1 N ow Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, “Come aside, friend, sit down here.” So he came aside and sat down.

فَصَعِدَ بُوعَزُ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الاجْتِماعاتِ العامَّةِ عِندَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ وَجَلَسَ هُناكَ. ثُمَّ مَرَّ الحامِي الآخَرُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ بُوعَزُ. فَقالَ لَهُ بُوعَزُ: «يا فُلانُ، تَعالَ إلَى هُنا وَاجلِسْ.» فَالتَفَتَ وَجَلَسَ.

2 A nd he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.

ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى عَشْرَةَ رِجالٍ مِنْ شُيُوخِ المَدِينَةِ، وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «اجلِسُوا.» فَجَلَسُوا.

3 T hen he said to the close relative, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, sold the piece of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech.

ثُمَّ قالَ بُوعَزُ لِلحامِي: «نُعمِي، المَرأةُ الَّتِي عادَتْ مِنْ أرْضِ مُوآبَ، تُرِيدُ بَيْعَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي تَخُصُّ قَرِيبَنا ألِيمالِكَ.

4 A nd I thought to inform you, saying, ‘Buy it back in the presence of the inhabitants and 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 but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.’” And he said, “I will redeem it. ”

وَقَدْ قَرَّرْتُ أنْ أتَحَدَّثَ مَعكَ بِشأنِها، لِأرَى إنْ كُنْتَ سَتَشْتَرِيها أمامَ الجالِسِينَ هُنا وَشُيُوخِ شَعبِي. فَإنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ أنْ تَشتَرِيَها وَتَقُومَ بِواجِبِ الحامِي، فاشْتَرِها وَقُمْ بِواجِبِ الحامِي. وَإنْ كُنتَ لا تُرِيدُ، فَأخْبِرْنِي لِأعرِفَ، لِأنَّكَ أنتَ أقْرَبُ مَنْ يَنْبَغِيُ عَلَيهِ ذَلِكَ، وَأنا بَعْدُكَ فِي هَذا الأمْرِ.» فَقالَ الحامِي: «سَأشْتَرِيها وَأقُومُ بِواجِبِ الحامِي.»

5 T hen Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance.”

فَقالَ بُوعَزُ: «عِندَما تَشتَرِي الأرْضَ مِنْ نُعمِي وَراعُوثَ المُوآبِيَّةَ، فَأنتَ تَشتَرِيها لإعادَةِ اسْمِ الرَّجُلِ المَيِّتِ إلَى مِيراثِهِ.»

6 A nd the close relative said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it. ”

فَقالَ الحامِي الأقرَبُ: «لا أستَطِيعُ شِراءَها، لِئَلّا أُفْسِدَ مِيراثِي. فاشْتَرِ أنْتَ ما كانَ واجِباً عَلَيَّ شِراؤهُ، فَأنا لا أستَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ.»

7 N ow this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

وَكانَتِ العادَةُ فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ أنْ يَخلَعَ الشَّخْصُ حِذاءَهُ وَيُعطِيهِ لِلآخَرِ، كَصَكٍّ لِتَبادُلِ البَضائِعِ، أوِ القِيامِ بِواجِبِ الحامِي.

8 T herefore the close relative said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” So he took off his sandal.

فَعِندَما قالَ الحامِي لِبُوعَزَ: «اشْتَرِ أنتَ،» خَلَعَ حِذاءَهُ.

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

ثُمَّ قالَ بُوعَزُ لِلشُّيُوخِ وَلِكافَّةِ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا هُناكَ: «كُلُّكُمْ شُهُودٌ اليَومَ عَلَى أنَّنِي سَأشْتَرِي مِنْ نُعمِي كُلَّ ما كانَ يَمتَلِكُهُ ألِيمالِكُ وَابْناهُ كِليُونَ وَمَحلُونُ.

10 M oreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.”

وَكَذَلِكَ سأتَّخِذُ راعُوثَ المُوآبِيَّةَ زَوجَةَ مَحلُونَ زَوجَةً لِي، لِأُعِيْدَ اسْمَ الرَّجُلِ المَيِّتِ إلَى مِيراثِهِ، فَلا يُقطَعُ اسْمُهُ مِنْ عَشِيرَتِهِ وَمِنْ بَلدَتِهِ الأصلِيَّةِ. وَأنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ عَلَى ذَلِكَ اليَومَ.»

11 A nd all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “ We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

فَقالَ الشُّيُوخُ وَكافَةُ الَّذِينَ كانُوا فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الاجْتِماعاتِ العامَّةِ عِندَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ: «لِيَجعَلِ اللهُ هَذِهِ المَرأةَ الدّاخِلَةَ إلَى بَيتِكَ كَراحِيلَ وَلَيئَةَ اللَّتينِ بَنَتا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ. وَلْتُصبِحْ عائِلَةً قَوِيَّةً فِي أفراتَةَ. وَلْيَكُنِ اسْمُكَ شَهِيراً فِي بَيْتَ لَحْمَ.

12 M ay your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the Lord will give you from this young woman.” Descendants of Boaz and Ruth

لِيَبْنِ اللهُ بَيتَكَ مِنَ الأولادِ الَّذِينَ يُعطِيكَ إيّاهُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ المَرأةِ الشّابَّةِ، وَلْيَكُنْ بَيْتاً عَظِيماً كَبَيتِ فارَصَ ابنِ ثامارَ وَيَهُوذا.»

13 S o Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.

فاتَّخَذَ بُوعَزُ راعُوثَ زَوجَةً لَهُ. وَعَاشَرَها، فَأعطاها اللهُ القُدرَةَ عَلَى أنْ تَحْمِلَ. وَوَلَدَتْ صَبِيّاً.

14 T hen the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a close relative; and may his name be famous in Israel!

وَأنْشَدَتْ نِساءُ البَلدَةِ لِنُعمِي: «مُبارَكٌ اللهُ الَّذِي أعطاكِ اليَومَ حامِياً. لِيَكُنْ اسْمُهُ شَهِيراً فِي إسْرائِيلَ.

15 A nd may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

فَهُوَ سَيُعَزِّيكِ وَيَعتَنِي بِكِ فِي شَيخُوخَتِكِ. لِأنَّ كَنَّتَكِ مَنْ أحَبَّتْكِ هِيَ مَنْ وَلَدَتْهُ، وَهِيَ أفضَلُ لَكِ مِنْ سَبْعَةِ بَنِينَ.»

16 T hen Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and became a nurse to him.

فَأخَذَتْ نُعمِي الصَّبِيَّ، وَوَضَعَتْهُ فِي حِضْنِها، وَصارَتْ مُرَبِّيَةً لَهُ.

17 A lso the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi.” And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

وَأسْمَتْهُ الجاراتُ عُوبِيدَ، وَقُلْنَ: «وُلِدَ لِنُعمِي ابْنٌ.» وَعُوبِيدُ هُوَ أبُو يَسَّى، وَيَسَّى أبُو المَلِكِ داوُدَ.

18 N ow this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;

هَذا هُوَ سِجِلُّ عائِلَةِ فارَصَ: فارَصُ أبُو حَصرُونَ.

19 H ezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab;

حَصرُونُ أبُو رامٍ. رامٌ أبُو عَمِّينادابَ.

20 A mminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;

عَمِّينادابُ أبُو نَحشُونَ. نَحشُونُ أبُو سَلْمُونَ.

21 S almon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

سَلمُونُ أبُو بُوعَزَ. بُوعَزُ أبُو عُوبِيدَ.

22 O bed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

عُوبِيدُ أبُو يَسَّى. يَسَّى أبُو داوُدَ.