¹[Ny nampakaran'i Boaza an'i Rota, sy ny nahaterahan'i Obeda, ary ny filazam-pirazanana hatramin'i Fareza ka hatramin'i Davida] Ary rehefa tafakatra teo am-bavahady Boaza ka nipetraka teo, dia, indro, nandalo ilay havana mahavotra voalazany, dia hoy Boaza: Ranona iry ô! maitia kely ange; mipetraha eto. Dia nanatona izy ka nipetraka.

¹And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;` and he turneth aside and sitteth down.

²Dia naka folo lahy tamin'ny loholona tao an-tanàna Boaza ka nanao hoe: Mipetraha eto ianareo. Dia nipetraka ireo.

²And he taketh ten men of the elders of the city, and saith, `Sit down here;` and they sit down.

³Dia niteny tamin'Ilay havana akaiky izy ka nanao hoe: Naomy, izay niverina avy tany amin'ny tany Moaba, dia mivarotra ny tany izay an'i Elimeleka rahalahintsika.

³And he saith to the redeemer, `A portion of the field which [is] to our brother, to Elimelech, hath Naomi sold, who hath come back from the fields of Moab;

⁴Ary izaho nikasa hampandre anao hoe: Vidio eto anatrehan'izay mipetraka eto sy eto anatrehan'ny loholona amin'ny fireneko izany. Raha hanavotra ianao, dia avoty; fa raha tàhiny tsy hanavotra ianao, dia lazao amiko mba ho fantatro; fa tsy misy tokony hanavotra afa-tsy ianao, ary izaho no manarakaraka anao. Ary hoy izy: Hanavotra ihany aho.

⁴and I said, I uncover thine ear, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people; if thou dost redeem — redeem, and if none doth redeem — declare to me, and I know, for there is none save thee to redeem, and I after thee.` And he saith, I redeem [it].`

⁵Dia hoy Boaza: Amin'izay andro ividiananao ny tany amin'ny tànan'i Naomy, dia amin'i Rota koa, vehivavy Moabita, vadin'ny maty, no hividiananao azy, mba hamelo-maso ny anaran'ny maty ao amin'ny lovany ianao.

⁵And Boaz saith, `In the day of thy buying the field from the hand of Naomi, then from Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, thou hast bought [it], to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance.`

⁶Fa hoy ilay havana mahavotra: Tsia, tsy mahazo manavotra ho an'ny tenako aho, fandrao mahasimba ny lovako; avoty ihany ho anao ny ahy, fa tsy mahavotra aho.

⁶And the redeemer saith, `I am not able to redeem [it] for myself, lest I destroy mine inheritance; redeem for thyself — thou — my right of redemption, for I am not able to redeem.`

⁷Ary ny amin'ny fanavotana sy ny fanakalozana teo amin'ny Isiraely fahiny hahamafy ny teny rehetra dia izao: nesorin'ny lehilahy ny kirarony ka nomeny ho an'ny namany; dia vavolombelona teo amin'ny Isiraely izany.

⁷And this [is] formerly in Israel for redemption and for changing, to establish anything: a man hath drawn off his sandal, and given [it] to his neighbour, and this [is] the testimony in Israel.

⁸Ary hoy ilay havana mahavotra tamin'i Boaza: Vidio ho anao izany. Dia nanaisotra ny kirarony izy.

⁸And the redeemer saith to Boaz, `Buy [it] for thyself,` and draweth off his sandal.

⁹Ary hoy Boaza tamin'ny loholona sy ny vahoaka rehetra: Hianareo no vavolombelona androany fa efa novidiko tamin'ny tànan'i Naomy izay rehetra an'i Elimeleka sy izay rehetra an'i Kiliona sy Malona.

⁹And Boaz saith to the elders, and [to] all the people, `Witnesses [are] ye to-day that I have bought all that [is] to Elimelech, and all that [is] to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi;

¹⁰Ary Rota koa, vehivavy Moabita, vadin'i Malona, dia lasako ho vadiko hamelo-maso ny anaran'ny maty ao amin'ny lovany, mba tsy ho faty maso ny anaran'ny maty eo amin'ny rahalahiny sy eo amin'ny vavahadin'ny fonenany; ianareo no vavolombelona androany.

¹⁰and also Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, I have bought to myself for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance; and the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; witnesses ye [are] to-day.`

¹¹Dia hoy ny vahoaka rehetra izay teo amin'ny vavahady sy ny loholona: Eny, vavolombelona izahay; hataon'i Jehovah tahaka an'i Rahely sy tahaka an'i Lea anie izay vehivavy efa ho tonga ao an-tranonao; fa izy roa vavy no nanangana ny tranon'ny Isiraely; ary aoka ho lehibe any Efrata anie ianao, ary halaza any Betlehema anie ny anaranao;

¹¹And all the people who [are] in the gate say — also the elders — `Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem;

¹²ary ho tahaka ny taranak'i Fareza, izay naterak'i Tamara tamin'i Joda, anie ny taranakao avy amin'ny zanaka izay homen'i Jehovah anao amin'ity vehivavy ity.

¹²and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.`

¹³Ary Boaza dia nampakatra an'i Rota ka nanambady azy; ary Jehovah nampanan'anaka azy, ka niteraka zazalahy izy.

¹³And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son.

¹⁴Ary hoy ireo vehivavy tamin'i Naomy: Isaorana anie Jehovah, Izay tsy namela anao androany tsy hanan-kavana mahavotra, ary aoka halaza ny anarany eo amin'ny Isiraely.

¹⁴And the women say unto Naomi, `Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath not let a redeemer cease to thee to-day, and his name is proclaimed in Israel,

¹⁵Dia hamelona ny ainao sy hitaiza anao izy, rehefa antitra ianao; fa niteraka azy ny vinantonaovavy, izay tia anao, ilay tsara lavitra aminao mihoatra noho ny zanaka fito lahy.

¹⁵and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee — who is better to thee than seven sons — hath borne him.`

¹⁶Dia nandray ny zaza Naomy ka nitrotro azy, dia tonga mpitaiza azy.

¹⁶And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;

¹⁷Ary ny vehivavy namany nifidy ny anarany ka nanao hoe: Misy zazalahy teraka ho an'i Naomy; ary ny anarany nataony hoe Obeda; izy no rain'i Jese, rain'i Davida.

¹⁷and the neighbouring women give to him a name, saying, `There hath been a son born to Naomi,` and they call his name Obed; he [is] father of Jesse, father of David.

¹⁸Ary izao no taranak'i Fareza: Fareza niteraka an'i Hezrona;

¹⁸And these are genealogies of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

¹⁹ary Hezrona niteraka an'i Rama; ary Rama niteraka an'i Aminadaba;

¹⁹and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminidab,

²⁰ary Aminadaba niteraka an'i Nasona; ary Nasona niteraka an'i Salmona;

²⁰and Amminidab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

²¹ary Salmona niteraka an'i Boaza; ary Boaza niteraka an'i Obeda;ary Obeda niteraka an'i Jese; ary Jese niteraka an'i Davida.

²¹and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

²²ary Obeda niteraka an'i Jese; ary Jese niteraka an'i Davida.

²²and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.