Rut 4
1 Boas kɔɔ kuro no ɛpono ano kɔtenaa ase wɔ hɔ. Ɛberɛ a obusuani gyefoɔ nimpɔn a ɔkaa ne ho asɛm no baa hɔ no, Boas frɛɛ no kaa sɛ, “Mʼadamfo, mesrɛ wo bra na mepɛ sɛ me ne wo twetwe nkɔmmɔ.” Enti, wɔtenaa ase.
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Look, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down." He turned aside, and sat down.
2 Na Boas frɛɛ kuro no mu ntuanofoɔ edu sɛ wɔmmɛtena ase sɛ adansefoɔ.
He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here." They sat down.
3 Na Boas ka kyerɛɛ obusuani gyefoɔ nimpɔn no sɛ, “Wonim Naomi a ɔfiri Moab baeɛ no. Ɔretɔn asase a na ɛyɛ yɛn busuani Elimelek dea no.
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 Mesusu sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ, me ne wo di ho nkɔmmɔ na sɛ wopɛ a, woagye. Sɛ wopɛ asase no a, tɔ no ha yi ara wɔ saa adansefoɔ yi anim. Na sɛ wompɛ nso a, ma mente no seesei ara, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ woantumi annye a, me ne onipa a medi wʼakyi wɔ abusua no mu a ɛsɛ sɛ megye.” Na ɔbarima no buaa sɛ, “Mɛgye.”
I thought to disclose it to 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 Afei, Boas ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Sɛ wotɔ asase no firi Naomi nkyɛn a, na ɛsɛ sɛ woware Moabni okunafoɔ Rut no. Sɛ ɛba saa a, ɔbɛwo mma a ne kunu din bɛda wɔn so na asase no bɛtena abusua no mu.”
Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi and from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased, to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance."
6 Ɛhɔ ara na abusua mu gyefoɔ nimpɔn no kaa sɛ, “Ɛnneɛ merentumi ntɔ asase no, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛbɛha mʼagyapadeɛ. Tɔ asase no na merentumi ntɔ.”
The near kinsman said, "I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can't redeem it."
7 Saa ɛberɛ no, na ɛyɛ Israel amanneɛ sɛ, sɛ obiara redane nʼadeɛ bi a watɔ no ɛkwan pa so ama obi foforɔ a, ɔworɔ ne mpaboa de ma ɔtɔfoɔ no. Wɔyɛ saa wɔ badwa mu de hyɛ adetɔ no mu den.
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 attestation in Israel.
8 Enti, abusua gyefoɔ nimpɔn no worɔɔ ne mpaboa ka kyerɛɛ Boas sɛ, “Wo ara tɔ asase no.”
So the near kinsman said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." And he took off his sandal and gave it to him.
9 Na Boas ka kyerɛɛ ɔman no ntuanofoɔ no ne ɛdɔm a wɔatwa ahyia hɔ no sɛ, “Ɛnnɛ matɔ Elimelek, Kilion ne Mahlon agyapadeɛ a ɛwɔ Naomi nsam, na moyɛ ɛho adansefoɔ.
Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, "You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Kilion's and Mahlon's, from the hand of Naomi.
10 Menam asase no tɔ so afa Rut a ɔyɛ Moabni a ɔyɛ Mahlon kunafoɔ no sɛ me yere. Ɛno enti, sɛ ɔwo ɔbabarima a, ɔbɛfa ne kunu a wawu no abusua din na wafa abusua agyapadeɛ a ɛwɔ ne kurom ha nso. Ɛnnɛ, mo nyinaa moyɛ adansefoɔ.”
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, that the name of the deceased may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."
11 Afei, ntuanofoɔ no ne ɔmanfoɔ no nyinaa sɔre gyinaeɛ kaa sɛ, “Yɛyɛ adansefoɔ! Awurade mmoa mma ɔbaa a afei na ɔreba wo fie no nyɛ sɛ Rahel ne Lea a wɔn mu na Israel aman nyinaa firi no. Wobɛyɛ kɛse wɔ Efrata na woagye edin wɔ Betlehem.
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
12 Na Awurade mfa ababaawa yi so mma wo asefoɔ a wɔbɛyɛ sɛ yɛn agya Peres a ɔyɛ Tamar ne Yuda babarima no.”
Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which Jehovah shall give you of this young woman."
13 Enti, Boas waree Rut de no kɔɔ ne fie. Afei, ɔkɔɔ ne ho na Awurade ma ɔnyinsɛnee na ɔwoo ɔbabarima.
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.
14 Na kuro no mu mmaa ka kyerɛɛ Naomi sɛ, “Animuonyam nka Awurade sɛ ɛnnɛ ɛda yi, wama woanya abusua gyefoɔ! Ɔmmɛyɛ okunini wɔ Israel.
The women said to Naomi, "Blessed be Jehovah, who has not left you this day without a redeemer; and let his name be famous in Israel.
15 Akokoaa yi mma wo nsi wo mmabaawaberɛ mu na ɔnhwɛ wo wɔ wo mmerewabɔ mu. Ɛfiri sɛ ɔyɛ wʼase a ɔdɔ wo na ɔsene mmammarima nson ma wo no babarima.”
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 borne him."
16 Na Naomi faa akɔkoaa no, na ɔhwɛɛ no te sɛ ɔno ankasa yafunu ba.
Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and looked after him.
17 Na mmaa a wɔne no bɔ fipam kaa sɛ, “Afei deɛ Naomi anya ɔbabarima bio.” Na wɔtoo no din Obed. Ɔno na ɔbɛyɛɛ Yisai agya ne Dawid nana.
The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "There is a son born to Naomi." And they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Tete agya Peres awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nie: Peres woo Hesron.
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
19 Hesron woo Ram, ɛnna Ram woo Aminadab.
and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
20 Aminadab woo Nahson, ɛnna Nahson woo Salmon.
and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
21 Salmon woo Boas, ɛnna Boas woo Obed.
and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
22 Obed woo Yisai, ɛnna Yisai woo Dawid.
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
