¹Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

¹Boaz pa je šel gori v mestna vrata in je sedel ondi; in glej, sorodnik – odkupitelj, ki je govoril Boaz o njem, gre mimo. Tedaj mu reče: Hej, ti, stopi sem in tu sedi! In krene tja in sede.

²And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

²In Boaz pokliče deset mož iz mestnih starejšin in reče: Sedite tukaj! In so sedli.

³And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

³Nato ogovori sorodnika: Naomi, ki se je vrnila z Moabske poljane, ima naprodaj kos polja, ki je bil našega brata Elimeleka;

⁴And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

⁴in hotel sem ti to razodeti in te pozvati: Kupi ga vpričo njih, ki tu sede, in vpričo starejšin mojega ljudstva. Če ga hočeš odkupiti, ga odkupi; ako pa ga nočeš odkupiti, povej mi, da vem; kajti ni ga, ki bi ga odkupil, razen tebe, in jaz sem za tabo. On odgovori: Hočem ga odkupiti.

⁵Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

⁵Na to veli Boaz: Kateri dan kupiš tisto polje iz roke Naomine, ga tudi pridobiš od Rute Moabke, žene umrlega sorodnika, da obudiš ime mrtvega za dediščino njegovo.

⁶And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

⁶In sorodnik reče: Ne morem ga odkupiti, da ne skazim svoje dediščine. Odkupi zase, kar bi moral odkupiti jaz, ker jaz ne morem odkupiti.

⁷Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel.

⁷Bila pa je v starih časih navada v Izraelu, če se je kaj kupilo ali zamenjalo, da se potrdi vsaka reč: da je mož sezul čevelj svoj in ga dal drugemu. To je bilo v potrdilo v Izraelu.

⁸Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

⁸Tako je rekel sorodnik Boazu: Kupi ga zase! In sezul je čevelj svoj.

⁹And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

⁹Tedaj reče Boaz starejšinam in vsemu ljudstvu: Priče ste danes, da sem kupil vse, kar je bilo Elimelekovo, in vse, kar je bilo Kiljonovo in Mahlonovo, iz roke Naomine.

¹⁰Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

¹⁰Vrhutega sem pridobil Ruto Moabko, ženo Mahlonovo, da bodi moja žena, da obudim ime umrlega za dediščino njegovo, da ne izgine ime mrtvega izmed bratov njegovih in iz vrat mesta njegovega. Temu ste priče danes.

¹¹And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

¹¹In vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo v vratih, in starejšine reko: Priče smo. GOSPOD stóri, da bodi žena, ki pride v hišo tvojo, kakor Rahela in Leja, kateri dve sta postavili dom Izraelov! In pridóbi krepost v Efrati in ime si ustanóvi v Betlehemu!

¹²And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

¹²In naj bode hiša tvoja kakor hiša Pereza, ki ga je Tamara rodila Judi, iz zaroda, ki ti ga da GOSPOD od te mlade žene.

¹³So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

¹³Vzame torej Boaz Ruto, in bila je žena njegova; in gre k njej, in GOSPOD ji da, da je spočela in rodila sina.

¹⁴And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

¹⁴In žene reko Naomi: Hvaljen bodi GOSPOD, ki te danes ni pustil brez odkupitelja, čigar ime naj bo slovelo v Izraelu!

¹⁵And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

¹⁵On poživi dušo tvojo in te bo podpiral v starosti tvoji; zakaj snaha tvoja, ki te ljubi, ga je rodila, in ona ti je boljša nego sedem sinov.

¹⁶And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

¹⁶In Naomi vzame dete in si ga položi na kolena, in mu je bila pestunja.

¹⁷And the women her neighbors gave it 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.

¹⁷In njene sosedinje so mu dale ime, rekoč: Rodil se je sin Naomi; in so ga imenovale Obeda. On je oče Jeseja, očeta Davidovega.

¹⁸Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

¹⁸Ti pa so rodovi Perezovi: Perez je rodil Hezrona,

¹⁹And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

¹⁹Hezron je rodil Rama, in Ram je rodil Aminadaba;

²⁰And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

²⁰Aminadab pa je rodil Nahsona, in Nahson je rodil Salmona,

²¹And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

²¹Salmon pa je rodil Boaza, Boaz pa je rodil Obeda,Obed pa je rodil Jeseja, in Jesej je rodil Davida.

²²And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

²²Obed pa je rodil Jeseja, in Jesej je rodil Davida.