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.

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.

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

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

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

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;

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.

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].`

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.

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.`

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

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.`

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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;

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.

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.`

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!

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;

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.

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.`

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

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.

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

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,

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.

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.`

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

¹⁹and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminidab,

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

²⁰and Amminidab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

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

²¹and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

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

²²and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.