¹Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He turned aside, and sat down.

¹波阿斯娶路得波阿斯去到城門，坐在那裡，波阿斯所說那個有買贖權的近親剛巧路過那裡。波阿斯說：“喂，老兄，過來坐一下吧。”他就過去坐下來了。

²He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” They sat down.

²波阿斯又邀請城裡的十個長老，對他們說：“請坐在這裡。”他們就坐下來了。

³He 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.

³他對那個有買贖權的近親說：“從摩押地回來的拿俄米，現在要賣我們族兄以利米勒的那塊地。

⁴I thought to disclose it to 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.”

⁴我想把這一件事告訴你，請你在眾民的長老，還有在座的各位面前，把它買下來吧。如果你肯贖就贖，假如不肯，就說出來，讓我知道；因為除了你當贖它以外，我是第一候補。”那人說：“我肯贖。”

⁵Then 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.”

⁵波阿斯說：“你從拿俄米手中買下那塊地的時候，你也得娶（“娶”原文作“買”）已死的人的妻子摩押女子路得，使已死的人的名字留在他的產業上。”

⁶The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”

⁶那有買贖權的近親說：“那我就不能贖它了，只怕損害了我的產業。你可以贖我當贖的，因為我沒有辦法贖了。”

⁷Now 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 attestation in Israel.

⁷從前在以色列，無論買贖或是交易，決定甚麼事，當事人就要脫鞋給對方。這是以色列中作證的方式。

⁸So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” He took off his shoe.

⁸那有買贖權的近親對波阿斯說：“你自己買下來吧。”就把鞋脫下來。

⁹Boaz said to the elders, and to 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.

⁹波阿斯對長老和眾人說：“今天你們都是見證人，所有屬於以利米勒、基連和瑪倫的，我都從拿俄米手中買下來了。

¹⁰Moreover 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 not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.”

¹⁰我也娶了（“娶了”原文作“買了”）瑪倫的妻子摩押女子路得作妻子，使已死的人的名字留在他的產業上，免得他的名字在本族本鄉中除掉。今天你們都是見證人。”

¹¹All 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 two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

¹¹聚集在城門的眾人和長老都說：“我們都是見證人。願耶和華使進你家的這女人，像建立以色列家的拉結和利亞二人一樣。願你在以法他顯大，在伯利恆揚名。

¹²Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman.”

¹²願耶和華從這少婦賜你後裔，使你的家像他瑪從猶大所生法勒斯的家一般。”

¹³So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.

¹³大衛的家譜於是波阿斯娶了路得作妻子，與她親近。耶和華使她懷孕生了一個兒子。

¹⁴The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

¹⁴婦女對拿俄米說：“耶和華是應當稱頌的，因為他今天沒有斷絕你有買贖權的近親，願他在以色列中揚名。

¹⁵He 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 borne him.”

¹⁵他必甦醒你的生命，養你的老，因為他是愛你的媳婦所生的；有她比有七個兒子更好。”

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

¹⁶拿俄米把孩子接過來，抱在懷中，作他的保姆。

¹⁷The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi”; and they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

¹⁷鄰近的婦女要給他起名字，說：“拿俄米生了孩子了。”就給他起名叫俄備得；這俄備得是耶西的父親，耶西是大衛的父親。

¹⁸Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

¹⁸以下是法勒斯的後代：法勒斯生希斯崙，

¹⁹and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,

¹⁹希斯崙生蘭，蘭生亞米拿達，

²⁰and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,

²⁰亞米拿達生拿順，拿順生撒門，

²¹and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

²¹撒門生波阿斯，波阿斯生俄備得，

²²and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

²²俄備得生耶西，耶西生大衛。