Rit 4
1 Alò Boaz te monte nan pòtay la e te chita la. Konsa, fanmi pwòch a sila Boaz te pale a t ap pase. Epi li te di: “Vire akote, zanmi m; vin chita la!” Epi li te vire akote e te chita.
Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Soon, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by. Boaz said to him, “My friend, come over and sit down here.” The man came over and sat down.
2 Li te pran dizòm nan ansyen lavil yo, epi te di: “Vin chita isit la.” Konsa, yo te vin chita.
Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
3 Epi li te di a fanmi pwòch la: “Naomi, ki te vin retounen soti nan peyi Moab la, ap oblije vann mòso tè ki te pou frè nou an, Élimélec.
Boaz said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has returned from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that was our brother Elimelek's.
4 Konsa, mwen te vle fè ou konnen, epi di: “Achte li devan sila ki chita yo ak devan ansyen pèp mwen yo. Si ou va peye ranson li, peye ranson li; men si ou p ap fè sa, fè m konnen; paske nanpwen pèsòn ke ou menm pou peye ranson li, e se mwen aprè ou.” Konsa li te di: “Mwen va peye ranson li.”
I thought to inform you and say to you, 'Buy it in the presence of those who are sitting here, and in the presence of the elders of my people.' If you wish to redeem it, redeem it. But if you do not wish to redeem it, then tell me, so that I may know, for there is no one to redeem it besides you, and I am after you.” Then the other man said, “I will redeem it.”
5 Epi Boaz te di: “Nan jou ke ou achte chan an nan men Naomi a, fòk osi ou pran Ruth, Moabit la, vèv a mò a, pou ou kapab fè leve non a sila ki mouri an sou eritaj pa li.”
Then Boaz said, “On the day that you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also take Ruth the Moabite woman, the widow of a dead man, in order to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”
6 Pwòch fanmi an te di: “Mwen pa kapab peye ranson li pou kont mwen; paske mwen ta mete pwòp eritaj mwen an danje. Peye ranson li pou kont ou; ou kapab genyen dwa ranson pa m nan. Paske, mwen pa kapab peye ranson li.”
Then the near kinsman said, “I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. You take my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”
7 Alò sa se te koutim lontan an Israël pou ranson ak echanj tè pou vin an lòd avèk nenpòt afè. Yon nonm ta retire sapat li, te lonje li bay yon lòt. Se konsa pou te fè atestasyon an Israël.
Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning the redemption and exchange of goods. To confirm all things, a man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor; this was the manner of making legal agreements in Israel.
8 Konsa, pwòch fanmi an te di Boaz: “Achte li pou kont ou.” Epi li te retire sandal li.
So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” and he took off his sandal.
9 Alò, Boaz te di a lansyen yo ak tout pèp la: “Nou se temwen jodi a ke mwen te achte soti nan men Naomi tout sa ki te pou Élimélec yo ak tout sa ki te pou Kiljon avèk Machlon yo.
Then Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought all that was Elimelek's and all that was Kilion's and Mahlon's from the hand of Naomi.
10 Anplis, mwen te pran Ruth, Moabit la, vèv a Machlon an, kon madanm mwen, jis pou non a mò a kapab leve sou eritaj pa li. Pou non a mò a pa vin dekoupe soti nan frè li yo, ni nan rejis tribinal nesans li a. Nou se temwen jodi a.”
Also Ruth the Moabite woman, the wife of Mahlon, I have acquired to be my wife, in order that I might raise up the name of the dead man on his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. Today you are witnesses!”
11 Tout pèp la te la nan tribinal la ak lansyen yo te di: “Nou se temwen Ke SENYÈ a kapab fè fanm k ap antre lakay ou a tankou Rachel avèk Léa, tou de ki te bati lakay Israël la. Epi ke ou va reyisi richès ou nan Éphrata e vin rekonèt pa tout moun nan Bethléhem nan.
All the people who were in the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built up the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.
12 Anplis, ke lakay pa w kapab vin tankou lakay Pérets, ke Tamar te fè pou Juda, ak desandan ke SENYÈ a va bannou pa jenn fanm sila a.”
May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that Yahweh will give you with this young woman.”
13 Konsa Boaz te pran Ruth. Li te devni madanm li, epi li te antre ladann. Konsa SENYÈ a te fè l kapab vin ansent e li te fè yon fis.
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. He slept with her, and Yahweh allowed her to become pregnant, and she bore a son.
14 Alò fanm yo te di a Naomi: “Beni se SENYÈ a ki pa t kite ou san redanmtè jodi a. Ke non li kapab vin rekonèt toupatou an Israël!
The women said to Naomi, “May Yahweh be blessed, who has not left you today without a near kinsman, this baby. May his name be famous in Israel.
15 Anplis ke li kapab devni pou ou yon redanmtè lavi ak yon soutyen pou vyeyès ou. Anplis, pou bèlfi ou, ki renmen ou e ki pran swen ou pi byen pase sèt fis ki te bay li nesans.
May he be for you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”
16 Alò, Naomi te pran pitit la, te fè l kouche sou janm li yo pou te pran swen li.”
Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and took care of him.
17 Fanm vwazinaj la te bay li non an, epi te di: “Yon fis te ne pa Naomi!” Konsa, yo te rele li Obed. Li se papa a Jessé, papa a David.
The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who became the father of David.
18 Alò, sila yo se jenerasyon a Pérets yo: Pérets te fè Hetsron,
Now these were the descendants of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
19 Hetsron te fè Ram; Ram te fè Amminadab;
Hezron became the father of Ram, Ram became the father of Amminadab,
20 Amminadab te fè Nachschon; Nachschon te fè Salmon;
Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
21 Salmon te fè Boaz; Boaz te fè Obed;
Salmon became the father of Boaz, Boaz became the father of Obed,
22 Obed te fè Jessé; epi, Jessé te fè David.
Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
