1 B ooz subió a la puerta y se sentó allí; y he aquí que pasaba aquel pariente de quien Booz había hablado, y le dijo: Eh, fulano, ven acá y siéntate. Y él vino y se sentó.

Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. He said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He turned aside, and sat down.

2 E ntonces él tomó a diez varones de los ancianos de la ciudad, y dijo: Sentaos aquí. Y ellos se sentaron.

He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.

3 L uego dijo al pariente: Noemí, que ha vuelto del campo de Moab, vende una parte de las tierras que tuvo nuestro hermano Elimélec.

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 Y yo decidí hacértelo saber, y decirte que la compres en presencia de los que están aquí sentados, y de los ancianos de mi pueblo. Si tú quieres redimir, redime; y si no quieres redimir, decláramelo para que yo lo sepa; porque no hay otro que redima sino tú, y yo después de ti. Y él respondió: Yo redimiré.

I thought I should tell 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 E ntonces replicó Booz: El mismo día que compres las tierras de mano de Noemí, debes tomar también a Rut la moabita, mujer del difunto, para que restaures el nombre del muerto sobre su posesión.

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”

6 Y respondió el pariente: No puedo redimirlo para mí, por temor a perjudicar a mis propios herederos. Redime tú, usando de mi derecho, porque yo no podré redimir.

The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”

7 H abía ya desde hacía tiempo esta costumbre en Israel tocante al contrato de redención, que para la confirmación del negocio, el uno se quitaba el zapato y lo daba a su compañero; y esto servía de testimonio en Israel.

Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of legalizing transactions in Israel.

8 E ntonces el pariente dijo a Booz: Tómalo tú. Y se quitó el zapato.

So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his shoe.

9 Y Booz dijo a los ancianos y a todo el pueblo: Vosotros sois testigos hoy, de que he adquirido de mano de Noemí todo lo que fue de Elimélec, y todo lo que fue de Quilyón y de Mahlón.

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

10 Y que también tomo por mi mujer a Rut la moabita, mujer de Mahlón, para restaurar el nombre del difunto sobre su heredad, para que el nombre del muerto no se borre de entre sus hermanos ni en la puerta de su lugar. Vosotros sois testigos hoy.

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”

11 Y dijeron todos los del pueblo que estaban a la puerta con los ancianos: Testigos somos. Jehová haga a la mujer que entra en tu casa como a Raquel y a Lea, las cuales edificaron la casa de Israel; que te hagas ilustre en Efrata, y tengas renombre en Belén.

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

12 Y sea tu casa como la casa de Fares, el que Tamar dio a luz a Judá, por la descendencia que de esa joven te dé Jehová.

Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which Yahweh will give you by this young woman.”

13 B ooz, pues, tomó a Rut, y ella fue su mujer; y se llegó a ella, y Jehová le dio que concibiese y diese a luz un hijo.

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.

14 Y las mujeres decían a Noemí: Loado sea Jehová, que hizo que no te faltase hoy un pariente redentor, cuyo nombre será celebrado en Israel;

The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.

15 e l cual será restaurador de tu alma, y sustentará tu vejez; pues tu nuera, que te ama, lo ha dado a luz; y ella es de más valor para ti que siete hijos.

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 given birth to him.”

16 Y tomando Noemí el hijo, lo puso en su regazo, y fue su aya.

Naomi took the child, and laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

17 Y le dieron nombre las vecinas, diciendo: Le ha nacido un hijo a Noemí; y lo llamaron Obed. Éste es padre de Isay, padre de David.

The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 E stas son las generaciones de Fares: Fares engendró a Hezrón,

Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

19 H ezrón engendró a Ram, y Ram engendró a Aminadab,

and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,

20 A minadab engendró a Naasón, y Naasón engendró a Salmón,

and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,

21 S almón engendró a Booz, y Booz engendró a Obed,

and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

22 O bed engendró a Isay, e Isay engendró a David.

and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.