Ruth 4
1 Or, Booz était monté à la porte et y avait pris place; et voilà que vint à passer le parent dont Booz avait parlé. Celui-ci dit: "Veuille t’approcher et t’asseoir là, un tel et tel." 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 Puis Booz prit dix hommes d’entre les anciens de la ville et dit: "Asseyez-vous là." Et ils s’assirent.
But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”
3 S’Adressant au parent, il dit: "La pièce de terre qui appartenait à notre parent Elimélec, Noémi, revenue des plaines de Moab, veut la vendre.
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 jugé bon de te rendre attentif à la chose et de te dire: Acquiers cette propriété en présence des personnes assises là et en présence des anciens de mon peuple. Si tu te décides à la racheter, c’est bien; si non, veuille me faire connaître tes intentions; car seul tu disposes du droit de rachat, moi ne venant qu’après toi." Il répondit: "Je ferai le rachat."
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 Booz continua et dit: "Le jour où tu acquiers le champ de la main de Noémi, tu acquiers aussi Ruth, la Moabite, la femme du défunt, pour maintenir le nom du défunt à son patrimoine."
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 parent répliqua: "Je ne puis faire ce rachat à mon profit, sous peine de ruiner mon patrimoine à moi. Exerce toi-même mon droit de rachat, car moi je ne puis le faire."
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, jadis en Israël, quand il s’agissait de rachat ou d’échange, tel était le procédé pour rendre définitif un contrat: l’un des contractants retirait sa sandale et la donnait à l’autre. Voilà quelle était la règle 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 Donc le parent dit à Booz: "Fais l’acquisition à ton profit!" Et il retira sa sandale.
And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
9 Alors Booz dit aux anciens et à tout le peuple: "Vous êtes témoins aujourd’hui que j’acquiers de la main de Noémi tout ce qui appartenait à Elimélec, ainsi qu’à Mahlon et Kilion.
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 Ruth aussi, la Moabite, femme de Mahlon, je l’acquiers comme épouse pour maintenir le nom du défunt à son patrimoine et empêcher que le nom du défunt ne s’éteigne parmi ses frères et dans sa ville natale. 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 se trouvait à la porte et les anciens répondirent: "Nous sommes témoins! Que l’Eternel rende l’épouse qui va entrer dans ta maison semblable à Rachel et à Léa, qui ont édifié à elles deux la maison d’Israël! Toi-même, puisses-tu prospérer à Efrata et illustrer ton nom 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 comme la maison de Péréç, que Tamar enfanta à Juda, grâce aux enfants que le Seigneur te fera naître de cette 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 épousa donc Ruth, elle devint sa compagne et il cohabita avec elle. L’Eternel accorda à Ruth le bonheur de devenir mère: elle mit au monde 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 Alors les femmes dirent à Noémi: "Loué soit l’Eternel qui, dès ce jour, ne te laisse plus manquer d’un défenseur! Puisse son nom être illustre 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 Puisse-t-il devenir le consolateur de ton âme, l’appui de ta vieillesse, puisqu’aussi bien c’est ta bru qui l’a mis au monde, elle qui t’aime tant et qui est meilleure 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 le nouveau-né, le mit sur son giron et se chargea de lui donner ses soins.
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 désignèrent l’enfant en disant: "Un fils est né à Noémi." Et elles l’appelèrent Obed. Celui-ci devint le père de Jessé, 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 Or, voici quels furent les descendants de Péréç: Péréç engendra Héçron;
These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
19 Héçron engendra Râm et Râm engendra Amminadab;
Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
20 Amminadab engendra Nahchon et Nahchon engendra Salmâ;
Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
21 Salmâ engendra Booz et Booz engendra Obed;
Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
22 Obed engendra Jessé, et Jessé engendra David.
Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
