Rut 4
1 Booz subió a la puerta y se sentó allí. Y ciertamente ahí pasaba aquel pariente más cercano, del cual Booz habló, y le dijo: ¡Hola, fulano, ven acá y siéntate! Y él se desvió y se sentó.
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 Entonces Booz tomó diez varones de los ancianos de la ciudad y dijo: Siéntense aquí. Y se sentaron.
But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”
3 Luego dijo al pariente más cercano: Noemí, quien regresó de la tierra de Moab, vende la parcela de tierra que perteneció a nuestro hermano Elimelec.
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 Decidí hacértelo saber y decirte frente a los que están sentados aquí y frente a los ancianos de mi pueblo, que la compres. Si quieres redimirla, redímela. Si no quieres redimirla, decláramelo para que lo sepa, porque no hay nadie para redimirla fuera de ti, y después de ti, yo. Y él contestó: Yo la redimiré.
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 Pero Booz añadió: El día cuando adquieras el campo de mano de Noemí, deberás tomar también a Rut la moabita, esposa del difunto, para perpetuar el nombre del muerto sobre su herencia.
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 El pariente más cercano respondió: Entonces no podré redimirla para mí, pues destruiría mi herencia. Redime tú. Usa mi oportunidad, porque yo no podré redimir.
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 Desde antaño había una tradición en Israel con respecto a la redención y al contrato para confirmar cualquier asunto. Uno se quitaba su sandalia y la daba al otro, y esto servía de testimonio en Israel.
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 Entonces el pariente más cercano dijo a Booz: Adquiérela para ti. Y se quitó la sandalia.
And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
9 Entonces Booz anunció a los ancianos y a todo el pueblo: Ustedes son testigos hoy de que adquirí de mano de Noemí todo lo que fue de Elimelec, de Quelión y de Mahlón.
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 Además adquiero a Rut la moabita, esposa de Mahlón, para que sea mi esposa a fin de perpetuar el nombre del difunto sobre su heredad, y que el nombre del difunto no se borre de entre sus hermanos ni de la puerta de su lugar. Ustedes son testigos hoy.
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 Todos los del pueblo que estaban en la puerta con los ancianos, dijeron: ¡Somos testigos! ¡Yavé haga que la esposa que entra en tu casa sea como Raquel y como Lea, quienes edificaron la familia de Israel, que tú logres riqueza en Efrata y seas famoso en Belén,
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 y tu casa sea como la casa de Fares, a quien Tamar dio a luz para Judá, por la descendencia que Yavé te dé por medio de esta joven!
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 tomó, pues, a Rut, y ella fue su esposa. Se unió con ella, y Yavé permitió que concibiera y dio a luz un hijo.
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 Y las mujeres decían a Noemí: ¡Bendito sea Yavé que no permitió que te falte pariente hoy! ¡Sea su nombre famoso en Israel!
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 ¡Que también él sea para ti restaurador de vida y sustentador de tu vejez! Porque tu nuera, quien te ama, te dio a luz, y ella es mejor para ti que siete hijos.
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 Noemí tomó al niño, lo puso en su pecho y fue su madre de crianza.
And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.
17 Las vecinas le dieron un nombre y dijeron: A Noemí le nació un hijo. Y lo llamaron Obed. Éste es el padre de Isaí, padre 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 Éstas son las generaciones de Fares: Fares engendró a Hezrón,
These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
19 Hezrón engendró a Ram, Ram engendró a Aminadab,
Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
20 Aminadab engendró a Naasón, Naasón engendró a Salmón,
Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
21 Salmón engendró a Booz, Booz engendró a Obed,
Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
22 Obed engendró a Isaí, e Isaí engendró a David.
Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
