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.

¹Boozas, nuėjęs prie vartų, atsisėdo. Pro šalį ėjo giminaitis, apie kurį Boozas buvo kalbėjęs. Jis tarė jam: “Bičiuli, sėskis čia!” Tas atėjęs atsisėdo.

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

²Boozas pasišaukė dar dešimt vyrų, miesto vyresniųjų, ir tarė jiems: “Sėskitės!” Jie atsisėdo.

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.

³Ir jis kalbėjo giminaičiui: “Noomė, kuri grįžo iš Moabo krašto, parduoda lauką, priklausiusį mūsų broliui Elimelechui.

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.”

⁴Aš norėjau pranešti tai tau. Pirk tą lauką čia sėdinčiųjų ir vyresniųjų akivaizdoje. Jei nori išpirkti, pirk, o jei nenori, pasakyk man, kad žinočiau. Nėra kito, kuris turi teisę tai išpirkti, o po tavęs­mano eilė”. Tas atsakė: “Aš pirksiu”.

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.”

⁵Boozas tarė: “Tą dieną, kai pirksi lauką iš Noomės, turėsi nupirkti ir moabitę Rūtą, mirusiojo žmoną, kad išlaikytum mirusiojo vardą jo nuosavybei”.

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.”

⁶Giminaitis atsakė: “Aš negaliu išpirkti jos, nes tada nukentėtų mano paties paveldėjimas. Tu pasinaudok mano teise, nes aš negaliu to padaryti”.

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.

⁷Izraelyje buvo paprotys: kai kas nors perleisdavo savo teisę į paveldėjimą kitam, jis nusiaudavo savo sandalą ir paduodavo savo artimui. Tai būdavo liudijimas Izraelyje.

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

⁸Kai giminaitis pasakė Boozui: “Pirk tai sau”, nusiavė sandalą ir jam padavė.

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.

⁹Tada Boozas tarė vyresniesiems ir visiems žmonėms: “Jūs esate šiandien liudytojai, kad aš nupirkau iš Noomės visa, kas priklausė Elimelechui, Kiljonui ir Machlonui.

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.”

¹⁰Taip pat ir moabitę Rūtą, Machlono žmoną, vesiu, kad išlaikyčiau mirusiojo vardą, jo nuosavybei ir kad jo vardas neišnyktų tarp jo brolių ir iš jo tėviškės. Jūs esate šiandien to įvykio liudytojai”.

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.

¹¹Visi ten esantys žmonės ir vyresnieji atsakė: “Mes esame liudytojai. Viešpats telaimina moterį, ateinančią į tavo namus, kaip Rachelę ir Lėją, kurios sukūrė Izraelio namus. Tegul tau sekasi Efratoje ir tebūna garsus tavo vardas Betliejuje.

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.”

¹²Tebūna tavo namai kaip namai Pereco, kurį Tamara pagimdė Judui, per palikuonis, kuriuos Viešpats tau duos iš šios jaunos moters”.

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.

¹³Boozas vedė Rūtą. Ir kai jis įėjo pas ją, Viešpats davė jai pastoti ir ji pagimdė sūnų.

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.

¹⁴Tuomet moterys sakė Noomei: “Palaimintas Viešpats, kuris nepaliko tavęs be įpėdinio, kad jo vardas būtų žymus Izraelyje.

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.”

¹⁵Jis bus tau atgaiva ir pasirūpins tavimi senatvėje. Juk jį pagimdė tavo marti, kuri myli tave, ir yra tau daugiau negu septyni sūnūs”.

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

¹⁶Noomė paėmė vaiką į savo prieglobstį ir buvo jo aukle.

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.

¹⁷Kaimynės jį pavadino Jobedu, sakydamos: “Sūnus gimė Noomei”. Jobedas buvo Jesės tėvas, karaliaus Dovydo senelis.

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

¹⁸Šitie yra Pereco palikuonys: Perecs buvo Esromo tėvas,

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

¹⁹Esromas­Aramo, Aramas­ Aminadabo,

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

²⁰Aminadabas­Naasono, Naasonas­Salmono,

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

²¹Salmonas­Boozo, Boozas­Jobedo,

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

²²Jobedas­Jesės, o Jesė­Dovydo.