Ruth 4
1 Ngayon umakyat si Boaz sa tarangkahan at umupo roon. Maya-maya, dumaan ang malapit na kamag-anak na nabanggit ni Boaz. Sinabi ni Boaz sa kaniya, “Aking kaibigan, lumapit ka at maupo rito.” Lumapit ang lalaki at umupo.
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 Pagkatapos nagdala si Boaz ng sampung lalaki na mga nakatatanda sa lungsod at sinabing, “Umupo kayo rito.” Kaya umupo sila.
But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, “Sit down here.”
3 Sinabi ni Boaz sa malapit na kamag-anak, “Si Naomi, na nagbalik mula sa bansa ng Moab, ay ipinagbibili ang kapiraso ng lupain na noon ay sa ating kapatid na si Elimelek.
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 Iniisip kong ipagbigay-alam at sabihin sa iyo, 'Bilhin mo ito sa harapan ng mga nakaupo rito, at sa harapan ng mga nakatatanda ng aking bayan.' Kung nais mong tubusin ito, tubusin mo. Pero kung hindi mo gustong tubusin ito, sabihin mo sa akin para malaman ko, dahil wala ni isang tutubos nito maliban sa iyo, at ako ang kasunod mo.” Pagkatapos, sinabi ng ibang lalaki, “Tutubusin ko ito.”
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 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Boaz, “Sa araw na bilhin mo ang bukid mula sa kamay ni Naomi, kailangan mo ring kunin si Ruth na Moabita, ang asawa ng namatay na lalaki, sa utos para maitaas ang pangalan ng namatay sa kaniyang pamana.”
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 Pagkatapos sinabi ng malapit na kamag-anak, “Hindi ko ito matutubos para sa aking sarili nang hindi masisira ang aking sariling pamana. Kunin mo ang aking karapatan ng pagtubos para sa iyong sarili, dahil hindi ko ito matutubos.”
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 Ngayon ito ang kaugalian sa Israel sa mga naunang panahon patungkol sa pagtubos at pagpalit ng mga ari-arian. Para patunayan ang lahat ng mga bagay, hinuhubad ng isang tao ang kaniyang sapatos at ibinibigay ito sa kaniyang kapitbahay; ito ang paraan sa paggawa ng ayon sa batas na mga kasunduan sa 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 Kaya sinabi ng malapit na kamag-anak kay Boaz, “Bilhin ito para sa iyong sarili.” At hinubad niya ang kaniyang sapatos.
And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.
9 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Boaz sa mga nakatatanda at sa lahat ng mga tao, “Kayo ang mga saksi sa araw na ito na nabili ko ang lahat ng dating kay Elimelek at lahat ng dating kay Quelion at Mahlon mula sa kamay ni Naomi.
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 Bukod dito tungkol kay Ruth na Moabita, ang asawa ni Mahlon: nakuha ko rin siya na maging aking asawa, sa utos para maitaas ko ang pangalan ng namatay na lalaki sa kaniyang pamana, kaya ang kaniyang pangalan ay hindi mapuputol mula sa gitna ng kaniyang mga kapatid at mula sa tarangkahan ng kaniyang lugar. Kayo ang mga saksi ngayon.”
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 Sinabi ng lahat ng mga tao na nasa tarangkahan at mga nakatatanda, “Kami ang mga saksi. Gawin nawa ni Yahweh ang babae na pumasok sa iyong bahay tulad nina Raquel at Lea, ang dalawa na nagtayo ng bahay sa Israel. Magtagumpay ka nawa sa Efrata at maging kilala sa Betlehem.
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 Nawa ang iyong bahay ay maging tulad ng bahay ni Fares, na ipinanganak ni Tamar kay Juda, sa pamamagitan ng anak na ibibigay sa iyo ni Yahweh sa dalagang ito.”
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 Kaya kinuha ni Boaz si Ruth, at siya ay naging asawa niya. Sinipingan niya ito, at pinahintulutan ni Yahweh na mabuntis siya at nagsilang siya ng isang anak na lalaki.
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 Sinabi ng mga babae kay Naomi, “Pagpalain ka nawa ni Yahweh, na hindi ka iniwan sa araw na ito na walang isang malapit na kamag-anak, itong sanggol. Nawa maging kilala ang kaniyang pangalan sa 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 Nawa maging isa siyang tagapagpanumbalik ng buhay, at isang tagapagpalusog sa iyong katandaan, dahil isinilang siya ng iyong manugang, na nagmahal sa iyo, na mas mabuti sa iyo kaysa pitong anak na lalaki.”
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 Pagkatapos kinuha ni Naomi ang bata, pinahiga niya siya sa kaniyang dibdib at inalagaan siya.
And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.
17 At ang mga babae, kaniyang mga kapitbahay, binigyan siya ng pangalan, sinasabing, “Isang bata ang ipinanganak kay Naomi.” Pinangalanan nila siyang Obed. Naging ama siya ni Jesse, na naging ama ni 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 Ngayon ito ang mga kaapu-apuhan ni Fares: si Fares ang naging ama ni Hezron,
These are the generations of Perez: Perez conceived Hezron,
19 si Hezron ang naging ama ni Ram, si Ram ang naging ama ni Aminadab,
Hezron conceived Aram, Aram conceived Amminadab,
20 si Aminadab ang naging ama ni Naason, si Naason ang naging ama ni Salmon,
Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,
21 si Salmon ang naging ama ni Boaz, si Boaz ang naging ama ni Obed,
Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,
22 si Obed ang naging ama ni Jesse, at si Jesse ang naging ama ni David.
Obed conceived Jesse, Jesse conceived David.
