Ruth 4
1 Et Boaz monta à la porte, et s’assit là. Et voici, celui qui avait le droit de rachat, [et] dont Boaz avait parlé, vint à passer; et il dit: Toi, un tel, détourne-toi, assieds-toi ici. Et il se détourna 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 Et [Boaz] prit dix hommes des anciens de la ville, et 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 Et il dit à celui qui avait le droit de rachat: Naomi, qui est revenue des champs de Moab, vend la pièce de terre qui était à notre frère Élimélec.
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 moi, je me suis dit: Je t’en informerai, et je te dirai: Achète-la en la présence des habitants et en la présence des anciens de mon peuple. Si tu veux racheter, rachète; et si tu ne veux pas racheter, déclare-le-moi, afin que je le sache; car il n’y a personne que toi pour racheter, et moi je suis après toi. Et il dit: 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 Boaz dit: Au jour où tu achèteras le champ de la main de Naomi, tu l’achèteras aussi de Ruth, la Moabite, femme du défunt, pour relever le nom du défunt 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 Et celui qui avait le droit de rachat dit: Je ne puis pas le racheter pour moi, de peur que je ne ruine mon héritage; use, toi, 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 Or c’était jadis [une coutume] en Israël, en cas de rachat et d’échange, que, pour confirmer toute affaire, l’un ôtait sa sandale et la donnait à l’autre; c’était là une coutume 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 Et celui qui avait le droit de rachat dit à Boaz: Achète 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 Et Boaz dit aux anciens et à tout le peuple: Vous êtes aujourd’hui témoins que j’ai acheté de la main de Naomi tout ce qui était à Élimélec, et tout ce qui était à Kilion et à Makhlon;
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 aussi que je me suis acquis pour femme Ruth, la Moabite, la femme de Makhlon, pour relever le nom du défunt sur son héritage, afin que le nom du défunt ne soit pas retranché d’entre ses frères et de la porte de son lieu: vous en êtes témoins aujourd’hui!
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 Et tout le peuple qui était à la porte, et les anciens, dirent: [Nous en sommes] témoins. Fasse l’Éternel que la femme qui entre dans ta maison soit comme Rachel, et comme Léa, qui toutes deux ont bâti la maison d’Israël! Et deviens puissant dans Éphrata, et fais-toi un nom dans Bethléhem!
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 Et que, de la postérité que l’Éternel te donnera de cette jeune femme, ta maison soit comme la maison de Pérets, que Tamar enfanta à Juda!
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 fut sa femme; et il vint vers elle; et l’Éternel lui donna 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 Et les femmes dirent à Naomi: Béni soit l’Éternel, qui ne t’a pas laissé manquer aujourd’hui d’un homme qui ait le droit de rachat! et que son nom soit nommé 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 Et il sera pour toi un restaurateur de ton âme, et un 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 Et Naomi prit l’enfant, et le mit dans son sein, et elle lui tint lieu 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 Et les voisines lui donnèrent un nom, disant: Un fils est né à Naomi! Et elles l’appelèrent du nom d’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 Et ce sont ici les générations de Pérets: Pérets 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 Nakhshon; et Nakhshon engendra Salma;
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.
