Rut 4

1 Subió Booz a la puerta (de la ciudad) y se sentó allí; y he aquí que pasaba aquel pariente obligado al levirato, de quien Booz había hablado. Le dijo: “Ven aquí y siéntate, fulano.” Y se acercó el hombre y se sentó allí.

Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.

2 Tomó también diez hombres de los ancianos de la ciudad, y dijo: “Tomad asiento”; y ellos se sentaron.

Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.

3 Entonces dijo al pariente obligado al levirato: “Noemí, que ha vuelto de los campos de Moab, vende la porción de campo que era de nuestro hermano Elimelec.

He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

4 He querido informarte de ello y te propongo: Adquiérela delante de los que están aquí sentados y delante de los ancianos de mi pueblo. Si quieres cumplir con el deber del levirato, hazlo; si no, dímelo, para que yo lo sepa; pues tú eres el pariente más cercano; después de ti vengo yo.” Él respondió: “Yo cumpliré con ese deber.”

I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”

5 Le dijo entonces Booz: “Cuando adquieras el campo de manos de Noemí, lo adquirirás también de Rut la moabita, mujer del difunto, para resucitar el nombre del difunto sobre su herencia.”

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”

6 Replicó el obligado al levirato: “No puedo hacerlo, para no perjudicar mi herencia. Ejerce tú ese derecho que tengo yo, pues yo no puedo hacerlo.”

The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”

7 Era costumbre antigua en Israel, en casos de levirato y cambios, que para dar validez a todo acto, el uno se quitaba el zapato y lo daba al otro. Esto servía de testimonio en Israel.

Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.

8 Por eso, el hombre obligado al levirato dijo a Booz: “Adquiérelo tú por tú cuenta.” Y se quitó el zapato.

So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.

9 Dijo entonces Booz a los ancianos y a todo el pueblo: “Vosotros sois hoy testigos de que yo he adquirido de mano de Noemí todo lo que era de Elimelec, y todo lo que era de Quelión y Mahalón,

Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

10 y que he adquirido también a Rut la moabita, mujer de Mahalón, para que sea mi mujer, a fin de resucitar el nombre del difunto sobre su herencia, y para que el nombre del difunto no se borre de entre sus hermanos, ni de la puerta de su lugar. De eso sois vosotros hoy testigos.”

Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”

11 Y todo el pueblo que estaba en la puerta, respondió juntamente con los ancianos: “Somos testigos. ¡Haga Yahvé que la mujer que va a entrar en tu casa, sea como Raquel y como Lía, que ambas edificaron la casa de Israel, para que seas poderoso en Efrata y tengas renombre en Betlehem!

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 like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

12 ¡Venga a ser tu casa como la casa de Fares, que Tamar le dio a Judá, por la descendencia que Yahvé te diere de esta joven!”

Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which Yahweh will give you by this young woman.”

13 Tomó Booz a Rut, y ella fue su mujer. Entró a ella, y Yahvé le concedió que concibiera y diera a luz un hijo.

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.

14 Entonces decían las mujeres a Noemí: “¡Bendito sea Yahvé, que no te ha negado un redentor el día de hoy! ¡Su nombre sea celebrado en Israel!

The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.

15 ¡Que el consuele tu alma y sea el sostén de tu vejez! Pues tu nuera, que te ama y que para ti vale más que siete hijos, ha dado a luz.”

He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

16 Y Noemí tomó al niño, lo puso en su regazo, y le sirvió de aya.

Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.

17 Y las vecinas la aclamaron diciendo: “A Noemí le ha nacido un hijo”, y le llamaron Obed. Él fue padre de Isaí, padre de David.

The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Estas son las generaciones de Fares: Fares engendró a Hesrón;

Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

19 Hesrón engendró a Ram, Ram engendró a Aminadab,

and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,

20 Aminadab engendró a Naasón, Naasón engendró a Salmón.

and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,

21 Salmón engendró a Booz, Booz engendró a Obed,

and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

22 Obed engendró a Isaí, e Isaí engendró a David.

and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.