a point laissé manquer aujourd'hui d'un rédempteur! Que son nom devienne célèbre en Israël!

The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous 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. "

He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

16 Noémi prit l'enfant, le mit sur son sein, et elle lui servit de nourrice.

Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to 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.

The women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Voici la postérité de Pharès: Pharès engendra Esron;

Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

19 Esron engendra Aram; Aram engendra Aminadab;

and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,

20 Aminadab engendra Nahasson; Nahasson engendra Salmon;

and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,

21 Salmon engendra Booz; Booz engendra Obed;

and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

22 Obed engendra Isaï: Isaï engendra David. "

and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.