Ruth 4

1 Ascendit ergo Booz ad portam, et sedit ibi. Cumque vidisset propinquum praeterire, de quo prius sermo habitus est, dixit ad eum: Declina paulisper, et sede hic: vocans eum nomine suo. Qui divertit, et sedit.

Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there; and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said: 'Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.' And he turned aside, and sat down.

2 Tollens autem Booz decem viros de senioribus civitatis, dixit ad eos: Sedete hic.

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said: 'Sit ye down here.' And they sat down.

3 Quibus sedentibus, locutus est ad propinquum: Partem agri fratris nostri Elimelech vendet Noemi, quae reversa est de regione Moabitide:

And he said unto the near kinsman: 'Naomi, that is come back out of the field of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's;

4 quod audire te volui, et tibi dicere coram cunctis sedentibus, et maioribus natu de populo meo. Si vis possidere iure propinquitatis: eme, et posside. Sin autem displicet tibi, hoc ipsum indica mihi, ut sciam quid facere debeam. nullus enim est propinquus, excepto te, qui prior es: et me, qui secundus sum. At ille respondit: Ego agrum emam.

and I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying: Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if it will not be redeemed, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.' And he said: 'I will redeem it.'

5 Cui dixit Booz: Quando emeris agrum de manu mulieris, Ruth quoque Moabitidem, quae uxor defuncti fuit, debes accipere: ut suscites nomen propinqui tui in hereditate sua.

Then said Boaz: 'What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi — hast thou also bought of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance?'

6 Qui respondit: Cedo iuri propinquitatis: neque enim posteritatem familiae meae delere debeo. tu meo utere privilegio, quo me libenter carere profiteor.

And the near kinsman said: 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance; take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.' —

7 Hic autem erat mos antiquitus in Israel inter propinquos, ut si quando alter alteri suo iuri cedebat: ut esset firma concessio, solvebat homo calceamentum suum, et dabat proximo suo. hoc erat testimonium cessionis in Israel.

Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was the attestation in Israel. —

8 Dixit ergo propinquo suo Booz: Tolle calceamentum tuum. Quod statim solvit de pede suo.

So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe.

9 At ille maioribus natu, et universo populo, Testes vos, inquit, estis hodie, quod possederim omnis quae fuerunt Elimelech; et Chelion, et Mahalon, tradente Noemi:

And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people: 'Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

10 et Ruth Moabitidem, uxorem Mahalon, in coniugium sumpserim, ut suscitem nomen defuncti in hereditate sua, ne vocabulum eius de familia sua ac fratribus et populo deleatur. Vos, inquam, huius rei testes estis.

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I acquired to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; ye are witnesses this day.'

11 Respondit omnis populus, qui erat in porta, et maiores natu: Nos testes sumus: faciat Dominus hanc mulierem, quae ingreditur domum tuam, sicut Rachel, et Liam, quae aedificaverunt domum Israel: ut sit exemplum virtutis in Ephratha, et habeat celebre nomen in Bethlehem:

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: 'We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem;

12 fiatque domus tua, sicut domus Phares, quem Thamar peperit Iudae, de semine quod tibi dederit Dominus ex hac puella.

and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.'

13 Tulit itaque Booz Ruth, et accepit uxorem: ingressusque est ad eam, et dedit illi Dominus ut conciperet, et pareret filium.

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.

14 Dixeruntque mulieres ad Noemi: Benedictus Dominus, qui non est passus ut deficeret successor familiae tuae, et vocaretur nomen eius in Israel.

And the women said unto Naomi: 'Blessed be the LORD, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman, and let his name be famous in Israel.

15 Et habeas qui consoletur animam tuam, et enutriat senectutem. de nuru enim tua natus est, qui te diliget: et multo tibi melior est, quam si septem haberes filios.

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.'

16 Susceptumque Noemi puerum posuit in sinu suo, et nutricis ac gerulae fungebatur officio.

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

17 Vicinae autem mulieris congratulantes ei, et dicentes: Natus est filius Noemi: vocaverunt nomen eius Obed: hic est pater Isai, patris David.

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying: 'There is a son born to Naomi'; and they called his name Obed; he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Hae sunt generationes Phares: Phares genuit Esron,

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;

19 Esron genuit Aram, Aram genuit Aminadab,

and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab;

20 Aminadab genuit Nahasson, Nahasson genuit Salmon,

and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;

21 Salmon genuit Booz, Booz genuit Obed,

and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

22 Obed genuit Isai, Isai genuit David.

and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.