Ruth 4

1 Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

1 فَانْطَلَقَ بُوعَزُ إِلَى سَاحَةِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَجَلَسَ هُنَاكَ. فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَرَّ الْقَرِيبُ الْوَلِيُّ الَّذِي تَحَدَّثَ عَنْهُ بُوعَزُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ هُنَا يَا صَدِيقِي وَاجْلِسْ». فَمَالَ إِلَيْهِ وَجَلَسَ.

2 Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

2 وَاسْتَدْعَى بُوعَزُ عَشْرَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ شُيُوخِ المَدِينَةِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «اجْلِسُوا مَعْنَا هُنَا». فَجَلَسُوا.

3 And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

3 ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى الْوَلِيِّ الأَقْرَبِ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ نُعْمِي الَّتِي رَجَعَتْ مِنْ بِلادِ مُوآبَ مُزْمِعَةٌ عَلَى بَيْعِ قِطْعَةِ الْحَقْلِ الَّتِي لِقَرِيبِنَا أَلِيمَالِكَ.

4 I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

4 فَرَأَيْتُ أَنْ أُطْلِعَكَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ قَائِلاً: اشْتَرِ الْحَقْلَ أَمَامَ الْجَالِسِينَ، وَبِحُضُورِ شُيُوخِ قَوْمِي. فَإِنْ رَغِبْتَ فَفُكَّهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَرْغَبْ فَقُلْ لِي، فَأَنَا أَوْلَى بِالشِّرَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ». فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّجُلُ: «إِنِّي أَشْتَرِيهِ».

5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

5 فَقَالَ بُوعَزُ: «يَوْمَ تَشْتَرِي الْحَقْلَ مِنْ نُعْمِي، فَوَاجِبُكَ يَقْتَضِي أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ رَاعُوثَ الْمُوآبِيَّةَ لِتُحْيِيَ اسْمَ الْمَيْتِ عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ».

6 The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

6 فَأَجَابَهُ الْوَلِيُّ الأَقْرَبُ: «لا يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ الْحَقْلَ لِئَلّا أُفْسِدَ مِيرَاثِي، فَاشْتَرِ أَنْتَ الْحَقْلَ عِوَضاً عَنِّي لأَنَّنِي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فِكَاكَهُ».

7 Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

7 وَكَانَتِ الْعَادَةُ سَابِقاً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِشَأْنِ الْفِكَاكِ وَالْمُبَادَلَةِ لأَجْلِ إِثْبَاتِ حَقِّ الأَمْرِ، أَنْ يَخْلَعَ الرَّجُلُ نَعْلَهُ وَيُعْطِيَهُ لِلشَّارِي، لإِضْفَاءِ صِفَةِ الشَّرْعِيَّةِ عَلَى عَقْدِ الْبَيْعِ أَوِ الْمُبَادَلَةِ.

8 So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

8 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ الْوَلِيُّ الأَقْرَبُ قَائِلاً لِبُوعَزَ: «اشْتَرِ لِنَفْسِكَ» وَخَلَعَ نَعْلَهُ.

9 At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

9 فَقَالَ بُوعَزُ لِلشُّيُوخِ وَلِلْجَمْعِ الْمَاثِلِ حَوْلَهُ: «أَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ الْيَوْمَ أَنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ كُلَّ مَا لأَلِيمَالِكَ وَمَا لاِبْنَيْهِ كِلْيُونَ وَمَحْلُونَ مِنْ يَدِ نُعْمِي.

10 Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

10 وَكَذَلِكَ رَاعُوثُ الْمُوآبِيَّةُ امْرَأَةُ مَحْلُونَ قَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُهَا لِي زَوْجَةً، لأُحْيِيَ اسْمَ الْمَيْتِ عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ، فَلا يَنْقَرِضَ اسْمُهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ إِخْوَتِهِ وَمِنْ سِجِلِّ الْمَدِينَةِ. وَأَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ».

11 “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

11 فَقَالَ الْجَمْعُ الْمَاثِلُ عِنْدَ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَالشُّيُوخُ أَيْضاً: «نَحْنُ شُهُودٌ. فَلْيَجْعَلِ الرَّبُّ الْمَرْأَةَ الدَّاخِلَةَ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ نَظِيرَ رَاحِيلَ وَلَيْئَةَ اللَّتَيْنِ بَنَتَا بَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ. فَلْيَتَّسِعْ نُفُوذُكَ فِي أَفْرَاتَةَ، وَلْيَذِعِ اسْمُكَ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ.

12 And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”

12 وَلْيَكُنْ نَسْلُكَ الَّذِي يُعْطِيكَ إِيَّاهُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ كَنَسْلِ فَارَصَ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَتْهُ ثَامَارُ لِيَهُوذَا».

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

13 فَتَزَوَّجَ بُوعَزُ مِنْ رَاعُوثَ وَعَاشَرَهَا فَحَمَلَتْ مِنْهُ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً.

14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.

14 فَقَالَتِ النِّسَاءُ لِنُعْمِي: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مُبَارَكاً الَّذِي لَمْ يَحْرِمْكِ الْيَوْمَ وَلِيًّا، وَلْيَذِعِ اسْمُهُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

15 لأَنَّ كَنَّتَكِ الَّتِي أَحَبَّتْكِ هِيَ أَكْثَرُ خَيْراً لَكِ مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَبْنَاءٍ، وَقَدْ وَلَدَتْهُ لِيَكُونَ سَبَباً فِي إِحْيَاءِ نَفْسِكِ وَرِعَايَتِكِ فِي شَيْخُوخَتِكِ».

16 And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.

16 فَأَخَذَتْ نُعْمِي الْوَلَدَ فِي حِضْنِهَا، وَقَامَتْ عَلَى تَرْبِيَتِهِ.

17 The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

17 وَقَالَتْ جَارَاتُهَا: «قَدْ وُلِدَ ابْنٌ لِنُعْمِي». وَدَعَوْنَهُ عُوبِيدَ، وَهُوَ أَبُو يَسَّى أَبِي الْمَلِكِ دَاوُدَ.

18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

18 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ مَوَالِيدُ فَارَصَ: أَنْجَبَ فَارَصُ حَصْرُونَ.

19 Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,

19 وَأَنْجَبَ حَصْرُونُ رَامَ، وَأَنْجَبَ رَامُ عَمِّينَادَابَ.

20 Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

20 وَأَنْجَبَ عَمِّينَادَابُ نَحْشُونَ، وَأَنْجَبَ نَحْشُونُ سَلْمُونَ.

21 Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,

21 وَأَنْجَبَ سَلْمُونُ بُوعَزَ، وَأَنْجَبَ بُوعَزُ عُوبِيدَ.

22 Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

22 وَأَنْجَبَ عُوبِيدُ يَسَّى، وَأَنْجَبَ يَسَّى دَاُودَ.