Rota 4
1 Ary rehefa tafakatra teo am-bavahady Boaza ka nipetraka teo, dia, indro, nandalo ilay havana mahavotra voalazany, dia hoy Boaza: Ranona iry ô! maitia kely ange; mipetraha eto. Dia nanatona izy ka nipetraka.
Then Boaz went up to the gate and sat down. Just then the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came along. Boaz said, ‘Hello, So-and-so (calling him by name), come here and sit down.’ So he stopped and sat down.
2 Dia naka folo lahy tamin’ ny loholona tao an-tanàna Boaza ka nanao hoe: Mipetraha eto ianareo. Dia nipetraka ireo.
Boaz also took ten of the town elders and said, ‘Sit down here.’ So they sat down.
3 Dia niteny tamin’ Ilay havana akaiky izy ka nanao hoe: Naomy, izay niverina avy tany amin’ ny tany Moaba, dia mivarotra ny tany izay an’ i Elimeleka rahalahintsika.
Then he said to the near relative, ‘Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is offering for sale the piece of land which belonged to our relative Elimelech,
4 Ary izaho nikasa hampandre anao hoe: Vidio eto anatrehan’ izay mipetraka eto sy eto anatrehan’ ny loholona amin’ ny fireneko izany. Raha hanavotra ianao, dia avoty; fa raha tàhiny tsy hanavotra ianao, dia lazao amiko mba ho fantatro; fa tsy misy tokony hanavotra afa-tsy ianao, ary izaho no manarakaraka anao. Ary hoy izy: Hanavotra ihany aho.
and I thought that I would lay the matter before you, suggesting that you buy it in the presence of these men who sit here and of the elders of my people. If you will buy it and so keep it in the possession of the family, do so; but if not; then tell me, so that I may know; for no one but you has the right to buy it, and I am next to you.’ ‘I will buy it,’ he said.
5 Dia hoy Boaza: Amin’ izay andro ividiananao ny tany amin’ ny tànan’ i Naomy, dia amin’ i Rota koa, vehivavy Moabita, vadin’ ny maty, no hividiananao azy, mba hamelo-maso ny anaran’ ny maty ao amin’ ny lovany ianao.
Then Boaz said, ‘On the day you buy the field from Naomi, you must also marry Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to preserve the name of the dead in connection with his inheritance.’
6 Fa hoy ilay havana mahavotra: Tsia, tsy mahazo manavotra ho an’ ny tenako aho, fandrao mahasimba ny lovako; avoty ihany ho anao ny ahy, fa tsy mahavotra aho.
‘I cannot buy it for myself without spoiling my own inheritance,’ the near relative said. ‘You take my right of buying it as a relative, because I cannot do so.’
7 Ary ny amin’ ny fanavotana sy ny fanakalozana teo amin’ ny Isiraely fahiny hahamafy ny teny rehetra dia izao: nesorin’ ny lehilahy ny kirarony ka nomeny ho an’ ny namany; dia vavolombelona teo amin’ ny Isiraely izany.
Now this used to be the custom in Israel: to make valid anything relating to a matter of redemption or exchange, a man drew off his sandal and gave it to the other man; and this was the way contracts were attested in Israel.
8 Ary hoy ilay havana mahavotra tamin’ i Boaza: Vidio ho anao izany. Dia nanaisotra ny kirarony izy.
So when the near relative said to Boaz, ‘Buy it for yourself,’ Boaz drew off the man’s sandal.
9 Ary hoy Boaza tamin’ ny loholona sy ny vahoaka rehetra: Hianareo no vavolombelona androany fa efa novidiko tamin’ ny tànan’ i Naomy izay rehetra an’ i Elimeleka sy izay rehetra an’ i Kiliona sy Malona.
Then Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, ‘You are witnesses at this time that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s from Naomi.
10 Ary Rota koa, vehivavy Moabita, vadin’ i Malona, dia lasako ho vadiko hamelo-maso ny anaran’ ny maty ao amin’ ny lovany, mba tsy ho faty maso ny anaran’ ny maty eo amin’ ny rahalahiny sy eo amin’ ny vavahadin’ ny fonenany; ianareo no vavolombelona androany.
Moreover I have secured Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in connection with his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his relatives and from the household where he lived. You are witnesses this day.’
11 Dia hoy ny vahoaka rehetra izay teo amin’ ny vavahady sy ny loholona: Eny, vavolombelona izahay; hataon’ i Jehovah tahaka an’ i Rahely sy tahaka an’ i Lea anie izay vehivavy efa ho tonga ao an-tranonao; fa izy roa vavy no nanangana ny tranon’ ny Isiraely; ary aoka ho lehibe any Efrata anie ianao, ary halaza any Betlehema anie ny anaranao;
Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, ‘We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrata, and become famous in Bethlehem.
12 ary ho tahaka ny taranak’ i Fareza, izay naterak’ i Tamara tamin’ i Joda, anie ny taranakao avy amin’ ny zanaka izay homen’ i Jehovah anao amin’ ity vehivavy ity.
From the children whom the Lord will give you by this young woman may your household become like the household of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.’
13 Ary Boaza dia nampakatra an’ i Rota ka nanambady azy; ary Jehovah nampanan’ anaka azy, ka niteraka zazalahy izy.
So Boaz married Ruth, and she became his wife; and the Lord gave to her a son.
14 Ary hoy ireo vehivavy tamin’ i Naomy: Isaorana anie Jehovah, Izay tsy namela anao androany tsy hanan-kavana mahavotra, ary aoka halaza ny anarany eo amin’ ny Isiraely.
Then the women said to Naomi, ‘Blessed be the Lord who has not left you at this time without a near relative, and may his name be famous in Israel.
15 Dia hamelona ny ainao sy hitaiza anao izy, rehefa antitra ianao; fa niteraka azy ny vinantonaovavy, izay tia anao, ilay tsara lavitra aminao mihoatra noho ny zanaka fito lahy.
This child will restore your vigor and nourish you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is worth more to you than seven sons, has borne a son to Boaz!’
16 Dia nandray ny zaza Naomy ka nitrotro azy, dia tonga mpitaiza azy.
So Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him as if he was her own.
17 Ary ny vehivavy namany nifidy ny anarany ka nanao hoe: Misy zazalahy teraka ho an’ i Naomy; ary ny anarany nataony hoe Obeda; izy no rain’ i Jese, rain’ i Davida.
The women of the neighbourhood gave him a name, saying, ‘A son is born to Naomi!’ They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.
18 Ary izao no taranak’ i Fareza: Fareza niteraka an’ i Hezrona;
This is the genealogy of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
19 ary Hezrona niteraka an’ i Rama; ary Rama niteraka an’ i Aminadaba;
Hezron of Ram, Ram of Amminadab,
20 ary Aminadaba niteraka an’ i Nasona; ary Nasona niteraka an’ i Salmona;
Amminidab of Nashon, Nashon of Salmon,
21 ary Salmona niteraka an’ i Boaza; ary Boaza niteraka an’ i Obeda;
Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed,
22 ary Obeda niteraka an’ i Jese; ary Jese niteraka an’ i Davida.
Obed of Jesse, Jesse of David.
